Earthquakes

The quake comes eight months after the Philippines suffered its deadliest tremor in 12 years

There were two confirmed deaths with one still missing

Bullet train services in Aomori were halted due to the tremors

Epicentre of the quake was roughly 580 km south of the Philippine coast

A MAGNITUDE 7 earthquake struck just off the north coast of the island of Borneo in the early hours of Monday (Feb 23), the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said.

[TOKYO] An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 hit the western Chugoku region of Japan on Tuesday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said, followed by a series of sizeable aftershocks.

The archipelago, home to around 125 million people, experiences around 1,500 jolts every year

THE death toll from a powerful earthquake in the central Philippines rose above 50 on Wednesday, with injured patients overwhelming hospitals on the island of Cebu.

[KABUL] The death toll from Afghanistan’s worst earthquake in years jumped to over 1,400 on Tuesday (Sep 2) with thousands more injured, authorities said, as difficult terrain hindered rescue efforts ...