61.   A powerful earthquake shook remote areas of northeastern Afghanistan early Saturday, but no damage or injuries were immediately reported.

62.   A powerful earthquake struck near the Pacific island state of Vanuatu early Wednesday morning, the Hong Kong Observatory reported.

63.   A powerful earthquake struck Xinjiang province in northwestern China on Friday, killing at least three people and damaging many buildings, the government reported.

64.   A powerful predawn earthquake slammed western Japan Tuesday, devastating the port city of Kobe.

65.   A strong tremor rocked northwestern Greece on Wednesday, four days after a powerful earthquake destroyed thousands of homes and left people homeless in many villages and towns.

66.   A small island in southern Japan was hit by minor tsumami waves Sunday afternoon after a powerful earthquake in nearby Taiwan.

67.   A powerful earthquake and a series of aftershocks shook the Indonesian capital of Jakarta Monday, swaying buildings, rattling furniture and sending panic-stricken people streaming into the streets.

68.   A powerful earthquake and two smaller ones rattled quake-stricken El Salvador on Thursday, causing people to flee into the streets.

69.   A powerful earthquake centered under the Mediterranean Sea shook parts of Egypt, Greece and Israel early Tuesday.

70.   A powerful earthquake followed by two strong aftershocks hit northeastern Chile early Sunday near the city of Antofagasta, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.