Earthquake

A National Guardsman stands guard outside the ruins of the Northridge Meadows Apartments where 16 people died during the January 1994 earthquake that rocked Southern California. Since then, many of these kinds of apartments have been retrofitted to withs

25 Years After The Northridge Earthquake, Is LA Ready For The Big One?

8:36am January 17, 2019

by Jacob Margolis

On Jan. 17, 1994, a 6.7 magnitude quake rocked the suburbs north of Los Angeles, leaving 57 dead and causing more than $43 billion in damage. Officials worry LA isn't ready for the next big quake.

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A map provided by the U.S. Geological Survey shows the region that felt Wednesday's magnitude 4.4 earthquake.

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Quake-Up Call: Magnitude 4.4 Temblor Rattles People Out Of Bed Across Southeast U.S.

3:10pm December 12, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

The earthquake struck eastern Tennessee before dawn Wednesday. As mild as it was, its effects were felt from eastern Kentucky all the way to Atlanta.

After an earthquake on Friday, a car is trapped in a crumbled section of an off-ramp from Minnesota Drive, a major road in Anchorage, Alaska.

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Magnitude 7.0 Earthquake Shakes Alaska, Damaging Roads, Buildings

6:53pm November 30, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

The earthquake, with its epicenter just a few miles off Anchorage, has been followed by a series of aftershocks. The Trans Alaska Pipeline System has been shut down.

Vera Rahayu Putri and her husband Faizal, who goes by one name, survey earthquake damage in their Palu neighborhood of Petobo, now covered by mudslides. Putri's 9-year-old son, Raldi, is among thousands of children who are unaccounted for.

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Parents Search For Lost Children After Indonesia's Disaster

12:27am October 12, 2018

by Lauren Frayer

They were separated in the chaos after the earthquake and tsunami. There's still hope that families can be reunited — but many obstacles loom.

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A 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck along the western coast of the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

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Strong Quakes, Tsunami Hit Along Indonesia's Western Sulawesi Island

3:42pm September 28, 2018

The 7.5 magnitude quake, with an epicenter about 50 miles north of Palu, was just six miles deep. A tsunami later caused damage in two cities, according to Indonesian officials.

A house is damaged by landslides caused by an earthquake in Atsuma town in Hokkaido prefecture on September 6. A 6.7-magnitude quake rocked the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido.

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6.7 Magnitude Quake Strikes Hokkaido, Japan, Causing Massive Landslides And 1 Death

10:38pm September 05, 2018

by Vanessa Romo

A Japanese news outlet is reporting at least 53 people were injured and another 20 have been reported missing. Officials fear people are trapped inside homes wiped out by a landslide.

A man walks past collapsed houses in Kayangan, on the Indonesian island of Lombok, on Thursday. A devastating earthquake on Sunday killed hundreds, and a strong aftershock on Thursday caused panic among evacuees.

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Death Toll For Indonesian Quake Rises Into The Hundreds

4:19pm August 09, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

Damaging aftershocks continue to shake the island of Lombak, which suffered a deadly earthquake on Sunday. Rescue workers are struggling to reach the injured in some remote areas.

Patients are evacuated outside to the parking lot of Mataram City General Hospital after a strong earthquake is felt in Mataram in eastern Lombok island, Indonesia, on Sunday.

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Quake Hits Indonesia's Lombok Island; Dozens Dead

8:32pm August 05, 2018

by Emma Bowman

At least 82 people are dead after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck the northern part of the island on Sunday. It's the second powerful quake in a week to hit the region.

Police check a collapsed road following an earthquake in Takatsuki, Osaka prefecture, on Monday.

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Magnitude 6.1 Quake Strikes Japan, Killing 4, Injuring Hundreds

3:09pm June 18, 2018

by Vanessa Romo

The temblor caused severe damage to roads, bursting water mains and setting fires across the prefecture. Crumbling concrete walls killed two people, while another was struck by a bookshelf.

In this handout photo provided by the U.S. Geological Survey, lava from a fissure slowly rolls down the street on Saturday in the Leilani Estates subdivision near Pahoa, Hawaii after the eruption of the Kilauea volcano last week.

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Lava Eruptions Destroy Several Homes, Wreak Havoc In Hawaii

10:36pm May 06, 2018

by Samantha Raphelson

More than 1,700 people have evacuated from a neighborhood on Hawaii's Big Island following a volcanic eruption last week. Ground fissures continue to spew lava and gas into residential neighborhoods.