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An earthquake of 6.3 magnitude struck outside the city of Herat just days after another shock wiped out entire villages killing more than 2,000 people - 90 per cent of which were women

Residents of Washington state was struck with yet another earthquake today near the Puget Sound basin, which is known for causing small shocks - however, this one registered as a 3.5 on the scale and residents say they felt the shake for miles around

Crowds of residents and shopkeepers fled buildings in the city at around 11:00 am local time (06:30 GMT) as the quakes began, causing widespread devastation

Naples, Italy, was rocked by a powerful earthquake, which sent rubble crashing down on cars and residents fearthe quake could be the prelude to a volcanic eruption

Retired schoolteacher David Barden, 71, travelled to Morocco to take part in a charity bike ride, but died in tragic circumstances when a 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck

Two fault lines lay below London, in the centre and near Canary Wharf, which could bring the city to its knees if it was hit with a large enough quake - although one has not hit since the 1700s

The ghost town of Craco was destroyed by a landslide in 1963 and all residents moved to the nearby valley, but its fascinating medieval history still attracts visitors

The UK’s International Search and Rescue team told how they checked remote villages for survivors following the devastating earthquake that killed more than 2,900 people

Elżbieta Kiełkowska, from Glasgow, said the tremors felt 150 miles from the epicentre at her hotel in Ouazazate, Morocco, were so strong that her shoes fell off her feet as everything was "vibrating all around us" like a "washing machine"

Just hours after the strong and rare earthquake struck on Friday night, the unidentified London-based doctor drove 1,800 miles to the epicentre near the Moroccan capital of Marrakech

Scenes of devastation were clear to see in Moroccan village where one in 10 people died in Friday's earthquake, as one heartbroken mum crouched at a crater where her son’s body was found

EasyJet, Ryanair, TUI and British Airways have given advice to customers due to head out to Morocco over the coming days, after the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office updated its travel advice

Rebecca Calvert, 63, and friend Hilary Mckegney, 64, had just arrived in the remote village of Imlil in the Atlas Mountains to go hiking when the catastrophic 7.2 earthquake struck

There were major fears for Rebecca Calvert and Hilary Mckegney after they were caught up in the devastating 6.8 magnitude tremor, but the women have now made contact with their families

The Mirror has set foot in the ravaged town of Amizmiz - there Phil Cardy and photographer Tim Merry found families whose homes and communities had been destroyed with many lives lost

The quake was the strongest to hit the nation’s centre in more than a century and many people are feared to still be trapped under the rubble deep in the Atlas Mountains, including holidaymakers that are still missing

A powerful earthquake centred in Morocco’s High Atlas mountains has killed more than 2,000 people as buildings collapsed and people have fled with more shocks expected to hit

Villages have been flattened, streets have become rivers of rubble and relatives desperately search for lost loved ones after Morocco's most powerful earthquake in 120 years

Rebecca Calvert and friend Hilary Mckegney, who were on holiday in Marrakech, have not been in touch with loved ones since Morocco's most powerful quake in 120 years hit

More than 1,000 people have died in Morocco after a powerful and rare earthquake, sparking a desperate rescue mission amid horrific scenes in and around the High Atlas mountains

Many people across Morocco were just settling into sleep when the tremors began around 11pm, eventually killing over 800 people

A huge magnitude seven earthquake has hit Morocco, striking in the west of the country, leaving homes without power and water as footage from the area shows people fleeing in fear, screaming

It comes just weeks after thousands of people had to be evacuated from Tenerife in the Canary Islands after fires swept raged across huge swathes of the island

A nurse who was kidnapped for two weeks with her daughter has been released, and has now told her captors she would willingly treat them if they needed - and even that she wants to hug them in heaven

The oarfish – dubbed a "harbinger of doom" – measured 13 feet (4 metres) in length and was still alive when beachgoers tried to help it back out to sea at Cancas Beach in Punta Sal, Peru