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The moon in seen in a partial lunar eclipse over a ship in Zakynthos island on Monday, Aug. 7, 2017. (AP/Petros Karadjias)
October 26, 2018, 5:42 am
No major damage as strong quake rattles Greek tourist island
Magnitude 6.8 temblor in Ionian Sea felt as far away as Athens, but only minor damage and injuries reported
By AP
An Indonesian search and rescue member walks near a collapsed mosque at Perumnas Balaroa village in Palu in Central Sulawesi on October 6, 2018, following the September 28 earthquake and tsunami (AFP PHOTO / MOHD RASFAN)
October 7, 2018, 1:37 pm
5,000 feared missing after Indonesia quake as death toll rises to 1,763
Search for those unaccounted-for will continue until October 11, at which point they will be declared missing, presumed dead
By Andrew BEATTY
A man stands under an umbrella in a neighborhood of Wani village on the outskirts of Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, October 4, 2018. (Dita Alangkara/AP)
October 4, 2018, 4:08 pm
Israeli disaster aid team to head to quake-hit Indonesia
Non-governmental organization IsraAID says workers will provide mental health support, conduct needs assessment in country with world’s largest Muslim population
By TOI staff
Rescue personnel search for earthquake survivors at a collapsed home in Balaroa, West Palu, Indonesia's Central Sulawesi on October 3, 2018. (YUSUF WAHIL/AFP)
October 3, 2018, 1:18 pm
Time running out for earthquake survivors as Indonesia death toll tops 1,400
UN humanitarian office estimates some 200,000 people are in urgent need of aid; food and water in short supply
By Agencies and TOI staff
Members of an Indonesian rescue team search for victims from collapsed buildings in Palu in Central Sulawesi, October 2, 2018. (YUSUF WAHIL/AFP)
October 2, 2018, 11:47 am
Indonesia clamps down on looting as quake-tsunami toll reaches 1,234
Severed transport transportation links hampering rescue efforts; volunteers told to prepare a mass grave for up to 1,300 possible victims
By Harry Pearl
Indonesian police carry the body of a tsunami victim during a mass burial in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, October 1, 2018 (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
October 1, 2018, 3:06 pm
Indonesian city begins burying its dead as toll tops 840
Death count from earthquake and tsunami expected to rise as remote areas reached; EU and 10 other countries have offered aid
By Niniek Karmini
An Indonesian rescue team evacuates a women from damaged areas following earthquakes and a tsunami in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, Sunday, September 30, 2018. (AP Photo/Chandra)
September 30, 2018, 9:56 am
Indonesia tsunami death toll soars to 832 as rescuers race to locate survivors
People trapped in one fallen hotel still heard screaming for help two days after collapse, says head of nation’s search and rescue agency
By Agencies
Medical team members help patients outside a hospital after an earthquake and a tsunami hit Palu, on Sulawesi island on September 29, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / MUHAMMAD RIFKI)
September 29, 2018, 10:06 am
Hundreds killed in Indonesia tsunami, with death toll likely to rise
Officials report at least 384 dead after powerful quake near island of Sulawesi causes waves to sweep away houses
By Ola Gondronk
Rescuers from the Mexican-Jewish aid agency Cadena inspect damage in Mexico City following the earthquake last year. (Courtesy of Cadena/via JTA)
September 24, 2018, 5:05 pm
A year after the Mexico City quake, many Jewish organizations still have no home
The community has seen numerous changes since the tremblor that killed 300, with perhaps the biggest being to Cadena, the first responders now rebuilding homes across the country
By Alan Grabinsky
Illustrative: A picture taken on November 14, 2017, shows a buildings damaged by the 7.3-magnitude earthquake that struck two days before in the town of Sarpol-e Zahab in Iran's western Kermanshah province. (AFP Photo/Atta Kenare)
August 26, 2018, 12:14 pm
Two dead, 241 injured in Iran earthquake
US Geological Survey says 6.0-magnitude temblor near Iraqi border struck near site of last year’s powerful quake, which killed 620 people
By Eric RANDOLPH
A rescue worker searches debris for survivors with his sniffing dog after an earthquake at the city of Sarpol-e-Zahab in western Iran, November 13, 2017. (Pouria Pakizeh/ISNA via AP)
August 26, 2018, 4:42 am
Dozens hurt as 6.0-magnitude quake rattles western Iran
Powerful shallow temblor strikes south of Javanrud near Iraq border, in area hit by quake that killed hundreds last year
By AFP
Emergency workers recover a body from the Jamiul Jamaah Mosque after it collapsed during an earthquake in Bangsal, North Lombok, Indonesia, Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
August 8, 2018, 11:05 am
Indonesia quake death toll rises to 131 as aid begins to arrive
Nearly 2,500 people hospitalized with serious injuries and over 156,000 are displaced after temblor hits Lombok island
By AP
An Imam at a mosque in Bali steadies himself, as a deadly earthquake hits on August 5, 2018. (Screen capture: YouTube)
August 6, 2018, 11:42 pm
Clip of Indonesian imam leading prayer as quake hits goes viral
White-robed Islamic preacher steadies himself against wall as deadly temblor hits neighboring Lombok
By AFP
Patients are evacuated outside a hospital following an earthquake in Bali, Indonesia, Monday, Aug. 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)
August 6, 2018, 8:57 am
Death toll in Indonesia earthquake rises to 91
Over 200 injured, thousands of buildings damaged as 7.0 temblor hits Lombok; neighboring Bali also shaken
By ROS IDIN and Niniek Karmini
Indonesian soldiers tend to a woman injured in the earthquake at a makeshift hospital in Lombok, Indonesia Aug. 5, 2018. (AP Photo)
August 6, 2018, 1:44 am
Death toll rises to 82 in Indonesia earthquake
Scale of destruction begins to emerge as day breaks; tsunami warning lifted in the region
By Agencies
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