After a terrible earthquake hit near the tourism mecca of Marrakech on Friday night, President Bolat Tinubu expressed his condolences…
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President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed condolence to Italy and the victims of the deadly earthquake that claimed more than 200…
The Washington Monument, one of the US capital’s most recognizable landmarks, reopened Monday under dazzling blue skies, three years after sustaining damage from a rare earthquake. The popular tourist attraction is the US capital city’s tallest building…
A strong and shallow earthquake rattled northern Thailand on Monday afternoon, shaking tall buildings in Bangkok hundreds of miles to the south, but there were no immediate reports of casualties. The 6.0-magnitude quake, at a depth of just 7.4 kilometres…
A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.5 struck off Papua New Guinea late Saturday night, the US Geological Survey said, with a tsunami warning issued. The quake hit 75 kilometres (47 miles) south-west of the town of Panguna on Bougainville island…
A powerful 8.2-magnitude earthquake hit Chile’s Pacific coast, triggering tsunami waves of more than two meters and killing at least five people. The victims were four men and a woman who died in the cities of Iquique and Alto Hospicio either of a heart…
A 4.1 magnitude earthquake rattled Los Angeles on Saturday, a day after a similar seismic shock spooked the sprawling Californian metropolis. The building housing AFP’s office on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood swayed gently after the latest temblor,…