Earthquake rattles southern Illinois on Thursday
The 2.4 magnitude earthquake happened around 6:15 in the morning near Cairo.
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The 2.4 magnitude earthquake happened around 6:15 in the morning near Cairo.
More than 21,000 people are now known to have been killed in the earthquakes Monday in Turkey and Syria.
As CBS 2’s Jermont Terry reports, “hope” and “healing” were two words echoed repeatedly at a vigil at the Turkish American Society of Chicago.
More than three days after the devastating quakes hit Turkey and Syria, experts say a "critical" survival window is closing fast amid harsh winter conditions.
Rescuers desperately searching for survivors under rubble faced the grim challenges of stretched resources and winter conditions.
Recovery operations continue in Turkey and Syria, with help pouring in from across the globe. The death toll is near 12,000 after two powerful earthquakes Monday and hundreds of aftershocks. Rescuers are digging through the rubble with their bare hands in freezing temperatures to save lives.
The volunteers were ready Monday night to fill a warehouse with as many medical supplies as possible.
The volunteers were ready Monday night to fill a warehouse with as many medical supplies as possible. CBS 2's Jermont Terry reports.
Frantic search efforts were still underway in both countries, with an untold number of people still trapped in rubble.
CBS 2's Marissa Perlman reports Chicago organizations are rushing to help those on the ground effected by the earthquake.
"Some of them they left their houses. Some of them don't have a place to stay and it's freezing. Everybody who speaks Turkish has been asking me 'is your family okay?' I say it's not only my family. It's a bunch of people."
The death toll was rising steadily in both countries. A frantic search for survivors is underway. The U.S. and Ukraine are among the many nations offering assistance.
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake followed by three aftershocks ranging in magnitude from 3.5 to 2.8 rumbled through the South Bay Tuesday, rattling windows, shelves and nerves all across the Bay Area.
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake was reported Thursday afternoon in western Indiana, with some people more than 150 miles away reporting they felt the tremor.
"We're just getting information back. It's bad in some areas."
A 6.4-magnitude quake hit Puerto Rico just before dawn on Tuesday, followed by at least six aftershocks, some nearly as big as the initial quake. That follows a 5.8-magnitude quake that struck early Monday morning.
In 2016, Hurricane Matthew shredded parts of the country and left at least 336 people dead.
Christians dressed in their tidiest clothes are flocking to Sunday sermons in the earthquake and tsunami damaged Indonesian city of Palu, hoping for answers to the double tragedy that inflicted deep trauma on their community.
Photos from Sapporo, Hokkaido's main city on the western part of the island, showed huge cracks in the street and buried houses.
Nearly three million households lost power.
Strong earthquakes jolted the Indonesian tourist island of Lombok on Sunday, causing power blackouts, landslides and damage to buildings.
"Our motto was play with the love of winning and not the fear of losing."
Earthquakes rocked Hawaii's Big Island on Friday as eruptions at the Kilauea volcano continued.
Emergency supplies will head from Chicago to Mexico and Puerto Rico thanks to a mission started by a local priest.
Puerto Rican lawyers and first responders are asking Chicagoans to turn out for a benefit on the Northwest Side on Thursday night for Puerto Rican hurricane and Mexican earthquake victims.
