Earthquakes


TANAH KARO, Indonesia - An Indonesian volcano dormant for four centuries erupted for the second straight day Monday, shooting clouds of hot ash more than a mile into the air and forcing 30,000 people to flee.

PESHAWAR, Pakistan - The aging man in mud-splattered, frayed clothes has barely lowered his body onto the sidewalk when the money starts piling up.

TEHRAN, Iran - Iranian state TV says a magnitude 5.9 earthquake shook a remote area in northeastern Iran.

COPIAPO, Chile - Carola Narvaez breathed in the Atacama Desert's cold dawn air and slowly began to exhale the story of how her family survived a devastating earthquake and worked to rebuild their lives - only for her husband to end up trapped deep inside a Chilean mine.

JAKARTA, Indonesia - A series of powerful earthquakes hit Indonesia on Wednesday, killing at least three people, damaging hundreds of homes and triggering a brief tsunami warning that sent residents fleeing to high ground.
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