EARTHQUAKE

Saturday's massive 7.8-magnitude earthquake killed 587 people.

Ecuador was struck with a magnitude-7.8 earthquake Saturday, which destroyed several homes and buildings, and claimed the lives of hundreds of people.

As rescue and recovery efforts continued Monday, here are some ways to help.

Several companies suspended operations Monday fearing damages after a series of earthquakes measuring up to magnitude 7.3 struck southwestern Japan.

Saturday’s magnitude-7.8 quake along the country’s Pacific coast was followed by 55 aftershocks.

As the death toll from back-to-back temblors topped 40, rescue teams worked feverishly Saturday in southern Japan.

Two earthquakes since Thursday have killed at least 28 people, and experts have warned of further aftershocks.

A magnitude-7.3 temblor early Saturday compounded the misery from a previous magnitude-6.5 quake.

Thousands were in shelters Friday because their homes were damaged and power was out.

Thursday's magnitude-6.5 earthquake left at least nine dead and hundreds injured, and thousands without power.

The 6.9-magnitude quake reportedly cracked a few pagodas but did not cause any deaths.

While the Wednesday earthquake carried considerable strength, there were no immediate indications of deaths or reports of damaged buildings.

Oil and gas extraction may be to blame, as wastewater disposal from drilling can make faults slip, says the U.S. Geological Survey.

Population centers in the southern part of the state could see massive damage if the San Andreas and San Jacinto faults were to jointly rupture, a study says.

A massive earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia, which lies in an arc of fault lines circling the Pacific Basin

Damage to the plants of iPhone 7 chipmaker TSMC from a Feb. 6 temblor may be more severe than initially believed.

The quake came eight days before the anniversary of the deadly 2011 quake that caused upwards of NZ$40 billion ($26.52 billion) of damage.

The 6.4 magnitude earthquake, which struck the southern coastal city of Tainan last week, led to the collapse of more than 10 buildings, injuring over 500 people.

A 6.4 magnitude earthquake Saturday toppled a high-rise apartment building in the southern city of Tainan, leaving over 100 people buried under the rubble.

An earthquake ripped through the southwestern Taiwanese city of Tainan — a hub for some of the world’s biggest electronics companies and chip makers.

Damage caused by the magnitude-6.4 quake that struck the island nation Saturday included the collapse of a 17-story apartment building in the city of Tainan.