3.1 Magnitude Earthquake Rattles Irving & Dallas
IRVING (CBSDFW.COM/AP) – A 3.1 magnitude earthquake rattled Irving and Dallas on Friday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. #BREAKING: USGS confirms earthquake in the Irving/Dallas area...
View ArticleDeaths Reported As Powerful 8.1 Mag Earthquake Hits Mexico
MEXICO CITY (CBSDFW.COM/AP) – One of the most powerful earthquakes ever to strike Mexico has hit off its southern Pacific coast, killing at least 58 people, toppling houses and businesses and sending...
View ArticleHollywood, L.A. Light Up Twitter After Small Quake
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A small earthquake with an epicenter just outside Los Angeles got people in southern California talking on social media. The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude-3.6 quake hit at...
View ArticleFC Dallas Midfielder Victor Ulloa Rattled, Family Touched By 7.1 Earthquake
FRISCO (CBSDFW.COM) – More than 100 are dead and the death toll could rise after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake rattled Mexico City. Rescues crews on Tuesday night worked to dig survivors out who were...
View ArticleMore Than 100 Dead In Mexico Earthquake
MEXICO CITY (CBSDFW.COM/CBS NEWS/AP) – At least 139 people are dead following the earthquake as buildings collapsed in plumes of dust and thousands fled into the streets. Morelos Gov. Graco Ramirez...
View ArticleMexico Digging Through Rubble As Earthquake Death Toll Rises
MEXICO CITY (AP) – Rescuers said Wednesday they have found a surviving child in the ruins of a school that collapsed in Mexico’s magnitude 7.1 earthquake, one of many efforts across the city to save...
View ArticleTrapped Girl Becomes Symbol For Mexico Quake Rescuers
MEXICO CITY (AP) – A delicate effort to reach a young girl buried in the rubble of her school stretched into a new day on Thursday, a vigil broadcast across the nation as rescue workers struggled in...
View ArticleSearch For Mexico Quake Survivors Enters 4th Day
MEXICO CITY (AP) – Survivors are still being pulled from rubble in Mexico City as rescue operations stretch into a fourth day Friday, spurring hope among desperate relatives gathered at the sites of...
View ArticleImmigrants Touched By Mexico Quake, Try To Help From Afar
LAS VEGAS (AP) — When Luis Ramirez finally reached his mother after the powerful Mexico earthquake, he learned her home was so badly damaged that it had to be demolished. He considered getting on a...
View ArticleAIG Predicts $3 Billion In Losses From Recent Disasters
NEW YORK (AP) – American International Group expects to record insurance losses of roughly $3 billion during the third quarter from the recent hurricanes and earthquakes. AIG said Monday that it...
View ArticleHurricanes, Earthquakes Estimated To Cost Industry $95B
GENEVA (AP) — Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria, as well as two recent earthquakes in Mexico likely cost the insurance industry about $95 billion, said Swiss Re, one of the world’s biggest reinsurers....
View ArticleAlmost 60,000 Haitians Allowed To Stay In US Only Until 2019
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Trump administration says it has ended a temporary residency permit program that has allowed almost 60,000 citizens from Haiti to live and work in the United States since a...
View ArticleNorthern Oklahoma Rattled By 3.5 Magnitude Earthquake
HENNESSEY, Okla. (AP) — A 3.5 magnitude earthquake has shaken parts of north-central Oklahoma. The U.S. Geological Survey says the earthquake was recorded at 11:43 a.m. Tuesday about 13 miles...
View ArticleMagnitude 7.6 Earthquake Strikes In Caribbean Sea North Of Honduras
(CBS) – The United States Geological Service reports a 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck north of Honduras in the Caribbean Sea. Earthquake in Caribbean (USGS) The Tuesday quake has sparked a tsunami...
View Article‘Terrifying’ Tsunami Sirens Alert Residents After Major Quake
UPDATE: Tuesday January 23 6:40 am The National Tsunami Center has canceled a tsunami warning that was triggered by a powerful earthquake off the coast of Alaska. Mickey Varnadao, a computer specialist...
View ArticleMagnitude 7.2 Earthquake Slams South, Central Mexico
MEXICO CITY (AP) – A powerful earthquake shook south and central Mexico Friday, causing people to flee buildings and office towers in the country’s capital, and setting off quake alert systems. Crowds...
View ArticleOklahoma Orders Cut In Water Injection After Earthquakes
COVINGTON, OK (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — The Oklahoma Corporation Commission has directed a wastewater disposal well to reduce its volume of injection after more than a dozen earthquakes rattled part of...
View ArticleQuakes, Lava And Gas: Hawaii Residents Flee Volcanic Threats
PAHOA, Hawaii (AP) — Many rural residents living on an erupting volcano in Hawaii fled the threat of lava that spewed into the air in bursts of fire and pushed up steam from cracks in roadways Friday,...
View ArticleExperts Say Too Much Bad News Can Actually Make You Sick
NEW YORK (CBSDFW.COM/CNN) – Every breaking news story or severe weather alert seems to push our world further and further into a crisis. Experts say it is taking a serious toll on our environment, but...
View ArticleOfficials Suggest World Cup Celebrations In Mexico Caused Artificial Quake
MEXICO CITY (CBS/AP) — Mexican officials say sensors detected an earthquake in Mexico City on Sunday morning, and they suggested on Twitter that excited soccer fans may have caused it. A seismic...
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