Mexico shocked by news: Girl trapped in rubble didn’t exist
Hour after excruciating hour, Mexicans were transfixed by dramatic efforts to reach a young girl thought buried in the rubble of a school destroyed by a magnitude 7.1 earthquake.
Trapped girl a symbol for Mexico’s quake rescue efforts
A delicate effort to reach a young girl buried in the ruins of her school stretched into a new day on Thursday, a vigil broadcast across the nation as rescue workers struggled in rain and darkness to pick away unstable debris and reach her.
Mexicans dig through collapsed buildings as quake kills 217
Police, firefighters and ordinary Mexicans dug frantically through the rubble of collapsed schools, homes and apartment buildings early Wednesday, looking for survivors of Mexico’s deadliest earthquake in decades as the number of confirmed fatalities stood at 217.
Minor quake reported near Alabama-Mississippi line
A minor, early morning earthquake was reported Monday near the Mississippi-Alabama state line.
Italian quake death toll rises to 241, anguish mounts
Rescue crews aided by sniffer dogs dug through crumbled homes Thursday looking for earthquake survivors as Italy again anguished over how to secure its ancient towns and modern cities from the country’s highly seismic terrain.
In quake-devastated Ecuador, loss piles up amid the rubble
It was supposed to be a family reunion to celebrate a young relative’s start of college. But the gathering ended in tragedy when a collapsing building crushed 17-year-old Sayira Quinde, her mother, father and toddler brother in their rusting Chevy Blazer.
US forces deliver aid to Japanese quake-hit areas; 42 dead
U.S. airlifts delivered water, bread, ready-to-eat food and other emergency supplies Monday to a remote area of southern Japan stricken by two powerful earthquakes, as local rescuers searched for nine people still reported missing.
US Geological Survey: 2.6 earthquake in Madison Co.
The U.S. Geological Survey has confirmed that a minor earthquake has shaken Madison County.
Community unites for Nepal at MUW candlelight vigil
About 100 candles lit up the area around the Bryan Green Gazebo on Mississippi University for Women’s campus Thursday night as students, faculty and Columbus community members held a candlelight vigil to honor the country of Nepal.
Life crawling back to normal in Nepal’s quake-hit capital
Fresh croissants emerged from a popular bakery and were quickly snapped up.
MUW to hold candlelight vigil for Nepal
Nepali students at Mississippi University for Women will hold a candlelight vigil Thursday for their native country.
Nepal quake toll tops 5,000 as aid reaches epicenter area
Aid reached a hilly district near the epicenter of Nepal’s earthquake for the first time Wednesday, four days after the quake struck and as the death toll from the disaster passed the 5,000 mark.
Modern tragedy: Quake-ravaged Nepal tower a site for selfies
Social media is a chronicle of life, and sometimes death. So it should be no surprise that a site of great human and cultural loss in Nepal’s devastating earthquake is now barraged with the clicking of smartphones.
MUW’s Nepali students gather after earthquake
Nepali students at Mississippi University for Women gathered at university president Jim Borsig’s house on Saturday to wait together for news of family and friends from Nepal, where a 7.8 magnitude earthquake devastated the small country Saturday.
New evacuations in Chile after major aftershock
Coastal residents of Chile’s far-north spent a second sleepless night outside their homes early Thursday after a major aftershock rattled an area hit a day earlier by a magnitude-8.2 earthquake that caused some damage and six deaths. No new major damage or casualties were reported.
Magnitude 8.2 earthquake kills five in Chile
Authorities kept hundreds of thousands of people out of their beds early today after a magnitude-8.2 earthquake struck off Chile’s northern coast. Five people were crushed to death or suffered fatal heart attacks, a remarkably low toll for such a powerful shift in the Earth’s crust.
Earthquake strongly felt across Los Angeles
A predawn earthquake rolled across the Los Angeles basin Monday, rattling nerves and shaking buildings along a 150-mile swath of Southern California but causing no major damage.
Buildings vulnerable 20 years after LA earthquake
The earth lurched without warning before dawn, jolting Los Angeles from its sleep. In a flash, freeway overpasses collapsed. Buildings were leveled or ruined. Fires spread.
Pakistan aid chopper targeted; 355 dead in quake
ARAWAN, Pakistan — Two rockets fired by militants in Pakistan’s quake-struck region narrowly missed a government helicopter today as survivors complained that aid was not
Massive quake in Pakistan kills 210
QUETTA, Pakistan — Rescuers struggled this morning to help thousands of people injured and left homeless after their houses collapsed in a massive earthquake in