AFP - A moderate earthquake of 5.3 on the Richter scale has struck the northern Sumatra region of Indonesia but there were no immediate reports of damage, geologists said.

AFP - Thousands of people living around Mayon volcano in the eastern Philippine province of Albay have been evacuated amid fears that an approaching storm could trigger fresh mudslides, officials said.

AP - Several days of heavy rain and snow have triggered mudslides, obstructing relief efforts in Pakistan's earthquake-hit portion of Kashmir, officials said Tuesday.

AFP - Heavy rains and cold weather have killed more than 20 people across Pakistan and triggered landslides in earthquake-hit Pakistani Kashmir.

AP - Harsh winter weather is threatening to cut off more than 300,000 survivors of last year's killer South Asian earthquake from critical food supplies, the United Nations warned Monday as the season's first snows began to fall.

AFP - It could be years before a massive "mud volcano" which has forced thousands of people to flee their homes stops flowing, Indonesian Environment Minister Rachmat Witoelar has said.

AP - Rescuers in the Philippines all but gave up hope Monday of finding survivors in mudslide-swamped villages on the slopes of the Mayon volcano, five days after Typhoon Durian killed an estimated 1,000 people.

AFP - An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter Scale has jolted northwestern Pakistan, causing panic but no casualties or damage.