Sources: USGS
The Congress of Tamaulipas approves of legislation legalizing same-sex marriage, making Tamaulipas the last Mexican state to do so. The legislation in Tamaulipas, as well as similar legislation in Edomex, Tabasco, and Guerrero, await their signing into law. 2022-10-26
A magnitude 6.5 earthquake strikes the island of Java causing massive damage along with two confirmed deaths. 2017-12-15
An earthquake of 6.3 magnitude shakes the Aegean Sea, causing one death. Many houses were damaged in Plomari, Greece, and some collapsed. 2017-06-12
A 5.7 magnitude earthquake strikes 250 kilometers (155 miles) northwest of the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu. No immediate report of damages or injuries; no tsunami warning has been issued. 2017-04-17
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake strikes off the coast of Makira in the Solomon Islands, causing infrastructure damage, yet no casualties have been reported in the hours following the quake. 2016-12-9
A 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck southern Taiwan. Taiwan's official Central News Agency reported that 14 people were killed and 484 injured. 2016-02-6
An earthquake measuring 7.5 on the Moment magnitude scale (MMS) strikes in the Hindu Kush mountain range in northeastern Afghanistan, 158 miles from Kabul, in the remote province of Badakhshan, one of Afghanistan’s most inaccessible regions. Tremors reached as far as New Delhi, India. At least 263 are dead in Afghanistan and nearby northern Pakistan with more than 1,000 injured. The death toll will likely climb since communications in much of the affected areas are cut, and rescue teams had not yet reached districts closest to the epicenter, including some that are controlled by Taliban insurgents. 2015-10-26
Mexican Drug War: Two state police officers and six other people are dead following a gunfight in the southern state of Guerrero between police and suspected kidnappers. [http:--abcnews.go.com-International-wireStory-reported-killed-southern-mexico-gunbattle-30719070 (AP via ABC News America)]date=August 2019 2015-04-30
Margarito Genchi Casiano, a politician of the Party of the Democratic Revolution, is gunned down in the southern state of Guerrero. 2012-06-11