Earthquakes & Volcanoes

Moderate quake hits southern Bangladesh
AFP – Sun Dec 13, 10:13 am ET

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DHAKA (AFP) - A 5.3-magnitude earthquake hit southern Bangladesh on Sunday, seismologists said. Full Story »
Guatemalan ex-president Laugerud dies at 79
AP – Fri Dec 11, 8:47 pm ET

GUATEMALA CITY - Former President Kjell Eugenio Laugerud, who is credited with helping rebuild Guatemala after the devastating 1976 earthquake, has died from complications related to cancer. He was 79. Full Story »
Swiss stop pioneering geothermal project
AP – Thu Dec 10, 2:06 pm ET

GENEVA - Switzerland has ended a pioneering geothermal project, authorities said Thursday, three years after the deep drilling into the ground caused a series of earthquakes, scaring residents of the northwestern city of Basel. Full Story »
Child killed as quakes hit Malawi, Tanzania
AFP – Tue Dec 8, 3:04 pm ET

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BLANTYRE (AFP) - A one-year-old boy was killed and 12 people were injured Tuesday as a series of moderate earthquakes struck Malawi and Tanzania, collapsing homes in a region near a new uranium mine, officials said. Full Story »
Malawi child killed during series of earthquakes
AP – Tue Dec 8, 6:33 am ET

BLANTYRE, Malawi - A police official says a 1-year-old child has died in Malawi following a series of earthquakes in the southern African country. Full Story »
Magnitude 5.9 quake jolts Malawi, child killed
Reuters – Tue Dec 8, 5:10 am ET

BLANTYRE (Reuters) - A child was killed and more houses collapsed in Malawi's northern district of Karonga on Tuesday when tremors shook the southern African country for a third day. Full Story »
IMF gives 9.3-mln-dollar lifeline to tsunami-stricken Samoa
AFP – Mon Dec 7, 7:14 pm ET

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WASHINGTON (AFP) - The International Monetary Fund announced Monday it would provide a 9.3-million-dollar lifeline to Samoa to help the country recover from a September earthquake and tsunami disaster. Full Story »
Tremors hit northern Malawi, some injuries
Reuters – Sun Dec 6, 4:09 pm ET

BLANTYRE (Reuters) - Several tremors hit the Karonga district north of Malawi on Sunday injuring at least two people and forcing many on to the streets, officials said. Full Story »
Moderate earthquake jolts Pakistan
AFP – Sun Dec 6, 1:47 am ET

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ISLAMABAD (AFP) - A moderate 5.6-magnitude earthquake jolted parts of northwest Pakistan on Sunday, but there were no reports of casualties or damage, officials said. Full Story »
Samoan Tsunami wave was 46 feet high
AP – Fri Dec 4, 1:23 am ET

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - The tsunami that killed more than 200 people in the Samoan islands and Tonga earlier this year towered up to 46 feet (14 meters) high — more then twice as tall as most of the buildings it slammed into, scientists said Friday. Full Story »
Quake of 5.6 magnitude shakes Venezuela, no deaths
Reuters – Fri Nov 27, 7:37 am ET

CARACAS (Reuters) - An earthquake of 5.6 magnitude shook western Venezuela early on Friday, panicking residents and damaging some buildings, officials said. Full Story »
Quake shakes El Salvador, Guatemala
AP – Thu Nov 26, 3:06 pm ET

SAN SALVADOR, EL Salvador - A strong earthquake struck off El Salvador's Pacific coast Thursday, sending people running from buildings in this Central American nation and in neighboring Guatemala. Full Story »
Small earthquakes shake California-Mexico border
AP – Wed Nov 25, 9:59 am ET

CALEXICO, Calif. - Earthquakes continue to rattle the California-Mexico border, but there are no reports of damage or injuries. Full Story »
Strong quake strikes off Tonga: USGS
AFP – Tue Nov 24, 3:59 pm ET

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NUKU'ALOFA (AFP) - A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 hit off the Pacific island nation of Tonga on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said. Full Story »
6.8-magnitude quake rattles Tonga
AP – Tue Nov 24, 11:02 am ET

NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga - A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the Pacific island nation of Tonga, sending panicked residents into the streets at night, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. Full Story »
Magnitude 6.8 quake recorded near Tonga
Reuters – Tue Nov 24, 8:48 am ET

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A powerful earthquake of magnitude 6.8 struck northeast of the South Pacific island nation of Tonga on Tuesday, the United States Geological Survey said, but a destructive tsunami was not expected. Full Story »
China activist who spoke out on quake gets 3 years
AP – Mon Nov 23, 9:34 pm ET

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BEIJING - A veteran dissident was sentenced to three years in prison after casting a spotlight on poorly built schools that collapsed and killed thousands of children during China's massive earthquake last year — an apparent government attempt to squelch such information. Full Story »
China 'sentences quake activist to three years'
AFP – Mon Nov 23, 8:00 am ET

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BEIJING (AFP) - A Chinese dissident who campaigned for the parents of children killed in last year's Sichuan earthquake was sentenced Monday to three years in jail on a state secrets charge, his wife said. Full Story »