USGS: Magnitude 7.7 earthquake recorded 74 km (45 miles) west of Puerto Quellon, Chile

Preliminary magnitude 8.0 earthquake hits Papua New Guinea, US Geological Survey says

Magnitude-6.1 earthquake reported 131 km (81 mi) west-northwest of Arawa, Papua New Guinea - USGS

INDONESIA is reeling from the aftermath of a massive earthquake and clean up efforts are being hampered by relentless aftershocks.

TWO earthquakes struck southern California within the space of 30 minutes last night. But is the legendary Big One coming?

It’s been a strange three months for the Hawaii island village of Volcano, where thousands of earthquakes have rattled the residents of this small mountainside town since Kilauea began erupting in May. Now, after a week of waning quakes, residents are holding their breath, waiting to see if this,...

Residents say constant tremors from the nearby Kilauea eruption have turned the village of Volcano into a ‘ghost town’
It’s been a strange three months for the Hawaii island village of Volcano, where thousands of earthquakes have rattled the residents of this small mountainside town since Kilauea began erupting in May. Now, after a week of waning quakes, residents are holding their breath, waiting to see if this, finally, could signal the end of the eruption that has crippled the easternmost part of the island.
Volcano, a tiny tourist town nestled in a high elevation forest, is a scant five miles from the caldera of Kilauea volcano. Its location makes it especially vulnerable to earthquakes, which during July sometimes numbered as high as 800 a day, according to Kyle Anderson, a seismologist with US Geological Survey.

The constant shaking is like nothing you could have ever expected

The EU plans to establish its own resources to battle forest fires, floods, earthquakes and the like, humanitarian aid commissioner Christos Stylianides said in Sweden on Monday. Negotiations are set to start in 'trilogue' in September, with a view to introduction next year. European emergency assistance currently depends on member states volunteering resources to each other. Sweden has been hard hit by wildfires in its hottest summer in 260 years.

INDONESIA'S holiday island of Lombok suffered damage running into more than 5 trillion rupiah from last week's huge earthquake, authorities said on Monday, as the death toll climbed to more than 430.

INDONESIA is reeling from the mammoth earthquake that struck last Sunday and the tremors keep coming, with four more quakes in the last three days alone. Here are all the updates.