US Geological Survey said Monday night's magnitude-5.9 quake struck at a shallow depth with an epicenter around 100 kilometers from Gansu's provincial capital, Lanzhou. China's state news agency Xinhua reported the magnitude as 6.2 and said the shaking was felt as far away as the major city of Xi'an, about...
In Hawaii world’s largest volcano erupts for first time in decades
Hawaii's Mauna Loa, the largest active volcano in the world, has erupted for the first time in nearly 40 years, US authorities said, spewing lava and ash as emergency crews went on alert. Flows of lava remained mostly contained within the summit's massive caldera, but the eruption could pose a...
