Earthquake kills at least 20
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HAITI -- Humanitarian efforts are underway to help those affected by Saturday's massive 7.2 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Haiti. While efforts are mobilizing, Humanitarian officials worry about how quickly aid can be deployed and how Haitians will ...
A powerful earthquake has rattled northern Afghanistan, killing more than a dozen people, injuring hundreds and damaging one the country’s most beautiful mosques.
The Dominican Republic is on the northern edge of the Caribbean tectonic plate, bordering the North American one. This boundary is known for producing seismic activity, with a long history of earthquakes, including Samaná's 8.1 magnitude in 1946 and the 6.4 magnitude in 2020 near Puerto Rico.
As well as being cheap, bamboo appears to have remarkable qualities of seismic resistance. Now it's being used to try to protect people from earthquakes.
At least 20 people have been killed and hundreds more injured in Afghanistan after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck the northern part of the country early Monday, the ruling Taliban said.
A. 2.2-magnitude earthquake shook just north of Wayne County, in Lake Ontario, on Wednesday night. The earthquake hit around 11:19 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 22 and 12 miles north of Pultneyville, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The earthquake occurred at a depth of roughly 7.9 kilometers beneath the surface.