Earthquakes
FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2012 file photo, engineers test one of the newly acquired Spanish built subway cars slated for the Number 12 Line, the newest section of Mexico City's vast subway system. Just 17 months after it was inaugurated, Line 12 had to be shut down for months for the tracks to be replaced or ground into shape. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills, File)
Mexico City subway collapse was a tragedy foretold

By Mark Stevenson May. 05, 2021 02:16 PM EDT

Buddhist monks offer a prayer for victims of the 2011 massive earthquake and tsunami, at a memorial cenotaph near former high school building, background, in Kesennuma, Miyagi prefecture, Japan Thursday, March 11, 2021. Thursday marks the 10th anniversary of the massive earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster that struck Japan's northeastern coast. (Yohei Nishimura/Kyodo News via AP)
Still recovering, Japan marks 10 years since tsunami hit

By Mari Yamaguchi Mar. 11, 2021 07:50 AM EST

A portion of a highway is blocked by a landslide after an earthquake hit the city, in Soma, Fukushima prefecture, northeastern Japan, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021. A strong earthquake hit off the coast of northeastern Japan late Saturday, shaking Fukushima, Miyagi and other areas, but there was no threat of a tsunami, officials said.(Hironori Asakawa/Kyodo News via AP)
Powerful Japan quake sets off landslide, minor injuries

By Yuri Kageyama And Mari Yamaguchi Feb. 13, 2021 11:43 PM EST

A lamp is used during an outage following an earthquake in Ichikawa, Chiba prefecture, about 230 kilometers (143 miles) away from Fukushima Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021. The Japan Meteorological Agency says a strong earthquake has hit off the coast of northeastern Japan, shaking Fukushima, Miyagi and other areas. (Keiko Hatto via AP)
Strong quake hits Japan's northeast coast; no tsunami alert

By Yuri Kageyama Feb. 13, 2021 12:36 PM EST

Clouds hang over the Vesuvius volcano, background, as a woman walks in the Forum of the archeological site of Pompeii, southern Italy, during the inauguration of the museum Antiquarium, Monday, Jan. 25, 2021. Decades after suffering bombing and earthquake damage, Pompeii's museum is back in business, showing off exquisite finds from excavations of the ancient Roman city. Officials of the archaeological park of the ruins of the city destroyed in 79 A.D. by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius inaugurated the museum on Monday. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Pompeii's museum comes back to life to display amazing finds

Jan. 25, 2021 12:38 PM EST

A cat is seen through the rubble of a house badly badly damaged by earthquake in Mamuju, West Sulawesi, Indonesia, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021. Aid was reaching the thousands of people left homeless and struggling after an earthquake that killed a number of people struck early Friday. (AP Photo/Yusuf Wahil)
Businesses reopen as searchers dig in Indonesia quake rubble

By Niniek Karmini And Yusuf Wahil Jan. 19, 2021 11:31 PM EST

Indonesian National Transportation Safety Committee investigators inspect debris found in the waters around the location where a Sriwijaya Air passenger jet crashed, at the search and rescue command center at Tanjung Priok Port in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, Jan 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
After seeing floods, Indonesian leader visits quake zone

By Niniek Karmini And Yusuf Wahil Jan. 18, 2021 11:02 PM EST

A police officer stands guard outside a shopping mall damaged in Friday's earthquake in Mamuju, West Sulawesi, Indonesia, Monday, Jan. 18, 2021. Aid was reaching the thousands of people left homeless and struggling after an earthquake that killed a number of people in the province where rescuers intensified their work Monday to find those buried in the rubble. (AP Photo/Yusuf Wahil)
Aid effort intensifies after Indonesia quake that killed 84

By Niniek Karmini And Yusuf Wahil Jan. 17, 2021 08:34 PM EST

Hospital staff take a break as patients are treated outside amid fear of aftershocks, at a hospital affected by an earthquake in Mamuju, West Sulawesi, Indonesia, Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021. Rescuers retrieved more bodies from the rubble of homes and buildings toppled by the magnitude 6.2 earthquake while military engineers managed to reopen ruptured roads to clear access for relief goods. (AP Photo/Yusuf Wahil)
Indonesian teams find more bodies from quake that killed 78

By Muhammad Rifki And Yusuf Wahil Jan. 17, 2021 09:36 AM EST

Men search through the rubble of collapsed houses in Majska Poljana, Croatia, Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020. A series of tremors have jolted central Croatia a day after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake killed at least seven people, injured dozens and left several towns and villages in ruins. (AP Photo)
Quake aftershocks keep people out of homes in Croatia

By Sasa Kavic Dec. 30, 2020 06:09 AM EST

People move through remains of a building damaged in an earthquake, in Petrinja, Croatia, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020. A strong earthquake has hit central Croatia and caused major damage and at least one death in a town southeast of the capital. (AP Photo)
Magnitude 6.3 earthquake strikes Croatia; 1 death reported

Dec. 29, 2020 08:22 AM EST

Pandemic, politics and protests make Idaho's top 2020 news

By Rebecca Boone Dec. 28, 2020 10:58 AM EST
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The novel coronavirus pandemic affected nearly every aspect of Idaho residents' lives in 2020, impacting our financial security, our...

FILE - In this May 27, 2020, file photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a member of a Chinese surveying team sets up a survey equipment on the summit of Mount Everest also known locally as Mt. Qomolangma. China and Nepal have jointly announced on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020, a new height for Mount Everest, ending a discrepancy between the two nations. (Tashi Tsering/Xinhua via AP, File)
China, Nepal say Everest a bit higher than past measurements

By Binaj Gurubacharya Dec. 08, 2020 05:26 AM EST

Turkey's Health Minister Fahrettin Koca speaks with Ahmet Citim, rescued from the debris of his collapsed house, in Izmir, Turkey, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2020. In the latest of series of remarkable rescues after the Friday afternoon earthquake, rescue workers extricated the 70-year-old man from the collapsed building earlier on Sunday, some 34 hours after the strong earthquake in the Aegean Sea struck Turkey and Greece, killing dozens of people and injuring scores of others(Turkey Health Ministry via AP)
70-year-old pulled out alive in Turkey as quake toll hits 75

By Mehmet Guzel And Zeynep Bilginsoy Nov. 01, 2020 01:24 AM EDT

Medics and rescue personnel carry into an ambulance an injured person from the debris of a collapsed building in Izmir, Turkey, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020. Rescue teams on Saturday ploughed through concrete blocs and debris of eight collapsed buildings in Turkey's third largest city in search of survivors of a powerful earthquake that struck Turkey's Aegean coast and north of the Greek island of Samos, killing dozens of people. Hundreds of others were injured. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
Death toll reaches 39 in quake that hit Turkey, Greek island

By Mehmet Guzel, Suzan Fraser And Zeynep Bilginsoy Oct. 31, 2020 11:43 AM EDT

Rescue workers and local people carry a wounded person found in the debris of a collapsed building, in Izmir, Turkey, Friday, Oct. 30, 2020, after a strong earthquake in the Aegean Sea has shaken Turkey and Greece. Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency said Friday's earthquake was centered in the Aegean at a depth of 16,5 kilometers (10.3 miles) and registered at a 6.6 magnitude.(AP Photo/Ismail Gokmen)
Quake strikes Turkish coast and Greek island, killing 19

By Zeynep Bilginsoy And Elena Becatoros Oct. 30, 2020 01:43 PM EDT

A biker leads a line of cars driving off the Homer Spit at about on Monday, Oct. 19, 2020, in Homer, Alaska after a tsunami evacuation order was issued for low-lying areas in Homer. (Michael Armstrong/Homer News via AP)
Large earthquake off Alaska prompts tsunami fears, fleeing

By Becky Bohrer Oct. 19, 2020 08:33 PM EDT

In this handout photo provided by the Philippine Red Cross, a volunteer takes photos of a damaged structure after a strong earthquake struck in Cataingan, Masbate province, central Philippines on Tuesday Aug. 18, 2020. A powerful and shallow earthquake struck a central Philippine region Tuesday, prompting people to dash out of homes and offices but there were no immediate reports of injuries or major damage. (Philippine National Red Cross via AP)
Strong quake in Philippines kills 1, damages houses, roads

Aug. 18, 2020 08:49 AM EDT

Employees stand outside of their work building after a 7.5 earthquake, in Mexico City, Tuesday, June 23, 2020. The earthquake centered near the resort of Huatulco in southern Mexico swayed buildings Tuesday in Mexico City and sent thousands into the streets.(AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
Powerful earthquake shakes southern Mexico, at least 5 dead

By María Verza And Christopher Sherman Jun. 23, 2020 01:00 PM EDT

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May. 11, 2020 03:05 AM EDT
ARRESTS IN MI. SECURITY GUARD SHOOTING OVER MASK FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Two men have been arrested in the fatal shooting of a Michigan...