Earthquake measuring 6.4 rocks Pak Punjab, NWFP

October 15th, 2009 JAKARTA - An undersea earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale Thursday jolted the Papua province in eastern Indonesia, officials said. There was no report of damage or casualties in the quake that occurred at 1211 GMT, Xinhua reported citing the Disaster Management Agency.

September 24th, 2009 MEXICO CITY - An earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale rocked the western parts of Mexico Thursday, officials said. There was no immediate report of injury or damage.

September 21st, 2009 LHASA - An earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale jolted Bhutan Monday afternoon and the tremors were felt in Lhasa, authorities said. The tremors struck at 4:53 p.m.

September 12th, 2009 CARACAS - A 6.4-magnitude earthquake rocked several parts of Venezuela Saturday, but there were no reports of casualties or damage. Jesse Chacon, the minister for science, technology and industry, said the earthquake took place at a depth of about 15.9 km and its epicentre was located 28 km northeast of Moron in Carabobo state.

September 9th, 2009 WELLINGTON - An earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale Wednesday night jolted the White Island in northeast New Zealand, officials said. The quake occurred at 10.32 p.m., the New Zealand Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences reported.

September 7th, 2009 MOSCOW - An earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale jolted Georgia early Tuesday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. The tremor occurred at 3.41 a.m., with its epicenter some 155 km northwest of the Georgian capital Tbilisi.

August 31st, 2009 XINING - An earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale Monday jolted the Qinghai province in northwestern China, officials said. The quake occurred at 6.15 p.m.

August 2nd, 2009 JAKARTA - An undersea earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale Sunday jolted the West Papua province in eastern Indonesia, the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency said. The epicentre of the quake, which occurred at 0854 GMT, was located at 127 km off the coast of Manokwari.

July 27th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Parts of Northern Pakistan were struck by an earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter Scale on Monday afternoon. The Dawn quoted the U.S.

July 9th, 2009 KUNMING - More than 300 people were injured Thursday when a strong earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale jolted the Yunnan province in southwest China, officials said. The injured were rushed to hospitals.

July 4th, 2009 PANAMA CITY - A strong earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale jolted the Panama capital Saturday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. The quake occurred at 1.49 a.m.

July 3rd, 2009 MEXICO CITY - A strong earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale jolted western Mexico Friday, officials said. The quake was felt in the Baja California Sur and Sinaloa states.

December 28th, 2008 ISLAMABAD - A moderate earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale struck northwestern Pakistan Monday morning, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage, meteorological authorities said. The earthquake, at a depth of 140 km, hit at 8:37 a.m., the US Geological Survey said.

December 28th, 2008 ISLAMABAD - An earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale jolted most parts of northwestern Pakistan Monday morning, a seismological centre said. The moderate earthquake also shook Pakistan's capital Islamabad, but there was no immediate report on casualties.

December 27th, 2008 ISLAMABAD - Twelve journalists were killed and over 201 cases of abuses against the media were recorded in Pakistan in 2008, says the annual report of a media research and development NGO. The Intermedia report released here Sunday said the most dangerous place to practice journalism in the country was Punjab, with a total of 64 cases of violations against the media recorded in the province.