WASHINGTON, Nov 13 (AFP) - A strong 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck just off the South American coast early Friday near neighbors Chile and Peru, the US Geological Survey said.

JAKARTA, Nov 12 (AFP) - A moderate 5.4-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia's Sumatra island early Friday but there were no immediate reports of damage and no tsunami warning was issued, seismologists said.

CHENNAI, Nov 10 (AFP) - Heavy rain in southern India triggered flash floods and landslides that killed 41 people in the last 24 hours, police said Tuesday.

BANGKOK, Nov 10 (AFP) - Floods and mudslides in southern Thailand have killed 18 people and affected more than 300,000 over the past five days, the interior ministry said Tuesday.

MIAMI, Nov 9 (AFP) - A late-season hurricane bore down on the oil fields of the Gulf of Mexico Monday after ravaging parts of Central America and killing at least 124 people in El Salvador.

JAKARTA, Nov 8 (AFP) - A strong quake with a magnitude of 6.7 and a relatively shallow depth hit the Indonesian island of Sumbawa on Monday, officials said, with initial reports saying some buildings were damaged.

SAN SALVADOR, Nov 8 (AFP) - Torrential rains caused by a low pressure system in the Pacific and the tail-end of Hurricane Ida killed some 91 people and left some 60 others missing in El Salvador, civil defense officials here said Sunday.

HANOI, Nov 7 (AFP) - At least 13 people have been killed in a landslide in central Vietnam following storms and flooding that have now left almost 130 people dead, officials said Saturday.

HANOI, Nov 5 (Bernama) -- At least 99 people were killed as typhoon Mirinae hits Vietnam, according to a report of the government's website on Thursday.

BEIJING, Nov 4 (AFP) - A moderate earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 struck northwest China on Thursday, but there were no immediate reports of damage in the remote and thinly populated region.