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Media reports said there had been around 30 guests and staff at the small ski hotel

Just two survivors found after Italian avalanche

Up to 30 people are feared to have died after an Italian mountain hotel was engulfed by a powerful avalanche in the earthquake-ravaged centre of the country.

News • 19 Jan 17

The earthquake was recorded northeast of Rome

Earthquake shakes central Italy, felt in Rome

There were no reports of serious damage or injuries after an earthquake shook central Italy, including the capital Rome and regions hit by a series of deadly tremors last year.

News • 18 Jan 17

A man in his boat before Hurricane Otto hit Nicaragua

Earthquake shakes El Salvador and Nicaragua

A Pacific Ocean earthquake with a 7.0 magnitude shook El Salvador and Nicaragua, an hour after a powerful hurricane hit Nicaragua's Caribbean coast.

News • 24 Nov 16

While there were no immediate reports of casualties, damage to buildings was substantial

Buildings destroyed after earthquake in Italy

A strong earthquake measuring 6.6 magnitude struck central Italy this morning, causing the collapse of more buildings in small cities and towns already shaken by tremors in the past two months.

News • 31 Oct 16

Mourners gathered for the state funeral in Ascoli Piceno

State funeral held for Italian earthquake victims

Italy marked a day of national mourning for 290 people killed in Wednesday’s earthquake as a state funeral was held for 35 of those who died.

News • 28 Aug 16

Last Saturday's earthquake was the worst in nearly seven decades

Ecuador death toll rises above 650

The death toll from Ecuador's 7.8 magnitude earthquake last week has risen above 650.

News • 24 Apr 16

Dozens of people are still missing from the weekend earthquake

Second quake strikes off coast of Ecuador

A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck off the coast of Ecuador this morning, just days after a major quake hit the country, killing more than 500 people.

News • 20 Apr 16

Two deadly earthquakes have brought factories in southern Japan to a grinding halt

Japanese stocks fall on quake closures

Tokyo stocks slumped today after deadly earthquakes brought factories in southern Japan to a grinding halt, while energy shares took a hit after weekend talks to freeze crude output failed.

Business • 18 Apr 16

A house teeters on a mountainside following a major landslide caused by the earthquakes in Kumamoto

Search for survivors intensifies after Japan quake

The desperate search for survivors has intensified in the splintered remains of buildings destroyed by Japan's deadly earthquake in which at least 32 people were killed.

News • 17 Apr 16

The earthquake was felt across Ecuador as well as in northern Peru and southern Colombia

At least 235 people killed in Ecuador earthquake

The death toll from Ecuador's biggest earthquake in decades soared to at least 235 as rescuers using tractors and bare hands hunted desperately for survivors in shattered coastal towns.

News • 17 Apr 16

Relief personnel unload boxes of bottled water from a military helicopter after the second major earthquake hit Aso city, Kumamoto

Death toll from latest Japan quake rises to 32

Japanese rescuers were digging through the rubble of buildings and mud today to reach dozens believed trapped after a powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck a southern island, killing at least 32 people and injuring about 1,000.

News • 16 Apr 16

Earthquake shuts the factories of some of the Japan's biggest firms

Tokyo stocks fall after powerful quake

Tokyo stocks slipped today, breaking a three-session winning streak as investors weighed the impact of a deadly quake that hit Japan's southwest, shutting the factories of some of the country's biggest firms.

Business • 15 Apr 16

Emperor Akihito with Empress Michiko deliver an address in front of an altar for the victims

Japan marks 5th anniversary of earthquake disaster

Japan has marked mark five years since a massive earthquake and tsunami flattened towns, killed almost 20,000 people and triggered the world's worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl in 1986.

News • 11 Mar 16

The official death toll from the quake rose to 38, with more than 100 people missing

Girl rescued from rubble days after Taiwan quake

An eight-year-old girl was rescued from the rubble of a Taiwan apartment block, more than 60 hours after it was destroyed by an earthquake.

News • 08 Feb 16

At least 24 people are known to have died in the quake, which struck on Friday

100 people still missing after Taiwan earthquake

Rescuers in Taiwan have pulled more people alive from a collapsed apartment tower today, after a strong earthquake shook the island, and are searching for about 100 people still believed trapped in the ruins of the building.

News • 07 Feb 16

A member of the Seismological Observation Centre points to a graph after an earthquake and aftershocks hit southern Taiwan

Powerful earthquake strikes southern Taiwan

A powerful earthquake struck southern Taiwan near the city of Tainan, toppling a 17-storey apartment building and collapsing other structures although there were no immediate reports of deaths or serious injuries.

News • 05 Feb 16

The US Geological Survey said the quake of magnitude 6.8 struck 29 km west of Imphal

11 dead following earthquake in India

A powerful earthquake struck India before dawn, killing at least 11 people and injuring nearly 200, with efforts to rescue those trapped in rubble hampered by severed power supplies and telecommunication links.

News • 04 Jan 16

A victim of the 6.3 magnitude earthquake is brought to a hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan

Powerful earthquake jolts Afghanistan, Pakistan

A 6.3-magnitude earthquake centred in the Hindu Kush jolted Afghanistan and Pakistan late yesterday, leaving dozens of people injured just two months after a killer quake struck the same mountainous region.

News • 26 Dec 15

Afghan householders gather on the roof of a house Faizabad in Badakhshan Province

Rescuers race to reach earthquake hit zones

Rescuers are underway to deliver relief aid to victims of a massive earthquake that hit northern Afghanistan and Pakistan, killing at least 300 people over a wide swathe of mostly mountainous terrain.

News • 27 Oct 15

Large fishing boats have been washed up onto the streets Coquimbo

Chile declares emergency in port city after quake

One million people have fled their homes and at least 11 people have died after a powerful magnitude 8.3 earthquake shook northern and central Chile.

News • 17 Sep 15

The 25 April quake had a magnitude of 7.8

Chances of another big earthquake in Nepal high

Large quakes in Nepal this year only partially relieved stress on a major Himalayan fault line, and chances for a big tremor are as high as before according to researchers.

News • 07 Aug 15

Malaysian rescue team members wait for victims to be evacuated

11 dead on Malaysian peak after earthquake

A strong earthquake that jolted Malaysia's Mount Kinabalu has killed at least 11 people and left another eight missing on Southeast Asia's highest peak.

News • 06 Jun 15

The BGS said that the earthquake's epicentre was approximately 7km south of Ramsgate

4.2 magnitude earthquake hits southern England

Police in England say there have been no injuries or damage to buildings after a 4.2 magnitude earthquake hit parts of Kent in the south of the country.

News • 22 May 15

John Wissler, Commander of the Joint task force of US Army, speaking at a press conference in Kathmandu

Wreckage of missing US helicopter found in Nepal

The wreckage of a US military helicopter lost on an earthquake relief mission in Nepal has been found high on a mountainside, with all eight on board presumed dead, according to US officials.

News • 15 May 15

At least 80 people were killed and more than 2,000 injured in yesterday's quake

No evidence of crash in US helicopter search

A US Marine helicopter is still missing a day after a second earthquake in Nepal killed dozens of people and triggered landslides across the country.

News • 13 May 15