Share Qinghai, China — Nearly 400 people are feared dead after a rapid series of strong earthquakes hit a mountainous and impoverished area of China’s Qinghai province early Wednesday, state-run media said. Sphere: Related Content
Share Los Angeles — Seismologists have raised the preliminary magnitude of an earthquake in northern Baja California from 6.9 to 7.2. Sphere: Related Content
Share Santiago, Chile – Chilean President Michelle Bachelet said all emergency measures should be in place by Tuesday, three days after an 8.8-magnitude earthquake destroyed large swaths of the central and southern parts of the nation. Sphere: Related Content
Share Los Angeles – To assist in the relief efforts going on in Chile following yesterday’s devastating earthquake, click on any of the links below to donate to or to register to volunteer for the aid efforts. Sphere: Related Content
Share Santiago, Chile – The death toll from Saturday’s 8.8-magnitude earthquake in Chile has risen to 708, Chilean President Michelle Bachelet said. Sphere: Related Content
Share Honolulu, Hawaii – The first waves of a tsunami from a massive earthquake in Chile have hit the Big Island of Hawaii, according to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center. Sphere: Related Content
Share Santiago, Chile – A massive magnitude 8.8 earthquake rocked Chile early Saturday, killing at least 147 people and triggering tsunami warnings for the entire Pacific basin. Sphere: Related Content
Share Port-Au-Prince, Haiti – A Haitian judge said some of the 10 U.S. missionaries arrested on charges of child kidnapping would be released Wednesday Sphere: Related Content
Share Port-Au-Prince, Haiti – The Haitian judge deciding whether 10 U.S. missionaries should face trial on charges of trying to take a busload of children out of the country said Thursday he will recommend that they be released. Sphere: Related Content
Share Port-Au-Prince, Haiti – Ten Baptist missionaries have been charged with kidnapping in Haiti after they tried to take 33 children out of the country, and the lawyer for all the defendants is putting the blame on the group’s leader. The missionaries were taken to a downtown courthouse Friday to appear before an investigative judge in a [...]
Share Port-Au-Prince, Haiti – Ten members of a U.S. missionary group who said they were trying to rescue 33 child victims of Haiti’s devastating earthquake were charged with child kidnapping and criminal association on Thursday, their lawyer said. Sphere: Related Content
Share Quebec, Canada – Quebec Health Minister Yves Bolduc said he’s still evaluating a request by some doctors that they be reimbursed $704 per day by the province for volunteer work in Haiti. Sphere: Related Content
Share The “Hope for Haiti Now” telethon had more than 83 million people glued to TVs on Friday, as more than 100 celebrities banded together to raise money for Haitian relief. Sphere: Related Content
Share Port-au-Prince, Haiti – So many doctors are answering Haiti’s call for medical aid that the largest hospital in Port-au-Prince has a new problem: organizing and finding good use for them all. Sphere: Related Content
Share Port-au-Prince, Haiti - More than 111,000 people died in last week’s massive earthquake in Haiti, the government announced, even as it officially ended the search-and-rescue phase of its response to the disaster. Sphere: Related Content
Share Quincy Jones and Lionel Richie are planning a massive 25th anniversary re-recording of “We Are the World.” Sphere: Related Content
Share Port Au Prince, Haiti — Sometimes she paced, and sometimes she sat and pondered. Gigi Merove-Pierre has been at the Caribbean Supermarket for a week now, but Tuesday might have been the most painful day. Sphere: Related Content
Share Brussels – European Union nations pledged over euro400 million ($575 million) Monday to help quake survivors and rebuilding efforts inHaiti after last week’s massive earthquake. Sphere: Related Content
Share All four major credit card companies — Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover — have waived or rebated their processing fees on donations to select charities in support of the relief effort in Haiti, representatives of the companies say. Sphere: Related Content
