23/03/2012 | Argentina

Light earthquake shakes San Juan

The province of San Juan began the day with a shaky start this morning, after it experienced an earthquake measuring 4.6 on the Richter Scale, the National Institute for Seismic Prevention (INPRES) informed.

11/03/2011 | Argentina

CFK expressed Argentina's 'solidarity and condolences' for Japan

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner expressed “solidarity and condolences” from the national government and the Argentine public to Japan, in light of the tragic earthquake and tsunami which took place today.

06/07/2011 | Argentina

Magnitude 4.8 earthquake hits Mendoza

A 4.8 magnitude earthquake was recorded this morning in the province of Mendoza. Spokespersons for the head of Civic Defense confirmed that the earthquake occurred around 11.30 am, 25 kilometres south of the Mendoza capital. No damage was reported.

02/09/2011 | Argentina

Strong earthquake hits Santiago del Estero province

A 6.4 magnitude earthquake hit the province of Santiago del Estero this morning, with the epicentre recorded in Añatuya, 130 kilometres away from the province capital, the US Geological Service (USGS) confirmed. Officials informed that currently there was no registered damage, nor any people injured.

05/01/2013 | World

Quake measuring 7.5 strikes off Alaska

An earthquake of 7.5 magnitude struck in the Pacific Ocean off southeastern Alaska.

09/07/2012 | World

Washington Monument could stay closed into 2014 for repairs

The earthquake-damaged Washington Monument could remain closed into 2014 for a repair job priced at $15 million, the National Park Service said.

28/07/2012 | World

Magnitude 6.6 quake hits off Papua New Guinea coast

A magnitude 6.6 quake struck off the coast of Papua New Guinea early on Sunday local time, the US Geological Survey said.

22/10/2012 | World

Italian scientists convicted over earthquake warning

Six scientists and a government official were sentenced to six years in prison for manslaughter by an Italian court for failing to give adequate warning of an earthquake that killed more than 300 people in L'Aquila in 2009.

27/05/2012 | World

More aftershocks hit Italy, thousands still homeless

A force 4.0 tremor hit northern Italy on Sunday, one of the strongest of a series of aftershocks that have hit the area since it was struck by a magnitude 6.0 earthquake a week ago which killed seven people and made thousands homeless.

04/06/2012 | World

Indonesia's Java island hit by 6.1 magnitude quake

An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck off the Sukabumi district in West Java in the western part of Indonesia, the state meteorology agency said today.

12/06/2012 | World

Afghans fear 80 dead after quake triggers landslide

An earthquake in Afghanistan triggered a landslide which buried mud homes in a mountain village and rescuers feared at least 80 people had been killed, provincial officials said.

03/03/2012 | World

Strong quake hits New Caledonia, no tsunami alert

A magnitude 6.9 struck New Caledonia in the southern Pacific today, the United State Geological Survey said.

11/03/2012 | World

Japan mourns; grapples with tsunami aftermath

With a moment of silence, prayers and anti-nuclear rallies, Japan marked one year since an earthquake and tsunami killed thousands and set off a radiation crisis that shattered public trust in atomic power and the nation's leaders.

11/04/2012 | World

Huge quakes off Indonesia stir panic, but no big tsunami

A powerful 8.6 magnitude earthquake and a series of strong aftershocks struck off Indonesia today, sending people scurrying from buildings as far away as southern India, but there seemed little risk of a disastrous tsunami as in 2004.

24/10/2011 | World

Turkey quake toll exceeds 260 dead, hundreds missing

Rescuers clawed through rubble to free people trapped by a powerful earthquake that killed at least 264 people and wounded more than 1,000 in mainly Kurdish southeast Turkey.

19/11/2011 | World

Strong quake jolts northern Japan

A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.5 jolted the Ibaragi Prefecture near Tokyo Sunday, Japanese public broadcaster NHK said.

19/01/2012 | World

Earthquake hits northeast Iran, 100 injured

About 100 people were injured when an earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale hit northeastern Iran today, state television reported.

20/08/2011 | World

Magnitude 7.5 quake hits Vanuatu in Pacific

A powerful magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck off the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu, the US Geological Survey reported today.

02/09/2011 | World

7.1 magnitude quake strikes off Alaska

A 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck today in the Aleutian Islands off Alaska, the US Geological Survey reported, prompting a tsunami warning for a portion of Alaska's coast.

18/09/2011 | World

Magnitude 6.8 quake rattles India, several dead

A magnitude 6.8 earthquake hit a remote Himalayan region in northern India today, killing at least four people and five in neighboring Nepal as well as damaging buildings and blocking roads, officials said.

30/07/2011 | World

Strong earthquake jolts northeast Japan, no tsunami

A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.4 jolted northeast Japan, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. The quake, at 3:54 a.m. (1854 GMT Saturday), was also felt in Tokyo.

11/08/2011 | World

Earthquake shakes Japan's Fukushima, no tsunami alert

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.0 shook Japan's Fukushima, prefecture public broadcaster NHK reported, but it said that no tsunami alert had been issued.

19/08/2011 | World

Magnitude 6.8 quake jolts Japan off Fukushima, no damage

A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 jolted northeastern Japan off Fukushima prefecture today, the Japan Meteorological Agency said, although no damage was reported and a tsunami advisory for the area was lifted after no waves were sighted.

05/05/2011 | World

Earthquake rattles Mexico City, buildings shake

A strong earthquake rattled the Mexican capital and buildings shook but there were no immediate reports of damage. Helicopters were flying over the city, checking for damage, a witness said.

22/06/2011 | World

Northeast Japan rocked by 6.7 magnitude quake

A preliminary 6.7 magnitude earthquake rocked Japan's northeast coast, but there were no immediate reports of damage.

05/07/2011 | World

Magnitude 5.4 earthquake rattles western Japan

An earthquake with preliminary magnitude 5.4 jolted Wakayama prefecture in western Japan today, the Meteorological Agency said, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damages and no tsunami warning was issued

07/04/2011 | World

Aftershock shakes Japan's ruined northeast coast

A major aftershock rocked northeast Japan and a tsunami warning was issued for the coast devastated by last month's massive quake and tsunami that crippled a nuclear power plant.

11/04/2011 | World

Japan raises severity of its nuclear crisis

22/04/2011 | World

Japan will use first US$50 billion for post-quake rebuild

Japan's cabinet approved almost US$50 billion of spending for post-earthquake rebuilding, a downpayment on the country's biggest public works effort in six decades.

02/04/2011 | World

A 5.9 earthquake struck northern Chile, no damage reported

A magnitude 5.9 quake struck northern Chile today but the Chilean emergency office ONEMI said there were no reports of damage.

02/04/2011 | World

Japan may take months to end radiation leaks

03/04/2011 | World

Indonesia lifts tsunami warning after quake off Java

Indonesia's earthquake agency lifted a tsunami warning after a 7.1 magnitude quake struck off Cilacap on the south coast of Java island and caused panic among local residen

14/03/2011 | World

Quake jolts Tokyo area, no tsunami warning

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.1 jolted the Tokyo area around 5 a.m. (5 pm Buenos Aires time)on Tuesday. No tsunami warning was issued.

21/03/2011 | World

Smoke at Japan's stricken plant, radiation anxiety

25/03/2011 | World

Quake kills 74 in Myanmar, aftershock rattles Thailand

At least 74 people were killed in a strong earthquake that struck Myanmar, state media said, while a series of aftershocks have caused panic but only limited damage in Thailand and Laos.

21/02/2011 | World

New Zealand hit by strong earthquake

New Zealand's quake-ravaged Christchurch city was struck by a strong earthquake causing further damage after a strong quake hit the city last year, local media reported.

22/02/2011 | World

New Zealand rescuers sift rubble, quake toll reaches 75

New Zealand rescuers sifted through rubble in search of quake survivors, guided by sounds of crying and tapping, as the death toll in Christchurch climbed to 75, with many dozens still feared trapped inside collapsed buildings.

13/03/2011 | World

Fukushima: More questions than answers

By Guillermo Martínez Funes - Confusion is the word which now applies to the Fukushima nuclear plant: its obvious cause is the lack of reliable technical information. Nuclear physics is not simple and is extremely difficult to explain in basic terminology; besides, in the field of nuclear energy, no news is never good news.

12/01/2013 | Latin America

Haiti remembers 2010 earthquake in subdued anniversary ceremonies

Former US president Bill Clinton flew to Haiti on Saturday to join the country's president, Michel Martelly, at an official commemoration of the third anniversary of the earthquake that decimated the capital and killed more than 250,000 people

09/02/2013 | Latin America

Strong 6.9 quake hits southwestern Colombia

A strong 6.9 magnitude earthquake rocked southwestern Colombia, the US Geological Survey said.

01/10/2012 | Latin America

5.1 magnitude earthquake hits off Mexico's Pacific coast , USGS says

A 5.1 magnitude earthquake struck off Mexico's Pacific coast on Monday, with an epicenter 173 miles (278 km) west southwest of Cihuatlan, the US Geological Survey reported.

07/11/2012 | Latin America

Strong earthquake off Guatemala kills at least 48

A strong earthquake off the coast of Guatemala killed at least 48 people and trapped others under rubble today, crushing homes and cars, destroying roads and forcing evacuations as far away as Mexico City.

21/11/2012 | Latin America

Magnitude 6.1 quake shakes central Chile, no damage reported

A strong earthquake shook buildings in the Chilean capital of Santiago but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries, and the country's massive copper mines were not affected

08/09/2012 | Latin America

Magnitude 5.6 quake hits Costa Rica

A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck northwestern Costa Rica today, three days after a powerful 7.6-magnitude quake hit the Central American country.

25/09/2012 | Latin America

Magnitude 6.3 earthquake strikes near Mexico's Baja Peninsula

A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck near Mexico's Baja Peninsula but a local official said there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.

30/09/2012 | Latin America

No reports of deaths, major damage in Colombian quake

There were no immediate reports of deaths or major damage from a strong earthquake that struck the southwest of Colombia, local media reported.

11/04/2012 | Latin America

Strong quake hits Mexico, no major damage reported

A strong earthquake hit Mexico on Wednesday, shaking buildings in the capital and sending people running out of offices onto the streets, though there were no early reports of major damage.

01/05/2012 | Latin America

Mexico shaken by several quakes

Several earthquakes rattled Mexico, but there were no reports of injuries or damage as the country celebrated a national holiday.

07/09/2012 | Latin America

Presidential Palace demolished in Haiti

Professionals and workers carried out the demolition work of the National Palace in Haiti, which was almost completely destroyed by the earthquake that shook the country’s capital on January 12th, 2010.

23/01/2012 | Latin America

Magnitude 6.2 quake strikes off central Chile

A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck off the central Chilean town of Concepcion on Monday, the US Geological Survey said.

30/01/2012 | Latin America

6.3 earthquake shakes Peru

A 6.3 magnitude earthquake rattled the coast of Peru, causing minor injuries, authorities said. There were no reports of deaths or major damage from the quake, according to the US Geological Survey.

26/03/2012 | Latin America

Fourteen injured, thousands evacuated after Chile’s massive earthquake

Fourteen people were injured and thousands evacuated between Valparaiso and the Biobio region after a 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit Chile last night, the Chilean Interior Ministry informed today.

19/09/2011 | Latin America

Earthquake in Guatemala kills one in landslide

Three earthquakes struck southern Guatemala within 90 minutes, shaking buildings in the capital city and killing one person in a landslide.

28/10/2011 | Latin America

Magnitude 6.9 quake shakes buildings in Peru capital

A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck southern Peru, shaking buildings in the capital Lima, but there were no immediate reports of major damage or injuries.

17/01/2012 | Latin America

Quake shakes Chile coast, capital

A 5.6 magnitude quake shook Chile's central coast, shaking buildings as far away as the capital Santiago, but the state emergency office said there were no immediate reports of any damage.

16/03/2011 | Latin America

Magnitude 5.3 quake shakes Chile, no damage seen

A magnitude 5.3 earthquake rattled central Chile , shaking buildings in the capital Santiago, but there were no reports of any damage or injuries, the government said.

14/05/2011 | Latin America

Michel Martelly sworn in as new president of Haiti

Michel Martelly, a charismatic singer with no government experience, was sworn in as Haiti's president today, shouldering a daunting task of reconstruction in the poor, earthquake-battered nation.

24/08/2011 | Latin America

Strong 7.0-magnitude quake shakes Peruvian Amazon

A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck a remote Amazon region of Peru, shaking office buildings far away in the capital and in neighboring Brazil although no injuries or damage were reported immediately.

11/03/2011 | Latin America

Chile upgrades tsunami alert for coast, Easter Island

Chile upgraded a tsunami alert for its coastline and remote Easter Island territory after waves triggered by a massive earthquake in Japan hit Hawaii, and said it would evacuate flood-prone areas along the mainland coast.

12/03/2011 | Latin America

Latin American countries begin to lift tsunami alerts

Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa, officially recalled the tsunami alert for the country last night. He stated that for today, all six coastal provinces which had been on alert following the Japan earthquake, be lifted.

12/03/2011 | Latin America

Piñera lifts tsunami alert for most of Chile

Chilean President Sebastián Piñera informed the public that the tsunami alert continues; however only for the Northern part of Chile, following the earthquake which hit Japan yesterday.

12/08/2012 | Sports

Two earthquakes in Iran kill 300 and injure 5,000

Overcrowded hospitals in northwest Iran struggled to cope with thousands of earthquake victims as rescuers raced to reach remote villages after two powerful quakes killed nearly 300 people.

21/03/2011 | Entertainment

U2, Rihanna featured on new album to aid Japan

Irish rockers U2 and pop star Rihanna are among the artists expected to be featured on a digital-only album being rushed out by Universal Music to raise funds for Japanese quake and tsunami victims.

23/03/2011 | Entertainment

Gwen Stefani donates US$1 million for Japan relief

Gwen Stefani donated US$1,000,000 to Save the Children's Japan Earthquake-Tsunami Children in Emergency Fund to help in the relief and recovery effort.

01/04/2011 | Entertainment

Shakira helps rebuild quake-hit Haiti girls school

Colombian pop star Shakira pledged $400,000 on Thursday to help rebuild a school for girls in Haiti that was severely damaged during the country's devastating earthquake last year.