A vendor holds onto a scale as he waits for scavengers to bring him found metal pieces to weigh, at the site of a home that was destroyed by last week’s 7.2 magnitude earthquake, in Les Cayes, Haiti, on Aug. … Read More
The death toll from Saturday’s devastating earthquake in Haiti rose to 1,297 Monday as the country’s hospitals were swamped by the influx of injured people, forcing local officials to bring in more doctors to tragedy-hit areas before the country gets … Read More
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti —A massive 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti on Saturday morning, leveling dwellings in southwest portions of the country and shaking buildings from the neighboring Dominican Republic to Jamaica and Cuba. Officials and witnesses reported heavy damage and … Read More
Residents scrambled to higher ground or to evacuate coastal towns late Wednesday and early Thursday after a massive earthquake struck off Alaska’s coast, triggering aftershocks and now-canceled tsunami warnings. Pat Branson, mayor of Kodiak, the major city of Alaska’s Kodiak … Read More
An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 struck in the Molucca Sea in Indonesia on Thursday. An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 struck Indonesia’s Molucca Sea on Thursday. (Representative Image | PTI) An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 struck in the Molucca Sea about … Read More
A shallow magnitude 5.3 earthquake was reported early morning near Bojnurd, North Khorasan, Iran. According to the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), the quake hit on Monday 17 May 2021 at 3:04 am local time at a shallow depth … Read More
BEIJING, April 18 (Xinhua) — A 6.1-magnitude earthquake jolted Hualien County in eastern Taiwan at 10:14 p.m. Sunday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). The epicenter, with a depth of 5 km, was monitored at 23.94 degrees north … Read More