At least 27 inmates were found dead from asphyxiation Sunday at a prison in Ecuador where a riot broke out that left four others dead and dozens injured earlier in the day, officials said. The inmates ...

An earthquake swarm hit the San Francisco Bay Area on Sunday morning. The cluster of up to eight quakes, ranging from 2.5 to 3.8 on the Richter scale, first occurred from 9:38am to 9:41am around ...

A 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck Sunday off Yamada, Japan, the USGS said. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) issued a tsunami advisory for parts of the country’s eastern coastline on Sunday after ...

Residents flee as a magnitude 5.5 earthquake jolts buildings in Ecuador on Tuesday evening. The tremors struck shortly after midnight, around 19km northwest of Pinas at a depth of 73.5 km. Officials ...

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Crowds protesting a spike in fuel prices spilled into the streets of Ecuador’s capital of Quito Sunday, burning tires, blocking roads and facing off against police officers who ...

Update: The tsunami warning for Hawaii and Japan was lowered to an advisory overnight. Read the latest here. Our earlier story is below. A powerful 8.8 magnitude earthquake hit near Russia's Kamchatka ...

It is the most powerful quake since the 2011 earthquake off the coast of Japan that triggered a 50-foot tsunami and the nuclear disaster at Fukushima. By Yan Zhuang and Martin Fackler The colossal ...

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GUAYAQUIL, June 21 (Reuters) - A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck near the coast of Ecuador on Saturday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake was at a depth of 44 km (27.34 ...

A 4.1-magnitude earthquake shook Knoxville and East Tennessee at 9:04 a.m. ET May 10, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The earthquake originated near Greenback, Tennessee, which is 30 miles ...

QUITO, Ecuador — A strong magnitude 6.3 earthquake off Ecuador’s Pacific coast shook the northern part of the country Friday, with initial reports of some damages to houses. No injuries were reported.