Death toll in Myanmar earthquake nears 700, with hundreds more injured
It sent buildings in many areas toppling to the ground, buckled roads, caused bridges to collapse and burst a dam.
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It sent buildings in many areas toppling to the ground, buckled roads, caused bridges to collapse and burst a dam.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude 7.6 earthquake occurred Saturday around 6:23 p.m. Eastern Time with an epicenter about 129 miles southwest of George Town, the capital of the Cayman Islands.
Nine days after water burst from a once-plugged well in West Texas, it was still shooting upwards.
The Shiveluch volcano spewed an ash column as high as 5 mils above sea level and released a gush of lava, TASS reported Sunday morning.
Texas is investigating whether saltwater disposal wells are responsible for a series of earthquakes in Scurry County.
A powerful magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck off Japan's southern coast on Thursday.
Friday's earthquake happened at around 9:30 a.m. in Scurry County, about 200 miles west of Fort Worth.
A new earthquake has rattled West Texas this Friday morning, sending aftershocks to the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
It happened around 10:30 p.m. on Monday, about 200 miles west of Fort Worth.
Although the earthquake's epicenter was over 200 miles from Dallas-Fort Worth, some of the aftershocks could be felt.
Preliminary reports rate the quakes as 3.0 and 3.2 magnitude.
The roughly 4.7 to 4.8 magnitude earthquake shook New York and New Jersey, even as far north as the Boston area.
The rumbling was felt by 42 million people from the epicenter in New Jersey, all the way to New York City and Philadelphia.
Taiwan's strongest earthquake in 25 years hit during morning rush, killing several, injuring hundreds and sparking tsunami warnings as far away as Japan and the Philippines.
No injuries were reported and damage appeared to be minimal after the earthquake late Friday near Prague, Oklahoma.
Japan's leader says workers are "fighting a battle against time" to rescue people trapped in rubble after a series of powerful earthquakes.
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 prompted a tsunami warning on New Year's Day.
One meteorological office official said he's concerned that a "Hawaiian-style, lava-producing volcanic eruption" could occur in the coming days.
Videos shared on social media show villages once full of mud houses that used to dot the landscape have been reduced to piles of earthy rubbles.
Hundreds of people lined up to donate blood as rescuers kept hunting for people trapped under rubble two days after a 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit central Morocco.
The 6.8-magnitude quake was the biggest to hit Morocco in 120 years, and the ministry wrote that most damage occurred outside of cities and towns.
At two "Eras" tour concert stops in Seattle, Swift and her fans managed to make enough noise and movement to actually rock the ground beneath them for four straight hours.
A number of North Texas groups are racing to get more emergency relief to people in Turkey and Syria after another destructive earthquake destroyed buildings and took at least three lives.
A number of North Texas groups are racing to get more emergency relief to people in Turkey and Syria after another destructive earthquake destroyed buildings and took at least three lives.
A new, 6.4 magnitude earthquake has jolted Turkey's Hatay province which was devastated by a massive tremor two weeks ago.
