Earthquake Shakes Guatemala City
GUATEMALA CITY, Feb 27 (Reuters) – An earthquake shook the capital of Guatemala on Friday, a Reuters witness said, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or major damage….
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Japanese Photographers React To The Tragic Aftermath Of Japan’s ‘Triple Disaster’
On March 11, 2011, at 2:46 p.m., two tectonic plates at the bottom of the Japanese Trench slipped. The bump was like nothing the area had felt before. The Tohoku…
2011 Japan Earthquake – Tsunami Fast Facts
The earthquake causes a tsunami with 30 ft waves that damage several nuclear reactors in the area. It is the fourth largest earthquake on record (since 1900) and the largest…
Tsunamis Fast Facts
Tsunamis can travel up to 600 mph (965 k/ph, 521 knots) at the deepest point of the water, but slow as they near the shore, eventually hitting the shore at…
Earthquakes Fast Facts
Major Earthquakes since 2000:(selected timeline of earthquakes around the world with death tolls exceeding 100) June 4, 2000 – A magnitude 7.9 earthquake strikes southern Sumatra, Indonesia, killing an estimated…
Magnitude 7.0 Earthquake Hits The Chile-Argentina Border
WASHINGTON, Feb 11 (Reuters) – A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck northeastern Chile on Wednesday, very close to the border with Argentina, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake, initially reported…
This Tibetan Monk Has Taken In 170 Orphan Children
A Tibetan monk has become a father figure to dozens of children. Lama Lobsang, a monk from Yushu, a Tibetan autonomous region in China, took in 33 children who were…
Family Reunited With Son Forced Into Child Slavery After Haiti Earthquake Tore Them Apart
Chantale’s life was turned upside down when the devastating 2010 earthquake in Haiti tore her family apart. Not only was she forced to move out of her home and into…