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EARTHQUAKE News, Apr 18, 2012

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Quake Test Could Prompt Ways to Shore up Hospitals
ABC News
"In five minutes, 1994's Northridge earthquake recorded at Los Angeles," a loudspeaker announced. The table simulated the motion created by the magnitude-6.7 quake that heavily damaged the Los Angeles region. The towering 1.4 million-pound building ...
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Strong earthquake shakes central Chile
BusinessWeek
There were no reports of major damage, but authorities in the port city of Valparaiso said a 72-year-old man died of a heart attack during the quake, which was felt for almost a minute in Valparaiso and the capital, Santiago. The US Geological Survey ...
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In California Quake Research, Boring Is the Hoped-for Result
New York Times
SAN DIEGO — It was billed as one of the most ambitiousearthquake simulations ever attempted. Engineers constructed a five-story building — complete with an operating room, an elevator, a kitchen loaded with glassware and a heavy air-conditioning ...
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New York Times
Quake tests looks for ways to shore up hospitals
BusinessWeek
By JULIE WATSON What happens when a series of massive earthquakeshits a five-story medical facility with an intensive care unit, operating room and elevator? Structural engineers at the University of California, San Diego, hope to find out by ...
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With man-made quakes, engineers test lifesaving technologies
CBS News
(CBS News) SAN DIEGO - Chile was shaken by a 6.7 magnitude earthquake Monday night. It was one of 13 powerfulquakes around the world so far this month. Structural engineers and researchers at the University of California have begun tests to determine ...
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CBS News
April 18, 1906 | Earthquake Destroys Much of San Francisco
New York Times (blog)
On April 18, 1906, an earthquake struck San Francisco and set off raging fires. The quake had a magnitude between 7.7 and 8.3 on the Richter scale and came shortly after 5 am in two shocks that lasted more than a minute. The April 19 New York Times ...
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New York Times (blog)
Quake Tests Looks For Ways To Shore Up California Hospitals
Insurance Journal
By Julie Watson | April 18, 2012 What happens when a series of massiveearthquakes hits a five-story medical facility with an intensive care unit, operating room and elevator? Structural engineers at the University of California, San Diego, ...
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Earthquake Shakes Chile, at Least 2 Dead
Fox News
The US Geological Survey, which at first graded the quake as a magnitude-6.4, later raised it to a magnitude-6.7. Up to 5:00 am, the University of Chile registered a number of aftershocks. According to Onemi, the earthquakeaffected 68 cities and towns ...
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Quake rebuilders told they must listen to residents
New Zealand Herald
By Jarrod Booker The draft plan for a smaller, greener CBD in quake-shattered Christchurch has been accepted by the Government. Photo / File Christchurch's earthquake-hit residents will welcome the Government taking charge of rebuilding the central ...
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Prototype Early Warning System Worked During California Quake
NPR
by Samantha Wright A prototype earthquake early warning system worked as designed when an actual quake gently shook California last Friday. Researchers reported the results Tuesday at the annual meeting of American seismologists.
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Human-made earthquakes reported in central US
Reuters
* Wastewater injected underground a likely culprit * Hydraulic fracturing not directly linked to quakes By Deborah Zabarenko WASHINGTON, April 17 (Reuters) - The number of earthquakes in the central United States rose "spectacularly" near where oil and ...
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Harper unhurt in Chile earthquake (video)
Montreal Gazette
SANTIAGO, Chile — A strong earthquake struck this city early Tuesday morning while Prime Minister Stephen Harper was visiting. The quake left highrise buildings in the Chilean capital swaying back and forth. The quake, which the US Geological Survey ...
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California earthquake preparedness: architectural strategies for a safer San Diego
La Jolla Light
Just as the Chicago Fire of 1871 led to zoning and fire separation practices in that city, the San Francisco quakeawoke Californians to the possibility of another major catastrophe – and forever raised the need for greaterearthquake preparedness.
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La Jolla Light
Quake rebuild unit a 'stalling tactic'
New Zealand Herald
By Amelia Romanos Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee today announced that a Christchurch Central Development Unit would be put in place. Photo / file Christchurch residents looking for fast action to put the city back together will be left ...
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Studies shake up fracking industry with quake findings
CTV.ca
A new study looking at whether hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, can trigger earthquakes is being conducted just as a pair of independent papers were released internationally this week suggesting they do. (AP / Orlin Wagner) Protesters are seen ...
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CTV.ca
Preparing for 'the big one'
msnbc.com
reporter: one of the most powerful earthquakes ever reported, chile's 8.8quake in 2010 . one of the costliest california's 6.7 north ridge quake in 1994 , the damage in the billions, critical infrastructure leveled in seconds. today in san diego ...
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Magnitude-6.7 quake shakes Chile
Hometownlife.com
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A strong magnitude-6.7 earthquake shook central Chile late Monday, prompting authorities to order a preventative evacuation of a stretch of coastline and causing hundreds of people in the capital to flee buildings in panic.
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Harper and entourage shaken, slightly stirred by earthquake
TheChronicleHerald.ca
Just experienced Earthquake. Everything A ok! Just freaky!" The US Geological Survey said the quake's epicentre was 42 kilometres northeast of Valparaiso and it had a depth of 37 kilometres. There were no immediate reports of damage or deaths, ...
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Anniversary of 1906 San Francsico earthquake
CBS News
April 18, 2012 will mark the 106th anniversary of the 1906 San Franciscoearthquake. Three of the four known living survivors of the quake were in attendance at the annual ceremony at Lotta's Fountain, the intersection of Market, Geary and Kearny.
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For 1906 earthquake survivors, a day to remember
San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
kepka Then and now: Two photo galleries remind us of thequake's enduring legacy. The first includes many never-before-seen archival images of the devastation. The second set of images, taken yesterday, showcase the remaining survivors and others who ...
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San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
UC Researchers Simulate Fake Quakes To Test Structural Safety
CBS Local
The $5 million study will utilize a dozen cameras and sensors to measure the effectiveness of a new technology that deflects aquake's energy in order to prevent deaths and damage similar to the fallout from the 1994 Northridge earthquake.
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CBS Local
Tsunami alert: Don't cut that program
Modesto Bee
After last week's earthquake in the Indian Ocean, people in Indonesia responded far differently than they had seven years earlier, after another major quake: They evacuated low coastal areas to escape a possible tsunami. As it turned out, there were no ...
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Study: Tokyo Bay quake would kill 9700
UPI.com
TOKYO, April 18 (UPI) -- If a massive earthquake occurs beneath northern Tokyo Bay, nearly 10000 Tokyo residents would die, the city's metropolitan government said. In a damage projection released Wednesday, the government said a quake of magnitude 6 ...
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National Guard mobilizes for Utah earthquake drill
Houston Chronicle
I-15 follows Utah's heavily populated Wasatch Front, a ticking time bomb for infrequent but powerful earthquakes. The drill scenario called for a 7-magnitude quake, which occurs on the Wasatch Front about every 350 years. Tuesday's drill brought out ...
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World's tallest tower will survive quakes: operator
Sydney Morning Herald
Since the monster quake of March last year, the Tokyo area has been rocked by an average of around 1.5 quakes every day, and many in the densely populated capital fear it is long overdue for a devastating tremor. The University of Tokyo's Earthquake ...
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Sydney Morning Herald
Prototype Early Warning System Worked During Calif. Quake · OPB ...
By Tom Banse
A prototype earthquake early warning system worked as designed when an actual quake gently shook California last Friday. Researchers reported the results Tuesday at the annual meeting of American seismologists.
OPB News
3 Survivors On Hand For 106th Anniversary Of 1906 San Francisco ...
By Megan Goldsby
Three of the four known survivors of the quake were in attendance at the annual ceremony to commemorate the 106th anniversary of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire.
CBS San Francisco
About 9600 Tokyoites forecast to die in worst quake scenario ...
The panel revised the damage projection of a major earthquake for the first time in six years in the wake of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, which devastated northeastern Japan. The revised projection envisions aquake with a ...
News - Kyodo News
April 18, 1906 | Earthquake Destroys Much of San Francisco ...
By By THE LEARNING NETWORK
Before the earthquake, San Francisco had been the largest city in the American West and its financial and cultural center. The quake caused a shift in population; Oakland, situated across San Francisco Bay, saw its population double, while ...
The Learning Network
Magnitude 5.0 - OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA
By U.S. Geological Survey
This webpage has been replaced by a new version and will be phased out in the future. Please use our new Real-time Earthquake Map to access the latest earthquake information and event details. The links to the World, US, and CA/NV ...
USGS M 2.5+ Earthquakes
Study finds Tokyo mega-quake would kill close to ten thousand | The ...
By The Extinction Protocol
The biggest city in earthquake-prone Japan lies at the intersection of four tectonic plates and there is a 50 percent chance it will be struck by a magnitude-7.0 or higher quake in the next four years, according to the University of Tokyo's ...
The Extinction Protocol: 2012 and beyond
Cardboard cathedral planned for earthquake ravaged city - ucanews ...
By paddy
Cardboard cathedral planned for earthquake ravaged city Cathedrals take a a great deal of time and money to build so the Anglicans of Christchurch have come up with an innovative interim solution. ... The replacement, an A-frame structure designed by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban, will be built on the site of another historic church, which was also destroyed in the 6.3 magnitude quake. “The Transitional Cathedral is a symbol of hope for the future of this city as well as being ...
ucanews.com
OUPblog » Blog Archive » Earthquake and fire destroy much of San ...
By Alice
The quake is often called “the San Francisco earthquake” because of the terrible destruction that resulted in that most city. Buildings crumbled “as one might crush a biscuit in one's hand,” one eyewitness said. The worst damage, though, came ...
OUPblog
National Guard mobilizes for Utah earthquake drill
By ahowell
Gen. Jeff Burton, commander of the 7000-strong Utah Guard. I-15 follows Utah's heavily populated Wasatch Front, a ticking time bomb for infrequent but powerful earthquakes. The drill scenario called for a 7-magnitude quake, which occurs on ...
Standard-Examiner Latest Headlines
あらま They Didn't ! Japanese Entertainment News - Revised quake ...
By ダメ女
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government says 9700 people could die in a hugeearthquake hitting directly under the capital. The government's first estimate in 6 years is based on a worst-case scenario of a magnitude-7.3 quake in the northern part ...
あらま They Didn't ! Japanese...
Magnitude 8.6 - OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA
This webpage has been replaced by a new version and will be phased out in the future. Please use our new Real-time Earthquake Map to access the latest ...
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/.../Quakes/usc000905e.html
Tsunami watch lifted after two big earthquakes - CNN.com
A massive quake struck off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra on Wednesday, triggering a ... "A significant tsunami was generated by thisearthquake.
www.cnn.com/2012/04/11/world/asia/indonesia.../index.html
Mexico Earthquake 2012: 5.4-Magnitude Quake Rattles Mexico
MEXICO CITY -- A magnitude-5.4 earthquake shook southern Mexico early Friday morning, causing no reported damage but swaying tall buildings in the capital ...
www.huffingtonpost.com/.../mexico-earthquake-2012_n_142...
Earthquake: 3.5 quake strikes near Shafter - latimes.com
A shallow magnitude 3.5 earthquake was reported Monday afternoon four miles from Shafter, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at ...
latimesblogs.latimes.com/.../earthquake-35-quake-strikes-near-...
Indonesia earthquake: Tsunami warnings lifted after 8.6 magnitude ...
From the blog Indonesia earthquake: Tsunami warnings lifted after 8.6 magnitude quake strikes off coast: The Envoy.
news.yahoo.com/.../indonesia-earthquake-tsunami-warnings-is...
Strong Indonesian Earthquake Prompts Tsunami Warning ...
Wednesday's earthquakes were farther away from Sumatra than the 2004quake, and seismologists said the horizontal motion of the strongest quakemade it ...
www.nytimes.com/.../indonesia-sets-new-tsunami-warning-as-...
Panic in Indonesia as 8.6 quake hits off Sumatra (PHOTOS, VIDEO ...
A massive quake off the west coast of Indonesia sent fears across the country, prompting residents in coastal cities to rush to higher ground. A tsunami that ...
rt.com/news/sumatra-indonesia-earthquake-tsunami-765/
Phuket NEWS: Phuket Earthquake: USGS reports Sumatra quake at ...
PHUKET: The USGS has reported that the earthquake struck at a depth of 14.7 kilometers, not two kilometers as originally reported. Click here to see the USGS ...
www.phuketgazette.net/archives/articles/.../article12816.html
Indonesia Earthquake: 8.7 Magnitude Quake Reported, Tsunami ...
An underwater magnitude 8.7 earthquake has struck in the Indian ocean off the coast of Indonesia prompting a tsunami warning. Aftershocks reported after the ...
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/.../indonesia--tsunami-sumatra-eart...
Indonesia Earthquake Tsunami Warnings Lifted: Powerful Quake Off ...
Fears have receded that a powerful earthquake and aftershock off the coast of Indonesia could cause a tsunami, to the relief of its citizens and those of ...
news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16206405
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