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The latest news and top stories on US Geological Survey, headquartered in Reston, Virginia state. It is dedicated to studying the Earth, its natural hazards and resources. Its main areas of activity span biology, geography, geology and hydrology, providing crucial data on ecosystems, water and mineral resources, and natural hazards.
Venezuela’s Interim President Delcy Rodriguez holds press conference on Thursday. Photo: Reuters
Venezuela

Venezuela’s leader defends quake response as thousands remain missing

In her first press conference since taking power after Maduro’s capture by the US, Rodriguez lashes critics.

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Venezuela

Venezuela survivors pulled from rubble days after quakes

Venezuela

Venezuela earthquakes draw aid from governments that cut ties with Caracas

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Natural disasters

Venezuela twin quakes death toll hits 235 as rescuers comb rubble for survivors

Thousands are missing and many feared dead after the country was hit by two of the strongest tremors in over a century.

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A man walks among the rubble of a building in La Guaira, Venezuela. Photo: AP
Natural disasters

Thousands feared dead after major earthquakes hit Venezuela

Venezuela’s president gives first death toll as Trump says the US is ‘ready, willing, and able to help’.

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Indonesia

Panicked residents flee as strong earthquake hits Indonesia’s Sulawesi

Many Sulawesi residents are haunted by the magnitude 7.5 earthquake that devastated Palu in 2018, setting off a three-metre-high tsunami.

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Earthquakes

Strongest earthquake in nearly 150 years hits off Cuba, shaking Mexico and Florida

Rare earthquake with 6.1 magnitude shakes buildings in Havana and beyond.

Workers rush down down a stairwell in Havana following a rare 6.1-magnitude earthquake that struck off the coast of Cuba on Monday. Photo: AFP
US, Israel war on Iran

Hormuz crisis tarnishing copper production, raising costs, Chinese analysts say

China Minmetals Economic Research Institute says disruption of sulphur shipments through strait is having ripple effects on copper production.

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Japan

Magnitude 6.2 quake strikes Japan’s Hokkaido, JMA warns of more to come

The temblor, and another hours earlier, come less than a week after last Monday’s 7.7 earthquake off northern Iwate prefecture.

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Indonesia

Indonesia earthquake kills 1, triggers tsunami waves

The 7.4-magnitude quake hit at a depth of 35km in the Northern Maluku Sea off ⁠Indonesia’s Ternate island.

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Indonesian police officers inspect a damaged building following an offshore earthquake in Manado, North Sulawesi province, on Thursday. Photo: AFP
US, Israel war on Iran

Satellite images reveal damage of the widening Middle East war

Here’s a look at what’s visible in a selection of pictures throughout the region.

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A burning ship after a US military attack on a port in Bandar Abbas, Iran on March 2. Photo: Planet Labs PBC via AP
2026 Xi-Trump summits

Exclusive | Could China’s rare earth supplies dictate how long US strikes on Iran go on?

The American military’s dependence on Chinese sources gives Beijing leverage in the lead-up to Trump’s trip, sources say.

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Earthquakes

Earthquake with 6.5 magnitude rattles southern and central Mexico, killing 2

A 60-year-old man died of his injuries after falling while evacuating his second-floor flat in the capital, local authorities said.

US-China trade war

US ‘knocking on every country’s door’ as it races to secure rare earth supplies

Washington is determined to break China’s rare earths chokehold in case ties with Beijing fray once again, analysts say.

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China has increasingly used its dominance of global rare earth supplies as leverage in its negotiations with the United States amid the trade war. Photo: AFP
Earthquakes

International condolences pour in after deadly Afghanistan earthquake

A powerful 6.3 earthquake hit northern Afghanistan on Monday, killing at least 20 and injuring hundreds.

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People stand on the debris of damaged buildings, in the aftermath of an earthquake in Samangan province, Afghanistan on Monday. Photo: Reuters
Earthquakes

Powerful earthquake kills at least 20 in Afghanistan, hundreds injured

Tremor near Mazar-e Sharif comes just weeks after a devastating earthquake killed hundreds in the country’s east.

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US-China trade war

US expanding ‘critical minerals’ roster to guide investment, rely less on China

US Geological Survey says the updated draft list and its methodology show how authorities are anticipating disruptions to the supply chain.

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Russia

Massive 8.8 quake in Russia sparks Pacific tsunami alert, evacuation warnings

Russia said the earthquake off the Kamchatka peninsula was ‘the strongest in decades’.

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Tsunami waves flood an area in the Sakhalin region of Russia on Wednesday after a magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off the Kamchatka peninsula. Photo: Geophysical Survey of the Russian Academy of Sciences/Reuters
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