Earthquakes and other natural disasters are devastating incidences for both humanity and nature. Recently, there has been a number of natural disasters that have wrecked havoc across the globe. From a typhoon in Japan, to Thailand's flooding, to the San Francisco and Virginia earthquakes, and toxic sludge in Hungary, the images of human suffering are harrowing.
The end of the world has been marked for Oct. 21 by none other than Harold Camping of Family Radio, who also predicted the apocalypse back on May 21.
A second earthquake hit the San Francisco area around 8:16 p.m. local time on Thursday, sending a tremor through Oakland's City Hall Plaza, where Occupy Oakland protestors have camped out for over a week.
Harold Camping, the 90-year-old evangelistic radio broadcaster had got the world's undivided attention previously when he had predicted the world's end on May 21st this year. Unfortunately ( rather fortunately), his prophecy did not come true( very evident with the fact that you are still reading this article).
Two relatively low-magnitude earthquakes struck the San Francisco area on Thursday night.
A second earthquake magnitude 3.8 hit the Hayward fault near Berkeley at 08:16:05 PM local time on Thursday.
Two earthquakes, one in San Francisco, Calif. and one in San Antonio, Texas, have taken place on the same day on Thursday.
The 24th Tokyo International Film Festival kicks off Saturday with a diverse slate of art house and mainstream fare, but the biggest theme at the annual event may be the country's real-life struggle to recover from the massive March earthquake and tsunami.
Russian gold miner Petropavlovsk said on Thursday that its third-quarter output rose 65 percent, beating most forecasts, and that it was confident of meeting its full-year target of 600,000 ounces.
Thousands gathered with U.S. President Barack Obama Sunday to remember and carry on the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at the dedication of the national memorial.
As the Indian Pt Nuclear Plant's license term draws to an end, two environmental groups have published a report revealing the hazards posed by the plant and a list of alternative power supplies in a hardheaded battle to prevent the plant's license from being renewed.
The volcanic eruptions off the coast of the Canary Island of El Hierro continue as the sea stain grows.
Harold Camping now says the world will end on Friday, Oct. 21, 2011.
Notorious Doomsday soothsayer Harold Camping, of the Family Radio mission, has returned with the prediction that the world will end on OCtober 21, 2011 -- a day when the Rapture promised to take place earlier his year, in May, will finally seperate the chaff from the grain.
Some Haitians have reportedly called for the complete removal of all UN peacekeepers from the country.
The volcanic eruption in the Canary Islands has produced two large sea stains off the southern coast of El Hierro.
Rage Against the Machine lead guitarist Tom Morello delighted Occupy Wall Street protestors at Zuccotti Park on Thursday with a rendition of This Land is Your Land.
Though other Republican candidates criticized Herman Cain's 9-9-9 tax plan during Tuesday evening's Republican presidential debate, Michele Bachmann came out with the most controversial dismissal of the plan when she said it could be the devil's work.
World Monuments Fund has released its 2012 Watch list of 67 cultural-heritage sights at risk.
Canadian housing starts jumped much more than expected in September, helped by a surge in the condominium sector, suggesting Canada's property boom stayed intact last month and should help the economy avert recession.
It's not quite a yellow submarine, since it's destined for travel on top of the water, not under it.
The number of foreign travelers to Japan plunged by more than 50 percent year-over-year during the three months following the March 11 catastrophe.
