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Four earthquakes, measuring 6.2,5.1, 7.0, 6.4 struck the same region of eastern Indonesia Wednesday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

An earthquake has rocked Southern California, shaking the Los Angeles area and forcing a halt to the Toronto Blue Jays-San Diego Padres game in San Diego.

With help from family, friends and the government, widows and widowers from China’s earthquake are finding each other.

TAIPEI (Reuters) - A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 shook much of Taiwan on Monday, the Central Weather Bureau said, but there were no immediate reports of damage.

In his visit to China's quake zone Sunday, President Hu Jintao hugged children and promised new schools and homes.

A 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck Papua New Guinea Sunday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.

Tibetan monks prayed over hundreds of bodies Friday at a makeshift morgue next to their monastery after powerful earthquakes destroyed the town of Jiegu in  China, killing  least 1,144.

A powerful earthquake killed at least 67 people and left many others buried under debris early Wednesday.

Officials tried to use Sunday’s 7.2-magnitude earthquake in Mexico as a reminder to Californians.

A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck Baja California in northwestern Mexico on Sunday, shaking the ground at least as far as Los Angeles, California, the U.S. Geological Survey and witnesses reported.