Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese convened an urgent meeting of the national cabinet following the attack.

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Afghanistan frequently experiences earthquakes, particularly in the Hindu Kush region, which lies in a highly active seismic zone, according to the Red Cross.

After Japan's northern coast was rocked by a magnitude 7.5 quake on December 8, videos purportedly showing the impact of the ...

Japanese seismologists are urging people -- mainly in northern Japan -- to remain vigilant for more quakes and tsunami a week after a magnitude-7.5 temblor struck off the eastern coast of Aomori ...

Authorities are urging residents to review evacuation plans as simulations suggest a ‘maximum-class’ winter night quake could ...

A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Alaska on the morning of Dec. 6, followed by more than 20 aftershocks. Two days later, a ...

Chiba University is the country's only national university with a nursing department. Some 400 people, including students and ...