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Scared to stay inside, Nepal quake victims treated in car park
Apr 26, 2015 (AFP)
Nepalese doctors set up makeshift operating theatres in a hospital car park Sunday as they worked round the clock to treat the wounded from a monster quake that...
Aftershocks cause more terror as Nepal quake toll tops 2,400
Apr 26, 2015 (AFP)
Powerful aftershocks rocked Nepal Sunday, panicking survivors of a quake that killed more than 2,400 and triggering fresh avalanches at Everest base camp, as re...
Hundreds dead in Nepal quake, avalanche triggered on Everest
Apr 25, 2015 (AFP)
A massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake killed hundreds of people Saturday as it ripped through large parts of Nepal, toppling office blocks and towers in Kathmandu ...
Earthquake 'super-cycle' patterns on the Garlock fault
Apr 24, 2015 (SPX)
A new look at slip rate data and geologic evidence for ancient earthquakes on the central Garlock fault suggest that seismic activity along the fault may be con...
Thousands evacuated as Chile volcano roars back to life
Apr 24, 2015 (AFP)
Southern Chile was on alert Thursday after the Calbuco volcano erupted for the first time in half a century, lighting up the night sky with spectacular bursts o...
Earthquake potential where there is no earthquake history
Apr 23, 2015 (SPX)
It may seem unlikely that a large earthquake would take place hundreds of kilometers away from a tectonic plate boundary, in areas with low levels of strain on ...
Chile volcano erupts for first time in decades
Apr 23, 2015 (AFP)
Southern Chile's Calbuco volcano erupted Wednesday for the first time in nearly half a century, spewing a giant funnel of ash 10 kilometers (six miles) into the...
Powerful quake hits Taiwan and Japan, tsunami warning lifted
Apr 20, 2015 (AFP)
One man died and another was hospitalised Monday after a fire caused by a powerful quake off Taiwan that set buildings shaking in the capital Taipei and sparked...
Isis dropped from UN hurricane name list
Apr 17, 2015 (AFP)
The UN weather agency announced Friday it was dropping "Isis" -- the name of an ancient Egyptian goddess that also happens to be the acronym for the Islamic Sta...
'Volcano of Fire' spews ash on Mexican city
Apr 16, 2015 (AFP)
Mexico's Colima volcano spewed a giant 3.5-kilometer-high (two miles) column of ash on Thursday that rained down on a nearby city, authorities said. The Jalisco...
Cyprus jolted by strongest quake in 16 years
Apr 15, 2015 (AFP)
Cyprus was rocked by its strongest earthquake in 16 years on Wednesday, sending some office workers scurrying into the streets but with no immediate reports of ...
Researchers test smartphones for earthquake warning
Apr 15, 2015 (SPX)
Smartphones and other personal electronic devices could, in regions where they are in widespread use, function as early warning systems for large earthquakes ac...
US Marines plan force in Honduras for hurricane season
Apr 10, 2015 (AFP)
The United States wants to deploy a force of about 250 Marines to Honduras to provide humanitarian help during the region's hurricane season, officials said Fri...
Costa Rica volcano throws up fiery rocks and ash: authorities
Apr 07, 2015 (AFP)
Costa Rica's Turrialba volcano erupted early Tuesday, hurling fiery rocks and sending up a column of ash that showered the capital 80 kilometers (50 miles) away...
Haiti floods kill six, damage thousands of homes
Apr 06, 2015 (AFP)
The first heavy rains of the wet season flooded parts of the Haitian capital Port-au-Price over the weekend, leaving at least six dead and damaging 8,000 homes,...
In the poisonous breath of sleeping volcanos
Apr 05, 2015 (SPX)
The "Villa trans lacum" at the eastern shore of the Laacher See (lake) in the volcanic part of the Eifel - a rural landscape in Germany - was a highly dangerous...
Typhoon Maysak melts away as it hits Philippines
Apr 05, 2015 (AFP)
A super typhoon dissolved into a tropical depression and made landfall in the Philippines Sunday, forecasters said, easing fears after thousands of residents fl...
Maysak weakens but thousands being evacuated in Philippines
Apr 04, 2015 (AFP)
Around 24,000 coastal residents of the Philippines were being evacuated as a precaution from approaching Tropical Storm Maysak on Saturday, officials said, even...
Chile's Bachelet visits flood-hit north after 25 killed
Apr 04, 2015 (AFP)
Chile's President Michelle Bachelet visited the flood-hit north of the country where at least 25 people died this week, vowing to "rebuild" the stricken region....
Death toll in Chile floods rises to 24, 69 missing
Apr 02, 2015 (AFP)
The death toll from floods devastating northern Chile has risen by one to at least 24, officials said Wednesday, as President Michelle Bachelet cancelled a trip...
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