Another quake jolts Japan's Noto region

Tokyo: An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.4 jolted off Japan's Noto Peninsula on Saturday, the weather agency said.

Quake hits off central Indonesia, no casualties reported

Jakarta: An earthquake, measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale, hit off Indonesia's North Sulawesi province Saturday, but did not cause any damage or casualties, disaster agency officials and weather agency said.

6.4-magnitude earthquake jolts western Indonesia

Jakarta: A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia's western province of West Java on Saturday, but did not trigger a tsunami, the meteorology, climatology, and geophysics agency said.

Disaster preparedness is key, 10 years on from Japan quake and tsunami: UN

New York: The UN chief urged countries to make sure they invest the funds necessary to prevent and manage disasters, in a solemn message of remembrance on Wednesday for the 18,400 people who died or are unaccounted for, due to the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan exactly ten years ago.

Pakistan: 6.1 quake strikes Pakistan, one killed

Islamabad, Jan 31 (IBNS): A 6.1 quake jolted several parts of Pakistan, resulting in the loss of a life, local Dawn News reported.

At least one killed as earthquake rocks Peru

Lima, Jan 15 (IBNS): A strong earthquake of magnitude 7.1 struck Peru on Sunday, killing at least one person, reports said.