Update: Japan Warns of Blackouts After Earthquake Causes Major Power Shortage March 22, 2022 By Yuka Obayashi and Kantaro Komiya Japanese turned off neon signs, dimmed their lights and dialed down thermostats on Tuesday after the government issued an urgent...
Norway’s Equinor Shuts Oil Platform as Precaution After Earthquake in North Sea March 21, 2022 By Nora Buli and Terje Solsvik Norway’s Equinor has shut its Snorre B oil platform as a precautionary measure following an earthquake in the North Sea,...
Update: Magnitude 7.4 Earthquake Hits Near Japan’s Fukushima March 16, 2022 By Shoko Oda, Kana Nishizawa and Gearoid Reidy A magnitude-7.4 earthquake struck northern Japan near Fukushima prefecture late on Wednesday, killing two people and injuring dozens, as well...
Experts Warn Central U.S. Needs to be Ready For Next Earthquake March 8, 2022 By Jim Salter Experts have warned for decades that a large swath of the central U.S. is at high risk for a devastating...
More South Carolina Earthquakes Leave Experts Puzzled January 7, 2022 After more earthquakes have struck near South Carolina’s capital city, the ninth and tenth in a series of rumblings, geologists...
Pair of Earthquakes Confirmed on California’s Central Coast October 27, 2021 A pair of earthquakes rattled California’s central coast late Monday afternoon, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed. A magnitude 4.7 quake...
Strong Earthquakes Confirmed off Coast of Hawaii October 12, 2021 CORRECTION: In a story published October 10, 2021, about an earthquake that struck Sunday off the coast of the Big...
Tokyo Jolted by Strongest Earthquake Since 2011, With Injuries Reported October 8, 2021 A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck near Tokyo late Thursday, rattling parts of the capital the most since the March 2011...
Magnitude 5.7 Earthquake Hits Pakistan, Killing at Least 20 October 7, 2021 QUETTA, Pakistan – An earthquake of magnitude 5.7 hit southern Pakistan in the early hours of Thursday, killing 20 people,...
Why Haiti Is Prone to Deadly Earthquakes August 19, 2021 By Ben Finley Earthquakes have been wreaking havoc in Haiti since at least the 18th century, when the city of Port-au-Prince was destroyed...