The Crete Earthquake struck at 12:30 p.m. local time in Greece. The 6.7 undersea July 1 2009 earthquake was centered about 130 kilometers so off the city of Iraklion on Crete.

An earthquake with a 6.7 magnitude is capable of causing significant damage. However the distance of the quake from major populations and its depth 38 kilometers means its is unlikely to have caused much damage.

We are awaiting reports from the area. 

Disease has begun to spread among earthquake survivors in southwest Pakistan. The U.N. has expressed fears for tens of thousands of children and women still desperately waiting for relief supplies.

Aid began reaching devastated villages in mountainous Baluchistan province, more than two days after the 6.4-magnitude quake struck, killing up to 300 people and leaving 70,000 homeless, including 30,000 children.

70 Die in Kyrgyzstan - The quake measured 6.6 and struck at about 10 p.m. Sunday in the Osh region. It flattened Nura, a town of some 960 residents and 400 houses near the Chinese border killing up to 70 people. The death toll could rise.

The rescue operation is being hampered by the remoteness of the village and a lack of telephone links, while roads are impassable in places due to the quake

In 2003, a quake with a magnitude of 6.8 jolted northwest China near the Kyrgyz border, killing 268 people and destroying more than 20,000 buildings.

9 die in Tibet - The quake measured 6.6 with its epicentre around 80 km west of the regional capital Lhasa. The victims were in Gedar township of Damxung County, near the epicentre, reported the official Xinhua news agency.

No reported deaths - The earthquake measured 6.0 and shook central Afghanistan in the wee hours of Monday. People in the capital city of Kabul also felt the trembling of glass-windows and doors.

More than 70,000 were killed in a 7.6-magnitude earthquake in neighbouring Pakistan in October 2005.