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Earthquake

In Syria and Turkey, helping earthquake victims is a crime. | Celestino Arce Lavin/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom

Turkey

In Syria and Turkey, Helping Earthquake Victims Is a Crime

Politicians in Syria, Turkey, and the United States are getting in the way of relief efforts.

Matthew Petti | 2.21.2023 11:30 AM

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Climate Change

Weather and Climate Disasters Are Declining Globally

Increasing weather damage costs are not reliable evidence for climate change.

Ronald Bailey | 1.7.2022 4:10 PM

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Haiti

If You Think Haiti Is a Shithole, Then Blame America for Helping to Make It That Way

Centuries of mistreatment by the U.S. is a primary cause of Haiti's plight.

Tate Watkins | 1.12.2018 4:58 PM

California

Napa Recovering from Earthquake

6.0 quake did extensive damage.

Reason Staff | 8.25.2014 1:45 PM

Earthquake

Magnitude 6.9 Earthquake Hits Off Coast of California

No tsunami expected

Ed Krayewski | 3.10.2014 8:06 AM

Science & Technology

Minor 3.1 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Western LA

Carry on

Reason Staff | 1.3.2014 5:10 PM

Science & Technology

Prototype GPS Earthquake Monitoring System Being Tested in Southern California

Information from GPS receivers will be processed in real time

Reason Staff | 12.16.2013 3:20 PM

Science & Technology

Magnitude 6.6 Earthquake Hits Taiwan

USGS reports

Reason Staff | 10.31.2013 10:00 AM

World

Small Tsunami Reported Following Japan Quake

No immediate signs of damage or injury

Reason Staff | 10.25.2013 6:20 PM

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Science & Technology

UN Being Sued Over Causing, Covering Up Cholera Outbreak in Haiti

UN peacekeepers from Nepal stationed near a river introduced a disease that hadn't been observed on the island in centuries

Ed Krayewski | 10.9.2013 6:38 PM

World

Off-Shore Earthquake Rattles Peru

Magnitude 7.0

Reason Staff | 9.25.2013 3:50 PM

Science & Technology

5.3 Earthquake Hits Near Fukushima Area of Japan

Home of nuclear plant crippled by quake and tsunami in 2011

Reason Staff | 9.19.2013 3:00 PM

World

At Least 75 Dead in China Earthquakes

Gansu province

Reason Staff | 7.22.2013 9:16 AM

Science & Technology

Twin Earthquakes Hit Gansu Province in China

Magnitudes 5.98, 5.6

Reason Staff | 7.22.2013 7:09 AM

Science & Technology

Magnitude 5.7 Earthquake in Northeastern California

Felt as far as San Francisco

Reason Staff | 5.24.2013 7:32 AM

Science & Technology

Magnitude 7.8 Earthquake Hits Iran

Strongest in 40 years

Reason Staff | 4.16.2013 9:16 AM

Science & Technology

Earthquakes Hit Oklahoma Overnight

Strongest a magnitude 4.3

Reason Staff | 4.16.2013 7:08 AM

World

Post-Earthquake Rescue Operations in Iran End

Death toll at 37

Reason Staff | 4.10.2013 10:52 AM

Science & Technology

Magnitude 6.1 Earthquake Hits Taiwan

At least 20 injured

Reason Staff | 3.27.2013 4:30 PM

Science & Technology

Study: 2011 Japan Earthquake Could Be Heard From Space

Even if no one was around to hear it

Reason Staff | 3.12.2013 12:36 PM

World

Two Year Anniversary of Japanese Earthquake/Tsunami

And subsequent meltdown at Fukushima

Reason Staff | 3.11.2013 10:52 AM

Science & Technology

Magnitude 6.9 Earthquake Off Coast of Kamachatka

No tsunami expected

Reason Staff | 2.28.2013 10:28 AM

Science & Technology

Death Toll From Pacific Earthquake/Tsunami Up to 9

4,500 people displaced, 700 homes damaged or destroyed

Reason Staff | 2.7.2013 7:08 AM

World

Italy Disaster Chief Resigns in Protest Over Earthquake Convictions

Six scientists an an ex-disaster official were convicted of manslaughter

Reason Staff | 10.23.2012 1:24 PM

Science & Technology

Scientists: Groundwater Removal Could Be Implicated in 2011 Spain Earthquake

Earthquake happened in a seismically active region

Reason Staff | 10.22.2012 8:22 AM

World

Magnitude 7.6 Earthquake Hits Costa Rica

Limited tsunami warning

Reason Staff | 9.5.2012 11:45 AM

Science & Technology

Series of Smallish Earthquakes Hit San Diego After Magnitude 5.5 Quake

Cans overturned, no injuries

Reason Staff | 8.27.2012 7:00 AM

Politics

Radiation Non-Alert

Japan's broken nuclear reactors will have no detectable effect on the health of Americans.

Ronald Bailey | 3.29.2011 4:30 PM

Policy

Japan's Nuclear Nationalism

Japan has pushed nuclear energy hard-at the expense of safety

Shikha Dalmia | 3.29.2011 7:00 AM

Policy

Reason Writers Around Town: Shikha Dalmia on Japan's Nuclear Nationalism

Reason Staff | 3.24.2011 11:12 AM

Policy

Nuclear Disaster in Japan

Does it show a way forward for nuclear power?

Ronald Bailey | 3.15.2011 4:45 PM

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