Disaster coverage

A 6.3-magnitude earthquake jolted Haixi Prefecture in northwest China's Qinghai Province at 5:06 p.m. Tuesday (Beijing Time), according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). The epicenter was monitored at 37.80 degrees north latitude and 95.56 degrees east longitude. The quake struck at a depth of 10 km.

A 6.7 magnitude earthquake shook part of Indonesia on Tuesday and was followed by strong aftershocks.

A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck off the southern Philippines, according to the US Geological Survey.

A 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck Mindanao, Philippines, at 0918 GMT on Monday, according to the GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences. The epicenter was at a depth of 116.8 km, initially determined at 6.14 degrees north latitude and 126.85 degrees east longitude.

The death toll from a traffic accident in northern Ethiopia has climbed to 31, local officials confirmed on Monday. The accident occurred when a public bus traveling from Dessie City lost control and plunged into a 100-meter-deep ravine. 33 others were injured.

In Pakistan, two pilots were killed in the crash of a training aircraft of the Air Force, reports Xinhua.

One person died and 12 others were injured in a fire in an apartment building in Samara, the city administration told TASS.

Three Czech citizens were confirmed dead and another went missing after a catamaran collided with a sailboat on Sunday off the coast of Split, Croatia. Croatian authorities said the collision involved a domestic passenger catamaran and a French-flagged sailboat carrying Czech tourists. The sailboat sank after the accident, and an underwater drone located it at a depth of over 50 meters. Retrieval operations are scheduled to begin Monday. Four other Czech nationals survived, three with minor injuries and one hospitalized in stable condition. An investigation into the cause is underway.

At least 10 people were killed and one injured in a head-on collision between a pickup truck and a truck that caught fire near Zapotal in Santa Elena province, Ecuador, early Sunday, according to the Transit Commission and ECU 911.

A gas explosion, preliminarily, occurred in a house in Samara on XXII Party Congress Street, a fire broke out, and residential premises were damaged, the regional prosecutor's office reports. According to the regional Health Ministry, five people were injured, including two children.

At least 6 people were killed after 2 helicopters collided and crashed in southwestern Rio de Janeiro, according to media reports.

A state of emergency has been declared in four rural settlements in the Krasnodar region due to the threat of flooding, the regional operational headquarters reported. The administration of the Krymsky District said that a dam breach has flooded more than 4,000 hectares of agricultural land.