A 6.0-magnitude earthquake hit off the Indonesian island of Java late on Wednesday, US seismologists said, but no tsunami warning was immediately issued.
A powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck off Vanuatu Sunday, but a tsunami threat passed with no immediate reports of major damage along the coasts of the Pacific archipelago.
A strong 6.2 magnitude earthquake shook a lightly populated remote region of southwestern Alaska late Friday, the US Geological Survey that monitors quakes worldwide reported.
Nepal authorities opened banking channels on Sunday to start distributing reconstruction cash to earthquake victims, almost 11 months after the tremor killed nearly 9,000 people.
Nepal has begun distributing free mobile SIM cards to newly arrived visitors in a bid to attract tourists and allay safety fears after last year's devastating earthquake and avalanches.
A ship carrying military personnel and search and rescue officials was dispatched to check on remote island communities in western Indonesia a day after a powerful earthquake, as strong aftershocks rattled the region.
Nepal has extended the climbing permits of hundreds of mountaineers forced to abandon Everest after last year's massive earthquake, to try to lure tourists back to the Himalayas.
Prince Harry will meet people affected by Nepal's earthquake last year and Gurkha soldiers who helped in rescue efforts during a four-day visit to the country next month, his office said.
Taiwan prosecutors were questioning the developer of an apartment complex that collapsed during an earthquake as prosecutors detailed flaws in construction of the building where nearly 100 people remain trapped.
Prosecutors in the southern Taiwan city of Tainan have arrested the developer of a building which collapsed during an earthquake on Saturday killing at least 39 people, as rescue efforts increasingly turned to recovery.
Nepal's former prime minister Sushil Koirala died in Kathmandu aged 77 after a bout of pneumonia, his doctor said.
Rescuers pulled out an eight-year-old girl alive from the rubble of a Taiwan apartment block more than 60 hours after it was toppled by an earthquake, as the mayor of the southern city of Tainan warned the death toll could exceed 100.
