Nearly 4,900 people have been killed and tens of thousands injured after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Turkey and Syria on Monday, according to officials.
At least 100 aftershocks measuring 4.0 or greater have occurred since the 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck southern Turkey on Monday morning local time.
Aftershocks followed the quake. There were reports of destroyed buildings in Turkey and Syria, where tremors also were felt. Significant casualties are likely.
At least 162 people died in a powerful earthquake that rattled Indonesia's main island of Java on Monday. The rescuers are searching for survivors trapped under the rubble amid a series of aftershocks, Al Jazeera reported.
An earthquake of magnitude 4.2 shook Nepal on Tuesday. The quake occurred around Babala of Accham district in Western Nepal at 18:08 (local time), the National Earthquake Monitoring & Research Center (NEMRC), Nepal said in a tweet.
Nepal's National Earthquake Monitoring and Research Center till Thursday afternoon has recorded about 300 aftershocks measuring less than 4.0 magnitude. On Thursday morning, the western district of Bajura recorded a 4.1 Richter scale aftershock.
Nepal Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba on Wednesday expressed heartfelt condolences to the families of those who lost their lives in a 6.3 magnitude earthquake.
Tehran [Iran], June 25 (ANI): An earthquake of magnitude 5.6 hit Iran on Saturday at 03:37:13 GMT, days after a powerful seismic activity was recorded in Afghanistan that claimed around 1,000 lives in war-ridden country.
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 24 (ANI): At least five people were killed and 11 others were injured after an aftershock hit a district of the quake-hit Afghanistan's Paktika on Friday.