1837: Michigan becomes the 26th state of the USA. 1841: Hong Kong is proclaimed as a sovereign territory of Britain. 1857: Trinley Gyatso, 12th Dalai Lama, is born in Tibet. 1861: Louisiana secedes ...

ONE of Jamaica’s leading insurance professionals is urging individuals and business operators to “prioritise preparedness for the inevitable” as the island observes January as Earthquake ...

An earthquake of magnitude 3.5 on the Richter Scale jolted the Uttarkashi area of Uttarakhand on Friday morning, according to the National Center for Seismology (NCS).

Imphal: Two successive earthquakes, measuring 4.3 and 3.3 on the Richter scale, jolted southern Manipur’s mountainous Churachandpur and Pherzawl districts and adjoining areas on Wednesday night ...

The magnitude 7.9 Bonin Islands earthquake sequence in May 2015, which ruptured deep within the earth near the base of the upper mantle, did not include an aftershock that extended to record ...

A pair of Acapulco residents make their way through the rain after Hurricane John hit the city in September. (Carlos Alberto Carbajal/Cuartoscuro) The federal government announced this week that ...

MANILA, Philippines — A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck a municipality in Southern Leyte on Thursday morning, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported.

In the weeks since a 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck just offshore from Vanuatu’s most populous island on Dec. 17, 2024, the Church continues to purchase and deliver essential supplies to communities ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Voting begins in Vanuatu’s snap election a month after destructive earthquake A man casts his ballot ...

Dashcam footage of the earthquake in Japan on New Year’s Day 2024 has been mislabeled online as showing the magnitude 6.8 earthquake in Tibet on Jan. 7, 2025, that killed 126 people and damaged ...