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Thousands of people felt the quake in New Zealand with media reporting buildings swaying and items falling from shelves.
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Signs of life were detected in the ruins of a skyscraper in Bangkok on Monday as efforts intensified to find people trapped three days after a massive earthquake in Southeast Asia that killed at leas...
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The UN says the earthquake has compounded "an already dire crisis" in Myanmar, which is in the midst of a four-year civil war.
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Coastal warning issued after magnitude 6.7 quake hits off New Zealand
Thousands of people felt the quake in New Zealand with media reporting buildings swaying and items falling from shelves.
Powerful New Zealand earthquake sees South Island residents warned to stay away from coast
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Signs of life detected in quake-struck Bangkok skyscraper; death toll tops 2,000
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More Myanmar quake survivors pulled from rubble
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A 7.0 earthquake causes slight damage in Tonga and brief tsunami evacuations
A 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit near Tonga early Monday morning, causing slight damage and brief evacuations before the threat of a tsunami hitting the Pacific island country passed. Tsunami sirens could be heard after the 1:18 a.
Myanmar mourns earthquake dead with one minute of silence as hopes for survivors fade
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Survivors continue to be pulled from Myanmar earthquake rubble 60 hours after disaster
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Earthquake of magnitude 7 strikes Tonga islands, no damage yet reported
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Old New Zealand photo falsely shared as impact of Myanmar earthquake
A catastrophic earthquake in Myanmar killed more than 2,000, buckled roads and collapsed buildings in the country's largest cities, but a photo of a large crack in a street shared online in fact shows quake damage in New Zealand.
6.7 earthquake hits off the coast of New Zealand
A 6.7 earthquake hit off the coast of New Zealand. According to USGS, the earthquake hit around 2:43 p.m. on Tuesday, local time. USGS reports the earthquake was 10 km deep, 159 km from Riverton, New Zealand at the southwestern end of the South Island.
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Massive 6.8 Magnitude Earthquake Hits New Zealand's Riverton
The Riverton coast in New Zealand shook hard as a 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit the region early Tuesday., World News News - Times Now
Myanmar-Thailand earthquake: Kiwi hotel manager praised for calm response
A New Zealand man managing hotels in Thailand has been praised for his leadership in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake that hit Myanmar and Thailand on Friday. More than 1600 people have died and many more injured after the shallow 7.
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Myanmar earthquake causes buildings to collapse with impact stretching to China and Thailand
Videos of the earthquake in Bangkok, Thailand, showed a high-rise building collapsing and people screaming and running in the streets as the 7.7 magnitude quake hit the neighboring nation of Myanmar
Southeast Asia quake: All New Zealand embassy staff safe, Kiwis urged to get in touch with families
MFAT has accounted for all its staff in the area, and Kiwis in Myanmar and Thailand to let their families know they're OK.
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