Measuring 7.5 on the Richter scale places this event among the stronger earthquakes experienced worldwide. To contextualize, the 2010 Haiti earthquake was a magnitude of 7.0, which resulted in severe ...

Laura Silsby, the American missionary accused of trying to take nearly three dozen children out of Haiti after the devastating January 12 earthquake, has been freed from jail by a Haitian court, her ...

In 2012 a magnitude 7 earthquake hit Haiti; 222,000 people died. Working with the Haitian government, President Barack Obama ...

With rescue operations and global aid efforts underway in Myanmar and Thailand, here's a look back at some of the worst ...

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) said the quake was of 7.7 magnitude and at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles). It was ...

On the afternoon of March 28, 2025, a powerful earthquake struck central Myanmar, registering a magnitude of 7.7 according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The earthquake occurred at ...

The US Geological Survey (USGS) says an increase or decrease in global seismicity does not necessarily indicate that a large ...

The U.S. Geologic Survey (USGS) insists that earthquake forecasting is not possible. Thus, the agency only calculates the ...

Located at the south-western end of Old Dhaka, Shahidnagar sits along the shores of the Buriganga River. The neighbourhood is congested with buildings and narrow alleys, like the rest of the Old Dhaka ...