AFP - Five moderate earthquakes have struck off the Solomon Islands, seismologists said, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.

AFP - Two earthquakes, measuring 6.6 and 4.9 on the Richter scale, have rocked the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido within a space of 19 minutes, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.

AFP - A series of moderate earthquakes rocked Indonesia, seismologists said, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.

AFP - An earthquake struck parts of Portugal and Spain causing no injuries or damage but prompting hundreds of people to evacuate buildings in both countries, officials and reports said.

AFP - An earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale struck off the southern coast of Portuga, official seismic observers said.

AFP - An earthquake measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale has shaken western Croatia, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.

AFP - Seismologists warned that a "catastrophic" earthquake could strike the southwestern coast of British Columbia soon, Canada's Globe and Mail newspaper reported.

AFP - A weak earthquake measuring 4.8 points on the open-ended Richter scale has been recorded in the northwestern Greek region of Thesprotia, near the border with Albania, the Athens Observatory's Geodynamic Institute said.