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Haiti earthquake kills 11, injures 135

By Associated Press

Emergency teams worked to provide relief in Haiti on Sunday after a magnitude 5.9 earthquake killed 11 people and left 135 injured.

News Wrap: Trump administration rejects rules on detaining migrant children

In our news wrap Thursday, the Department of Homeland Security says it wants to detain migrant families together until their cases are resolved. That goes against the 1997 Flores agreement that requires migrant children be held in the least restrictive…

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Little damage reported from strong quake in Venezuela

By Fabiola Sanchez, Scott Smith, Associated Press

The magnitude 7.3 quake Tuesday was the largest to strike Venezuela since 1900.

Big quakes trigger landslides on Indonesia’s Lombok island

By Rosidin Sembahulun, Associated Press

Strong earthquakes jolted the Indonesian island of Lombok on Sunday, causing power blackouts, landslides and damage to buildings, as the tourist hotspot tries to recover from a temblor earlier this month that killed hundreds of people.

After Indonesia earthquake, a new worry: deadly aftershocks

By Todd Pitman, Ninek Karmini, Associated Press

Seismic activity is commonplace across the Indonesian archipelago, which is home to more active volcanoes than anywhere else on Earth. The country straddles the so-called "Ring of Fire," an arc of volcanoes and fault lines that stretch across the Pacific…

Third strong earthquake shakes Lombok as death toll tops 300

By Andi Jatmiko, Associated Press

TANJUNG, Indonesia — The Indonesian island of Lombok was shaken by a third big earthquake in little more than a week Thursday as the official death toll from the most powerful of the quakes topped 300.

Indonesia quake death toll tops 130 as aid effort intensifies

By Andi Jatmiko, Associated Press

Aid began reaching isolated areas of the Indonesian island struggling after a powerful earthquake that killed more than 130 people as rescuers intensified efforts Wednesday to find those buried in the rubble.

Magnitude-7.2 earthquake slams south and central Mexico

By Associated Press

The epicenter is a rural area of western Oaxaca state near the Pacific coast and the border with Guerrero state.

6 dead, 76 missing after strong earthquake hits Taiwan

By Taijing Wu, Associated Press

Rescuers worked Wednesday to free people trapped after a strong earthquake near Taiwan's east coast caused several buildings to cave in and tilt dangerously.