A magnitude 7.0 earthquake strikes off Japan's south-western coast, triggering a small tsunami.

A strong earthquake strikes in the Pacific off central Chile, but authorities say there are no reports of injuries or serious damage.

A mild earthquake shakes different parts of Sylhet.

Afghanistan and Pakistan were scrambling Wednesday to rush aid to survivors of this week's magnitude-7.5 earthquake as the region's overall death toll from the quake rose to 385.

Monday's tremor shares an overall cause with the Nepal earthquakes in April and May: the slow collision caused by India pushing north into the Eurasian continent. But they are not directly related.

Google re-launches its Person Finder tool to help identify earthquake victims in South Asia.

Rescue efforts are being stepped up to help those affected by the magnitude-7.5 earthquake which hit remote areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan on Monday. More than 360 people are known to have died, most of them in Pakistan, and at least 2,000 were injured.

A major earthquake struck the remote Afghan northeast, killing more than 200 people in Afghanistan and nearby northern Pakistan, injuring hundreds and sending shock waves as far as New Delhi, officials say.

A light tremor of magnitude 4.4 in the Richter scale is felt in Chittagong and Bandarban.

The buildings constructed with high-weight bricks are highly vulnerable to earthquake, says a seismic expert here on Sunday.

The most stunning thing about Chile's Wednesday night's earthquake is probably the relatively low amount of havoc caused by such a powerful shake.

A powerful 8.3-magnitude earthquake strikes Chile, killing eight people, forcing the evacuation of a million and sparking warnings that tsunami waves could reach Japan.

Japan has restarted its first nuclear reactor under new safety rules following the 2011 Fukushima disaster.

A moderate earthquake jolted different parts of the country including Dhaka.

International donors led by India and China pledges $3 billion to rebuild quake-devastated Nepal as the country's premier vowed "zero tolerance" of corruption and said all aid would go to victims.

A devastating earthquake that hit Nepal in April moves Mount Everest three centimetres (just over an inch) to the southwest, but does not change its height, according to Chinese research.

Nepal is set to reopen all the heritage sites in the Kathmandu valley to the public, in a bid to attract tourists after April's devastating earthquake.

The devastating earthquake in Nepal on April 25 jolted Bangladesh. The earthquake was of a magnitude of 7.9 on the Richter scale and IV to V on the Dhakain Modified Mercalli Intensity (MMI) scale.

Eleven people died and eight others are missing after an earthquake near Malaysia's highest peak, a minister for tourism says.

More than 25,000 classrooms in some 8,000 schools damaged during April's devastating earthquake in Nepal begin to re-open.