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Powerful Earthquakes Leave at Least 55 Dead, Destroy Buildings in Japan

WAJIMA, Japan (AP) — A series of powerful earthquakes that hit western Japan have left at least 55 people dead and damaged thousands of buildings, vehicles and boats. Officials warned Tuesday that more quakes could lie ahead. Aftershocks continued to …

Thousands Sleep Outside in Nepal After Earthquake Kills at Least 157 People and Destroys Most Houses

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Thousands of villagers in the mountains of northwestern Nepal slept outdoors Saturday night in the bitter cold after an earthquake killed at least 157 people and damaged or destroyed most homes. Most of the houses in …

Turkey Starts Work to Build Homes in 2 Earthquake-Hit Towns

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish authorities on Friday said preliminary work has started to build housing for people left homeless by the massive earthquake that hit parts of the country and neighboring Syria, killing tens of thousands. Murat Kurum, the …

Pakistan Quake Kills at Least 20, Injures Hundreds

QUETTA, Pakistan — An earthquake of magnitude 5.7 hit southern Pakistan in the early hours of Thursday, killing 20 people, most of them women and children, and injuring about 300, at a time when many victims were asleep, authorities said. …

Stunned Iowa Town Residents Say They Will Rebuild After Tornado

With the scope of the devastation still sinking in, business owners and residents of the central Iowa city of Marshalltown on Friday began picking up bricks from collapsed buildings, dragging away downed trees and trying to return to the lives …

Taiwan Officials Detains Building Developer Where Quake Killed 14

Prosecutors in eastern Taiwan say a building complex that collapsed in an earthquake earlier this month, killing 14 people, was structurally unsound and have detained the developer. The office of the Hualien district prosecutor said Tuesday that Liu Ying-lin was …

Grant to Prepare Nevada Rescuers for Big Disasters

Southern Nevada is getting nearly $1.3 million in federal money for rescuers focused on pulling people out of collapsed buildings. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced the grant from FEMA on Wednesday. The money will go to urban search and …

7.4 Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Guatemala: AIR

A 7.4 magnitude earthquake occurred on Nov. 7, about 15 miles off the coastal town of Champerico in southwestern Guatemala, according to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide. The epicenter was 35 miles SSW of Retalhuleu, Retalhuleu and 101 miles WSW …