earthquake

As the year draws to a close it's time to open our regula thread where users sharing their experiences during the year and discuss global events that are shaping our world. In my view 2010 has been just another annus horribilis, complete utter mayhem. Millions of people died, thousands in...

The 2010 Serbia earthquake (also referred to as the Kraljevo earthquake) occurred on 3 November 2010 just several kilometers from Kraljevo, in central Serbia. The earthquake had magnitude of 5.3 and it was felt across the country, including the capital, Belgrade, as well as in several...

This man was caught stealing from the corpses of quake victims in Port-au-Prince, capital of Haiti. An angry mob undressed him stark naked tied his feet and dragged him around while members of the public were invited to kick and throw things at the offender until he eventually croaked. Brutal...

Haiti no longer has a capital, Port-au-Prince has been razed to the ground. The US military has full control of the country.

My country is very seismically active. The strongest earthquake for the last 150 years was in Bulgaria, 7.9 near a small town called Kresna. Today there was a 5.1 earthquake in the Black Sea which was felt throughout the region and generated a small tsunami. Holidaymakers left the beach in...