AFP - Two tremors measuring 4.1 and 4.2 points on the open-ended Richter scale have shaken the Greek Corinthian Gulf, north of the southern Peloponnese region.

AP - It could take weeks to determine what caused a pair of explosions that ripped through a commercial and residential neighborhood here, knocking homes off their foundations, waking people sleeping miles away and sending residents fleeing.

AP - A chemical plant outside Boston blew up Wednesday with a roar so thunderous that people thought it was an earthquake or a plane crash, destroying two dozen homes in the tightly packed neighborhood but causing only minor injuries.

Reuters - Despite ongoing volcanic activity for the last two years, there is no indication Mount St. Helens is on the verge of a repeat performance of its cataclysmic 1980 eruption, scientists said on Wednesday.

AFP - Perched at 4,600 meters (15,000 feet) on a cold, spent volcano, the Large Millimeter Telescope (LMT) will scan microwaves to look into the dawn of the universe, when it begins a two-year testing period on Wednesday.