A huge 7.6 magnitude earthquake originated in the Carribean Sea just before 10 pm Eastern time (just before 6pm-Alaska Time) prompting tsunami warnings being issued for the lowland areas in Puerto Rico, the Cayman Islands, Cuba, Jamaica, as well as other Caribbean Islands and Mexico and Central America. The earthquake, one of the largest in modern […]
Rescuers continue to comb through the rubble in the aftermath of the deadly earthquake that rocked the border area between Iraq and Iran on Sunday in an effort to locate additional survivors. Thousands of people near the epicenter were injured and well over 400 others perished as the buildings collapsed during the magnitude 7.3 quake […]
At least 16 people died late Thursday night in Mexico after a powerful 8.2 magnitude earthquake struck the country, the biggest quake in more than 100 years, according to Mexico’s president. The quake struck off Mexico’s far southern Pacific coast just before midnight Thursday night, about 100 kilometers from the town of Tonala, according to […]
The National Science Foundation is funding the largest marine seismic-monitoring effort yet along the Alaska Peninsula, a region with frequent and diverse earthquake and volcanic activity. Involving aircraft and ships, the new Alaska Amphibious Community Seismic Experiment will be led by Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, with partners at the University of Washington and seven other […]