The 6.8 magnitude earthquake is Morocco's deadliest since 1960, killing more than 2,900 people, mostly in remote settlements in the High Atlas mountain range south of Marrakech.
A 4.1 magnitude earthquake just rocked Los Angeles hours into the New Year. The quake's epicenter hit just off the coast of Palos Verdes at 8:27 AM PT today, January 1, but people living in Hollywood and Pasadena felt it.
A United Nations Security Council meeting was underway at the time the earthquake happened and a video shows the building shaking in the middle of the meeting.
Faisal Baddour, an engineer, said he felt the earthquake three times in his building. "There are families who are still sleeping outside because we were so scared of the force of this earthquake," he said.
The death toll from Mexico's 8.1 magnitude earthquake rose to 96 on Monday as more victims were confirmed in the hard-hit southern states of Oaxaca and Chiapas and residents worked to repair shattered homes and small businesses.
Before an earthquake, cats may become restless, start to meow loudly or hide in unusual places. BirdsBirds are sensitive to shifts in air pressure as well. Some have been observed flying erratically or migrating before an earthquake.
Tremors from the earthquake were felt in Beijing, more than 1,200 kilometres away. The U.S. Geological Survey reported a magnitude-6.5 quake, while state media cited a magnitude-7.0 quake.
A three-year-old girl was rescued from a collapsed building in the western Turkish city of İzmir on Monday, nearly three days after a powerful earthquake in the Aegean Sea that has killed at least 85 people.