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EARTHQUAKE News, May 14, 2012

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Quake downs walls, cuts power in northern Chile
BusinessWeek
A magnitude-6.2 magnitude earthquake shook down walls and knocked out electricity in parts of far-northern Chile but no injuries or major damage were reported. The US Geological Survey said the quake, which occurred at 6 am local time (6 am EDT; ...
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Magnitude 6.2 earthquake downs walls, cuts power in northern Chile
Washington Post
... A magnitude-6.2 magnitude earthquake damaged walls, shattered windows and knocked out electricity in parts of far-northern Chile and the Peruvian city of Tacna but no injuries or major damage were reported. The US Geological Survey said the quake, ...
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Minor damage from quake in northern Chile
Fox News
Santiago – A magnitude-6.4 earthquake shook the northern Chilean regions of Arica, Parinacota and Tarapaca on Monday without leaving any victims, though it did cause some minor damage and utility service failures, authorities said.
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Peru-Chile border hit by 6.2 quake, no damage seen
Reuters
| LIMA/SANTIAGO (Reuters) - A strong 6.2 magnitude earthquake shook the border area straddling southern Peru and northern Chile early on Monday, but there were no reports of damage, the Andean neighbors' national emergency offices said.
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Earthquake Recap: Six Quakes Jostle Santa Clara County
Patch.com
The next day, a 1.5 quake hit three miles south of Los Altos again. A 1.6 rounded out Los Altos' earthquake hat trick on May 11 when it struck, once again, three miles south of the city and just three mils west of Cupertino. Four quakes also shook up ...
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Chile Reports Mid-Sized Earthquake in Arica, Tarapaca
Bloomberg
The quake hit at about 6 am local time 1084 miles north of Santiago at a depth of 61.1 miles, the USGS said on its website. The quake doesn't pose a tsunami threat and residents of Arica returned home after an evacuation, the government's emergency ...
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Strong 6.2 quake hits Chile-Peru border
AFP
LIMA — A strong 6.2 magnitude earthquake shook an area of southern Peru near the border with Chile early Monday, seismologists said, prompting people to flee their homes but reportedly causing no casualties. The quake occurred at 1000 GMT on the ...
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AFP
Turkey Tightens Mandatory Quake-Insurance Rules, Hurriyet Says
Bloomberg
Turkey is tightening rules for mandatory earthquake insurance, making the government decree a law and limiting services to homeowners without protection, Hurriyet reported. Beginning in August, it won't be possible to sign up for electricity, ...
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Chile suffers 6.2 quake, no injuries reported
Victoria Times Colonist
AP May 14, 2012 10:14 AM SANTIAGO, Chile — A magnitude-6.2 magnitudeearthquake damaged walls, shattered windows and knocked out electricity in parts of far-northern Chile and the Peruvian city of Tacna but no injuries or major damage were reported.
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Chile Earthquake 2012: City Of Arica Rocked By 6.2-Magnitude Tremblor
International Business Times
By IBTimes Staff Reporter: Subscribe to IBTimes's RSS feed Northern Chile, was rocked by a 6.2-magnitude earthquakeMonday in the strongest temblor to hit the South American nation since a 7.1-magnitude quake hit the country's central region on March ...
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International Business Times
6.2 earthquake shakes Chile
Castanet.net
The US Geological Survey said the quake, which occurred at 6 am local time (6 am EDT; 1000 GMT), was centred 66 miles (107 kilometres) northeast of the city of Arica 98 kilometres (61 miles) underground. It was also felt in the Peruvian city of ...
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6.2-magnitude quake near Chile-Peru border: USGS
Straits Times
WASHINGTON (AFP) - A strong earthquake measuring 6.2 shook an area near the border between Chile and Peru early on Monday, United States (US) government researchers said. The reading was based on the open-ended Moment Magnitude scale used by US ...
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Dig reveals ancient liquefaction
Stuff.co.nz
The first evidence of historical liquefaction in Christchurch has been uncovered in the back garden of Canterbury University earthquake star Mark Quigley. Quigley, whose lectures on the quakes were immensely popular and who became one of the media ...
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Peru-Chile border hit by 6.2 quake
Emirates 24/7
A strong 6.2 magnitude earthquake shook the border area straddling southern Peru and northern Chile early on Monday, but there were no reports of damage, the Andean neighbors' national emergency offices said. The US Geological Survey said the quake ...
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MMDA wants '94 quake study for Metro Manila updated
Inquirer.net
By Miko Morelos The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is planning to update the Metro Manila Earthquake Impact Reduction Study (MMEIRS), which was conducted in 1994 to allow disaster readiness managers to make adjustments in their ...
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No damage after 2 quakes rattle Sonoma County
KSBY San Luis Obispo News
Posted: May 13, 2012 12:00 PM by AP SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - No damage has been reported after two earthquakes rattled a remote area of Northern California. USGS geophysicist Don Blakeman says a second quake with a preliminary magnitude of 2.8 hit at 8:24 ...
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Metro Manila seeks 2nd study on quake impact
Manila Standard Today
THE Metropolitan Manila Development Authority will ask the Japanese government to conduct a second study on earthquake impact scenarios in Metro Manila so the agency and its local government units could upgrade its disaster response plans.
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Earthquakes Shake Chile and Peru with no Casualties
Prensa Latina
... May 14 (Prensa Latina) An earthquake measuring 6.4 degrees of intensity on the Richter scale shook northern Chile today, causing panic in the population. According to the Seismological Service of the University of Chile, the quake occurred at 06:00 ...
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Slight Earthquake Off Long Beach Today
Patch.com
Map of a past quake in the Southern California area, but this shows the Catalina Channel. A quake 13 miles off Long Beach would be about half way to Catalina. United States Geological Survey A small earthquake 13 miles south-southwest of Long Beach ...
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Strong Earthquake Shakes Chile-Peru Border
AccuWeather.com
By Jim Andrews, Senior Meteorologist A magnitude 6.2 earthquake has shaken the western Andes near the Chile-Peru border early Monday. There were no immediate reports of injury or damage, the Reuters News website said. The quake epicenter was 41 miles ...
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Chile, Peru Earthquake Today 2012 Erupts, Terremoto Felt Across Region
LALATE
CORAL GABLES (LALATE) – A Chile / Peru earthquake today 2012 has struck in the predawn morning hours. The Chile / Peru terremoto hoy, a temblor located in the Tarapaca region, is one of the largest earthquakes to impact residents this year.
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‎6.2-magnitude earthquake hits Chile-Peru border
Press TV
A strong earthquake measuring 6.2 has jolted an area near the border between Chile and Peru, shaking down walls and knocking out electricity. The quake occurred on the Chilean side of the border on Monday morning, the US Geological Survey said.
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Press TV
Regulators question Columbia nuke factory safety
WPDE
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission says walls could collapse and equipment topple in a severe earthquake. The chances of that kind ofquake are rare, and workers would probably be the only people exposed to radiation, but regulators are more cautious ...
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Tiny Earthquake Hits Catalina Channel
Patch.com
By City News Service A small earthquake rattled part of the South Bay early Sunday morning, according to preliminary reports from automated seismographs. The magnitude 2.1 wiggle hit at 2:30 am and was epicentered in the Catalina Channel, ...
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Quake hits Iran
Trend.az
An earthquake measuring 4.8 on Richter scale took place in Kohnooj and Kerman towns in Iranian Kerman Province, Iranian IRNA news agency reported on Monday. According to the Seismological Center at the Tehran University's Geophysics Institute, ...
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Trend.az
Liaison network between victims, volunteers vital
The Daily Yomiuri
Volunteers working to help victims of natural disasters drew public attention following the Great Hanshin Earthquake in 1995--within a month of thequake, an estimated total of 620000 volunteers traveled to the affected areas and 1995 was later dubbed ...
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5-magnitude quake jolts Iran's Hendorabi Island in PG
Press TV
An earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale has hit the Iranian island of Hendorabi in the Persian Gulf, without any immediate reports of possible casualties or damages. Iran's Seismological Center said the quake struck at 10:51 pm local time ...
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Press TV
Chile Earthquake Cuts Power
By The Huffington Post News Editors
SANTIAGO, Chile — A magnitude-6.2 magnitude earthquake shook down walls and knocked out electricity in parts of far-northern Chile but no injuries or major damage were reported. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake, which ...
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M4.1 - 184km NNW of Arawa, Papua New Guinea 2012-05-14 12:22 ...
Technical. Location and Magnitude contributed by: USGS NationalEarthquake Information Center. Summary. Preferred Location Parameters. Parameter, Value, Uncertainty. Magnitude, 4.1 mb, ± 0.20. Location, 4.767°S, 154.699°E, ± 18.7 km ...
World Quake Warning
Sciency Thoughts: Earthquake in Carmarthenshire.
By Joe Bauwens
On Friday 11 May slightly after 7.15 pm British Summer Time (slightly after 6.15 pm GMT), an Earthquake occurred about 10 km west of Carmarthen in South Wales, according to the British Geological Survey, which recorded thequake as ...
Sciency Thoughts
6.2 magnitude earthquake strikes Tarapaca region of Chile | The ...
By The Extinction Protocol
6.2 magnitude earthquake strikes Tarapaca region of Chile. Posted on May 14, ... The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake struck 41 miles east-northeast of Tacna in Peru, and 66 miles northeast of Arica in the far north of world No. 1 copper ...
The Extinction Protocol: 2012 and beyond
Magnitude 6.2 earthquake strikes southern Peru near Chile | The ...
By Agence France-Presse
A strong 6.2 magnitude earthquake shook an area of southern Peru near the border with Chile early Monday, seismologists said, prompting people to flee their homes but reportedly causing no casualties. The quake occurred at 1000 GMT on ...
The Raw Story
University of Liverpool - University News - Becoming an expert ...
By Matt Hurst
To investigate why these large earthquakes occur, Stephen is studying the rupture zone of the quake using aftershock data recorded by the seismometers. Stephen said: “I went to Chile earlier this year to download the data from the rupture ...
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Why Was A Huge 'Rogue Earthquake' Not Destructive? : NPR
The other kind of major quake occurs when two plates collide, and one slips beneath the other with a jolt. "We expect that the largest earthquakes occur in that ...
www.npr.org/.../why-was-a-huge-rogue-earthquake-not-destru...
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-5.3 quake rocks Israel - Israel News, Ynetnews
An earthquake was felt across Israel on Friday evening. ... The US Geological Survey initially reported the quake had a magnitude of 5.5, but according to the ...
www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4227887,00.html
Why the Recent Sumatra Quake Was So Strange ...
The large earthquake that struck recently off Sumatra was unexpectedly large, but understanding it could inform our knowledge of mid-continentearthquakes.
www.ouramazingplanet.com/2876-sumatra-earthquake-explai...
Earthquake California Quake Test, Boring is Good | Blackwell ...
Engineers from University of California San Diego constructed a building placed atop a “shake table” on the outskirts of San Diego for an earthquaketest.
www.blackwellins.com/.../earthquake-california-quake-test-bo...
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
Swarm of IE Quakes "Purely Random" | NBC Los Angeles
An ongoing swarm of small earthquakes is rattling homes and nerves in the... on- air/as-seen-on/Quake-Won't-Shake-California-Into-the-Ocean/149597385 ...
www.nbclosangeles.com/.../Small-Quakes-Keep-Rattling-Inlan...
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
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/
Earthquake scientists trying to pinpoint the 'big one' | The Salt Lake ...
Fourteen scientists are quietly working on a Utah earthquake forecasting project ... chance of a 6.7 magnitude or greater quake within 30 years, said Ivan Wong, ...
www.sltrib.com/.../utah-earthquake-wasatch-quake.html.csp
Chile Earthquake And Tsunami Dramatically Altered Ecosystems
The magnitude 8.8 earthquake that hit Chile struck off an area of the coast where 80 percent of the population lives. The massive quake triggered a tsunami ...
www.huffingtonpost.com/.../chile-earthquake-tsunami-altered-...
USGS: Wyoming 'earthquake' really an echo of big mine blast
As Mexico was being jolted by a series of moderate-to-strong quakes, the earth also shook in ... USGS: Wyoming 'earthquake' really an echo of big mine blast ...
content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/...an.../1
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