Chile unveils $110 mn reconstruction planChile unveiled an initial, USD 110 million reconstruction plan on Friday to put the central region back on its feet after a devastating earthquake and tsunami.
Chileans` quake knowledge saved thousands of livesChileans` knowledge of earthquakes, combined with the abnormally long time it took for the February 27 quake to reach its crescendo, saved thousands of lives.
Chile quake death toll cut to 452: OfficialsChile`s government on Friday lowered the official death toll from the massive February 27 earthquake to 452 in the latest development in the controversial casualty count from the disaster.
Astronauts return to Earth on Russian spacecraftA Russian cosmonaut and a US
astronaut returned to Earth Thursday from the International Space
Station (ISS) after 169 days in space, mission control in
Moscow said.
Quake damage in Chile`s capital worse than thoughtAbout 5,000 homes in Chile`s capital, Santiago, were destroyed by the massive earthquake and tsunami that hit the central coast last month, its mayor has said.
Earth- Venus involved in long-distance relationship?New calculations by scientists have suggested that Venus and Earth might literally be involved in a long-distance relationship, with our planet speculated to be tugging on the core of Venus and exerting control over its spin.
Magnitude 4.4 quake rattles Los AngelesA magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck near Los Angeles on Tuesday, awakening residents but causing no apparent damage in the second largest US city, the US Geological Survey and witnesses said.
Aftershock hits off coast of Chile, no damageA 6.7 aftershock struck off the coast of Chile on Monday night about 45 miles northwest of Concepcion.
Another strong earthquake hits ChileA strong magnitude 6.0
aftershock struck Chile on Monday, two weeks after a huge quake
and tsunami waves killed hundreds and caused massive damage,
the US Geological Survey said.
Mild tremors felt in Kashmir valleyAn earthquake of moderate intensity
shook Kashmir valley.