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More than 90% of people killed by western Afghanistan quake were women and children, UN says-
By Associated Press ISLAMABAD: More than 90% of the people killed by a 6.3-magnitude earthquake in western Afghanistan last weekend ...
Another powerful earthquake strikes Afghanistan after earlier quake causes 2,000 deaths
On Saturday, an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.3 struck the Herat province of Afghanistan and caused a death toll ...
Another 6.3 magnitude quake shakes part of Western Afghanistan-
By PTI HERAT: Less than a week after a quake killed more than 2,000 and flattened whole villages, another strong ...
Afghanistan rescuers work through the night after deadly quake; death toll to ‘rise very high’-
By AFP HERAT: Desperate rescuers scrabbled through the night searching for survivors of an earthquake that flattened homes in western ...
Toll in strong quake in west Afghanistan rises to about 120-
By AFP The death toll from a magnitude 6.3 earthquake in western Afghanistan on Saturday has risen to “about 120”, ...
Strong quake rattles Colombian capital-
By AFP BOGOTA: A strong earthquake followed by dozens of aftershocks rattled central Colombia and the capital Bogota on Thursday, ...
5.4 magnitude quake shakes Indonesia’s easternmost province Papua, no casualties immediately reported
An earthquake shook Indonesia’s easternmost province Monday, but there were no immediate reports of serious damage or casualties.The U.S. Geological ...
7.2-magnitude quake strikes off Pacific island nation of Tonga-
By AFP WELLINGTON: A powerful 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck off the Pacific island nation of Tonga on Friday, but no tsunami ...
Magnitude 5.0 quake hits South Africa’s largest province-
By AFP JOHANNESBURG: A 5.0-magnitude earthquake on Sunday struck near Johannesburg, shaking buildings across South Africa’s most populous province, the United ...