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The Jan. 1 Noto earthquake in the Sea of Japan claimed 504 lives, caused more than 1,300 injuries, and damaged nearly 180,000 ...

By 10 pm on Friday, six people slightly injured in earthquakes had been promptly sent to hospital and discharged, with no deaths or collapsed houses reported, announced Dang Cheng, Party secretary and ...

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Recalling the time that some predicted California would be struck by a massive earthquake and fall into the Pacific Ocean.

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Commemorating 20 years since the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the deadliest in history, and its enduring legacy.

A small earthquake rattled parts of northeast Arkansas Friday morning, according to the University of Memphis Center for Earthquake Research and Information.