Here is a list of the world's deadliest earthquakes this century: 31 August 2025: More than 2,200 people died as a magnitude 6 quake struck eastern Afghanistan. 28 March 2025: A 7.7-magnitude ...

BOGO, Philippines — Rescue teams in the Philippines searched for survivors in mud and rubble on Wednesday and authorities urged help for hospitals inundated with the injured after the deadliest ...

Fears of a devastating tsunami faded Wednesday for the U.S. and Japan after one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck off a sparsely populated Russian peninsula, but new alerts along South ...

STORY: Residents in parts of Afghanistan desperately searched for survivors, after one of the worst earthquakes to hit the country flattened entire villages overnight. Authorities said hundreds of ...

A 5.7-magnitude earthquake struck Bangladesh with limited physical damage, but it has exposed profound vulnerabilities in public preparedness, infrastructure resilience, and national seismic readiness ...

KABUL, Afghanistan, Sept 2 (Reuters) - The death toll from Afghanistan's worst earthquake in years jumped to over 1,100 on Tuesday with thousands more injured, an aid group said, as difficult terrain ...

KATHMANDU — Hundreds are feared dead after a powerful 7.9 magnitude quake rocked Nepal on Saturday. Below is a list of some of the world’s deadliest earthquakes in the past 30 years. • August 11, 2012 ...

WASHINGTON — The death toll from the earthquake-generated tsunami in Asia made 2004 the deadliest year for earthquakes in five centuries, the U.S. Geological Survey said Thursday. The agency estimated ...

An earthquake of magnitude 5.3 struck the Indian Ocean on Thursday, according to the National Centre for Seismology.