 New Zealand Herald By Isaac Davison Geologist Mark Quigley woked hard to reassure and educate the public after the Canterbury earthquakes. Photo / Greg Bowker In the hours after the first major earthquake hit Christchurch, geologist Mark Quigley rushed to a stranger's ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| 200 years after the New Madrid earthquakes, the legends live on St. Louis Public Radio News By Véronique LaCapra Caption: This photo, taken in Blytheville, Missouri, in 1904, shows sand blows (lighter patches) resulting from the New Madrid earthquakes. Friday, Dec. 16, marks the 200th anniversary of the first of the New Madridearthquakes, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Japanese quake survivors tell their story with photos U of M News Service (press release) The overripe cucumber dangles from a vine in a photo snapped by a woman who survived the earthquake and tsunami that ravaged northeastern Japan. It's a mundane picture for most people. But for the woman, it's a powerful image that makes her cry. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Demolition derby: Inside Christchurch's red zone New Zealand Herald Hence the earthquake mayhem of liquefaction - sands, silts and water erupting at the surface - and lateral spreading, where the ground slides sideways. Rebuilding on such sloppy, sliding soil won't be easy. As the Canterbury Earthquakes Royal... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Getting Started on Earthquake Preparedness KQED QUEST (blog) They tell us that a big, damaging earthquake has 2-to-1 odds of happening in the Bay Area in the next 30 years. (Yeah, the epicenter will most likely be somewhere else and not this year either.) 3. They tell us that damaging shaking from that bigquake ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Catastrophes cost economy $350 billion in 2011: Swiss Re Vancouver Sun GENEVA - Catastrophes such as the huge earthquakes that struck Japan and New Zealand this year cost the world economy a record $350 billion (270 billion euros) and 30000 lives, reinsurer Swiss Re said on Thursday. The quake that sparked the Fukushima ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Photos of the Day: Japan's Nuclear Crisis Product Design & Development ... but the facility still leaks some radiation, remains vulnerable to earthquakesand shows no prospect for cleanup for decades. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder, Pool, File) In this Dec. 4, 2011 file photo released by Tokyo Electric Power Co. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Scientists: Japan Tsunami Debris to Hit Area Patch.com By Jacqueline Howard A broken picture frame is left in the tsunami-hit Arahama area, three months and two days after the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunami, on June 13, 2011 in Sendai, Miyagi, Japan. (Photo by Kiyoshi Ota/Getty Images) ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| 'They won't let me leave with the kids' - Christchurch's Xmas New Zealand Herald By Troy Rawhiti-Forbes Christchurch residents have spoken about coping with living in an earthquake zone for over a year. Photos / Troy Rawhiti-Forbes Christmas can be a challenging time for families in any city, but certainly more so in one that ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Major news events of 2011 — January to June Seattle Post Intelligencer Photo: The White House, Pete Souza / AP A magnitude 7.1 earthquake shakes southern Chile, sending tens of thousands of people fearing a tsunami to higher ground. US Defense Secretary Robert Gates announces he will cut $78 billion from the Defense ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Adriana Lima Donna Karan Ads For Spring 2012: Are They Misguided? (PHOTOS) Huffington Post Karan's collection was informed by her charity work: she hatched the idea for the ads after spending copious amounts on time in Haiti after the island was tragically struck by an earthquake last year . Russell James photographed Lima in the Southern ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Year in Review: Top 10 news stories in 2011(50 Photo Slideshow, Video) Examiner.com The epic Japanese 9.0 earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan's eastern coast on March 11, resulted in 13135 fatalities that caused unspeakable and unfathomable calamity, was the most powerful earthquake to have ever hit Japan and one of the most ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Cookie firm's time to go global New Zealand Herald The firm's Templeton factory suffered structural damage in the city's February 22earthquake, but was up-and-running again just a few days later. However, Cookie Time general manager Lincoln Booth said the disaster took a heavy toll on demand for its ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| KidsPost's annual news quiz offers prize to winner Washington Post A. Washington Monument B. Washington National Cathedral C. National Christmas Tree D. Panda habitat at the zoo 7 The kids at Norwood School in Bethesda sent which of the following to the victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan? ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Politician of the year has his work cut out New Zealand Herald As Earthquake Recovery Minister, he was on a hiding to nothing. He soaked up a deluge of criticism, especially over the length of time it took to classify properties as habitable or not. Brownlee stuck to his own timetable. He knew he had one chance to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| 2011: A year of taking it to the streets Religion News Service A magnitude 9.0 earthquake left more than 21000 dead or injured in Japan and literally tipped the earth off its axis, while a smaller Aug. 23 quake along the East Coast sent finials and angels tumbling from atop Washington National Cathedral. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Home truths for housing plan New Zealand Herald The commission found Auckland was not the only problem and called for "significant tracts of greenfield and brownfield land" to come to the market in Christchurch - which is under way in response to the earthquakes - but also in high-growth areas ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Holy Innocents' Pursues Holiday Goal for Haiti Students Patch.com That's still short of the club's goal to raise $25000 for students in Leogone, the epicenter of the 2010 Haiti Earthquake. Rev. John Porter of Holy Innocents' recently sent out a plea to help pay school tuition for students in Haiti. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Brian Gaynor: Power company might fly better than Air NZ New Zealand Herald The environment in North America is much more benign, and Asia-Pacific airlines have a more positive operating environment even though Japan has not fully recovered from the March earthquake and tsunami. * Consequently, IATA has upgraded its 2011 net ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Time for West to apologise for Egypt The Sun Daily CAIRO: Tahrir Square, epicentre of the earthquake that ousted Egypt's western-backed dictator, Husni Mubarak, is quiet – for the moment. There are banner-wavers, speakers and youngsters milling about. But the by now world-famous square has a forlorn, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Taubl family bids adieu Worcester Telegram Instruments and music were also victims of the earthquake, Taubl noted. Samuel has stayed on to teach music and build up a choir at the school. Proceeds from Saturday's concert will go to “SOUND for Haiti.” The concert will also include a “Salute” to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| The top search terms of 2011 Washington Post When an 8.8-magnitude earthquake, tsunami and subsequent nuclear disaster devastated Japan in March, Washington Post readers searched for news from the country. Many Post readers searched for news about President Obama this year.... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Japanese Artist Thanks USS Essex for its Role in Operation Tomodachi Middle East North Africa Financial Network "I think the Japanese people should thank the American military forces for all the help we received after the earthquake and disaster," said Shima. "Not all Japanese people are in a position to say thanks enough so I did the painting as my part. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Winds of change blow through TVNZ New Zealand Herald One criticism was that like a lot of Aussie TV news bosses he was more into organisation than a love of news and beyond the creditable administration of the Christchurch earthquake and shift to the American-style news, he will not be remembered for ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| 'It's OK, You're Allowed to Laugh.' - by Colum Lynch Foreign Policy Every day, he is required to comment with solemnity and pathos on the world's afflictions: a car bombing in Iraq or Afghanistan, a bloody crackdown on protesters in Syria, a flood in Pakistan, an earthquake in Haiti, or the prospects of a nuclear war ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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Dec 16, 2011
EARTHQUAKE News, Dec 16, 2011
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