Natural disasters

A 6.0- magnitude earthquake has been registered at 15:28 in the Aegean Sea near the coast of Turkey.

The quake was also felt in Bulgaria, according to BTV.

There are no immediate reports of deaths or injuries.

A 6.8 earthquake has struck south of the Philippines island of Mindanao, triggering a brief warning of "hazardous tsunami waves" for the country's coastlines, according to the US Geological Survey and the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.

A powerful 6.7 magnitude earthquake has struck off central Chile, some 35 kilometers west of the coastal city of Valparaiso.

The quake struck at a depth of 33.0 km, according to the US Geological Survey.

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A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck northern Chile, 144 km (90 miles) southeast of Calama, at a depth of 188 km, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said on Saturday.

The earthquake had a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 and struck at about 5:15 a.m. (0815 GMT), USGS said.

There were no immediate reports on social media of damage or casualties.

There are no reports of material damages in Ruse after an earthquake was registered in the region of Vrancea, Romania, reported sega.bg

According to Bulgaria's National Institute of Geophysics, Geodesy and Geography (NIGGG) the quake was of 4.4 magnitude on the Richter scale.

The 7.3-magnitude quake was measured at a depth of 380 miles (617 km) at 2:13′ pm local time. According to the US Geological Survey (USGS) the quake struck in the centre of the Celebes Sea, off Sulu.

An aftershock of 4,9 magnitude was recorded 12 minutes later.

A major 7.6 magnitude earthquake jolted southern Chile on Dec. 25, prompting thousands to evacuate coastal areas, but no fatalities or major damage were reported in the tourism and salmon farming region. 

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.7 struck 225 km (140 miles) southwest of Puerto Montt in southern Chile on Dec. 25, the United States Geological Survey has said. 

It was earlier reported as magnitude 7.6. 

The quake's depth was measured at about 15 km (nine miles). 

This animation shows every recorded earthquake in sequence as they occurred from January 1, 2001, through December 31, 2015, at a rate of 30 days per second. The earthquake hypocenters first appear as flashes then remain as colored circles before shrinking with time so as not to obscure subsequent earthquakes.

Education was suspended in schools in 39 provinces across Turkey on Dec. 14 due to heavy snowfall. In Istanbul, where the year’s first snow began, the governor’s office has yet to make any announcement about a suspension