Earthquake

Taiwan's eastern region hit by hundreds of aftershocks; 10 dead, 1,099 injured after 7.2-magnitude quake

Quake hits 15.5km deep, triggering tsunami warning for Japan and the Philippines, later lifted

No loss of life or damage to property was reported

Earthquake struck at around 2:20pm in the Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan, says PMD

Magnitude 7.6 earthquake that struck Japan's west coast destroyed infrastructure, leaving 23,000 homes without power

3,000-strong rescue crew of army personnel, firefighters and police officers from across the country dispatch to sites

Renewed concern over outdated, poorly built homes in disaster-hit Qinghai, Gansu

Gansu heavily impacted with 200,000 homes wrecked, 117 dead, 781 injured; 32 dead, 2 missing in Qinghai

Some 100 to 200 cubic metres of lava emerges per second, several times more than in previous eruption

Magnitude-6.2 earthquake hit Gansu and Qinghai, killing 127, injuring hundreds, and causing widespread damage