According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS) a magnitude 7.8 earthquake has shook eastern Sichuan Province in China. The USGS states that the China earthquake was recorded at 2:28 a.m. (eastern time), 2008.

The third expedition of the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program’s Nankai Trough Seismogenic Zone Experiment (NanTroSEIZE) completed its mission off the Kii Peninsula today.

GYUMRI (Combined Sources)--Armenian's nationwide commemorated Friday the 19th anniversary of the 1988 Earthquake that destroyed Gumri and the surrounding cities. President Robert Kocharian led official remembrance ceremonies, laying a wreath at a memorial to earthquake victims in Gumri, Armenia's second largest city.

On Monday, 19.11.2007, a team of scientists from the "German Earthquake Task Force" will travel to the earthquake-affected area of Northern Chile. The seismologists, from the GFZ Potsdam (an institute of the Helmholtz Association), will be monitoring aftershocks and mapping the resulting surface deformation.

Strong earthquake in Chile rocked the northern part of Chile. The Epicenter Was 25 Kilometers East of Region II City of Tocopilla.

According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS) a magnitude 7.1 quake struck Sumatra in Indonesia just after 4:00 a.m. local time.

Greater Los Angeles area in California has been hit by an earthquake of the magnitude of 1.5 on Tuesday, October 16, 2007 at 08:36:10 UTC.

The World Bank announced today (August 20) a grant of US$400,000 through the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDR) to assist the Government of Peru in responding to the aftermath of the earthquake that shook the south of Peru on August 15.

A 6.6 magnitude earthquakestruck hundreds kilometers off the northern Brazilian coast in the Atlantic Ocean while there has been no immediate warnings of a possible tsunami.

Aid workers in Peru are struggling to rescue hundreds of people after a massive earthquake ravaged the Peru's coast, killing at least 337.

Authorities in Peru say at least 337 people are dead after a powerful earthquake rocked the South American nation late Wednesday night. Officials say hundreds of people were injured in the 7.9 magnitude quake, which struck off the coast of central Peru, about 145 kilometers southeast of the capital, Lima.

U.S. seismologists say an earthquake with a magnitude of at least 7.5 has struck central Peru, prompting authorities to issue a tsunami warning.