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Fortified Buildings, Alerts Help Chile Avoid Major Catastrophe After 8.3 Quake

Parts of this port city were a disaster zone Thursday after an 8.3-magnitude quake hit off the coast, killing at least 12 people and likely causing billions in damage. Overturned cars and splintered boats sat in mud next to furniture, …

Chilean Town Shaken by Reminders of Deadly Quake

One jolt hit in the middle of the night. Another caught fishermen at a nearby beach. Then the ground shook at supper. And then again, and again: More than 170 tremors were felt in Navidad in just five weeks. The …

Puerto Rico Installing Tsunami Sirens in Capital

Puerto Rico is setting up a tsunami alert system in densely populated San Juan. San Juan Mayor Jorge Santini says experts warn that the island faces a very real threat from a tsunami though the last one occurred in 1918. …