The death toll from a powerful earthquake that struck southern Mexico on Tuesday has risen to 10 people, authorities said on Wednesday, as locals began clearing the rubble and assessing the damage from the temblor. The area surrounding the popular Huatulco beach resort in the southern state of Oaxaca was hardest hit by the 7.4...Read More

When a major earthquake struck Mexico on Tuesday, panic swept through the coastal city of Juchitan as residents feared that much of what they had struggled to rebuild after a devastating 2017 temblor would return to rubble. Tuesday’s 7.4-magnitude quake near the Pacific coast killed at least seven people and injured more than 20, rocking...Read More

An earthquake of magnitude 7.5 shook southern and central Mexico on Tuesday, leaving at least six dead, 30 wounded, and some damage in areas near its epicenter in the state of Oaxaca, one of the poorest in the country. Its waves were felt even in Puebla and Mexico City (CDMX), where the ruins and traumas...Read More

After the magnitude 7.5 earthquake that struck Mexico on Tuesday morning, 303 aftershocks have been recorded. This was reported through Twitter by the National Seismological Service, which indicated that the largest of them had a magnitude of 5.6. At 10:29 hours, about 12 kilometers from the municipality of Crucecita, in the southern state of Oaxaca,...Read More

The Jalisco State Civil and Fire Protection Unit (UEPCB) reported that the magnitude 7.5 earthquake registered this morning in Cruceita, Oaxaca, was perceived in the municipalities of Zapotlán el Grande (Ciudad Guzmán) , as well as in Atoyac, Cuautitlán de García Barragán and Gómez Farías. Likewise, he pointed out that monitoring is carried out in...Read More

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the United States (NOAA) issued a tsunami warning for Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras after the strong earthquake registered moments ago in Oaxaca, in southern Mexico. President López Obrador explained that the sea level is expected to rise one meter due to the earthquake on the Pacific...Read More

A few moments ago there was an earthquake that was felt in Mexico City, with an epicenter in Oaxaca and of 7.5 magnitude, according to preliminary information. “Preliminary: SISMO Magnitude 7.5 Loc. 12 km SOUTHEAST CRUCECITA, OAX 06/23/2020 10:29:03 Lat 15.68 Lon -96.07 Pf 10 km”, reported the National Seismological System. The National Oceanic and...Read More

Francibel Contreras brings her three malnourished children to a soup kitchen in the dangerous hillside Caracas slum of Petare where they scoop in spoonfuls of rice and scrambled eggs in what could be their only meal of the day. Part of the tragedy of daily life in socialist Venezuela can be glimpsed in this small...Read More

A strong earthquake jolted southern Mexico on Friday, rattling nerves and swaying tall buildings hundreds of miles away in the capital, but there were no reports of serious damage, injuries or deaths. The U.S. Geological Survey reported that the quake had a magnitude of 6.6. It was centered about 10 miles (16 kilometers) from the...Read More

Five earthquakes were registered in the first hours of the new year along the coast of Jalisco, according to the National Seismological. On the night of December 31, a very slight earthquake, of magnitude 3.5, was reported 46 kilometers west of Casimiro Castillo. Later, at 1:18 am, in the early morning hours of January 1,...Read More

The National Seismological Service (SMN) recorded an earthquake of magnitude 4.4, at 337 kilometers, southwest of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, at 00:54 in the early morning hours of Christmas. On his Twitter account @SSNMexico, the National Seismological wrote: “SISMO Magnitude 4.4 Loc 337 km SOUTHWEST of PUERTO VALLARTA, JAL 25/12/18 00:54:52 Lat 19.37 Lon -108.17 Pf...Read More

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1 occurred Sunday afternoon off the Salvadoran coast, without generating threat of a tsunami, reported the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (MARN). The quake was recorded at 4:23 pm and the epicenter was located 90 kilometers southwest of Los Cobanos beach in Sonsonate, at a depth of...Read More

Last September’s magnitude 8.2 Tehuantepec earthquake happened deep, rupturing both mantle and crust, on the landward side of major subduction zone in the Pacific Ocean off Mexico’s far south coast. Initially, it was believed the earthquake was related to a seismic gap, occurring where the Cocos ocean plate is being overridden by a continental plate,...Read More

Three strong earthquakes have occurred in Canada, in British Columbia. The strongest earthquake had a magnitude of 6.8, as registered by the USSG. The US geological observatory reports that the epicenter of the earthquake has been identified about 300 kilometers from Tofino, at a depth of 10 kilometers. The 6.8 magnitude quake was preceded by...Read More

The first Emergency Center for Tropical Cyclones in Mexico has opened on the southern coast of Jalisco. The building is a multifunctional unit that also meets all the requirements of a fixed temporary shelter. The building has the capacity to withstand strong winds, the impact of a category 5 hurricane and an earthquake of magnitude...Read More