Reports are beginning to surface that indicate a chaotic aftermath following a powerful, magnitude-7.6 earthquake in Costa Rica and a wide swath of Central America on Wednesday.
Carey Vanderborg
Sep 05, 2012
A tsunami warning for the Philippine Islands region was canceled after a magnitude-7.6 earthquake struck offshore the Philippines Friday, according to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, or PTWC.
Maria Vultaggio
Aug 31, 2012
An earthquake of 7.6 magnitude struck off the Philippines on Friday damaging roads and bridges and sending people fleeing to higher ground in fear of a tsunami, a politician and authorities said.
Raymond Ronamai
Aug 31, 2012
A decision by Chile's top court to temporarily block a massive, coal-fired power generation venture pleased environmentalists but the project's backers, who saw their share price fall, insisted the delay was unnecessary.
Yannick LeJacq
Aug 29, 2012
An Israeli muppet is on the cover of a pamphlet that is being distributed throughout Israel that tells families how to prepare for an air raid.
Maya Shwayder
Aug 27, 2012
A series of over 100 moderate earthquakes rocked southeastern California Sunday, causing minor damage to houses in Imperial County and neighboring counties. No loss of life or injury was reported.
salil jose
Aug 27, 2012
Even as U.S. reels under the spell of Tropical Storm Isaac that lashed Florida Sunday, two other natural disasters seem to have struck southeastern California and the Pacific Ocean Sunday and this time it is an earthquake measuring 5.5 magnitude and 7.4 magnitude, respectively.
Valli Meenakshi Ramanathan
Aug 27, 2012
Tropical Storm Isaac began ravishing Florida on Sunday as the storm's path moved up from Cuba and into the Florida Keys. The tropical storm is expected to become a hurricane soon as it travels into the Gulf Coast, near New Orleans, Louisiana.
Eric Brown
Aug 26, 2012
Tropical Storm Isaac approached hurricane strength as descended on the Florida Keys Sunday, but its course appeared to veering away from Tampa, site of the Republican National Convention, and toward the northern Gulf Coast.
Eric Linton
Aug 26, 2012
Tropical Storm Isaac is expected to be upgraded to a hurricane before it hits the Florida Keys and Tampa regions. The Weather Channel reported that the storm is expected to reach Florida Sunday afternoon and Tampa later in the week.
Jeff Stone
Aug 25, 2012
Tropical Storm Isaac battered southern Haiti on Saturday, drenching the storm-prone island's capital of Port-au-Prince and leaving at least three people dead.
Jeremy White
Aug 25, 2012
Investors feel that policy measures should be implemented to regain the growth momentum of the Japanese economy, which has been affected by the soft global demand and the worsening crisis in the euro zone.
Bhaskar Prasad
Aug 25, 2012
Japan reported Wednesday a rise in trade deficit in July compared to the previous month with a decrease in exports and an increase in imports, raising concerns of the global economic condition.
Bhaskar Prasad
Aug 22, 2012
By looking at earthquake data, scientists were able to get a clear picture of the interaction between the continental South American plate and the Caribbean Plate, which is mostly oceanic.
Roxanne Palmer
Aug 21, 2012
A new paper details the physical and genetic changes wrought by the Fukushima nuclear disaster upon Japanese populations of Zizeeria maha, the pale grass blue butterfly.
Roxanne Palmer
Aug 15, 2012
The Iranian Interior Minister rejected a US offer of aid to earthquake victims, despite statements to the contrary the day before from the Iranian Vice President and Speaker of Parliament.
Maya Shwayder
Aug 15, 2012
Taiwan and Japan have an awkward relationship that is compromised and complicated by various intractable issues - namely, Mainland China, which claims Taiwan as its own territory and has compelled most nations of the earth to deny diplomatic recognition of the island.
Vivian Tsai
Aug 14, 2012
Google's decision to cut 20 percent of Motorola's workforce, totaling 4,000, reignited fears that Google valued Motorola's patents dearly when it acquired the mobile manufacturer in May.
Valli Meenakshi Ramanathan
Aug 14, 2012
A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.7 hit the Sea of Okhotsk, off Russia's eastern Pacific coast early Tuesday, but no casualties were reported, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
Sreeja VN
Aug 14, 2012
Earthquakes are a recurring phenomenon in Iran as the country is home to major fault lines, covering 90 percent of the nation.
Palash Ghosh
Aug 13, 2012
Japan's economic growth slowed down in the April-June quarter compared to the first three months of the year, indicating that the country is losing growth momentum affected by soft global demand and weak consumer spending.
Bhaskar Prasad
Aug 13, 2012
The toll from the two earthquakes that struck northwestern Iran Saturday stands at 250 to 300 people dead and more than 2,000 injured, Iranian state television said Sunday.
Eric Linton
Aug 12, 2012