Sources: AP via MSNBC
Two people are killed and six others are injured, including two suspects, in a shootout in Vorizia, Crete, Greece. Police say that it was caused by a long-standing feud between two local families. 2025-11-1
A w.1 earthquake hits Lima, Peru, killing one person and injuring at least five others. 2025-06-15
Six people are killed when two earthquakes strike northern Afghanistan. 2022-09-6
An earthquake of magnitude 5.7 strikes Occidental Mindoro, Philippines. 2021-09-26
At least 844 people are now known to have died in the Indonesian earthquake and tsunami. 2018-09-30
A magnitude 7.0 earthquake occurs off the coast of El Salvador with the potential to cause a tsunami. Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega declares a state of emergency because of the quake and Hurricane Otto. 2016-11-24
A magnitude 7.1 earthquake strikes southwestern Alaska, leaving 10,000 in the Anchorage area without power and forcing the evacuation of several homes on the Kenai Peninsula. The National Weather Service reported that there was no tsunami following the earthquake. 2016-01-24
Thursday's flooding and devastating mudslides at the BHP-Vale mine in Minas Gerais involved two dams, not one as initially reported. Brazilian officials report the mud flow is eight kilometers (five miles) long and 2.5 meters deep. Those rescued β and emergency services β are being decontaminated; mining spoils being treated as toxic. There is no official information on the number of casualties or the cause of the incident. The company that runs the mine says it detected seismic activity right before the breach. Both BHP and Vale shares declined over five percent. Brazilian prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation. 2015-11-6
A strong earthquake of 7.1 magnitude occurs off the coast of Honshu in Japan sparking a tsunami warning. 2011-07-10
A 7.5-magnitude earthquake west of India's Nicobar Islands causes tremors felt along India's eastern seaboard and triggers a tsunami watch, which is later cancelled. 2010-06-13