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EARTHQUAKE News, Jan 10, 2012

Questions arise about how Haiti earthquake donations have been spent
Kansas City Star
Of that, $725 million was used to keep quake survivors alive, under tents and free from disease, Worthington said. The rest is on long-term planning drawing boards. “It was about one-tenth of what the Haitian government said it needed,” Worthington ...
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Look For Quake Answers Before Allowing Wells
Jamestown Post Journal
A recent article in the NY Times (Dec 13 and Jan 2) reported that Youngstown, Ohio, has experienced 11 earthquakes since March 2011. The epicenter of the quakes has been near a 9000-foot injection well in industrial Youngstown which has been disposing...
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Haitian Quake Victim Becomes LI Red Cross Volunteer
Patch.com
By Patch Staff Francklin Morose became an American Red Cross on Long Island volunteer after his family was assisted by the nonprofit following the devastatingearthquake that struck Haiti 2 years ago. “I would like to thank everyone who contributes to ...
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Small quake rattles region
Polson Lake County Leader
DIXON — Slight geological movement caused a widespread fuss in southern Lake County last Friday, with residents claiming the small quake caused a sonic-boom-like noise and the ground to shake. A minor earthquake rattled the Sanders County town of ...
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Govt not considering quake public holiday
New Zealand Herald
... for Cantabrians to mark the anniversary of last year's earthquake. There have been reports that Cabinet would make a decision this month on whether to introduce a regional holiday to commemorate the February 22 quake in which 182 people died. ...
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Micro Quake Shakes Summerville
Patch.com
1, the Middleton fault has shuddered three times now, with two micro quakes and one minor quake. According to SC Earthquake Education & Preparedness Program, a repeat of the devastating 1886 earthquake is not likely (even if it is 2012). ...
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Vero boss sobered by size of disaster
Stuff.co.nz
The major differences between the Christchurch earthquake and otherquakes and natural disasters is the duration of the event and its severity, Dransfield says. Typically natural catastrophes in Australia are measured in minutes or hours, or, ...
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Stuff.co.nz
Albemarle County asks quake victims for help in appealing FEMA's denial of ...
The Republic
Albemarle County officials are asking earthquake victims for help as they prepare to appeal the denial of federal disaster aid for individuals. The Federal Emergency Management Agency denied Gov. Bob McDonnell's request for individual assistance in...
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JAPAN SINCE THE QUAKE -- Redefining happiness / People seek to connect with others
The Daily Yomiuri
People craved to escape from the sense of helplessness they were trapped in--then theearthquake and tsunami struck the nation. The Great East Japan Earthquake shook our values about friendship, family, work and the meaning of life. ...
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Quake disaster survivors see bleak future as unemployment benefits run out
Mainichi Daily News
(Mainichi) Survivors of the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami will start losing their unemployment benefits this month as Japan marks 10 months since the disaster, though many of them are struggling to find work. ...
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Mainichi Daily News
Central Chile Hit by Mid-Intensity Quake; No Damage Reported
Bloomberg
A “medium-intensity” earthquake in central Chile has produced no immediate reports of damage, injury or interruption of services, the government emergency service, known as Onemi, said on its website. The temblor, which affected the regions of Coquimbo ...
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Japan's PM Visits Quake-struck Regions as Gov't Support Rate Falls
CRIENGLISH.com
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda on Tuesday said that supporting industrial growth and boosting employment were essential to the revival of northeastern regions of Japan devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. ...
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Area Artists Remember Haiti Quake
Patch.com
On January 12, 2010, Haiti was hit by a catastrophic earthquake that killed and injured hundreds of thousands. Many times that number both in Haiti and in the New Jersey metropolitan area were permanently affected by the devastation. ...
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Quake anniversary public holiday not on Cabinet agenda
Radio New Zealand
... of Earthquake Awards to people identified as heroes by the community. In March last year, a public holiday for Cantabrians was declared on the day of the memorial service for the 181 people who lost their lives in the powerful 6.3-magnitude quake. ...
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Parishioners to decide quake-damaged church's fate
The Ashburton Guardian
By Susan Sandys January 11, 2012 Ashburton Methodist parishioners will this year seriously consider whether to demolish their earthquake-damaged landmark church building. The large brick early 20th century church is not listed as a building of ...
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Three more earthquakes rattle Hawke's Bay
Hawke's Bay Today
GNS Science said the 3.7 quake struck at 5:28 pm last night at a depth of 30km about 30km south of Havelock North, which was the location of another earthquake earlier on Monday morning. It said a 3.4 quake was then recorded 20km north of Napier at ...
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Disaster officials in Solomon Islands on stand-by after quake
Radio New Zealand International
Disaster management officials in Solomon Islands say they are on stand-by to assist any remote communities affected by a 6.6 magnitudeearthquake. The tremor struck mid-afternoon yesterday about 350 kilometres off Makira, in the east of the country. ...
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Radio New Zealand International
HAITI RELIEF: 2 years of care, thousands of changed lives
BP News
12 earthquake that rocked Haiti in 2010. Now, she and her niece have a chance to start over. Theirs is one of many new beginnings Southern Baptists have helped provide since the 7.0-magnitude quake, which killed 230000 people and left millions more ...
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Shake-up call in Oklahoma? Policyholder spending surges, but insurers ...
Insurance News Net (press release)
4's much-discussed 5.6-point quake activated a 30-day moratorium on selling homeowner policy "endorsements" or secondary earthquake policies. Once that ended, State Farm sold 10000 endorsements last month among its 240000 Oklahoma homeowner ...
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Soldotna men travel to help post-earthquake Japan
TheNewsTribune.com
The March quake was responsible for more than 15000 deaths and over 125000 destroyed buildings, according to a report published by the National Police Agency of Japan. Petersen, 28, and Jackson, 21, dubbed themselves the "Soldotna Boys" on their ...
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TheNewsTribune.com
Fracking company chief to face critics in south-east
The Guardian
However, after the first earthquake Cuadrilla on its own volition brought in Keele University to put in close monitoring equipment and it was this that helped pinpoint the source of the second quake." Cuadrilla added it would not be beginning drilling ...
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The Guardian
Reopening after no structural issues found
The Press
It had reopened in October after sustaining $11m of damage in the February 22 quake, and required repairs costing $2.5m after the September 2010 quake. Council staff have been working at the converted Rexel building in Lichfield St. Ngai Tahu Property ...
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Deal in works to save Woodbury's quake-damaged GG Green Building
Cherry Hill Courier Post
The building, located on Broad Street, was found to have structural damage following the August earthquake that hit the east coast. The GG Green Building was fenced in when a crack appeared in the building after the earthquake that shook the region in ...
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In Haiti billions in aid donations remains undistributed, thousands still live ...
msnbc.com
Even before the quake, Haiti was one of the poorest nations in the world. But thequake, which killed some 300000 people and left more than 1.5 million homeless, drove the nation even deeper into despair. The statistics say only about half of the ...
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Media Advisory - World Vision Canada President returns to Haiti
DigitalJournal.com (press release)
... Toycen is in Haiti this week to mark the second anniversary of the devastatingearthquake that struck the country on January 12, 2010. Toycen, who was the first leader of a Canadian humanitarian agency on the ground in the aftermath of the quake,...
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Whammy week is reason enough for a resolution
The Times and Democrat
24 produced the strongest earthquake felt on the East Coast in years. Neither Irene for the quake were catastrophic for the state, but both events proved again the need for preparedness. Calling 2001 one of the most active years for disasters in recent ...
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Soldotna men travel to help post-earthquake Japan
Anchorage Daily News
The March quake was responsible for more than 15000 deaths and over 125000 destroyed buildings, according to a report published by the National Police Agency of Japan. Petersen, 28, and Jackson, 21, dubbed themselves the "Soldotna Boys" on their...
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Orion call centre staff lose jobs
The Press
Under the new contract, the council's call centre could be switched to its after-hours provider if the civic centre was evacuated after a quake. "I don't think there's any problem with [Orion's] service; it's more the fact that we're both in the same ...
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Christchurch Earthquake | Public Holiday 'Counter-productive ...
By Marc Greenhill
A public holiday marking the anniversary of the February 22 earthquake would be "counter-productive", the Canterbury Employers' Chamber of Commerce says.
Stuff.co.nz - Stuff
VANUATU REGION - U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Hazards ...
By U.S. Geological Survey
USGS Earthquake Hazards Program, responsible for monitoring, reporting, and researching earthquakes and earthquake hazards.
USGS M 2.5+ Earthquakes
Fukushima Residents – “Recent Quakes feel like bombs/explosions ...
By Reality Bytes
Many have posted they are not normal quakes but the feel more like explosions/bombs going off underground. Fukushima citizens tweet that recent series of the earthquakefeel different from usual ones. mainakata311 麻意☆福島県民 福島に ...
Sovereign Independent
Local Leaders Learn Much about Drilling,BRNot so Much about Dec ...
The first two quakes measured magnitudes of 2.1 and 2.6. "It's very difficult for us to induce an earthquake from an injection." The succeeding quakes through Aug. 22 averaged 2.2 -- "That of such a small magnitude," he said -- and the tremor ...
Youngstown Publishing Company
Haitian Quake Survivors Leaving Camps for a Place They Can Call ...
By jrivera
Haitian Quake Survivors Leaving Camps for a Place They Can Call Home. Posted on January 10, 2012 by jrivera. Catholic News Service reports on the work of Catholic Relief Services two years after the devastating Haiti earthquake: ...
Catholic Relief Services Newswire
Radio New Zealand : News : Christchurch Earthquake : Quake-hit ...
Christchurch and Canterbury Tourism says despite a bleak year, many local operators have developed new tours and offers to survive the post-quake downturn. ...
www.radionz.co.nz/.../quake-hit-tourism-operators-bouncing-...
Quake Rocks Christchurch Earthquake Briefing | Stuff.co.nz
A magnitude-4.7 earthquake hit Christchurch at 8.04pm tonight, hours after a magnitude-5 quake interrupted a special briefing on aftershocks.
www.stuff.co.nz/.../Magnitude-4-7-quake-strikes-Christchurch
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...
Ohio quakes could incite fracking policy shift
Yet earthquakes have a special ability to grab public attention. That's especially true after Saturday's quake near Youngstown, at magnitude 4.0 strong ...
online.wsj.com/.../AP525996cd5cb44f7bbba827e24fd1ee6f.ht...
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...
Quakes Jeopardize Ohio City's Economic Recovery
There is a natural gas drilling boom going on in Youngstown, Ohio. But a series ofearthquakes there has renewed focus on activities like drilling and mining that ...
www.npr.org/.../earthquake-fears-jeopardizes-youngstowns-ec...
Haiti experiences progress, exasperation 2 years after quake
Two years after a devastating 7.0 earthquake in Haiti, seeds of progress are starting ...overcrowded tents once housed thousands of homeless quake victims, ...
www.miamiherald.com/.../haiti-two-years-after-earthquake.ht...
McDonald, Ohio Earthquake: 4.0 Quake Felt Near Youngstown ...
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...
Guam Earthquake Today Marks Strongest Quake Recently in Region
LOS ANGELES (LALATE) - A Guam earthquake today marks one of the strongest to shake the region in recent weeks. The Guam earthquake today Wednesday,
news.lalate.com/.../guam-earthquake-today-marks-strongest-re...
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...
JAPAN EARTHQUAKE JANUARY 1, 2012: MAGNITUDE 7.0 QUAKE
Another powerful earthquake hits Japan and it happened exactly on New Year's Day. The quake which has a magnitude 7.0 rocked the eastern part of Japan.
www.pinoyhalo.com/.../japan-earthquake-january-1-2012-ma...
Small Earthquake Rattles Winslow
Have you ever experienced an earthquake either here or someplace else? The 3.1-magnitude quake was reportedat 7:11 p.m. Sunday about 20 miles outside of ...
kmle108.radio.com/2012/01/.../small-earthquake-rattles-winsl...
  
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