Banda Aceh tsunami evacuation tower

CLEAN : Rescuers in China scrabble to find quake

Quiet Khao Lak beach

Drone aerial views of Phi Phi island

Drone aerial views of Phi Phi island

CLEAN : Philippines struggles to help victims of

CLEAN : Nepal quake: At least 17 killed in Everest avalanche

CLEAN: US military repatriates nationals and Haitian residents

CLEAN: US military starts food drops in Haiti

A fierce hurricane and a powerful offshore earthquake struck Central America at the same time Thursday triggering emergency responses in Nicaragua El Salvador and Costa Rica and prayers among fearful populations

Rescuers scrabbled through the rubble of shattered homes shops and mosques in search of survivors Wednesday after a powerful earthquake struck western Indonesia and killed at least 97 people

A strong 6.2 magnitude earthquake shook central Mexico on Saturday days after a powerful quake that killed nearly 300 people Mexican and US seismological monitors said

Rescue workers pulled survivors and bodies from buildings tilting precariously in the Taiwanese city of Hualien Wednesday after an overnight earthquake killed at least six people injured more than 200 and left dozens missing

The National Employment Service building in Mexico City suffered severe damage in the 7.1 magnitude earthquake that struck Mexico Tuesday

CLEAN: Exterior shots of a Chinese rescue team wearing orange protective suits searching for victims in the rubble from an earthquake struck village on May 16, 2008 in Sichuan Province, China.

People and soldiers are searching through the rubble of a collapsed building in the Albanian city of Thumane in search of victims (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)