A Japanese airline has given a free ride aboard a Boeing 787 Dreamliner to some 200 kids from two of the three most affected prefectures in the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

The kids from Miyagi a

A major 6.9-magnitude quake struck along the coast of central Peru, the US Geological Survey has reported, sending thousands of panic-stricken residents of Lima and other cities into the streets.

Pe

Snow blanketed quake-hit eastern Turkey, while emergency crews found a teenager alive in the rubble more than 100 hours after the disaster even as the death toll climbed to 550.

Aydin Palak, 18, was

Rescuers on Friday pulled a 12-year-old boy from the rubble of Turkey's earthquake after he had lain trapped more than 100 hours, as the death toll in the disaster rose to 573.

The end of Ferhat Toka

Survivors of eastern Turkey's earthquake pleaded for more tents on Thursday, fearing death from cold after a tremor that killed at least 523 and left thousands sleeping in the open.

Some blamed the r

At least 138 bodies have been found after a magnitude-7.2 earthquake hit Turkey's southeastern Van province on Sunday, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said early Monday.

More than 350 people were

A 6.6-magnitude earthquake jolted eastern Turkey on Sunday, reported the private NTV television.

Several houses were collapsed after the quake in Van province in eastern Turkey, said the Anatolia new

An earthquake of 7.3 magnitude rocked eastern Turkey on Sunday, with a seimological institute estimating up to 1,000 people could lie dead under the rubble of dozens of collapsed buildings.

The power

A powerful 7.6-magnitude earthquake jolted New Zealand's Kermadec Islands region in the South Pacific early Saturday, the US Geological Survey said.

USGS said the quake was centered 180 kilometers (1

A 6.3-magnitude earthquake rocked Papua New Guinea's remote New Britain region on Tuesday, but was unlikely to cause a tsunami, Australian seismologists said.

The US Geological Survey said the quake