Devastating Earthquake

One of the largest earthquakes ever recorded tore apart houses, bridges and highways in central Chile on Saturday and sent a tsunami racing halfway around the world. Chileans near the epicenter were tossed about as if shaken by a giant, and at least 214 people were dead. A tsunami set off by the magnitude-8.8 quake threatened every nation around the Pacific Ocean roughly a quarter of the globe.

Tremor Hit Haiti

 The Haitian capital has largely been destroyed in the most powerful earthquake to hit the country in more than 200 years. The 7.0-magnitude quake struck at 4.53 pm. Tuesday, 12 January 2010, leaving large numbers of people unaccounted for.