Earthquake

• 4.8 magnitude earthquake hits near New York City, rumbling streets

  An earthquake shook the densely populated New York City metropolitan area Friday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey said, with residents across the Northeast reporting rumbling.

  U.S. News

  Apr 5
  
• Taiwan earthquake: Number of injured tops 1,000, hotel workers remain missing

  Late Wednesday, the disaster management command center said the search for 42 hotel workers on their way to Taroko Gorge, a national park, was a major focus for them.

  World

  Apr 3
  
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• Taiwan earthquake: 2 Canadians rescued as Ottawa updates travel advisory

  The strongest earthquake in a quarter-century rocked Taiwan on Wednesday, killing nine people, sending some scrambling out windows of damaged buildings.

  World

  Apr 3
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• Strong earthquake rocks Taiwan, prompts tsunami warnings in region

  A tsunami of up to three meters was expected to reach Japan's southwestern coast late Wednesday morning, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.

  World

  Apr 2
• Magnitude 4.7 earthquake recorded near Port Hardy

  Earthquakes Canada said the quake happened around 5:40 p.m., about 186 kilometres west of Port Hardy.

  Weather

  Jan 8
• Japan earthquake: Dozens still missing as death toll grows to at least 98

  Experts warned of disease and even death at the evacuation centers that now house about 34,000 people who lost their homes, many of them older.

  World

  Jan 5
• Canada is ‘improving’ on earthquake preparedness, but more can still be done

  Canada is expected to make an earthquake early-warning system live later in 2024, but one seismologist says it's just one part of the country's preparedness plans.

  Canada

  Jan 3
• Japan earthquake kills at least 12 as rescuers face ‘battle against time’

  A 7.6-magnitude earthquake in Japan has killed at least six, knocked out power for tens of thousands of homes in the region and forced many to evacuate from coastal areas.

  World

  Jan 1
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• At least 111 dead in magnitude 6.2 earthquake in northwest China: state media

  State media said 100 people died in the province of Gansu and another 11 in the neighboring province of Qinghai in the quake, which occurred just before midnight on Monday.

  World

  Dec 18, 2023
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• 2 earthquakes strike Alaskan panhandle, near B.C. border

  Both were located southwest of Whitehorse and west-southwest of Skagway, Alaska.

  Environment

  Oct 28, 2023