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A powerful earthquake has struck the Fiji Islands. The magnitude 7.2 quake, capable of generating huge tsunamis and great damage, struck the South Pacific island chain just before 11 p.m.

The Indonesian city of Padang was in chaos on Thursday fires burning, sirens blaring, dazed residents wandering the streets, thousands of people reportedly trapped beneath the rubble of collapsed buildings after a powerful earthquake struck the island of Sumatra.

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New Delhi, May 9 – There is no immediate tsunami threat to the Indian mainland and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands due to the earthquake which hit Indonesia Sunday morning, the Indian government said.

At least 38 people have been wounded and scores of houses, school buildings and a health clinic have collapsed after a quake of 6.7-magnitude on the Richter scale rocked the eastern parts of Indonesia Monday morning, officials said.

Reports are dozens have died, with chances of it exceeding 100.A powerful earthquake, measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale has struck American Samoa and unconfirmed reports say a tsunami has hit the capital city.

Just after six days from the devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake in Haiti, at 10:40 a.m. EST, a massive earthquake struck Guatemala City which is about 60 miles away from Republic of Guatemala, 39km west-southwest of Ahuachapan, El Salvador and 53km west-southwest of Cuilapa. A 6.0 magnitude earthquake shook the whole city vigorously from about 64 miles below the earth, taking citizens by surprise.

A magnitude 6.1 aftershock struck near Port-au-Prince on Wednesday morning. With so many buildings damaged by the major Haiti earthquake last week, there are concerns about danger. But there's a world of difference between today's quake and the 7.0 earthquake that did so much damage last week.

A 6.3-magnitude earthquake shook Bhutan, killing at least seven people when their houses collapsed and damaging buildings across the region, officials said. Bhutan capital Thimphu was the epicentre of the quake.

An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale struck a remote area of the East Cape of New Zealand's North Island on Monday, the GNS Science said, Xinhua reported.