
Earthquakes & Volcanoes
Reuters - The family of two victims of Chile's massive quake accused the government of manslaughter in a lawsuit filed on Wednesday, saying officials failed to warn them of a deadly tsunami set off by last month's tremor.
Reuters - Aftershocks still rattle walls and nerves in Chile nearly three weeks after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake, intensifying grief and trauma for some while others find escape at the football stadium.
AFP - Haiti has unveiled the first draft of its grand reconstruction plan, saying 11.5 billion dollars would be needed to help the country rebuild after January's devastating earthquake.
AP - When the young woman needed to use the toilet, she went out into the darkened tent camp and was attacked by three men.
Reuters - Matthew Bigg is the bureau chief for Reuters in Atlanta and covers the U.S.
The Christian Science Monitor - The magnitude 4.4 earthquake centered about 10 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles early Tuesday morning was typical for Southern California, very much in the range of those occurring every couple of months on average, say earthquake experts.
AP - Southern Californians were jolted from their sleep before dawn Tuesday as a small but strongly felt earthquake struck beneath Los Angeles' eastern suburbs.
AP - The earthquake and tsunami that struck Chile last month killed 700 people and caused damages of nearly $30 billion, according to the government. And the ground hasn't stopped shaking.
AFP - Los Angeles and surrounding areas were rattled early Tuesday by a 4.4 magnitude earthquake, US seismologists said.
Reuters - A magnitude 6.7 aftershock struck off the coast of Chile on Monday night about 45 miles northwest of Concepcion, which was heavily damaged in an 8.8 magnitude quake on February 27, but the national emergency office said no casualties or damage to infrastructure had been reported.
AFP - Chinese film starlet Zhang Ziyi has taken the blame for an earthquake donation scandal in her first comments on a flap that sparked a firestorm of Internet criticism and questions about her honesty.
AFP - A 6.7-magnitude aftershock has struck off Chile's coast, some 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Concepcion, among the cities hardest hit by last month's 8.8-magnitude quake, US seismologists said.
AP - As hundreds of injured survivors of the Haiti earthquake overwhelmed Florida hospitals in January, state officials pleaded with the federal government for basic information about arriving patients but got little assistance, e-mails obtained by The Associated Press show.
Reuters - Quake-prone India's lack of preparedness to deal with a Haiti-style earthquake will result in a poor and chaotic response with tens of thousands of casualties, the former U.N. chief responsible for immediate international disaster response said on Friday.