Great earthquake in Chile
A 8.8-magnitude quake struck Chile this morning, killing at least 78 people, collapsing buildings and causing tsunami warnings across Asia.
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A 8.8-magnitude quake struck Chile this morning, killing at least 78 people, collapsing buildings and causing tsunami warnings across Asia.
The 8.8-magnitude earthquake in Chile is 500 times more powerful than the seismic in Haiti last month.
The terrible earthquake in Chile and the earthquake that caused the tsunami in Asia in 2004 was listed as the strongest earthquake in history.
Although scientists have not been able to predict exactly when earthquakes will occur, they already know the tremors in Chile last weekend.
Some of Chile's coastal areas were engulfed in a tsunami after a violent seismic last weekend.
It is possible that the horrific earthquake that shook Chile last weekend made the earth's axis shift shorter.
Jiasian town, southern Taiwan (China) on 4 March morning fell into a panic when the 6.7 magnitude quake shook large buildings.
There is a geological fault line off the northwest coast of the Pacific. This fault line can shake many US and Canadian cities.
Chileans will feel the earthquake aftershock of the last few months, even years.
Earthquake - the most horrifying disaster in the past 10 years according to the UN report.
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake shook some of the eastern regions of the country on February 16.
The US Geological Survey (USGS) said a magnitude 6.7 earthquake rocked the border area between China, Russia and Korea on February 18.
According to Xinhua, on January 31, in the southwestern province of Sichuan, there was a magnitude 5 earthquake, killing at least one person, 11 were injured.
Geologists predict that Haiti may soon experience another strong earthquake after the January 12 earthquake that killed 200,000 people.
While Haiti has not yet overcome the aftermath of the earthquake last month, scientists have warned of the risk of a more devastating earthquake in Nepal.