Sandstorms hit northwest China, damage crops

Magnitude 5.7 quake strikes Mexico west coast

Aftershock follows strong quake in Indonesia

Continuous snowfall disturbs traffic in NE China

Storms strike southern China

6.0-magnitude quake hits eastern Indonesia

6.9-magnitude quake hits Solomon Islands

Strong quake shakes buildings in Tokyo

6.6-quake hits off New Zealand

Sky clouded by sand in N China as cold front nears

M5.9 quake hits off coast of Nicaragua

6.1-magnitude undersea quake strikes off northeast Japan

C. China's Hunan fights against drought

Magnitude 6.6-quake jolts Japan coast

5.2-magnitude quake jolts Philippines

Arctic ozone layer experiences record loss

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twin earthquakes struck Japan and Mexico two hours apart

Japan quake moved sea bed 24 metres

5.8-magnitude quake hits Nias region, Indonesia

Heavy snow hits Urumqi

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5.7-magnitude quake rocks Nepal-India border

World sees super moon Saturday night

The moon rises above a pagoda in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 19, 2011. The world saw a super moon on Saturday night as the moon passed the earth at the distance of around 360,000 kilometers, the closest in the past 19 years.

• Source: Xinhua
• [10:09 March 20 2011]

Strong earthquake 6.0 hits Greek islands of Crete, Karpathos

5.5-magnitude quake hits New Ireland region, Papua New Guinea

Earthquake strikes south Java

6.0-magnitude quake jolts Chile