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 4.5 magnitude earthquake, with a preliminary depth of 14.0 kilometers (8.7 miles), shakes the San Francisco Bay area. Residents reported minor damage. 2019-10-15
Costa Rica is hit by a 6.5 magnitude earthquake at Jacó near the capital San José. No immediate reports of casualties or damage. 2017-11-12
A 7.7 magnitude earthquake strikes off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, west of the Alaskan Aleutian Island of Attu, in the North Pacific Ocean. No immediate reports of casualties or damage; a tsunami warning was cancelled. 2017-07-18
The search continues for survivors in central Italy with the death toll now 241. An aftershock of 4.7 MMS hits further east in the province near Norcia. 2016-08-25
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
Thousands of people in the Chilean town of Illapel sleep outside following yesterday's 8.3 magnitude earthquake as the death toll rises to 11. 2015-09-17
A PRI-PVEM mayoral candidate in the city of Chilapa de Álvarez, Guerrero, is assassinated. 2015-05-1
A 6.5 magnitude earthquake hits the Mexican state of Guerrero. It causes three deaths and is felt across several central states. 2011-12-10
Seventeen bodies are found in clandestine graves in Mexico's Guerrero state. 2011-03-1