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Debris of damaged walls are scattered following an earthquake, in Ibaraki, Osaka, Monday, June 18, 2018. A strong earthquake knocked over walls and set off scattered fires around the city of Osaka in western Japan on Monday morning. (Yosuke Mizuno/Kyodo News via AP) TKSK813 TKSK813

June 17, 2018 at 5:15 pm

Strong quake near Osaka, Japan, kills 4 VIEW

A strong earthquake knocked over walls and set off scattered fires around the city of Osaka in western Japan, killing at least four people

A rescuer walks on the rubble of houses in an area affected by an earthquake in Kalibening, Central Java, Indonesia, Thursday, April 19, 2018. The shallow earthquake in central Indonesia has killed people and damaged hundreds of homes, disaster officials said Thursday as they declared a two-week emergency for the affected areas. (AP Photo/Agus Fitrah) JAK101 JAK101

April 18, 2018 at 8:50 pm

Shallow Indonesia quake kills 3, damages hundreds of homes

JAKARTA, Indonesia — A shallow earthquake in central Indonesia has killed three people and damaged more than 300 homes, disaster officials said Thursday as they...

In this photo released by Hualien County Fire Bureau, debris around a building as rescue workers gain entry after the building collapsed onto its side following an early morning earthquake in Hualien County, eastern Taiwan, Wednesday, Feb. 7 2018. A 6.4-magnitude earthquake has struck eastern Taiwan. (Hualien County Fire Bureau via AP) TPE104 TPE104

February 6, 2018 at 9:23 am

Taiwan quake kills 4, tilts buildings; over 140 missing VIEW

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Rescuers were working Wednesday to reach five people trapped and more than 140 people unaccounted for in several buildings damaged by...

People sit on the rubble of a destroyed house after an earthquake in the city of Darbandikhan, northern Iraq, Monday, Nov. 13, 2017. Authorities reported that a powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck the Iraq-Iran border region on Monday and killed more than three hundred people in both countries, sent people fleeing their homes into the night and was felt far west as the Mediterranean coast. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) XFD101 XFD101

November 12, 2017 at 9:07 pm

Quake kills 430 in Iranian border region rebuilt after war VIEW

A powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake near the Iraq-Iran border killed over 400 people across both countries, sent residents fleeing their homes into the night and...

September 21, 2017 at 8:01 pm

Oregon geologists warn of potential landslides in wildfire-scarred Columbia Gorge

A new report released Thursday focuses on areas of the Gorge that are highly susceptible to landslides — which also happen to overlap with some...

August 15, 2017 at 7:00 am

UW gets federal money to boost early-warning system for West Coast earthquakes

The University of Washington, Central Washington University and University of Oregon are among institutions receiving grants.

August 9, 2017 at 8:31 pm

China raises toll to 20 dead in quake in southwest mountains

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese monitors say they've detected multiple landslides but no major building collapses following a powerful earthquake in the country's mountainous southwest that...

July 6, 2017 at 12:12 am

Rare magnitude 5.8 earthquake rocks western Montana; Bozeman resident John Mayer tweets about it

The quake, and a series of aftershocks, woke up people in Montana — and were reported to have been felt in Eastern Washington.

May 11, 2017 at 6:44 am

Did you feel that? Small earthquake off Whidbey Island shakes region after Bremerton swarm

After more than a dozen earthquakes, including two early Thursday, struck around the Kitsap Peninsula since early May, another small temblor off Whidbey Island shook...

May 1, 2017 at 6:45 am

Strong quake, aftershocks strike British Columbia, southeast Alaska

A series of quakes struck a corner of British Columbia and southeastern Alaska on Monday.

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