At least 21 dead after tornadoes sweep through US Midwest

At least 21 people are reported to have died after tornadoes tore through parts of two US.

Strong earthquake in Crete at dawn - magnitude 6.1

A strong earthquake measuring 6 on the Richter scale occurred a few minutes before 2 am off the coast of Crete.

According to the automatic solution of the Geodynamic Institute, the epicenter of the earthquake is located 35 kilometers south of Kassos and east of the prefecture of Lasithi and 35 kilometers south of Kassos. Its focal depth is 62.1 kilometers.

 Magnitude    6.1
Region    CRETE, GREECE
Date time    2025-05-13 22:51:15.3 UTC
Location    35.250 ; 26.946
Depth    71 km
Distance    164 km E of Irákleion, Greece / pop: 137,000 / local time: 01:51:15.3 2025-05-14
38 km SSW of Karpathos, Greece / pop: 2,200 / local time: 01:51:15.3 2025-05-14

2 Major earthquakes magnitude 7.4 & 7.1 - South Atlantic Ocean, south of Argentina and Chile – Tsunami warning

 The powerful earthquake, measuring 7.5 on the Richter scale, occurred in the Drake Passage, in the sea area south of Argentina and Chile.

Ten aftershocks with magnitudes between 3.1 and 4.9 recorded following Istanbul earthquake

Ten aftershocks with magnitudes ranging from 3.1 to 4.9 were recorded in Istanbul following a magnitude 6.2 earthquake, Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) said.

Earthquake with 7.1 magnitude occurred near Tonga

An earthquake with the magnitude of 7.1 occurred near coasts of Tonga, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center reported.

Myanmar-Thailand Earthquake on Friday, March 28

On Friday, March 28, a devastating earthquake rocked Myanmar and neighboring Thailand, leaving more than 150 people dead in Myanmar.