A shallow magnitude 3.0 earthquake was reported Sunday morning seven miles from Ocotillo, Calif., according to the US Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 2:27 am Pacific time at a depth of 3.1 miles. According to the USGS, the epicenter was 12 ...
Quake Drill 'Went Well'
The Missourian
Director Bill Halmich said several city departments practiced earthquakesafety and what their response would be as if a quake were actually occurring. More than 2.4 million participants, including about 457700 in Missouri, registered for the second ...
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Quake victims appeal for help
Philippine Star
When I heard about the earthquake in Central Visayas — a magnitude 6.9 — I worried if this was like the 1990 earthquake in Baguio. News arrived in bits and pieces because even news teams had difficulty going to the area when three major bridges ...
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Western Montana timber may help rebuild quake-shattered Haiti
The Missoulian
That's how the aftershocks of the 2010 Haiti earthquake may ripple across time and space to shake up western Montana's timber industry. After two years of work, Funk and a group of Missoula friends have nearly hatched a plan to shelter thousands of ...
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Laser tool maps quake-related devastation in 3D
Times of India
WASHINGTON: A new laser guided tool is helping geologists map in 3D exactly how earthquakes wreck landscapes, down to a few square inches of the devasted zone. Scientists from the US, Mexico and China reported the most comprehensive before-and-after ...
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| Quake inquiry aids turnaround The Press Dave Dunlay , owner and director of Tandem Studios that is back operating out of their original pre-earthquake premises. Video and audio production studio Tandem Studios is pumping up the volume on the work front as it helps earthquake-related... See all stories on this topic » |  The Press |
'Shocking' event documentary tonight
Stuff.co.nz
A Shocking Reminder, produced by Paua Productions and directed by New Zealander Robin Shingleton, documents the lives and stories of Cantabrians following the 7.1 earthquake in September 2010 quake. The one-hour documentary, which was shot over a year ...
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Minor quake rattles Panguitch
StandardNet
By Contributed AP SALT LAKE CITY -- A minor earthquake has rattled an area of southwestern Utah near Bryce Canyon National Park. The University of Utah's Seismograph Stations reports that a shallow 3.6-magnitudeearthquake struck Saturday night less ...
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Heat pumps free only if Fletchers runs repair
The Press
The chimney-replacement programme was set up by the Government's Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA) to replace quake-damaged fireplaces with heat pumps or clean-fuel burners. It is funded byEarthquake Commission (EQC) claims.
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Death toll at 41 in Philippines quake
News24
Manila - The death toll in a magnitude-6.9 earthquake in the central Philippines rose to 41, with 67 people still missing and feared dead, the Office of Civil Defence said on Sunday. The toll rose after rescue teams recovered two bodies from landslides ...
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| Swiss quake alarms some in SW Germany The Local.de An earthquake that reached 4.2 on the Richter scale struck Switzerland Saturday evening, reaching parts of southwestern Germany as well. The quake struck just before midnight and was centered in such a low area that significiant damage was avoided, ... See all stories on this topic » |  The Local.de |
County quake damage detailed
The Free Lance-Star
Almost 80 King George homes were damaged in earthquake; county hosts informational meeting about disaster assistance for residents Feb. 16 By CATHY DYSON Almost 80 residents in King George County have reported damage from the Aug.
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| Quake victims to be honoured at church site Newstalk ZB The empty site where a church collapsed in last February's Christchurch earthquake will be used to honour those who died in the disaster. 185 chairs will sit atop ready-lawn rolled out on the site of the Oxford Terrace Baptist Church, remembering those ... See all stories on this topic » |  Newstalk ZB |
Earthquake shakes Switzerland, no damage reported
Times of India
GENEVA: The Swiss Seismological Service says a moderate earthquakeshook Switzerland with the epicentre in the northcentral canton (state) Zug and Lake Zurich area. The Zurich-based service said today the magnitude of 4.2 quake could be felt around ...
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Two small quakes strike Garfield County
Salt Lake Tribune
A little more than an hour later, the US Geological Survey reported a secondquake had struck the county almost in the same spot. The second — a 3.9-magnitude earthquake — registered about 2 miles north-northwest of Panguitch.
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High-rise buildings checked for quake strength
Radio New Zealand
A property company which owns some of New Zealand's tallest buildings says it began inspecting them immediately after the devastating Februaryearthquake in Christchurch. However, the work is still going on due to a shortage of quake engineers, ...
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Balakot quake survivors still await plot allotment
DAWN.com
“We are living in miserable conditions in small shelters where we even can't lit up fire in such a severe cold weather, but the government doesn't take our case seriously since Oct 2005 earthquake. We will hold a demonstration in front of parliament ...
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Quake damage hits infra, school buildings
Bohol Standard
Some infrastructures, public school buildings, including the old ones, were not spared from the earthquake of 6.9 magnitude that hit practically the entire province Monday, Feb. 6. Two classrooms of the city's East Central Elementary School are ...
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Rescue teams find 3 survivors from quake rubble
Gulf Today
By Manolo B. Jara MANILA: Search and rescue teams found three survivors from the rubble four days after a magnitude 6.9 earthquake devastated the island of Negros in the Visayas in Central Philippines, a disaster control official reported on Saturday.
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| Lessons from Napier in 1931 Stuff.co.nz Illustration scanned from the book "the Hawkes BayEarthquake" by Robert McGregor, first published 1998 by the Art Deco Trust of Napier It is 81 years, this month, since a 7.8 magnitude quake shattered Hawke's Bay, killing 258 people. See all stories on this topic » |  Stuff.co.nz |
MMDA, mayors take precautions vs quake
Manila Standard Today
QUEZON City Mayor Herbert Bautista on Sunday called on concerned constituents to take safety precautionary measures before a strongearthquake strikes their areas, including moving out of their homes and transferring.
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| Vietnam nuclear plant designed to withstand 9-magnitude quake Thanh Nien Daily Vietnam's first nuclear power plant will be able to withstand anearthquake of 9-magnitude, a representative of the Russian company contracted to build the facility told the press in Hanoi Friday. Sergey Boyarkin, deputy general director of the Russian... See all stories on this topic » |  Thanh Nien Daily |
Earthquake shakes Switzerland, no damage reported
Hindustan Times
AP The Swiss Seismological Service says a moderate earthquake shook Switzerland with the epicentre in the northcentral canton (state) Zug and Lake Zurich area. The Zurich-based service said today the magnitude of 4.2 quakecould be felt around much of ...
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Guv appeals for help to NegOr quake victims
Bohol Standard
That day, at around 11:49 AM, a magnitude 6.9 earthquake with an epicenter traced to a blind fault offshore Tayasan and Guihulngan in Negros Oriental shook most of the Visayas leaving a trail of damaged public infrastructure, countless lives and ...
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| 5.5-magnitude quake jolts east Indonesia Press TV An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale has struck off eastern Indonesia but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. The government-run Meteorology and Geophysics Agency said that the tremor hit at 2:06 pm local time (0706 ... See all stories on this topic » |  Press TV |
| 4.5 Quake Hit Southern Zone Saturday Inside Costa Rica An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.5 on the Richter scale hit the southern region of Costa Rica, according to the Red Sismológica Nacional (National Seismological Network). Thequake, at a depth of 1 kilometre struck at 2:43pm and felt in the... See all stories on this topic » |  Inside Costa Rica |
Visayas quake
Business Mirror
Now comes another, just on February 6, in the form of an earthquake in the Visayas region. The main 6.9-magnitude quake and its over 1200 aftershocks left many dead and injured, families homeless, and others still buried in the mud.
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Aftershocks still rock Visayas
Philippine Star
The quake affected 34507 families or 185496 people in 135 villages in eight towns and two cities. Phivolcs earlier warned that aftershocks could last for weeks because the earthquake was strong. Meanwhile, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and ...
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Epicenter of early morning quake was Salton seashore
Ramona Sentinel
East San Diego County and the Coachella and Imperial valleys rumbled with a series of earthquakes centered at the southern end of the Salton Sea early Saturday. A magnitude 3.0 temblor started the latest sequence of shakes. It struck at 1:46 am, ...
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Japan's new Reconstruction Agency faces urgent problems in wake of quake damage
The Australian Eye
By David Sandercock TOKYO _ The newly inaugurated Reconstruction Agency, which the government considers the “command tower” for recovery from the Great East Japan Earthquake, faces monumental challenges that need to be urgently addressed.
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| Magnitude 5.1 - OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN By U.S. Geological Survey Sunday, February 12, 2012 at 04:41:00 UTC; Sunday, February 12, 2012 at 02:41:00 PM at epicenter; Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones · Location, 38.534°N, 144.293°E. Depth, 14.9 km (9.3 miles). Region, OFF THE EAST COAST OF ... USGS M 2.5+ Earthquakes |
| 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-... |
| Radio New Zealand : News : Christchurch Earthquake : Quake ... Quake business grants. Updated at 1:48 pm on 8 February 2012. The Canterbury Business Recovery Trust says it has given $584519 to 32 businesses in the ... www.radionz.co.nz/news/canterbury.../quake-business-grants |
| 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... |
| 6.9-magnitude quake in Philippines kills 13 The Philippines is in the Pacific "Ring of Fire" where earthquakes and volcanic activity are common. A 7.7-magnitude quake killed nearly 2000 people in Luzon ... www.usatoday.com/news/world/story/2012-02-05/.../1 |
| Earthquake: 3.0 quake strikes near Pinnacles - latimes.com A shallow magnitude 3.0 earthquake was reported Saturday afternoon one mile from Pinnacles, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred ... latimesblogs.latimes.com/.../earthquake-30-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 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... |
| 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-... |
| 6.8 Earthquake Shakes Central Philippines 06, 2012 (MANILA, Philippines) — A strong earthquake struck the central ...The 6.8-magnitude quake hit in a narrow strait just off Negros Island. www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2106213,00.html |
| Quake Hits Minutes After Earthquake Drill - Video - WCVB Boston A small earthquake shook parts of a state, just minutes after 2 million people participated in what else? An earthquake drill. www.thebostonchannel.com/video/30406211/detail.html |
| Quake Hits Minutes After Earthquake Drill - Video - WESH Orlando A small earthquake shook parts of a state, just minutes after 2 million people participated in what else? An earthquake drill. www.wesh.com/video/30406211/detail.html |
| Quake Hits Minutes After Earthquake Drill - Video - WTAE Pittsburgh A small earthquake shook parts of a state, just minutes after 2 million people participated in what else? An earthquake drill. www.wtae.com/video/30406211/detail.html |
| Earthquake in Central Philippines Leaves Dozens Dead or Missing Mr. Degamo said eight bridges were damaged by the quake, ... ran out into the streets or hid under tables when the first earthquake struck just before noon. online.wsj.com/.../SB10001424052970204369404577206403... |
| 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.html |
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