Alex de Steiguer was about to send an email from a house on Star Island, 7 miles off the coast of Maine and New Hampshire, when she heard what she thought was a big plane flying over. Outside, a flock of wild geese grazed around the house.

A 5.8-magnitude earthquake jolted Southern Leyte at 7:39 a.m. on Thursday, January 23, according to Phivolcs. In its second bulletin, Phivolcs downgraded the magnitude from 5.9 to 5.8. The quake, classified as strong,

Dehradun: Three consecutive tremors, all within a four-hour gap, shook Uttarkashi town on Friday morning, triggering panic among the residents.

Sim Hwee Kok and his partner Neo Siew Choo were last seen getting off a bus near the Shakadang Trail in Hualien county, shortly before the 7.2-magnitude earthquake.

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) has called on residents in Southern Leyte to avoid six areas in the province affected by landslides and rockfall caused by the recent magnitude 5.

The remains of a Singaporean man who died after an earthquake hit Taiwan's Hualien county last April have been found. 47-year-old Sim Hwee Kok's remains were discovered on Jan 11 by a farmer, reported Taiwanese news outlet China Times.

The nation is located in a busy earthquake zone and faces high levels of deforestation – factors that are linked to flooding and landslides, though it wasn't immediately clear if the areas hit are near mines or heavily logged areas.

Uttarkashi: Tremors of an earthquake were felt in Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand on Friday morning, causing panic among residents. Many people ran out of their homes in fear as the earth shook. The earthquake occurred at around 7:42 am, with a reported magnitude of 3.5 on the Richter scale, according to the National Center for Seismology (NCS).

DEHRADUN: Residents rushed out of their homes in panic after two jolting earthquakes hit the Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand on Friday morning. According to

The police confirmed the remains matched those of Sim Hwee Kok, 47, who went missing with his wife Neo Siew Choo, 47, after they were last seen alighting a bus on the Shakadang trail in Hualien's Taroko Gorge just 40 minutes before the earthquake hit.

BOISE, Idaho – A magnitude 4.2 earthquake was reported in southern Idaho on Monday morning. The US Geological Survey said the earthquake was reported just after 9:30 a.m. local time about 16 ...

The farmer had spotted a piece of bone in a river bed located below an area where a landslide had occurred. Read more at straitstimes.com.