LOS ANGELES, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) on Thursday withdrew a previously issued quake alert near Dayton in the U.S. state of Nevada, saying the notification had been sent in ...

BEIJING, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck Akqi County in Kizilsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, at 3:44 p.m. Thursday (Beijing ...

BEIJING, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 jolted Mexico-Guatemala border region at 2006 GMT on Friday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with ...

Typhoon Kalmaegi has left at least 66 people dead with 26 others missing in the central Philippines, many in widespread ...

Like many people in the UK, the team at BBC Learning English have been shocked and saddened by news of the earthquake in Sichuan province. We would like to extend our condolences to those affected by ...