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Mamuju, Jan 16 (EFE/EPA).- The death toll from a shallow magnitude-6.2 earthquake on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi has risen to 42, with hundreds injured, the country's disaster management agency said Saturday, as aftershocks continued amid rescue efforts.Around 190 people were seriously injured and 34 died in Mamuju regency, while another eight people died and 637 were injured in Majene regency, both in West Sulawesi province, according to the latest report by the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB). (Camera: STRINGER).SHOT LIST: A COLLAPSED BUILDING AND PEOPLE REST INSIDE A MAKESHIFT SHELTER IN THE AFTERMATH OF AN EARTHQUAKE IN MAMUJU, WEST SULAWESI, INDONESIA.
The death toll from a powerful earthquake which struck eastern Turkey rose to 31, officials said Sunday, as rescue efforts continued. The magnitude 6.8 quake hit on Friday evening, with its epicentre in the small lakeside town of Sivrice in Elazig province but also affected neighbouring cities and countries. IMAGES
Philippine rescuers scramble to reach dozens of people feared buried under a building near Manila that collapsed a day earlier in a powerful earthquake, as the death toll climbs into double figures. IMAGES
At least two people were killed when armed men in uniform torched the headquarters of the main opposition party overnight in Democratic Republic of Congo, witnesses said, beginning a second day of violent protests. Nathan Frandino reports.
An increasingly forlorn search for victims of the earthquake that brought carnage to central Italy enters a third day as the confirmed death toll climbs to 267. IMAGES of recovery efforts
Survivors of the 6.2 magnitude quake in central Italy that's claimed at least 70 lives recount stories of trapped residents crying for help from under the rubble and people sifting through mortar to get to them until rescue teams could arrive. Mana Rabiee reports.