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EARTHQUAKE News, Jan 02, 2012

Disposal Halted at Well After New Quake in Ohio
New York Times
Because of a lack of data, depth estimates of earlier earthquakes had been far less precise. The owner of the well, D&L Energy Group of Youngstown, stopped injection at 5 pm Friday, Mr. Ware said. When the stronger quake occurred less than 24 hours ...
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Quake hits Japan, no tsunami warming
Times Now
A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.0 earthquake hit off the shores of Japan's southern Pacific island. The Meteorological Agency says the offshore quakeon Sunday struck about 370 kilometers (230 miles) below the sea surface. ...
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Aftershocks in January 2012
Stuff.co.nz
A series of aftershocks to begin 2012 could be the last straw for someearthquake-weary Christchurch residents, Mayor Bob Parker says. The region was yesterday hit by dozens of quakes, the largest a magnitude-5.5 shake shortly before 6am. ...
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Earthquake: 3.0 quake occurs near the Geysers
Los Angeles Times
A shallow magnitude 3.0 earthquake was reported Monday morning two miles from the Geysers, according to the US Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 7:54 am Pacific time at a depth of 1.2 mile. According to the USGS, the epicenter was four miles ...
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Aftershocks may be 'last gasp' of fault
TVNZ
Between midnight and 7.30am yesterday, 21 earthquakes, including magnitude-5.1 and magnitude-5.5 shakes, gave many people a sleepless night. The quakes were all centred in a patch of Pegasus Bay about 5 kilometres off New Brighton. ...
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Residents worry further quakes will cause delays
Radio New Zealand
After a rough end to the year including a large earthquake just two days before Christmas, the New Year got off to a shaky start with two strong jolts early on Monday followed by at least 18 smaller afterhocks. The quakes are continuing, with one felt ...
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Erciş students return to school 70 days after first Van quake
Today's Zaman
Nearly two-and-a-half months after a quake, the schools in the Erciş district of Van have reopened. The magnitude 7.2 earthquake left hundreds dead. (Photo: Cihan) Schools have reopened nearly two-and-a-half months after a magnitude 7.2 earthquake ...
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Bob Parker defends council, agency performance
Stuff.co.nz
Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker has defended the evaluation of dangerous buildings after the September 2010 quake. Parker said yesterday that Christchurch City Council and other agencies had responded "incredibly well" to the September and Boxing Day ...
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Couple think quake hurried baby's birth
Warren Tribune Chronicle
YOUNGSTOWN - Canfield residents Whitney Joy and Tony DiNunzio were planning their New Year's Eve when the 4.0-magnitude earthquake shook their condo a little after 3 pm Saturday. The rumbling caused Joy to hop in DiNunzio's lap out of fright. ...
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Terrified mum feels trapped in quake zone
New Zealand Herald
After the latest string of quakes she is on edge more than ever. Yesterday she was asleep in her bed with her husband, Rhys, and two of her sons Toby, 3, and Blake, 2, when a violent 5.5 magnitude earthquake struck 20km northeast of the port of ...
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5.3-magnitude quake rattles Indonesia's Sumatra island
Times of India
JAKARTA: A 5.3-magnitude earthquake rattled the northern tip of Indonesia today, geologists said, but there were no immediate reports of damage. The quake struck at a shallow depth of one kilometre around 160 kms southeast of Banda Aceh on Indonesia's ...
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Meter Reading: Earthquake Linked to Fracking Fluids, Quiet 2012 for Natural ...
StateImpact Texas
By Terrence Henry Ohio Earthquake Linked to Disposal of Fracking Fluids A Saturdayquake in Youngstown, Ohio had a magnitude of 4.0 and was the 11th earthquake in the area since March, the New York Times reports. It was “the strongest yet” and “like...
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Aftershocks continue to rock Chch
Stuff.co.nz
Christchurch's sunny summer evening has been disturbed by a magnitude-4.8 quakehitting just before 7pm. According to Quake Live, the 15km-deep aftershock is the 48th of a nasty swarm of earthquakes to rock the city today. The strongest, a mag-5.5 ...
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Student leader's whirlwind year
Stuff.co.nz
"After September 2010, we had ideas about what we wanted to do and each earthquake since, and every twist and turn this thing has taken, has been just incredible." The Student Volunteer Army (SVA) he founded after the September 2010 quake – a group ...
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Mayor admits failings over handling of Sept quake
Radio New Zealand
The mayor of Christchurch has admitted the city council's handling of the September 2010 earthquake was not good enough. A critical internal report says communication was poor, files were lost and the council did not appear to grasp the magnitude of ...
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State Fails to Certify Thousands of School Quake Construction Projects
Patch.com
By Saul Daniels A Patch/California Watch investigation shows that many of the state's schools may not withstand a major earthquake. Patch A state audit released last week confirms a 19-month Patch/California Watch investigation published in April 2011...
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Ten quakes hit Christchurch since midnight
ABC Online
PETER CAVE: In New Zealand, the new year has begun with a series of earthquakesrecorded since midnight and centred east or north-east of Christchurch. The largestquake measured 5.5 and occurred at 5:45 this morning. It was actually two shocks 12...
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No tsunami as 7.0-quake jolts Japan
英文中國郵報
A spokesman for Tokyo Electric Power said there were no reports of any abnormalities at the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plan following the quake. Some high-speed train services in northern Japan were suspended after the earthquake, ...
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Japan's Emperor Delivers New Year Speech
Voice of America (blog)
Japan's northeast coast was struck by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake, the strongestquake on record in Japan, and a massive tsunami that triggered the world's worst nuclear crisis since a reactor meltdown in Chernobyl, Ukraine, 25 years earlier. ...
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Two quakes shake southern Siberia
RT
Since a massive earthquake on December 27, which official estimates say reached a 9.5 magnitude, the region has seen 63 aftershocks. A state of emergency has been in place in the republic since December 28. Many buildings were damaged in the original...
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Man accused of breaking into quake-damaged homes
New Zealand Herald
A 20-year-old has been accused of burning down earthquake-damaged homes in Christchurch in a bid to steal hot water cylinders. Police today arrested the man in relation to a series of fires and burglaries in the eastern suburb of Woolston. ...
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New Year's quakes shake Graubünden
World Radio Switzerland
In the early hours of the morning at around 2:40 am, a quake measuring 3.5 on the Richter scale was recorded in the Abula Pass. The Swiss earthquake service said it would not likely cause any damage as it wasn't large enough. Earlier on New Year's Day, ...
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Asia Stocks Post First Yearly Loss Since '08 on Debt, Tightening
Bloomberg
Play Video Asian stocks posted their first annual decline in three years as sovereign-debt concerns in Europe and the US further cut into an earnings outlook eroded by China's efforts to fight inflation and Japan's record quake. ...
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Brine-injection wells banned near Ohio quake site
The Seattle Times
A 4.0-magnitude quake Saturday in McDonald, outside of Youngstown, was the 11th minor earthquake in the area, many of which have struck near the Youngstown injection well. The quake caused no serious injuries or property damage, Zehringer said. ...
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Vidya Balan and beau escape earthquake
Daily Bhaskar
... they did not want to stay there and instead took off to Queenstown. After they arrived at Queenstown, they learnt about the earth quake in Christchurch." Instead of theearthquake, it is reported that the couple had a fearless and fun holiday."
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Vidya Balan and Siddharth's lucky escape
Times of India
After they arrived at Queenstown, they got to know about the earthquake in Christchurch. The first quake measured 5.8 on the Richter scale and the second tremor came 80 minutes later and measured 5.3. Needless to say, not only Vidya and Siddharth, ...
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Costs for Levy Building demo skyrocket
Culpeper Star Exponent
An aftershock the morning after the 5.8-magnitude quake caused the front wall to separate more, he said. Larry Levy once had a jewelry shop in the structure, and it also housed the legendary Ritz H-Hat Restaurant from 1934-1968. ...
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Mayor: Tsunami sirens may not help
The Dominion Post
Waiting would not be fine, however, if a big quake ruptures the seabed in Cook Strait or in the Hikurangi Trench the boundary of the two tectonic plates just to the east of New Zealand. If a tsunami was generated, residents on the coast would have as ...
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NYTimes: Disposal Halted at Well After New Quake in Ohio ...
By Steve Milloy
Because of a lack of data, depth estimates of earlier earthquakes had been far less precise. The owner of the well, D&L Energy Group of Youngstown, stopped injection at 5 p.m. Friday, Mr. Ware said. When the stronger quake occurred less ...
JunkScience.com
Strong Quake Hits off Coast of Japan
By Trish
Even as Japan continues to recover from last year's massive earthquake and tsunami, another strong earthquake has hit just off the coast of the island nation. The 6.8 magnitude quake was centered near the Izu Islands, which are located just ...
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Ohio Governor Halts Four More Fracking Wastewater Injection Wells ...
By Global Justice Ecology Project
... such as the Marcellus and Utica shale) from oil and natural-gas drilling wells within a 5-mile radius of the D&L Energy site in Youngstown, Ohio—a well believed to be the cause of 11 earthquakes since March, including a 4.0 quake on New ...
Climate Connections
Plotting earthquake data | Quantum Forest
By Luis
Plotting earthquake data. Posted on 2012/01/03 by Luis. Since 4th September 2010 we have had over 2800 quakes (considering only magnitude 3+) in Christchurch. Quakescome in swarms, with one or few strong shocks, followed by ...
Quantum Forest
Earthquake: 3.2 quake hits near Pinnacles - latimes.com
A shallow magnitude 3.2 earthquake was reported Monday evening two miles from Pinnacles, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at ...
latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/.../quake-near-pinnacles.html
New Zealand Earthquake: Christchurch Quake Is 5.8 Magnitude And ...
A series of strong earthquakes have hit the city of Christchurch in New Zealand, causing structural damage and some minor injuries.
news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16135934
Disposal Halted at Well After New Quake in Ohio
The latest quake, the 11th since mid-March, occurred Saturday afternoon and ...Similar links between disposal wells and earthquakes have been suspected in ...
www.nytimes.com/.../youngstown-injection-well-stays-shut-aft...
Japan earthquake: Force 7 quake shakes Tokyo hours ... - Daily Mail
The quake, which measured 4 in central Tokyo, Fukushima and their surrounding areas, struck 217 miles below the sea surface at 2.28pm (5.27am GMT).
www.dailymail.co.uk/.../Japan-earthquake-Force-7-quake-sha...
Radio New Zealand : News : Christchurch Earthquake : Quake ...
Quake building to take over year to demolish. Updated at 6:23 pm on 20 December 2011. The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority says it will take more ...
www.radionz.co.nz/.../quake-building-to-take-over-year-to-de...
4.0 quake hits Youngstown, Ohio. Yes, Ohio
Hadn't felt previous ten earthquakes ... but this one was big!" The USGS says that the region is no stranger to quakes, though they are indeed rare. ...
latimesblogs.latimes.com/.../40-magnitude-quake-hits-youngst...
Strong quake rocks Japan; no damage reported
The earthquake was centered near Japan's Izu Islands, about 307 miles south-southwest of Tokyo, according to the US Geological Survey. The quake struck at a ...
www.washingtonpost.com/.../gIQAtCRfTP_story.html
Daily Kos: Breaking: 4th Big Quake Just Hit - Earthquake in ...
There has been a large earthquake in Christchurch this afternoon. The quake was described as "violent" by Herald reporter Jarrod Booker who was in his ...
www.dailykos.com/.../-Breaking:-4th-Big-Quake-Just-Hit-Eart...
4.2 magnitude earthquake reported north of Christchurch, NZ – 5.3 ...
GNS Science received reports the quake was felt in Havelock, Maraetai Bay, Picton, Te Aro, Newton, and Churton Park. The earthquake was centered 30km ...
theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/.../4-2-magnitude-earthq...
McDonald, Ohio Earthquake: 4.0 Quake Felt Near ... - Jibambe
But the Ohio Department of Natural Resources director said fracking is not causing thequakes. He said four injection wells within a five-mile radius of the by now ...
jibambe.com/.../mcdonald-ohio-earthquake-4-0-quake-felt-ne...
Christchurch earthquake: 5.9 quake hits New Zealand
An earthquake of 5.8 magnitude struck near the New Zealand city of Christchurch on Friday, the U.S..
www.vancouversun.com/news/Christchurch.../story.html
Japan earthquake: 6.8 quake rattles Tokyo, but no damage
A 6.8 earthquake rattled Tokyo and other cities on Sunday, but not enough to cause major damage. The quake's epicenter was some 200 miles under the sea, ...
slatest.slate.com/.../japan_earthquake_6_8_quake_rattles_toky...
Mar, Japan earthquake: Quake and tsunami May, U.S. housing ...
GRAPHIC NEWS. Pictures: Associated Press, Getty Images. Mar, Japan earthquake:Quake and tsunami leave 22000 dead or missing and trigger world's ...
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