A minor, 3.3-magnitude earthquake struck in Southern California on Thursday, according to the United States Geological Survey ...

An earthquake of magnitude 6 struck Costa Rica on Tuesday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said.

The Dominican Republic is on the northern edge of the Caribbean tectonic plate, bordering the North American one. This ...

Torrential rains in east-central Mexico last week have left at least 72 dead and raised concerns about the government's ...

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CEBU — A fourth-year computer engineering student from Cebu Technological University (CTU) Danao Campus has developed a crowdsourced mapping platform to help responders and donors locate ...

Tokyo, one of the world's most densely populated megacities, sits on a highly active seismic zone where the threat of major earthquakes is ever-present. One of the most destructive aspects of seismic ...

Two moderate earthquakes struck off the coast of Mexico early Thursday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The first, a magnitude 5.7 quake, occurred at 10:16 a.m. UTC, followed five ...

A strong, 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck in Venezuela on Wednesday, according to the United States Geological Survey. It followed a 6.2-magnitude earthquake that struck a few hours earlier in the ...

An earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale struck the west coast of Mexico on Thursday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center reported. The epicenter of the earthquake was in the open ...

FOOD, SOAPS, LEATHER AND JEWELRY. A HISTORIC MAP MADE BY THE ORIGINAL SPANISH COLONISTS OF SANTA FE RETURNED TO ITS RIGHTFUL OWNERS TODAY. THE SANTA FE MAP, HAND-DRAWN IN THE EARLY 1600S, SHOWS THE ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A map drafted centuries ago as Spanish settlers solidified their presence in what is now Mexico and the southwestern United States has been returned to the Mexican government, ...