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by Yussel Gonzalez Agence France Presse MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — The earthquake that turned huge swathes of Mexico City into a disaster zone last week took a toll on the country’s economy, but analysts say it will bounce back fast when rebuilding starts. The teeming city of 20 million people ground to an eerie halt after the September 19 quake, which killed more than 340 people across five states and the capital. The earthquake […]
by Elodie Cuzin and Yemeli Ortega Agence France-Presse MEXICO City, Mexico (AFP) — A week after an earthquake that killed more than 300 people, thousands of Mexicans were still unable to return Tuesday to their badly damaged homes, much less their normal lives. After a week of eerie quiet in Mexico City, the capital’s notorious traffic jams were visible again as the sprawling city of 20 million people began returning to work and school. But many residents still […]
by Jennifer Gonzalez Covarrubias Agence France Presse MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — As thousands of volunteers gather to dig out victims of Mexico’s devastating earthquake, rescuers have started organizing crash courses to stop well-meaning but inept helpers from making the situation worse. Professional rescuers warned of chaos in the dangerous rubble piles, saying blundering volunteers could cause further collapse in unstable structures. “You don’t save lives with your heart, you save them with organization,” said […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck off Papua New Guinea on Tuesday, according to the United States Geological Survey, but no Pacific-wide tsunami warning was issued. The tremor hit at a depth of five kilometers (three miles) near the sparsely-populated East New Britain region, some 210 kilometers southeast of the town of Kokopo, the USGS said. The Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center did not issue a tsunami warning. Earthquakes are common near Papua […]
PETROLIA, Northern California (Reuters) — A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck on Friday off the coast of Northern California in the Pacific Ocean, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said, but there were no reports of damage or injury. It was quickly followed by a second quake of 5.6 closer to shore, the USGS said. The larger temblor was initially reported by the agency as magnitude 5.8. Both quakes struck west of the California town of Petrolia […]
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) — More videos reveal the destruction brought about by Mexico’s 7.1-magnitude quake on Tuesday, September 19. The quake struck about 150 kilometers (90 miles) southeast of the capital and has killed as many 273 people. One video posted on Twitter shows a fire that quickly turns into a massive explosion, sending crowds of people running. Another post, from Facebook, shows students running from Mexico City’s Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education, […]
(Eagle News) — A 4.8-magnitude earthquake struck Dinagat on Thursday, the second one in a month’s time, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said. Phivolcs said the quake hit four kilometers south of Loreto (Dinagat) at 9:19 a.m. Depth of focus was pegged at 78 kilometers. PHIVOLCS said aftershocks were not expected. There is no reported damage to property. Casualties were also not reported.
by Jennifer Gonzalez Covarrubias and Yussel Gonzalez Agence France-Presse MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) – Rescuers dug Wednesday for survivors of a 7.1- magnitude earthquake that killed at least 230 people in Mexico, as the nation watched anxiously for signs of life at a collapsed school in the capital. Firefighters, police, soldiers, and volunteers worked frantically to remove rubble in scenes repeated across a swath of central states in Mexico’s second killer earthquake this month. The […]
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) — A strong 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck near the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu Thursday but there was no tsunami warning or any immediate reports of damage, officials said. The US Geological Survey said the quake hit about 143 kilometers (88 miles) southeast of the capital Port Vila at 7:09am local time (2009 GMT Wednesday) at a depth of 200 kilometres. The Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there was no […]
MEXICO City, Mexico (AFP) — A devastating quake in Mexico on Tuesday killed more than 100 people, according to official tallies, with a preliminary 30 deaths recorded in the capital where rescue efforts were still going on. Volunteers and emergency crews were digging through the rubble of 29 collapsed buildings in Mexico City, according to municipal authorities. The overall toll rose steadily in the hours after the 7.1-magnitude quake, and now stood at 106. Officials […]
TONALA, Chiapas state, Mexico (CCTV) — In addition to providing food and medical assistance, Mexican authorities in the city of Tonala are making sure children sheltering at a local relief center can continue to receive their education despite the loss of their school buildings to a powerful earthquake last week. The 8.2 magnitude quake, the strongest to hit Mexico in living memory, has killed at least 96 people across the country, and left some 2.5 […]
by Sofia Miselem Agence France-Presse MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — A rare and powerful 8.4-magnitude earthquake struck southern Mexico late Thursday, killing at least two people as seismologists warned of a tsunami of more than three meters (10 feet). The quake hit offshore in the Pacific about 120 kilometers (75 miles) southwest of the town of Tres Picos in far southern Chiapas state, the US Geological Survey said, putting the magnitude at 8.1. Mexico’s seismologic […]
