MEXICO CITY, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 jolted New Britain Region, Papua New Guinea at 1634 GMT on Thursday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The ...

美国地质调查局表示，星期三的地震是本世纪四大地震之一。这是自2011年以来最强的地震，当时日本东北部发生9.0级地震，引发大海啸，并导致福岛第一核电站发生熔毁。

BEIJING, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- A 5.4-magnitude earthquake jolted waters east of China's Taiwan region at 3:45 p.m. Thursday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC).