SYDNEY, Feb 26 — An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 jolted 29 km east-northeast of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea, at 21:24:48 GMT on Saturday (February 25), the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.

ANTAKYA/ANKARA, Turkiye, Feb 25 — Turkiye has begun work to rebuild homes following this month's devastating earthquakes, a government official said on Friday, as the combined death toll in Turkiye and Syria surpassed 50,000.

ISTANBUL, Feb 25 — At least 44,218 people have been killed by two strong earthquakes that jolted southern Turkiye on February 6, the country’s disaster management agency said on Friday.

JAKARTA, Feb 24 — A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia's eastern province of North Maluku on Friday morning, but did not cause casualties or damages, authorities said.

BEIJING, Feb 23 — An earthquake of about 7.2 magnitude shook Tajikistan at 8.37am (0037 GMT) on Thursday at a depth of 10 km (6 miles), Chinese state television CCTV reported, citing the China Earthquake Networks Center.

WASHINGTON, Feb 21 — United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Monday that the world body is ready to provide “additional support” after two more earthquakes jolted Turkiye’s southern province of Hatay.

ANKARA, Feb 21 — Two earthquakes jolted Turkiye’s southernmost Hatay province on Monday, just two weeks after major quakes hit the region, the country’s disaster management agency said.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 21 — A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.3 on the Richter scale struck Turkiye at 1.04am today, according to the Malaysian Meteorological Department.

LONDON, Feb 20 — Nato continued its support for ally Turkiye as 600 temporary housing containers departed for the country’s quake-hit areas, the military alliance said Sunday (February 19).

ANTAKYA/KAHRAMANMARAS, Turkey, Feb 20 — Medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said a convoy of 14 of its trucks had entered northwestern Syria on Sunday to assist in earthquake rescue operations, as concerns grow over lack of access to the war-ravaged area.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 19 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said he was very touched by the concern shown by Malaysians on the fate of earthquake victims in Syria and Turkiye which saw 42 tonnes of humanitarian assistance sent yesterday.

ANKARA, Feb 19 — A magnitude 5.1 earthquake jolted Türkiye’s southern Kahramanmaras province on Saturday.

SUBANG, Feb 19 — Malaysia's first humanitarian aid delivery mission to Syria which was hit by an earthquake earlier this month, took off last night aboard an A400 transport aircraft belonging to the Royal Malaysian Air Force.

GAZIANTEP (Turkiye), Feb 18 — The Malaysian Field Hospital (HMM) operating in Celikhan, Aditaman located about 152 km from here has treated a total of 164 patients since it opened on February 14.

ISTANBUL, Feb 18 — Rescue teams in Turkiye recovered three people, including a child, alive from the debris of a collapsed apartment building where they spent 296 hours since last week's earthquakes, reported the German Press Agency (dpa).

ADIYAMAN / ADANA (Turkiye), Feb 18 — Turkish courts on Friday remanded in custody several building contractors, as well as the owner and three managers of a collapsed hotel following last week’s two major earthquakes.

MOSCOW, Feb 17 — A 17-year-old girl was pulled alive from under the rubble in southern Turkiye on Thursday — about 248 hours after devastating earthquakes collapsed thousands of homes and killed 36,187 people, reported Sputnik.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 15 — The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) said that there were no earthquake incidents reported in Sabah and Sarawak on February 13 and February 14.

ISKENDERUN, Turkiye, Feb 15 — Doctors in a Turkish field hospital in the southern city of Iskenderun said they are treating increasing numbers of patients suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and panic attacks after last week's earthquake.

SEPANG, Feb 15 — Malaysia is sending a special reconnaissance team to Syria to conduct an assessment of the humanitarian aid needed by the country which was also hit by a deadly earthquake earlier this month.