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Tonga rattled by 5.0 quake

6.2 quake shakes Costa Rica

Quakes strike Whakatane

7.4 quake strikes Indonesia

A local tsunami alert has been lifted after a 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck Sumatra, Indonesia.

Quake shakes Auckland, BoP

Moderate quake hits Indonesia

Magnitude 6.4 quake hits southern Peru, near Chile border

Samoa replacement houses not quake proof - study

Tsunami-wrecked houses in Samoa are being rebuilt on higher ground - but without protection against cyclones or earthquakes, engineers say.

Three rescued, five days after China quake

Quake hits Kalgoorlie, damages buildings

Rescue in Jiegu as focus turns to rebuilding

4.5 magnitude quake hits Fiordland

6.3 quake strikes Papua New Guinea

String of quakes shake east coast

Second quake hits East Coast

Quake shakes East Coast