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EARTHQUAKE News, May 11, 2012

Quake forecasts coming to Utah
Salt Lake Tribune
For instance, the most recent forecast in the Bay Area (2008) projects a two out of three chance of a 6.7 magnitude or greater quake within 30 years, said Ivan Wong, an Oakland, Calif., seismologist and chairman of the working group on Utah earthquake ...
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Quake study offers new clues on a California fault's mystery
Los Angeles Times
(Tim Pyle, Caltech / May 11, 2012) By quake or quagmire, Washington Monument sinks 2 inches since 1884 By Eryn Brown, Los Angeles Times Thanks to a new method of modeling earthquakes, scientists may now understand why the Parkfield segment of the San ...
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Los Angeles Times
Magnitude-5.3 quake rocks Israel
Ynetnews
An earthquake was felt across Israel on Friday evening. No injuries or damage were immediately reported. Residents said they felt tremors in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Beersheba, Haifa, Emek Yizrael, Nahariya, Rehovot and Kiryat Gat among other cities around ...
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Ynetnews
Earthquake forecasters look closer at rock friction
msnbc.com
More-accurate forecasts of earthquakes may arise from a new computer model focusing on the physics of the rock in one quake-prone segment of the San Andreas fault, researchers say. Although the basic physics ofearthquakes have been known for a century ...
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msnbc.com
India's northeast shaken by quake
AFP
The quake was shallow, at a depth of 11 kilometres (six miles), the USGS said. In September last year, a powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck the border of India's northeastern state of Sikkim and Nepal, killing over 100 people.
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AFP
5.5 magnitude earthquake shakes Israel, Lebanon
Jerusalem Post
A Richter scale 5.5 magnitude earthquake with an epicenter near Cyprus shook the eastern Mediterranean on Friday night, with locals in countries throughout the Levant reporting the quake. Residents in Israel reported feeling the tremors, with hundreds ...
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5.4-magnitude quake rocks Assam, Meghalaya
TwoCircles.net
By IANS, Guwahati/Shillong : A 5.4 magnitude earthquake rocked Assam and Meghalaya Friday evening, triggering panic among locals. No casualties have been reported. According to the Regional Seismological Centre in Shillong, the earthquake occurred at ...
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Earthquake Rattles East Texas
KCEN-TV
Garrison (KETK) — An earthquake measuring 3.7 shook parts of East Texas this morning, according to the United States Geological Service. The quake shook buildings within the town of Garrison and the surrounding area. Employees of a Garrison business ...
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Why Was A Huge 'Rogue Earthquake' Not Destructive?
NPR
by Richard Harris On April 11 of this year, one of the 10 biggestearthquakes ever recorded struck off the coast of Indonesia. It was felt from Bangladesh to Australia. You may not have even heard of this magnitude 8.6 quake. It barely made the news in ...
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Sumatra earthquake mysteries examined
Phys.Org
(Phys.org) -- An earthquake in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia on 11th April was unusually powerful, at magnitude 8.6, for a “strike-slip” type of quake, and a new analysis of theearthquake and its 8.2 magnitude after-shock has ...
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Northeast shaken by moderate quake, no immediate report of damage
Times of India
NEW DELHI: An earthquake of moderate intensity shook Assam and rest of the northeast today but there was no immediate report of any casualty or damage to properties. The quake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale with epicentre in Tezpur district struck ...
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India quake sends panicked people fleeing
News24
Guwahati - India was shaken by a shallow 5.4-magnitude earthquake on Friday that sent people fleeing into the streets in panic, damaged buildings and left two injured. One house collapsed and cracks appeared in some buildings in the quake, ...
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Mount Fuji: Fault Beneath Japan's Mountain Could Trigger Quake, Survey Finds
Huffington Post
TOKYO, May 10 (Reuters) - Japan's Mount Fuji may be sitting on a large, active fault that could trigger a magnitude-7 earthquake, changing the shape of the mountain and devastating nearby communities, the education ministry said on Thursday.
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Quake jolts Assam
The Hindu
An earthquake of moderate intensity measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale on Friday jolted Assam, some other northeastern States and West Bengal but there was no report of any loss of life or major damage to properties. The quake, which struck at 6.11 pm, ...
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Moderate quake jolts northeast,2 hurt,several buildings damaged in Assam
Indian Express
An earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale today jolted some northeastern states, including Assam, in which at least two labourers were injured in a wall collapse while several buildings were damaged. Seismological sources from Shillong said the ...
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Quake-proofing more than just a precaution
Bangkok Post
Nevertheless, the recent quakes that hit Phuket were felt in Bangkok, which caused enough concern among authorities to reconsider the city'searthquake-readiness. As far as the experts are concerned, it was enough of a warning to prompt them to advise ...
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Earthquake Lake visitor center near Yellowstone to be expanded | The Republic
The Republic
17, 1959, earthquake that killed 28 people camping in the canyon. The 7.5-magnitude quake sheared tons of rock off the hillside opposite from where the center now stands, sending monstrous boulders crashing across the Madison River and up the opposite ...
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Why Was A Huge 'Rogue Earthquake' Not Destructive?
Capital Public Radio News
By Richard Harris The massive magnitude 8.6 earthquake in April off the coast of Indonesia was felt from Bangladesh to Australia. But it caused little damage and no major tsunami. Seismologists studying thequake say it revealed some interesting ...
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Possibly active fault under Japan's Mount Fuji to trigger big quake, landslide?
msnbc.com
By msnbc.com staff and news services TOKYO -- Japan's Mount Fuji may be sitting on a large, active fault that could trigger a magnitude-7 earthquake, changing the shape of the mountain and devastating nearby communities, the education ministry said on ...
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msnbc.com
Moderate earthquake jolts North-East India
Zee News
New Delhi: An earthquake of moderate intensity shook North-East India in Meghalaya, Assam and North-West Bengal on Friday evening, the seismological office in Shillong said. The magnitude of the quake was reported to be 5.4 on richter scale.
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Zee News
Quake hits Northeast
IANS
Guwahati/Shillong, May 11: A 5.4-magnitude earthquake was felt in parts of Assam and Meghalaya Friday evening, the seismological office in Shillong said. The reproduction of the story/photograph in any form will be liable for legal action.
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3.9-Magnitude Earthquake Reported In Oklahoma
KAKE
Reporter: AP According to the US Geological Survey, the quake was recorded at 4:14 pm Thursday, about 5 miles southeast of Sparks in Lincoln County. A dispatcher who declined to give her name said the sheriff's office hadn't received any immediate ...
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Earthquake measuring 5.4 hits North-East India, tremors felt in Guwahati, Kolkata
NDTV
(Tweets on the earthquake) The epicenter of the quake is Nagaon in Assam. Some minor cracks have been reported in buildings in Nagaon, but no major damage has been reported yet from Guwahati or Shillong. People in Guwahati, however, rushed out on to ...
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NDTV
Moderate Quake Hits Northeast India
CRIENGLISH.com
TV footage showed people running out of their houses and stayed outdoors in Kolkata after the quake took place. Meanwhile, the Press Trust of India quoted meteorologist officials as saying the earthquakewas "moderate" and there was no immediate report ...
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Two more small earthquakes reported in Oklahoma
NewsOK.com
Two small earthquakes have been reported in Oklahoma Friday. The US Geological Survey reports the quakes. Two small earthquakeshave been reported by the US Geological Survey Friday. A 2.9 magnitudequake was reported at 1:52 am Friday about 3 miles ...
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India's northeast shaken by moderate quake
The Express Tribune
By AFP NEW DELHI: Northeast India was shaken by a shallow 5.4-magnitude earthquake on Friday, sending people fleeing into the streets in panic, but there were no reports of any major damage or casualties. The quakemeasured 5.4 on the Richter scale, ...
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The Express Tribune
5.0 Quake In Oklahoma Causes Fracking Fears | Culture of Life News
By emsnews
Oklahoma just had another 5.0 earthquake. People are most anxious to blame these increasing quakes on fracting and water injection. But I propose it is not at all. Even in geologically wild California, the injection of water into deep wells only ...
Culture of Life News
Moderate earthquake jolts northeast India | The Extinction Protocol ...
By The Extinction Protocol
Moderate earthquake jolts northeast India ... Although there was no report of any major damage so far, some buildings developed cracks and one concrete wall collapsed at Jyotinagar area of Guwahati under the impact of the quake.
The Extinction Protocol: 2012 and beyond
3.9-magnitude earthquake reported in central Okla. - NewsOn6.com ...
SPARKS, Okla. (AP) - A 3.9-magnitude earthquake has shaken central Oklahoma. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the quake was recorded at 4:14 p.m. Thursday, about 5 miles southeast of Sparks in Lincoln County. A dispatcher who ...
NEWS ON 6 - News
Triple earthquakes strike Oklahoma City Metro. | Gather
By *Carol ~Bronx Southern Belle D.
One has to wonder why there have been so many earthquakes in central Oklahoma, and if this is a prelude to some larger more damagingearthquakes. The largest earthquake recorded in Oklahoma was 5.6 magnitude quake last year.
Gather: Articles by *Carol ~Bronx...
Keokea Beach Park to be rededicated after quake repairs, May 12 ...
By admin
The Friends of Kēōkea Beach Park will assist in welcoming the public back to the North Kohala facility. The park's main pavilion has been closed since it was badly damaged Oct. 15, 2006, by the 6.7-magnitudeearthquake that struck near ...
Big Island Video News
Magnitude 2.9 - OKLAHOMA - Earthquake Hazards Program - USGS
By U.S. Geological Survey
Tectonic Summary. EARTHQUAKES IN THE STABLE CONTINENTAL REGION Most of North America east of the Rocky Mountains has infrequent earthquakes. Here and there earthquakes are more numerous, for example in the New Madrid ...
USGS M 2.5+ Earthquakes
Mount Fuji could collapse if fault line shifts | The Raw Story
By Agence France-Presse
The area around the mountain, an almost perfect volcanic cone that is much admired for its beauty, is known for having frequent earthquakesand numerous fault lines, even for quake-prone Japan. Japan has been on heightened alert for ...
The Raw Story
Two Earthquakes Felt Near Vincennes Thursday | News - Indiana ...
By Network Indiana
The U.S. Geological Survey reports two earthquakes hit Knox County Thursday. The first was a 2.7 magnitude earthquake that hit just after 6 p.m. with an epicenter about nine miles north of Vincennes. The second was a 3.1 magnitude quake ...
WFIU Local News Podcast
Chile earthquake, tsunami altered ecosystems - Technology ...
The earthquake and tsunami that rocked Chile in 2010 unleashed substantial and surprising changes on ecosystems there, yielding insights on how these ...
www.msnbc.msn.com/.../chile-quake-tsunami-altered-ecosyste...
Magnitude 4.5 quake strikes rural Northern Calif. | www.ktvu.com
There are no reports of damage or injuries after a magnitude 4.5earthquake rattled a rural area of Northern California.
www.ktvu.com/news/news/local/41-magnitude.../nNfjm/
Devore Quake: 3.8-Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Inland Empire ...
DEVORE, Calif. (KTLA) -- A 3.8-magnitude earthquake rattled Southern California Saturday morning and experts tracked the quake's epicenter to the Inland ...
www.ktla.com/news/.../ktla-devore-earthquake,0,2121603.stor...
After The Quake, Japanese Shop For Survival : NPR
Memories of the massive earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan have created a niche industry of ... After The Quake, Japanese Shop For Survival. by Lucy Craft ...
www.npr.org/.../after-the-quake-japanese-shop-for-survival
Earthquake Recap: Three Small Quakes Shake Up Santa Clara ...
A few tectonic tremors rattled the region from April 27 to May 2.
gilroy.patch.com/.../earthquake-recap-three-small-quakes-shak...
Devore Earthquake Downgraded to Magnitude 3.8 | NBC Los Angeles
The earthquake was reported at 8:07 a.m. at a depth of more than 6 miles. Initially reported at magnitude 4.1, the quake had been downgraded to magnitude 3.8 ...
www.nbclosangeles.com/.../Magnitude-41-Earthquake-Shakes...
BBC News - Engineers launch artificial earthquakes at 'hospital'
Engineers in California unleash high-intensity artificial earthquakes on a... to determine if hospitals built on rubber bearings could function after aquake.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17954352
Earthquake registering 3.8 strikes southern California - CNN
The epicenter of the quake was just outside Devore, in San Bernardino County near the San Andreas Fault. A magnitude 3.8 earthquake in southern California ...
articles.cnn.com/.../us_california-quake_1_major-damage-san-...
Rude Awakening: 3.8-Magnitude Quake Rattles Devore, Felt 60 ...
She clarified that the quake did not occur along the San Andreas fault. The USGS originally reported the earthquake at a magnitude 4.1 but later downsized that ...
losangeles.cbslocal.com/.../magnitude-4-1-quake-rumbles-thro...
Small but Widely Felt Quake Shakes Southern Calif - ABC News
Some Southern Californians were shaken out of bed Saturday morning by a small earthquake that rattled homes across the Inland Empire region and caused ...
abcnews.go.com/.../moderate-earthquake-shakes-southern-cali...
Japan Meteorological Agency | Earthquake Information
Occurred at (JST), Latitude (degree), Longitude (degree), Depth, Magnitude, Region Name. 03:07 JST 03 May 2012, 39.6N, 142.1E, 50 km, 2.9, Iwate-ken Oki ...
www.jma.go.jp/en/quake/20120503031140391-030307.html
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