A second earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 struck the island of Kyushu in Japan early Saturday morning, killing at least 26 people.
The MTA bus service and most subway lines were restored Sunday morning.
Photos by @robinrazzi Thousands of area kids flooded North Avenue to take part in the City’s Back 2 School Rally. Many of the vendors did not make it out to the event, probably a result of the earthquake that rocked the city less than an hour before the event kicked off, but the kids were […]
CNN.com is reporting that a 5.8 magnitude earthquake rattled the nations capitol, Washington D.C. and it was felt up to 90 miles away in New York and in parts of Ohio. Reporters are saying that you could clearly feel the ground move, buildings were shaking and were shaking and things were falling off of the […]
Via: Today.com A magnitude 8.9 earthquake — the biggest in modern Japanese history — slammed Japan’s northeastern coast Friday, unleashing a 13-foot tsunami that swept boats, cars, buildings and tons of debris miles inland and prompting a “nuclear emergency.” At least 60 people were killed and there were reports of several injuries in Tokyo, hundreds […]
WASHINGTON — A minor earthquake shook residents awake in the DC area early Friday. The quake hit at 5:04 a.m. EDT and had a magnitude of 3.6. The quake was centered in the Rockville, Md., area said Randy Baldwin, a physicist with U.S. Geological Survey’s National Earthquake Information Center. Police in Washington and in nearby […]
A minor, 3.6 magnitude earthquake shook the Baltimore/Washington D.C.-area residents out of bed early Friday morning – a rare occurrence for the nation’s east coast dwellers. From Baltimore City to the Maryland suburb of Bethesda and the Virginia suburb of Arlington all reported feeling the tremor, which the U.S. Geological Survey said was centered 20 […]
(www.USATODAY.com) One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck Chile on Saturday, toppling homes, collapsing bridges and plunging trucks into the fractured earth. A tsunami set off by the magnitude-8.8 quake threatened every nation around the Pacific Ocean— roughly a quarter of the globe. Chileans near the epicenter were tossed about as if shaken by […]
Via sphere.com (Jan. 17) — Violence is increasing on the streets of Haiti in the wake of last week’s devastating earthquake, as desperation gives way to looting and gang-related activity. The United States planned to have 12,000 troops in the region by Monday to speed up relief efforts and quell the rising anger. Looters armed […]
