From an Australian fire that's been continually burning for millennia, to earthquakes that shake the ground for centuries, here are four natural disasters that lasted way longer than you might have expected.

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There were no injuries or damage reported in the aftermath.

Storm Watch Team Meteorologist Mike Rizzo says this is the 200th aftershock since the 4.8 earthquake back in April.

The United States Geological Survey says that there have been 157 aftershocks since the April 5 earthquake.

Experts say aftershocks could last weeks or months.

CBC News reporter Dalia Ashry was preparing to go live on CBC News Network on Monday morning from Turkey when an aftershock from a devastating earthquake shook her surroundings.

Another aftershock of 4.7 magnitude rocked Myanmar's Mandalay again on Tuesday as the death toll from Friday's 7.7 magnitude powerful earthquake neared 3,000. Even as hopes to find survivors fade, a woman was pulled out alive from the...

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Aftershocks were still being felt on Friday in the areas most devasted by a massive earthquake that has claimed more than 6,300 lives and left survivors desperate for aid