Chile earthquake: A 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck off the southern coasts of Chile and Argentina on Friday, the United States Geological Survey said. People evacuate the coastline in Chile ...

SANTIAGO: Authorities in Chile on Friday lifted a tsunami warning and evacuation order issued after a 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck off the southern coast of South America. "The preventive ...

Chilean authorities issued a tsunami warning for the country's southernmost region Friday morning and both Chile and Argentina ordered evacuations after a major 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck off ...

Chilean authorities issued a tsunami warning for the country’s southernmost region on the morning of May 2, 2025, after a major 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck in the Drake Passage, the body of water ...

In 1960, the southern city of Valdivia was devastated by a magnitude 9.5 earthquake, considered the most powerful ever recorded, which killed 9,500 people. In 2010, an 8.8 magnitude quake off the ...

A beach campfire provides warmth at sunset on the Samoa Peninsula in Eureka on Sept. 2, 2022. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times) ...

A long-feared monster earthquake off California, Oregon and Washington could cause some coastal areas to sink by more than 6 feet, dramatically heightening the risk of flooding and radically ...

During an earthquake scenario with the highest level of subsidence, or land sink, the area at risk of flooding would expand by 116 square miles. Among the areas at risk after a megaquake along the ...

The last time this Cascadia subduction zone shook off a major earthquake was in 1700. Since then, the coastline has been rising by 0.04 to 0.12 inch (1 to 3 millimeters) a year, slightly outpacing ...

Tsunamis can generate quickly. In 1960, a 9.5 magnitude earthquake in Chile, the largest earthquake ever recorded, triggered 35-foot waves in Hilo. It took 15 to 16 hours to reach Hawaii's shores.

Several large earthquakes have already shaken to globe this year, including a monster 7.7 magnitude tremor in Myanmar. The exact number of deaths and missing people are not yet known, but a rescue ...