Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SANTIAGO (Reuters) -A seismic swarm that caused 160 quakes in two hours at the Laguna del Maule volcanic field in central Chile ...

Authorities in northern Chile discovered surprisingly light damage and just six reported deaths Wednesday from a magnitude-8.2 quake — a remarkably low toll for such a powerful shift in the Earth's ...

The quake that rattled Chile Saturday landed in the record books as the fifth-biggest quake ever measured, an 8.8-magnitude monster that ripped through the South American country and killed some 700 ...

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A series of strong aftershocks from last month's devastating quake rocked Chile on Thursday as a new president was sworn into office and immediately urged coastal residents to ...

New Delhi, May 3 -- A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck off the southern coasts of Chile and Argentina on May 2, shaking the region near Cape Horn and Antarctica and triggering widespread ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - The earthquake in Chile was far stronger than the one that struck Haiti last month - yet the death toll in this Caribbean nation is magnitudes higher. The reasons are simple.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center says it does not see a threat of powerful waves along the coasts of California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska or Hawaii due to a powerful earthquake ...

SANTIAGO, April 11 (Reuters) - A seismic swarm that caused 160 quakes in two hours at the Laguna del Maule volcanic field in central Chile earlier this week has put authorities and citizens on alert.