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BMW Credits Global Balance for Record First-Quarter Auto Sales
BusinessWeek
By Jamie Butters on April 04, 2012 Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW), theworld's largest luxury-auto maker, set a first-quarter sales record as it builds on gains in emerging markets, the company's sales and marketing chief said.Global sales totaled ...
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EARTHQUAKE News, Apr 04, 2012

Earthquake: 3.0 quake strikes near Ocotillo
Los Angeles Times
A shallow magnitude 3.0 earthquake was reported Wednesday afternoon 12 miles from Ocotillo, according to the US Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 1:59 pm Pacific time at a depth of 1.2 mile. According to the USGS, the epicenter was 15 miles ...
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Blackberry earthquake app rolled out in Mexico
BBC News
Civil authorities in Mexico City have rolled out a free app that will warn people when an earthquake is imminent. Mayor of Mexico City Marcelo Ebrard unveiled the app on Tuesday, on behalf of Mexico City's Civil Protection service.
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Earthquake: 3.4 quake strikes near Indio
Los Angeles Times
A shallow magnitude 3.4 earthquake was reported Tuesday evening 10 miles from Indio, according to the US Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 6:12 pm Pacific time at a depth of 0.6 miles. According to the USGS, the epicenter was 13 miles from ...
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Mexico's earthquakes: gaining a few, valuable seconds
Financial Times (blog)
And this week, as an earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale shook Mexico's capital, he had another: a smartphone app that alerts residents to forthcoming tremors. According to Ebrard, the app, which can be downloaded here, sends users a signal ...
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Earthquake Preparedness Month
MassLive.com
By Kaitlyn Slattery April is the holder of another important awareness, Earthquake Preparedness Month! Even thoughearthquakes are not common around these areas, it is still important to be aware and prepared. Last summer is the perfect example of ...
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MassLive.com
April is California Earthquake Preparedness Month
San Diego Gay & Lesbian News
SACRAMENTO -- Since the great San Francisco Earthquake took place 106 years ago on April 16, 1906, April has been designated by the state as California Earthquake Preparedness Month. California has more earthquakesthan any other state in the nation ...
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Mexico City offers free app for BlackBerry users that will warn of approaching ...
Washington Post
MEXICO CITY — Mexico City's government is offering a free app for BlackBerrys that will alert users when a major earthquake is approaching the capital. Mayor Marcelo Ebrard says there are monitoring stations in remote areas of the country that detect ...
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Seismic Wallpaper Stabilizes Walls in an Earthquake
Discovery News
During an earthquake, regular walls get shaken much like humans do. The side-to-side strain causes the masonry to crumble. This year, German materials scientists are producing seismic wallpaper that can hold a wall together.
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Pennsylvania's Link To Ohio Earthquakes
StateImpact Pennsylvania
…It took a couple minutes and then we realized, it was anotherearthquake.” That's right — another earthquake. The New Year's Eve quake, a 4.0, was the second within a week, and the 12th of 2011. And this wasn't Los Angeles, this wasn't San Francisco ...
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StateImpact Pennsylvania
Govt poised to seize control, says Dalziel
Stuff.co.nz
LIANNE DALZIEL: Labour's earthquake recovery spokeswoman says the Government is poised to take control of the city's rebuild effort. GERRY BROWNLEE: The Earthquake Recovery Minister has refused to confirm or deny whether the Government was considering ...
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Stuff.co.nz
What happened with earthquake damages?
Imperial Valley Press
By ALEJANDRO DAVILA Staff Writer Normalcy seems near for El Centro some two years after the Easter earthquake damaged the library, treatment plants and a reservoir tank. But the 100-year-old library building that was red-tagged soon after the ...
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Earthquake Prediction Through Sunspots Part II: common Data Mining Mistakes!
Smart Data Collective
While I was writing the last post I was wondering how long before my followers will notice the mistakes I introduced into the experiments. 1. Don't always trust your data: often they are not homogeneous. In the post I put in relation the quakes in the ...
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Govt poised to seize control of Christchurch rebuild - Dalziel
Stuff.co.nz
LIANNE DALZIEL: Labour's earthquake recovery spokeswoman says the Government is poised to take control of the city's rebuild effort. Christchurch democracy is to be "discarded" with the Government poised to take control of the central city rebuild, ...
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Stuff.co.nz
4.0-magnitude earthquake hits near McAlester
KXII-TV
The earthquakes are a distraction to keep us from noticing, as well as a way to discredit fracking. Be scared people. Be very scared. by what's causing them? Location: south central ok. on Apr 3, 2012 at 02:43 PM get real people for some reason these ...
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Pittsburg, Oklahoma Residents Talk About Earthquake Experience
News On 6
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck around 2:33 am south of McAlester near the small community of Pittsburg. A small community known for its serene pastures, where life moves a bit slower, and everyone drops by the Company Store to talk of the day's news ...
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Brownlee refuses to rule out CCC takeover
The Press
Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee refuses to rule out a government takeover of the central Christchurch recovery plan. Christchurch East Labour MP Lianne Dalziel said today that the Government was considering stripping the ...
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This app could save your life
The Economist (blog)
Most of the time they cause little damage, but sometimes they are devastating: in 1985, nearly 20000 people were killed after a magnitude 8.0 earthquakestruck the city. On April 3rd the city's government launched a mobile-phone application that will ...
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NZ Budget Deficit Wider Than Forecast as Tax Revenue Slows
BusinessWeek
By Tracy Withers on April 03, 2012 New Zealand's budget deficit was NZ$395 million ($323 million) wider than forecast in the eight months through February as tax revenue slowed and earthquake costs increased, according to a Treasury Department report.
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Are earthquake “early warning systems” to be trusted ?
Earthquake Report
The earthquake-report.com opinion : NO, they are not, but … with a proper use of the alert, some good things can be done. Unfortunately, the vast majority of people is doing exactly the opposite of what they should do. After every major earthquake ...
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Earthquake Report
Pair of Earthquakes Hit Desert - Are You Ready?
Patch.com
Two 3.5 earthquakes strike the desert on Tuesday prompting some to worry about a major earthquake in Southern California. By Eddie Trent After a pair of 3.5 tremors hit the desert on Tuesday, many were asking 'is this a precursor to "The Big One" '?
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EQC assures no payment freeze
The Press
Quake-hit landowners have been told of a payment freeze that does not exist, an Earthquake Commission boss says. The Press received several complaints this week from residents in areas classed by the CanterburyEarthquake Recovery Authority (Cera) as ...
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San Diego Earthquakes Today 2012 Strike Southern California
LALATE
LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – A series of San Diego neighboring earthquakestoday 2012 have struck the Southern California region. San Diego, Indio and Coachella experienced a moderate earthquake last night. But today, theearthquakes are continuing across ...
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CERA MAY TAKE CCC ROLE
Stuff.co.nz
Dalziel, Labour's earthquake recovery spokeswoman, said the Cabinet would establish an economic development unit within Cera to take over the planning of the central-city rebuild. "I know there will be people who will think the council deserves this ...
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Mitre Tavern to stand proud again
Stuff.co.nz
The Mitre Tavern escaped demolition after the February 2011earthquake despite the loss of several century-old waterfront buildings. The tavern's connection with the Norwich Quay site in Lyttelton dates back to 1849, when Major Alfred Hornbrook opened...
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Stuff.co.nz
Earthquake victim's graveside robbed
Manawatu Standard
A Rolleston man whose wife died in the February 2011earthquake is upset that items left on her grave by their young daughters have been stolen. Former Black Sticks hockey player Amanda Hooper, 30, was killed when the Pyne Gould Corporation building in ...
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Manawatu Standard
Magnitude 5.7 - KEPULAUAN KAI, INDONESIA
By U.S. Geological Survey
Tuesday, April 03, 2012 at 23:42:19 UTC; Wednesday, April 04, 2012 at 08:42:19 AM at epicenter; Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones · Location, 5.630°S, 133.894°E. Depth, 10.1 km (6.3 miles). Region, KEPULAUAN KAI, INDONESIA ...
USGS M 2.5+ Earthquakes
Are earthquake “early warning systems” to be trusted ?
By Armand Vervaeck
After every major earthquake there is a hype for “earthquake early warning systems” like smartphone apps, computer tools, etc. In some countries like Mexico they are even distributed by the authorities. Our opinion : they should know better !
Earthquake Report
Pittsburg, Oklahoma Residents Talk About Earthquake Experience ...
By Dan Bewley
Mother Nature made her presence felt in Oklahoma early Tuesday morning.
NEWS ON 6 - News
L.A. Earthquake Blog: Could An Unknown Fault Line Cause ...
By Dolores M Bernal
It's just a matter of time before a major earthquake strikes Southern California, no question about it. Everyone knows this will happen, from the geologists and scientists at the USGS, to the journalists, our political officials, and everyone else in...
L.A. Earthquake Blog
Earthquake Alert App for Mexico City residents « The Trembling Earth
By Austin Elliott
After two big earthquakes that shook Mexico City–a M7.4 on April 20 and a M6.0 on April 2–the Mexican government has released a very timely app that alerts residents of the capitol city to impending shaking. It's based on the same system ...
The Trembling Earth
More on Askja lake sudden warming up | Iceland volcano and ...
By Jón Frímann
Earthquake activity has not been above background level in Askja volcano so far. But this increase in hydro-thermal activity is interesting from geological point of view, and is the most clear sign that Askja volcano is preparing for a eruption.
Iceland volcano and earthquake blog
Mexico Issues Earthquake Alert App | Spatial Sustain
By Matt Ball
Mexico City has made available an earthquake application that sends alerts direct to phones as soon as a tremor happens.
Spatial Sustain
GeoNet – New Zealand Earthquake Report - Apr 4 2012 at 6:24 pm ...
New Zealand Earthquake Report - Apr 4 2012 at 6:24 pm (NZST). Magnitude 3.3, Wednesday, April 4 2012 at 6:24 pm (NZST), 10 km east of Hastings. Quake Details. Information about this earthquake: Reference Number, 3684989 [View ...
GNS Science - GeoNet: Recent...
The compensation of the CCS by the earthquake in Lorca not count ...
By admin
Lorca's mayor, Francisco Jodar, has clarified that public support and compensation of the Insurance Compensation Consortium (CCS) that have been the victims of the earthquake.
ccnw.org::Consumer Credit information...
Accurate quake forecasts made possible: Voice of Russia
By Olga Sobolevskaya
In a few years time, scientists will be able to make accurate short-termearthquake predictions. A Russian-British team is working on the creation of a special satellite called “TwinSat”, that will be able to recognize the earliest signs of an ...
Voice of Russia, News
6.3 earthquake hits southern Mexico - CNN.com
A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.3 struck southern Mexico on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
www.cnn.com/2012/04/02/world/americas/.../index.html
Magnitude 6.3 earthquake hits northeast Japan, no damage | Reuters
TOKYO (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.3 earthquake hit northeastern Japan on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said, but there were no reports of...
www.reuters.com/.../us-japan-earthquake-idUSBRE82Q0G320...
Very strong dangerous earthquake in Chile – Constitucion has ...
Earthquake overview : At 06:37 PM a very strong earthquake struck the Talca area in ... Constitucion before the destructive earthquake from February 27 2010 ...
earthquake-report.com/.../very-strong-earthquake-near-the-co...
"New" Mexican Volcano Caused by the Oaxaca Earthquake? Not ...
This week saw a very strong earthquake in an area of southern Mexico - a M7.4 event centered 25 km from Ometepec. It looks like it was a relatively shallow.
www.wired.com/.../new-mexican-volcano-caused-by-the-oaxa...
Earthquake tests 25 years of Mexican engineering : Nature News ...
Mexico City survives earthquake relatively unscathed despite its sensitive location.
www.nature.com/.../earthquake-tests-25-years-of-mexican-eng...
Mexico Earthquake 2012: Strong Quake Felt In Mexico City
MEXICO CITY — Mexico was shaken Monday by what officials described as the strongest aftershock yet from a powerful earthquake that killed at least two...
www.huffingtonpost.com/.../mexico-earthquake-2012_n_139...
Powerful earthquake hits central Chile - Americas - Al Jazeera English
US Geological Survey charts quake at a magnitude of 7.1 as government evacuates coastline, but says tsunami unlikely.
www.aljazeera.com/news/.../03/201232523111219719.html
Earthquake hits central Chile | World news | The Guardian
Santiago feels effects of 7.2 tremor with emergency agency evacuating some coastal areas, although tsunamis not expected.
www.guardian.co.uk/.../earthquake-hits-central-chile-santiago
Central Chile Rocked By 7.2 Earthquake : NPR
A magnitude-7.2 earthquake struck central Chile on Sunday night, prompting authorities to urge evacuations for a long stretch of the coast as a precaution ...
www.npr.org/2012/.../central-chile-rocked-by-7-2-earthquake
Earthquake: Second 3.0 quake strikes near Malibu - latimes.com
A shallow magnitude 3.0 earthquake was reported Saturday morning 32 miles from Malibu, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at...
latimesblogs.latimes.com/.../earthquake-30-quake-strikes-near-...
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