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Three earthquakes occur in Bajura last night

-Reporter Nepal

Kathmandu: Three earthquakes have happened in Bajura district since last night. According to National Earthquake Monitoring and Research Centre, Lainchaur, three separate quakes took place

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Post-earthquake reconstruction to be completed by the next fiscal year

KATHMANDU, May 16: The government has adopted the policy of completing within fiscal year 2020/21 the reconstruction of structures damaged by the Gorkha Earthquake five years ago. This is stated in

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Powerful earthquake on Iran-Iraq border kills 207 people

A powerful earthquake shook the Iran-Iraq border late Sunday, killing 207 people and injuring 1,686 in the mountainous region of Iran alone, Iranian state media said.

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Magnitude-8.1 earthquake hits south Mexico, tsunami possible

A massive 8.1-magnitude earthquake hit off the coast of southern Mexico, toppling houses in Chiapas state, causing buildings to sway violently as far away as the country’s distant capital and

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Quake damages buildings on Greek island; 2 killed, 120 hurt

A powerful earthquake shook the Greek resort island of Kos overnight, damaging older buildings and the main port, killing at least two people and causing more than 120 injuries.

Strong quake shakes central New Zealand, causes minor damage

WELLINGTON: A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck south of New Zealand’s capital on Friday, sending panicked Wellington workers and residents into the streets, but caused little major damage just weeks after

Earthquake in China kills at least 20 people

BEIJING: A strong earthquake struck a rural part of western China on Monday morning, killing at least 20 people and injuring 296, according to the local government. The quake hit

Quake in Indonesia kills 22, injures more than 200

Indonesia: A 6.1-magnitude earthquake shook northwestern Indonesia on Tuesday, killing 22 people, injuring more than 200 and damaging thousands of homes, authorities said. The death and destruction was concentrated in

Magnitude 8.2 earthquake strikes Russian Far East

MOSCOW: A magnitude 8.2 earthquake struck off Russia’s eastern coast on Friday, briefly prompting a tsunami scare but causing no casualties or substantial damage, Russian emergency authorities said. The epicentre

People gather on a street to avoid aftershocks of an earthquake, in Shifang, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Saturday, April 20, 2013.(AP Photo/Xinhua, Zhang Xiaoli)
China rushes relief after Sichuan quake kills 180

China: Rescuers and relief teams struggled to rush supplies into the rural hills of China’s Sichuan province Sunday after an earthquake left at least 180 people dead and more than