earthquake

A powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake that struck the Iraq-Iran border region killed over 340 people across both countries, sent people fleeing their homes into the night and was felt as far away as the Mediterranean coast, authorities reported on Monday.

The Mayo Clinic continues to respond to the numerous natural disasters that have recently stricken portions of the United States, its territories, and neighboring countries.

Police, firefighters and ordinary Mexicans dug frantically through the rubble of collapsed schools, homes and apartment buildings early Wednesday, looking for survivors of Mexico’s deadliest earthquake in decades as the number of confirmed fatalities stood at 217.

A major earthquake off Mexico’s southern coast killed at least five people, with the president saying Friday it was the biggest in a century to hit the country. Houses toppled and the quake produced tsunami waves and sent people running into the streets in panic.

ROME (AP) — Officials say today's strong earthquake in central and southern Italy was too much for many buildings that had resisted an August temblor and two aftershocks.

PAWNEE, Okla. (AP) — Staffers at the Wolf Creek nuclear power plant in southeastern Kansas found no damage to the plant after an earthquake rattled a large swath of the Midwest.

AMATRICE, Italy (AP) -- Rescue crews using bulldozers and their bare hands raced to dig out survivors from a strong earthquake that reduced three central Italian towns to rubble Wednesday.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A small earthquake has rattled the greater Los Angeles area, shaking buildings and waking residents.

GORKHA, Nepal (AP) — Police in Nepal say the death toll from Saturday's earthquake has topped 5,000.

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — The death toll from Nepal's earthquake soared past 3,300 Monday, and how much higher it would rise depended largely on the condition of vulnerable mountain villages that rescue workers were still struggling to reach two days after the disaster.