Rescuers in Taiwan pulled more people alive from a collapsed apartment tower, a day after a strong earthquake shook the island, and kept searching for about 120 people still believed trapped in the ruins of the building.
Relatives of missing residents from a 16-storey apartment complex felled by a powerful earthquake in Taiwan that killed 13 people were praying for miracles Saturday as rescuers scoured the rubble for survivors.
A 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck near Nepal's capital late Friday, US seismologists said.
A zebra escaped from its enclosure in a Japanese zoo on Tuesday, giving one keeper a heart attack and injuring another - at least that was the scenario of a drill aimed at dealing with runaway animals.
A 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck southern Alaska early Sunday, US seismologists said.
A strong 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia's Talaud islands north of Sulawesi early Tuesday but there was no threat of a tsunami, seismologists said.
At least eight people were killed and scores injured when a strong 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck northeast India, sending panicked residents fleeing into the streets.
