Latin leaders shaken out of beds as quake rocks Costa Rica during ...
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A powerful early-morning earthquake shook presidents and prime ministers from their beds Saturday, while damaging houses and frightening several people into heart attacks.
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Costa Rica declares a national emergency after heavy rain leads to flooding.
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A moderately strong earthquake of 6.7 magnitude shook Chile's mineral-rich northern region early on Sunday, setting off rock slides and cutting power but causing no injuries.
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Revellers have described the panic and chaos when a Buenos Aires nightclub became an inferno. Police and firefighters struggled to put out the blaze and rescue thousands of people who had been attending a rock concert in the Argentine capital.
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A strong earthquake hit Mexico's Pacific Coast on Saturday, but no damage was immediately reported.
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A powerful earthquake hit Indonesia on Wednesday, causing buildings to sway strongly in the capital, and authorities issued a tsunami warning for much of the Indian Ocean region
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A moderate earthquake rocked Baja California in Mexico, shutting down factories near the U.S. border and leaving about 400,000 people without power, authorities said Saturday. No major damage or injuries were immediately reported.
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A powerful earthquake rocked Indonesia&#39;s northernmost province of Aceh on Sunday, alarming thousands of residents who fled their homes for the safety of the streets, officials said.
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A powerful earthquake rattled Guatemala and El Salvador on Wednesday, forcing terrified residents to flee shaking buildings, but there were no reports of casualties.
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An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 shook Manila, the Philippines capital, tonight, swaying high rise buildings swaying, knocking out power and sending frightened residents fleeing into the streets.
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A magnitude 5.7 earthquake jolted the British Virgin Islands, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico on Saturday, the Puerto Rico Seismic Network said.
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Costa Rican President Abel Pacheco is taken to hospital after suffering heart troubles.
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Tens of thousands of people hunkered in storm shelters early on Tuesday as Hurricane Felix, upgraded to an extremely dangerous Category 5 storm as it approached the coast, menaced Central America with violent winds and torrential rains.
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A strong earthquake shook central California Tuesday, cracking pipes, breaking bottles of wine and knocking pictures from walls.
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A strong 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit near the west coast of Colombia on Sunday night, the U.S. Geological Survey said, but local authorities said there were no immediate reports of serious damage.
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A 6.1 magnitude earthquake rocks the poor southern Mexican state of Chiapas.
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ROME -- An earthquake rattled northern Italy on Wednesday, sending panicked residents into the streets and damaging buildings, news reports said.