The incident happened in the middle of the day at the Armancette glacier, at the altitude of around 3,500 meters (11,500 feet). The glacier is located in the Haute-Savoie region, some 30 kilometres (almost 20 miles) southwest of Chamonix.
The attack started at about 5 pm (1100 GMT), in Khiri Rat Nikhom district in Surat Thani province -- roughly 600 km (370 miles) south of the capital Bangkok, reported New Straits Times.
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) said that the earthquake had a 6.8 magnitude and its centre was 40 km south southeast of Jurm district of Badakhshan, Afghanistan.
At least four people were killed and 12 wounded in an explosion inside the Rakhni market in Balochistan's Barkhan on Sunday morning, Aaj News reported. The injured persons have been moved to a nearby hospital while security forces cordoned off the area for investigation.
Four people were killed and nine were injured after a crane collapsed at a temple festival in the Arakkonam Taluka of the Ranipet district on Sunday night.
The accident occurred near Gullu hydro power plant under Narayanpur police station area at 5 pm on Sunday. According to the police, there were a total of 11 persons, including the driver in the vehicle and they were returning after a picnic on the occasion of new year from Gullu waterfall
Terror group Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) on Sunday claimed responsibility for an attack on a police checkpoint in Egypt's Suez Canal city of Ismailia that killed at least four people, including three police.
An Indian-origin man from Amritsar was among the four who died when their bus overturned on an icy highway in British Columbia on Christmas Eve, according to Gurpreet S Sahota, editor of Charhdi Kala and Akal Guardian Punjabi Newspapers.