M 5.6 in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands on 16 Mar 2018 09:25 UTC

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NACIONAL - Población:

Tue, 20 Mar 2018 01:27:00 +0100elperiodicodemexico (es)

18:20, 2018-03-19. En varios puntos de la capital mexicana y ante las ruinas dejadas por el terremoto los damnificados guardaron un minuto de silencio justo a la misma hora del fenómeno de magnitud 7,1 que afectó el centro y el sur del país. 09:53, 2018-03-15.

Earthquake hits southern Iran

Mon, 19 Mar 2018 09:17:00 +0100trendnews-az (en)

Baku, Azerbaijan, March 19‎ By Gazenfer Hamidov – Trend:‎ An earthquake measuring 5 on the Richter scale shook Iran’s south province of Bushehr on March 19. The tremors occurred at 8:00 local time (UTC ‎+4:30), according to a report from the seismography center affiliated with Tehran University....

Clifftop street in the UK begins to collapse into the sea as coast is hammered with wild weather

Mon, 19 Mar 2018 04:25:00 +01009news (en)

Wild wea the r has hammered Britain’s coastline, with one clifftop street beginning to crumble into the sea as a result. A sudden tremble described by one resident as like an “earthquake” was felt as the cliff gave way, sending a garden shed and an oil tank plummeting into the sea.

Clifftop homes begin to crumble into the sea in Norfolk as Britain is battered with harsh winds

Mon, 19 Mar 2018 04:15:00 +0100telegraph (en)

A clifftop street began to crumble into the sea last night as Britain's coastline was battered by wild weather. One home-owner described feeling a sudden tremble like an "earthquake" at the weekend as the cliff gave way. A garden shed and an oil tank plummeted into the sea after days of high winds and waves eroded the sandstone.

USGS: 3.0 Magnitude Quake Recorded In Logan County

Sun, 18 Mar 2018 20:42:00 +0100news9 (en)

LOGAN COUNTY, Oklahoma - A small earthquake shook up residents in Logan County. The 3.0 magnitude earthquake struck at approximately 1:50 p.m. Sunday, March 18. Its epicenter was located five miles east of Mulhall, six miles south , sou the ast of Orl and o, nine miles north, northwest of Coyle and 42 miles north, northeast of Oklahoma City.

Trinidad rattled by another earthquake in less than 24 hours

Fri, 16 Mar 2018 21:00:00 +0100nationnews (en)

The Trinidad-based Seismic Research Centre (SRC) of the University of the West Indies (UWI) said that the latest quake occurred at 2:02 pm and was at a depth of 16 kilometres. “This event appears to be an aftershock following the 10:49 pm earthquake,” the SRC said. It said that the quake, which was located Latitude: 11.

Los EE. UU. y la ONU respaldan los esfuerzos para evaluar el impacto del terremoto en Papúa Nueva Guinea y para proveer ayuda a los sobrevivientes

Fri, 16 Mar 2018 18:41:00 +0100iom-es (es)

Port Moresby – Casi tres semanas después de que el terremoto de 7.5 grados golpeara a las remotas provincias de Hela y de South ern Highl and s (Altas Tierras del Sur) en Papúa Nueva Guinea, los equipos de la OIM están trabajando con el gobierno y socios para evaluar el impacto total del desastre y....

Holetown escapes from 'tsunami' during evacuation exercise

Fri, 16 Mar 2018 05:27:00 +0100nationnews (en)

With the sound of the alarm bell and a mobile alert at 10:11 a.m. the students and teachers of the St James Primary School made a uniformed dash for higher ground at a nearby assembly spot in Morgan’s Hill just above their school as part of the Caribe Ware evacuation exercise. The Caribe Wave exercise was based on a 8.

Giving aid in the line of fire

Fri, 16 Mar 2018 03:13:00 +0100miamiherald (en)

The recent killings of three humanitarian aid workers in Nigeria by suspected Boko Haram militants have sent shock waves throughout the humanitarian aid community and illuminated the increasingly precarious landscape such personnel must navigate to help people in areas of conflict and instability. But the slayings were not an anomaly.

Multiple deaths in horror footbridge collapse at university

Fri, 16 Mar 2018 02:38:00 +0100yahoo-au (en)

Cars were trapped underneath the structure, while several people were loaded into ambulances as authorities launched search and rescue missions. Emergency personnel with sniffer dogs searched for signs of life amid the wreckage of concrete and twisted metal on one of the busiest roads in South Florida.

Doctor tells of his 35 year career in Red Cross in new book

Thu, 15 Mar 2018 15:01:00 +0100dailymail (en)

War, poverty and disaster through the eyes of a Red Cross doctor: Medic's 35-year career spanning civil wars, Cambodia's 'killing fields' and the Kashmir earthquake is shown in captivating images Dr Frank Ryding has lifted the lid on his work travelling the world with the organisation in new book.

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