EARTHQUAKE News, Feb 08, 2012

EARTHQUAKE

Negros earthquake: President Aquino criticizes shoddy road building Christian Science Monitor Negros earthquake: President Aquino visited Negros province where an earthquake struck Monday. Dozens of people are still missing, perhaps buried in landslides caused by the 6.9 magnitude quake. By Oliver Teves, Associated Press / February 8, ... See all stories on this topic »

Christian Science Monitor

Hopes fade for dozens buried in Philippines quake USA TODAY MANILA, Philippines (AP) – Philippine officials conceded Wednesday that there was little hope of finding any survivors among 71 people still buried in landslides set off by a powerfulearthquake, as jittery residents stayed away from their homes amid a ... See all stories on this topic »

USA TODAY

Magnitude 3.3 earthquake occurs northeast of Shawnee, 15 minutes after quakedrill
NewsOK.com
Mark Saunders, St. Gregory's University physical plant director, stands Tuesday in the opening created when a November earthquake heavily damaged this turret atop Benedictine Hall on the campus in Shawnee. Read about the Great Central US ShakeOut quake ...
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Phivolcs: Expect more aftershocks after Visayas quake
ABS CBN News
But the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) described this situation as "normal" for a magnitude-6.9 quake. "There will always be aftershocks after a big activity. We expect a lot of earthquakesas part of the adjustment being ...
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A seismic rehearsal: Indiana students participate in Great Central US ShakeOut
Indianapolis Star
The school participated in the Great Central US ShakeOut, a multistateearthquake drill, Tuesday. / Kelly Wilkinson / The Star Most recent quake: Jan. 26; a 3.0 magnitude quake about 31 miles east of Goshen in Northern Indiana. Biggest quake centered ...
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Expert: Quakes likely had common epicenter
Youngstown Vindicator
Lamont-Doherty installed the technology to determine with accuracy anearthquake's depth; seismologists say multiple stations are needed to pinpoint precise depths. The Dec. 31 quake had a depth of about 2 miles, much shallower than previously recorded ...
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How Fracking, Drilling and Earthquakes Are Linked
StateImpact Texas
Enduring an earthquake is one of the least desirable ways to spend one's New Year's Eve, but that's exactly what happened for many residents of Youngstown, Ohio. On December 31, 2011, a record-breaking 4.0 magnitude quake hit the midwestern town and ...
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Quake repairs to lift building sector report
Star Canterbury
Earthquake repair work and Auckland house building could boost New Zealand's $8.9 billion building sector and turn the downturn into a new growth phase. A report out today from consultants BIS Shrapnel's forecast activity through to 2017, ...
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Earthquake: 3.3 quake strikes off Catalina Island
Los Angeles Times
A shallow magnitude 3.3 earthquake was reported Tuesday afternoon, six miles from Avalon, according to the US Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 4:30 pm Pacific time at a depth of 0 miles. According to the USGS, the epicenter was 26 miles from ...
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Only 10% of Philippines quake damage insured Insurance Insight Economic losses from the magnitude 6.7 earthquake that struck the southern Philippines on Monday are expected to be close to $1bn but only a tenth of the damage is thought to insured. Despite increased uptake in the last year, when it comes to ... See all stories on this topic »

Insurance Insight

Quake update: Relief efforts in full swing
The Online Zamboanga Times
MANILA — Three days after a magnitude 6.9 earthquake hit Western Visayas and some parts of Northern Mindanao Monday, a massive relief effort by various government agencies and the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) is now under way. The PRC Emergency Response ...
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Five aftershocks jolt Christchurch
Stuff.co.nz
The quake was preceded by a magnitude 4.2 quake in the same location three hours earlier. Several Twitter users described the first of the fiveearthquakes as "violent" and "bloody sharp". A magnitude 4.2 struck in the same area at 12.51am this morning ...
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Hula Girls Help Revive Earthquake-Hit Town in Japan Jakarta Globe A Hawaiian theme park that for 45 years propped up the economy of a rural Japanese town was forced to close after the March 11 earthquake. Structural damage from the magnitude-9.0 quake and concerns about radiation leaking from the Fukushima Daiichi ... See all stories on this topic »

Jakarta Globe

Robredo orders BFP to deliver truckloads of potable water in quake-damaged ...
The Online Zamboanga Times
The DILG chief issued the directive in the wake of reports that manyearthquake-struck areas in the cities of Guihulngan and Bacolod have either no potable water or their sources like water springs are emitting mud as a result of the strong quake.
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Asean ready to rush aid to quake victims in Visayas Inquirer.net By Ronnel W. Domingo QUAKE PANIC Residents in Cebu City run scared as reports of a tsunami swept the city after a 6.9-magnitude earthquake shook the Central Visayas metropolis on Monday. The earthquake's epicenter was placed near Tayasan town in Negros ... See all stories on this topic »

Inquirer.net

Quake damage to farms set at an initial P70M
BusinessWorld Online Edition
THE MAGNITUDE 6.9 earthquake that hit the Visayas region on Monday, killing at least 26 people, also caused some P70 million worth of farm damage, the Agriculture department yesterday said. Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala, in a statement, ...
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Catalina Island Earthquake Shakes Newport, Long Beach
LALATE
The Avalon, Catalina earthquake struck shortly before dinner time. No reports of injuries have been detailed by local news. Shortly after 4:30 pm local time last night, a moderate 3.4 magnitude earthquake struck near Avalon. The quake was six miles ...
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First the Quake -- Now Haitian Women Fear Rape
Huffington Post Canada (blog)
Despite the sweltering heat, they crammed inside to discuss the results of a study conducted by the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice in their camp and several others for people displaced by the January 2010earthquake.
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PAL airlifts donations to quake-struck areas for free
The Online Zamboanga Times
MANILA — Philippine Airlines (PAL) on Wednesday said that its free shipment of donations will now cover Iloilo, Bacolod, Dumaguete and Cebu for those affected by the recent deadly earthquake that struck the Visayas. Jaime J. Bautista, PAL president, ...
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Nearly half a million join Illinois quake drill
STLtoday.com
Nearly half a million people in Illinois took part in an earthquake drill that was held Tuesday throughout the central United States. An emergency announcement over loudspeakers sent schoolchildren dropping and taking cover under desks.
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US photographer to tell city's stories The Press ... earthquake-stricken city is still dealing with. Chicago-based Peter Hoffman will be in Christchurch over the next month to record the city's recovery efforts a year after the February 22quake killed 184 people and destroyed thousands of buildings. See all stories on this topic »

The Press

City had no training - nor will he Stuff.co.nz ... benefit a quake-affected Christchurch person, but checking his sponsorship page online is as strenuous as his training will get. A "crazy" runner is planning to jog 67.5 kilometres to raise funds for someone affected by the Canterbury earthquakes. See all stories on this topic »

Stuff.co.nz

M 5.7 quake jolts Japan, no injuries
Kuwait News Agency
TOKYO, Feb 8 (KUNA) -- A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.7 on the Richter scale struck Sado Island in the Sea of Japan on Wednesday, but there were no immediate reports of casualties and damage. No tsunami warning was issued for the ...
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Fil-Am Bruno Mars asks for prayers for quake-hit Visayas
ABS CBN News
MANILA, Philippines – Filipino-American pop singer Bruno Mars is asking for prayers for the people in Visayas who got hit by a 6.9-magnitudeearthquake on Monday. In his official Twitter account, Mars said: “Pray for the Philippines! especially on ...
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Quake drill at elementary School in Manila China Daily Students take cover under their desks during an earthquakedrill at the Baclaran Elementary School Unit-1 in Paranaque city, metro Manila Feb 7, 2012. The drill aims to help students and school staff learn how to react properly during high-intensity ... See all stories on this topic »

China Daily

Quake business grants
Radio New Zealand
The Canterbury Business Recovery Trust says it has given $584519 to 32 businesses in the past two months to help them re-establish in the aftermath of the earthquakes. The latest grants bring the total amount distributed to just over $3.7 million.
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School heads asked to report quake damage
Sun.Star
FOLLOWING the magnitude-6.9 earthquake that hit the Visayas region, the disaster council requested school heads in Bacolod City to submit their initial reports on its evaluation or assessment whether they should continue using the buildings.
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Brownlee slates mayor, council
Stuff.co.nz
Parker said last week there had been overtures from within the Treasury that there was scope for the city's rates to be increased or for assets to be sold to pay for the quake recovery. He said it could do this under the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery ...
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73 remain missing as deaths from 6.9 Philippines quake rise to 15
英文中國郵報
MANILA, Philippines -- Rescuers digging for survivors among dozens of people buried by earthquake-triggered landslides on a central Philippine island have found only bodies. The death toll climbed to 15 on Tuesday, and at least 73 people were still ...
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Earthquake: 3.3 quake strikes off Catalina Island - latimes.com A shallow magnitude 3.3 earthquake was reported Tuesday afternoon, six miles from Avalon, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 4:30 p.m. Pacific time at a depth of 0 miles. L.A. NOW

H5N1: Rescuers search for missing after Philippine quake By Crof Via Reuters AlertNet: Rescuers search for missing after Philippine quake. Excerpt: Philippine rescuers searched on Tuesday for 29 residents of a mountainside community feared dead after a landslide triggered by anearthquake engulfed their ... H5N1

Low intensity earthquake Quake hits Jaipur - India - DNA The epicentre of the quake which occurred at 10:11 am was west Jaipur, according to the MeT department. www.dnaindia.com/.../report_low-intensity-earthquake-quake-...

Japan Earthquake 2012: Magnitude-5.5 Quake Rocks Eastern Japan Japan Earthquake 2012: Magnitude-5.5 Quake Rocks Eastern Japan. 01/27/12 06:16 PM ET Associated Press AP. React. Important Fascinating Typical Scary ... www.huffingtonpost.com/.../japan-earthquake-2012-magnitud...

Radio New Zealand : News : Christchurch Earthquake : Quake ... A Christchurch woman who was on a bus crushed by rubble in last February's earthquake says her anger over the deaths caused by an unsafe building is just ... www.radionz.co.nz/.../quake-survivor-angry-over-unsafe-buil...

Philippines Earthquake: 5.6 Magnitude Quake Hits, Christian News The Philippines has been hit by a 5.6 magnitude earthquake Saturday as a tremor struck just off the island of Samar. www.christianpost.com/.../philippines-earthquake-5-6-magnitu...

6.8-magnitude earthquake in Philippines kills 13, triggers landslides The quake, which hit at 11:49 am (0349 GMT), triggered another landslide in the ... The Philippines is in the Pacific “Ring of Fire” where earthquakesand ... www.washingtonpost.com/.../gIQAXDdxsQ_story.html

Earthquake: 3.4 quake strikes near the Geysers - latimes.com A shallow magnitude 3.4 earthquake was reported Thursday evening one mile from the Geysers, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred ... latimesblogs.latimes.com/.../earthquake-34-quake-strikes-near-...

Christchurch Earthquake: Magnitude Seven Quake Unlikely... | Stuff ... Previous earthquake forecasts for Canterbury have been a little "pessimistic", a scientist says. www.stuff.co.nz/.../Christchurchs-1-per-cent-chance-of-big-qu...

Earthquake reported in Illinois: 2.4 magnitude quake felt in Chicago ... A 2.4 magnitude earthquake has rattled homes and businesses throughout Chicago¿s north and northwest suburbs. www.wgntv.com/.../wgntv-earthquake-reported-in-illinois-24-...

Earthquake Hits Near Site of Earlier Quake | Corpus Christi, TX ... CORPUS CHRSITI - A weekend earthquake felt by some near Beeville struck within 2 miles of a larger quake that hit the area back in October. www.kztv10.com/.../earthquake-hits-near-site-of-earlier-quake...

Magnitude 3.3 earthquake occurs northeast of Shawnee, 15 minutes ... SHAWNEE — A small earthquake was recorded Tuesday, just about 15 minutes after ... Read about the Great Central US ShakeOut quake drill on Page 11A. newsok.com/article/3647034

6.9-magnitude quake in Philippines kills 13 Residents run to safety after a 6.9-earthquake hit Cebu City in the Philippines on Monday. ... quake that struck in a narrow strait just off Negros Island. www.usatoday.com/news/world/story/2012-02-05/.../1

Vancouver Island Earthquake: Saturday Quake Off Vancouver Island ... TOFINO, B.C. - There was an earthquake off British Columbia's west coast on Saturday, but it wasn't strong enough to be noticed by the mayor of one Vancouver ... www.huffingtonpost.ca/.../vancouver-island-earthquake_n_12...

EARTHQUAKE: 3.7 magnitude quake strikes northern Utah - KSTU A small earthquake shook parts of northern Utah Saturday morning. www.fox13now.com/.../kstu-earthquake-37-magnitude-quake...

Quake Hits Minutes After Earthquake Drill - Video - WAPT Jackson A small earthquake shook parts of a state, just minutes after 2 million people participated in what else? An earthquake drill. www.wapt.com/video/30406211/detail.htmlinfo@als-alexander.org orinteralex1@yahoo.com