Residents in various areas, including Downtown Dubai, Dubai Hills, Dubai Media City, and Dubai Sports City, reported of tremors in the locality
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Philippines struck by magnitude 6.2 earthquake, tremors felt in Manila
A deep earthquake strikes the Philippines, with no immediate casualties recorded
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Turkey-Syria earthquake leave thousands dead, rescue missions ongoing
Rescue missions are ongoing for survivors trapped in the rubble
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Earthquake leaves hundreds dead in Turkey, Syria
The earthquake hit in the early hours of Monday morning
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UAE residents feel tremors after 5.9 magnitude earthquake rocks Iran on Wednesday morning
The earthquake hit the southern regions of Iran at 10:06 am on 15 June
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Bahrain confirms minor earthquake hit kingdom
Confusion surrounded seismic activity on Monday morning after initial investigations failed to pick anything up
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Tremors felt in the UAE following Iranian earthquake
UAE’s National Center of Meteorology said the quake was ‘slightly felt by residents without any effect’.
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Earthquakes recorded in Iran, Saudi Arabia
Quakes on Wednesday night registered 5.0 and 3.9 respectively on the Richter scale
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Another powerful quake rocks Philippines as deaths, damage rise
Search and rescue operations continue at the four-storey supermarket in Pampanga that collapsed and where as many as 30 people were feared trapped
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In pictures: Powerful earthquake hits Philippines
The 6.3 magnitude quake struck northwest of the capital on Monday. At least five people were killed when buildings collapsed near Manila after a powerful earthquake set skyscrapers swaying and drove terrified locals into the street.
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Tremors felt in UAE following earthquake in Iran
Residents in Ras Al Khaimah felt slight effects of the earthquake, but “without any effect”
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Minor tremor felt in the UAE
No injuries reported in the Ras Al Khaimah and Fujairah areas
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No impact on UAE from Iran quake, says NCMS
The NCMS said in a statement that there were ‘no quake jolts were reported across the UAE’
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In pictures: Aftermath of Indonesia’s twin quake-tsunami disaster
The death toll in Indonesia’s twin quake-tsunami disaster passed 1,400 Wednesday, with time running out to rescue survivors and the UN warning of “vast” unmet needs that have fuelled looting. Survivors are battling thirst and hunger, with food and clean water in short supply, and local hospitals are overwhelmed by the number of injured.
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Time running out for survivors as Indonesia toll nears 1,400
Almost 200,000 people need urgent help, the UN’s humanitarian office said, among them tens of thousands of children, with an estimated 66,000 homes destroyed or damaged by the 7.5-magnitude quake and the tsunami it spawned
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Indonesian air traffic controller hailed as quake hero
Officials say Anthonius Gunawan Agung refused to leave his post until he got an Batik Air plane off the ground, while his colleagues who were not handling aircraft departed
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In pictures: Hundreds killed in Indonesia quake-tsunami
Nearly 400 people were killed when a powerful quake sent a tsunami barrelling into the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, officials said Saturday, as hospitals struggled to cope with hundreds of injured and rescuers scrambled to reach the stricken region. The national disaster agency put the official death toll so far at 384, all of them in the tsunami-struck city of Palu, but warned the toll was likely to rise. Some 540 people have been badly injured, it added.