Earthquake

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 jolted 45 km SW of Ashkasham, Afghanistan on Saturday, the US Geological Survey said.

At least 26 people were killed after an earthquake hit western Afghanistan on Monday, an official said.

At least 20 people have been killed after a 5.7 magnitude earthquake hit southern Pakistan on Thursday, government officials said.

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck near Melbourne on Wednesday, Geoscience Australia said, one of the country’s biggest quakes on record, causing damage to buildings in the country’s second-largest city and sending tremors throughout neighboring states.

The death toll in the major earthquake that struck Haiti on August 14 has risen to 2,207, authorities said on Sunday, as attacks on aid convoys have complicated efforts to bring relief to survivors.

A 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit the waters off the east coast of Japan’s Honshu island on Saturday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center.