TOKYO (AP) — For more than two terrifying, seemingly endless minutes Friday, the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in Japan shook apart homes and buildings, cracked open highways and unnerved even those who have learned to live with swaying skyscrapers. Then came a devastating tsunami that slammed into northeastern Japan and killed hundreds of people. (more)
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A magnitude 5.6 earthquake has rocked New Zealand’s North Island. No damage or injuries have been reported. (more)
In case you didn’t know, April 26 was declared Boobquake day by blogger Jen McCreight of Blag Hag. Women everywhere were asked to join the experiment by wearing their best cleavage-enhancing apparel to test an Iranian cleric’s assessment of quake causes. (more)
MADOI, China — Rescue teams fought gusty winds and altitude sickness Thursday as survivors faced a second night outside in freezing weather after strong earthquakes left more than 600 dead and 9,000 hurt in a mountainous Tibetan area of western China. (more)
(CNN) — The massive earthquake that struck Chile on Saturday may have shifted the Earth’s axis and created shorter days, scientists at NASA say. (more)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti —The earthquake in Chile was far stronger than the one that struck Haiti last month — yet the death toll in this Caribbean nation is magnitudes higher. (more)
CARACAS – A strong 5.6 magnitude earthquake shook major oil exporter Venezuela on Saturday, causing panic in the capital, Caracas, and injuring at least seven people when houses in the countryside collapsed. (more)
MCGUIRE AIR FORCE BASE, N.J. (AP) — Three military cargo planes have flown more than 240 Americans from earthquake-ravaged Haiti to a New Jersey military base. (more)
U.S. families are pleading for emergency visas and other help that will allow them to bring home the orphans they planned to adopt from earthquake-stricken Haiti. (more)
NEW YORK (AP) — Members of a New Jersey church group who were in Haiti on a humanitarian mission when a massive earthquake struck the island nation this week have returned to the United States. (more)
Barack Obama today announced a large US relief effort for Haiti, where between 45,000 and 50,000 people are feared dead after a devastating earthquake. (more)
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — One of two New Jersey church groups traveling in Haiti has survived the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that struck the Caribbean nation, and a member of the second says that group may be OK as well. (more)
SYDNEY (AP) — A strong earthquake shook the South Pacific near the Solomon Islands on Saturday, just days after a large earthquake and tsunami hit the country. No tsunami watch was issued after Saturday’s quake. (more)
