One of the most powerful earthquakes in decades battered Chile on Saturday, killing at least 147 people, knocking down buildings and triggering a tsunami that rolled menacingly across the Pacific.
The Civil Defense in Hawaii has urged all residents to prepare for a possible tsunami on Saturday, following a massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake off Chile which sent waves across the Pacific Ocean.
Hawaii announced a tsunami warning on Saturday , after a massive earthquake off Chile sent waves across the Pacific Ocean.
A tsunami was generated on Saturday that could cause damage along the coasts of all the Hawaiian islands, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said.
A massive magnitude-8.8 earthquake struck south-central Chile early on Saturday, killing at least 85 people, knocking down buildings, homes and hospitals, and triggering a tsunami.
The cost of rebuilding impoverished Haiti after last month's catastrophic earthquake could reach nearly $14 billion (8.87 billion pounds), making it proportionately the most destructive natural disaster in modern times, economists at the Inter-American Development Bank said on Tuesday.
Haiti should be preparing for another major earthquake that could be triggered by the catastrophic one last month which killed up to 200,000 people and left the capital Port-au-Prince in ruins, experts say.
The following are highlights of today's news on Haiti eight days after the 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit:
Over a week after a devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti, another 6.1 magnitude struck the island on Wednesday morning around 6 a.m local time.
A second earthquake has hit Haiti, shaking buildings and sending frightened people running into the streets.
A 6.0 magnitude earthquake hit Guatemala and El Salvador Monday morning but authorities did not report damages or victims, according to Reuters.
The earthquake that hit Haiti on Tuesday afternoon destroyed about 70 percent of the buildings in the 15 districts of the country's capital city Port-au-Prince, the International Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva reported, according to EFE.
Haitian authorities estimated on Friday a death toll of 140,000 following the 7.0 magnitude earthquake in the country on Tuesday.
An earthquake with preliminary magnitude of 5.6 shook eastern Venezuela on Friday, leaving minimal physical damage, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
The Red Cross federation estimated 45,000 to 50,000 people died as a result of the earthquake that struck Haiti on Tuesday, the Associated Press reports.
The devastating earthquake in Haiti is the biggest natural disaster so far in the Twitter era, and response on the micro-blogging site has been accordingly momentous.
International aid has been deployed to Haiti today after a 7.0 magnitude earhquake struck the Caribbean nation on Tuesday.
Haiti's president said on Wednesday he feared thousands had died in a major earthquake that wrecked the presidential palace, schools, hospitals and hillside shanties, leaving the Caribbean nation appealing for international help.
A major earthquake hit the impoverished country of Haiti on Tuesday, collapsing buildings in the capital Port-au-Prince and burying residents under rubble, a Reuters reporter in the city said.
An earthquake shook southern California, measuring 5.8 magnitude, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
A powerful earthquake of magnitude 6.8 struck northeast of the South Pacific island nation of Tonga on Tuesday, the United States Geological Survey said, but a destructive tsunami was not expected.
The world's largest seismically isolated building, the new international terminal at Istanbul's Sabiha Gökçen Airport, is now complete and open for business.
