Earthquake News

9:32 AM EST
2/6/2012 Philippine earthquake kills at least 44A strong earthquake struck in the central region of the Philippines Monday, killing at least 44 people and leaving dozens more missing. The 6.8-magnitude quake hit in a narrow strait just off Negros island, about 400 miles southeast of the capital city of Manila.

Source:AHN Topics:Disaster And Accident, Earthquake, Human Interest, People, Human Mishap

11:39 AM EST
1/30/2012 Strong earthquake rattles PeruA 6.3 magnitude earthquake rocked Peru early Monday, minor injuries reported.

Source:AHN Topics:Disaster And Accident, Earthquake

9:50 AM EST
1/23/2012 5.0-magnitude quake strikes Hawaii, at least 20 aftershocks feltA 5.0-magnitude earthquake struck Hawaii on Sunday, shaking the island of Oahu in an area about four miles south of the active Pu'u O'o crater on the Kilauea volcano's east rift side.

Source:AHN Topics:Disaster And Accident, Earthquake

6:08 AM EST
1/11/2012 Indonesia lifts tsunami alert warningIndonesia on Wednesday lifted tsunami warning two hours after the authorities issued it following a 7.3 magnitude quake that struck off southwest of Banda Aceh.

Source:AHN Topics:Disaster And Accident, Earthquake

2:58 PM EST
1/10/2012 Tsunami warning issued after powerful quake strikes off SumatraThe Indonesian government issued a tsunami warning Tuesday after a 7.3-magnitude quake struck off the cost of Sumatra.

Source:AHN Topics:Disaster And Accident, Earthquake

8:12 AM EST
12/29/2011 Officials warns debris from Japanese tsunami could soon reach U.S.Federal officials are warning that debris from the earthquake and tsunami that devastated much of Japan nine months ago could soon reach the United States. Debris that washed away when the tsunami storm surge receded includes boats, pieces of smashed buildings, appliances and plastic, metal and rubber objects.

Source:AHN Topics:Disaster And Accident, Earthquake, Science And Technology, Science, Human Interest, Curiosity

9:42 AM EST
12/23/2011 String of quakes shake New ZealandA series of earthquakes rattled New Zealand on Friday near Christchurch, causing damage to the area still recovering from a powerful quake that ravaged the area in February.

Source:AHN Topics:Disaster And Accident, Earthquake, Emergency Incident

2:42 PM EST
12/22/2011 Indonesian girl lost to tsunami returns to family seven years laterA girl believed drowned in the massive December 2004 tsunami in Indonesia has been reunited with her family seven years later.

Source:AHN Topics:Disaster And Accident, Earthquake, Flood, Human Interest, Curiosity

10:48 AM EST
12/14/2011 Strong quake hits near Papua New GuineaA powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake shook the Pacific state of Papua New Guinea Wednesday, but no tsunami warnings were issued.

Source:AHN Topics:Disaster And Accident, Earthquake, Science And Technology, Natural Science, Geology

1:04 PM EST
12/12/2011 German researchers create world’s smallest steam engineGerman physicists claim to have designed the world’s smallest steam engine that is only a few micrometers long but that works like a normal-sized version.

Source:AHN Topics:Science And Technology, Engineering, Human Interest, People, Accomplishment