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More than 1,000 people killed after magnitude 5.9 earthquake hits eastern Afghanistan
CNN   22 June 2022   Afghanistan   Khost  
<p>Afghanistan was rocked by its deadliest earthquake in decades on Wednesday when a magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck the country's east, killing more than 1,000 people and wounding many more, according to a regional official.<br />The humanitarian disaster ...
Mexico hit by powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake, killing at least one
The Guardian   08 September 2021   Mexico   Acapulco  
Aftermath of the earthquake in Acapulco. Photograph: David Guzman/EPA
<p>A powerful earthquake has struck south-west Mexico near the beach resort of Acapulco, killing at least one man who was crushed by a falling post, and causing rock falls and damaging buildings.<br />The US Geological Survey (USGS) said a 7.0 magnitude quake ...
Scientists compile the first comprehensive geological map of the Moon
New Atlas   22 April 2020  
<p>Drawing on data from satellites and Apollo-era missions, scientists at the US Geological Survey (USGS), NASA and the Lunar Planetary Institute have pieced together what they say is the first comprehensive geological map of the Moon.</p> <p>Our 4.5-billion-year-old ...
5 of the most devastating earthquakes in US history
Fox News   21 February 2020   USA  
In terms of fatalities, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake was the most devastating in the U.S. (earthquake.usgs.gov)
<p>In 2019, California was rocked by back-to-back earthquakes measuring 7.1 and 6.4, respectively. The quakes brought renewed attention to the state’s vulnerability given its boundaries around the San Andreas fault line.<br>The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) ...
Japan is rattled by 5.2-magnitude earthquake near Fukushima
Mail Online   12 February 2020   Japan   Fukushima  
Japan was rattled by a 5.2-magnitude earthquake off the country's east coast today
<p>Japan was rattled by a 5.2-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Fukushima province today. <br />The quake struck just over 50 miles from the city of Fukushima where the nuclear disaster occurred in 2011. <br />Witnesses said they had felt a 10-second ...
Major 6.2 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Alaska: USGS
NTD.TV   23 January 2020   Alaska   Adak  
Major 6.2 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Alaska on Jan. 23, 2020. (USGS/Screenshot)
<p>A 6.2 magnitude earthquake has struck 50 miles west of the city of Adak in Alaska at 7:53 p.m. Alaska Standard Time, the U.S. Geological Survey said on Thursday.</p>
Earthquakes in Puerto Rico have changed the landscape. Satellites can see it from space.
Space.com   14 January 2020   Puerto Rico  
(Image: © NASA/JPL-Caltech, ESA, USGS)
<p>The swarm of earthquakes that have rocked Puerto Rico recently left marks that are visible from space.<br>About 2,000 quakes have shaken Puerto Rico since late December, with the most powerful a 6.4-magnitude temblor that took place last Tuesday (Jan. 7), ...
Albania earthquake: at least nine dead and hundreds injured
The Guardian   26 November 2019   Albania   Tirana  
A damaged building in Thumanë. Photograph: Florion Goga/Reuters
<p>At least nine people have died and 600 people have been injured after a powerful earthquake hit Albania in the early hours of Tuesday, causing damage along the country&rsquo;s Adriatic coastline and in the capital, Tirana. Several buildings collapsed, burying ...
Chile rocked by magnitude 6.0 earthquake
SBS News   05 November 2019   Chile   Coquimbo  
Large crowds of Chilean anti-austerity protesters received a shock after the magnitude 6.0 quake struck. Source: Twitter/CucutaDenuncia
<p>A magnitude-6.0 quake has struck near the coastal city of Coquimbo in central Chile, the US Geological Survey says, causing building to shake in capital city Santiago but no damage.<br>The quake, reported earlier by the European-Mediterranean Seismological ...
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Series of aftershocks hit Indonesia after earthquake kills two
Aljazeera   15 July 2019   Indonesia   Moluccas islands  
Antara Foto/ Reuters
<p>Indonesia's Moluccas islands have been hit by a series of aftershocks after a magnitude 7.2 earthquake killed at least two people, prompting hundreds of people to flee their homes.<br />The United States Geological Survey said Sunday's quake was centred ...