An earthquake has shaken the seabed well off Mexico’s Pacific coast. The U.S. Geological Survey says the magnitude-6.5 quake was centered 206 miles (333 kilometers) south-southeast of Cabo San Lucas and 141 miles (227 kilometers) from Socorro Island. That volcanic …
The U.S. and Mexico will expand an earthquake monitoring system south of the border in the wake of last year’s deadly magnitude-7.2 temblor, officials from both countries announced Wednesday. U.S. experts will provide sensors, a computer network and training to …
Hurricane Jova bore down on the Pacific coast of Mexico Tuesday threatening to pound one of the country’s busiest cargo ports and tourist resorts with destructive waves, heavy rainfall and flooding. The Category 3 storm, with top winds reaching 115 …
Mexican health officials are recalling a face cream linked to cases of mercury poisoning in the U.S. and Mexico. The federal Health Department warns in a statement that the Mexican-produced Aguamary Cream contains elevated mercury levels and said officials have …
A small, flat fiberglass raft was all 10 oil workers had to escape the leveling winds and towering waves of Tropical Storm Nate as it pounded their disabled rig in the Gulf of Mexico. Capt. Jeremy Parfait of Louisiana radioed …
Power companies in Southern California restored electricity to most customers by early Friday after a massive blackout on Thursday left nearly 5 million people in parts of California, Arizona and Mexico in the dark. Although the Sept. 8 outage, apparently …
Four miners have been killed in an explosion that caved in part of a coal mine in the northern Mexico border state of Coahuila. The Minerales de Monclova company says Friday’s accident at its La Esmeralda mine was caused by …
Hurricane Dora grew stronger offshore on Wednesday as it hurled rain along Mexico’s coast. The fourth hurricane of the eastern Pacific season was forecast to move parallel to the shoreline for several days. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami …
Agreements resolving the dispute over long-haul, cross-border trucking services between the United States and Mexico were signed today, announced U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. Mexico will lift retaliatory tariffs, imposed two years ago, on more than $2 billion in U.S. …
Arlene, the first tropical storm of the North Atlantic hurricane season, churned through the southwestern Gulf of Mexico Tuesday but looked set to spare Mexico’s oilfields from a direct hit. The storm had maximum sustained winds of 40 miles per …