The deep rumble came just before midnight. The walls of Abdullah’s home buckled, the roof collapsed and 17 members of his family were crushed in an instant. The villager – who did not want to give his ...

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 ...

KABUL (Reuters) -One of Afghanistan's worst earthquakes killed more than 800 people and injured at least 2,800, authorities said on Monday, as helicopters ferried the wounded to hospital after they ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The aftermath of a 2007 earthquake in Folkestone, Kent, that registered a magnitude of at least 4.3 - Edward Thompson/Getty Images ...

KABUL, Afghanistan (Reuters) -The death toll from Afghanistan's worst earthquake in years jumped to over 1,400 on Tuesday with thousands more injured, authorities said, as difficult terrain hindered ...

An 8.8-magnitude earthquake — one of the most powerful ever recorded — struck off the coast of eastern Russia late Tuesday, causing intense shaking for minutes, rattling windows and damaging ...

CHAMANGA, Ecuador, April 20 (UNHCR) - The UN Refugee Agency has distributed tents and plastic sheeting to people made homeless by the worst earthquake to strike Ecuador in decades, which killed ...