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EARTHQUAKE News, Dec 18, 2011


New Madrid fault study to prep for potential quake
The State Journal-Register
The New Madrid Earthquakes, named for the southeast Missouri town at the epicenter of the last quake, are considered to be three among the top seven ever recorded in the lower 48 states, according to the US Geological Survey. Some sources consider them ...
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Japan Quake Has Consumers Spending as They Bolster Family Ties
BusinessWeek
“Orders for Christmas cake and traditional New Year food typically get a boost when consumers plan to spend time with family,” Makoto Kawamura, a Tokyo-based spokesman for retailer J Front, said in an interview. “The earthquake may have convinced ...
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Earthquake: 3.2 quake strikes near Soledad, Calif.
Los Angeles Times
In the past ten days, there have been no earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater centered nearby. Read more about California earthquakes on LA Now. Image: Map shows the quake's epicenter. Credit: Google Maps.
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Displaced couple take to the water after quake
TVNZ
Earthquakes wrecked both houses owned by Fire Service senior training instructor Gary Luff. The 64-year-old and partner Sheryll, who has restricted movement because of a stroke, spent the first week after February's quake sleeping under a table in the ...
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Quake work aids some
Northland Independent Community
About one-fifth of Canterbury workplaces increased their revenue because of theearthquakes, a survey shows. Nearly 1800 employers still operating in September this year in Christchurch, Waimakariri, Banks Peninsula and Selwyn were surveyed by the ...
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Roger Sutton receiving mixed reviews
Northland Independent Community
Since June, he has been co-ordinating the quake recovery, including deciding what land will have to be abandoned and which buildings will be demolished. IfEarthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee is the recovery chairman, and effectively the entire ...
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A whole lot of shaking was going on
The Daily Advertiser
Last July, emergency preparedness officials from all over Louisiana met to discuss what action they should be ready to take in case of a major earthquake related to the New Madrid fault, the geological structure linked to the quakes. ...
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Twinked form upsets Canterbury quake victim
Stuff.co.nz
An EQC damage assessor and estimator evaluated Shane Welsh's Rakaia home soon after the September 4 earthquake last year. Welsh later learnt the assessor was Zac Stiven – the 19-year-old son of EQC Canterbury event manager Reid Stiven. ...
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Audit Reveals 'Oversight' in School Quake Safety
Patch.com
By Meredith Skrzypczak A California Watch investigation shows that many of the state's schools may not withstand a major earthquake. Patch Editor's Note: This article is a follow-up to a series of stories published in April, when Patch partnered with ...
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Online aid comforts children
The Press
"When I first started back at school, I couldn't bear talking about February's quake, let alone waiting for aftershocks every night," she said. Her family had moved to Castle Point, near Arthur's Pass, after their Sumner home was damaged in February's ...
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LifeLine service experiences post-earthquake spike in calls
The Press
"Now that the earthquakes have slowed down, people's lives are returning to normal, but it's still like they're facing an uncertain future." Many people were concerned about where they would live after having to move out of quake-damaged homes, ...
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Barak warns of political quake in Israel
Press TV
Israeli Minister for Military Affairs Ehud Barak has warned that Tel Aviv is on the verge of a historic political earthquake amid therecent developments in the Middle East. "Israel is in close proximity to what has been described as a historic ...
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Press TV
Phool raises funds for Turkey quake victims
The Nation, Pakistan
... 1000 to the earthquake victims of Turkey”. The students of NewCrescent School Samanabad sang National anthem on the occasion. The ceremony was concluded with the national anthems of both the countries. Phool raises funds for Turkey quake victims.
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The Nation, Pakistan
Timeline: Disasters to hit Indonesia since 2004
Reuters
May 27, 2006 - Earthquake rocks area around ancient royal city of Yogyakarta killing at least 5000 and destroying or damaging 150000 homes. July 17, 2006 - A tsunami after a 7.7 magnitude quake in West Java province kills at least 550 people. ...
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Disaster-hit areas face revenue drop
The Daily Yomiuri
Three quake-hit prefectures and 33 coastal municipalities in those prefectures are expected to see about 100 billion yen less in tax revenue than they initially projected for this fiscal year, according to a Yomiuri Shimbun survey. ...
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Mozark Moments: A comet blazes and a river runs backward
Christian County Headliner News
Then on Feb. 7 an even stronger quake hit New Madrid and completely destroyed the town. This quake also caused severe damage to many homes in St. Louis and toppled chimneys there. “At first the Mississippi seemed to recede from its banks,...
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4. 3 MAGNITUDE QUAKE RECORDED NEAR AGRIGENTO
Agenzia Giornalistica Italia
The Civil Protection Agency has inspected the area and reported that no one was hurt and no damage has been reported. According to the National Institute of Geophysics and Vulcanology, the earthquake occurred at 16..01 today . .
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Heritage keen to re-open
The Press
The ornately decorated building has one of the New Zealand Historic Places Trust's highest category ratings and its owners are anxious to return it to pre-quakecondition. They have applied to the council for permission to begin urgent repairs so that ...
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Barrage of battles
Times of India
"When the dam was constructed, there was no technology to conduct digital mapping of earthquakes. But today there is technology to construct a new dam which is quake-proof ," says Parameshwaran Nair, chairman of Mullaperiyar special cell. ...
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Former nuclear industry insider speaks out on lessons and disillusionment
Mainichi Daily News
He no longer stands on the "front lines," however, and had been enjoying life in Tomioka, Fukushima, when the quake disaster struck. In this March 24, 2011 aerial photo taken by small unmanned drone and released by AIR PHOTO SERVICE, the crippled ...
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Mainichi Daily News
Heat, drought devastate Oklahoma's farmers
Tulsa World
The record-shattering earthquakes that startled Oklahoma in November caused minimal damage, except for a 5.6-magnitude quake that buckled part of a highway and damaged more than 40 homes. A half hour east of Oklahoma City, the biggestearthquake in ...
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Festive spirit low
The Press
The stress levels were higher with her 9-year-old daughter waking in the night crying because of recent tremors. "So it's not really about `yay it's Christmas', it's more dealing with those things like making sure the kids are all right." Quake stress ...
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The Press
Hollow excuses from Tepco
The Japan Times
But Tepco employees working inside the reactor buildings at the time the quakestruck reported seeing what they believed to be damaged cooling pipes. In addition, some experts say evidence exists that suggests the reactors' cooling systems had suffered ...
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Competition threatens Camry: Korean cars challenge No. 1
Louisville Courier-Journal
Camrys for sale in North America are built at Toyota's plant in Georgetown, and under contract at affiliate Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd.'s Subaru plant in Lafayette, Ind. After a quake- and tsunami-related production slowdown in North America that lasted ...
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2 centuries after quakes, what's next?
Dubuque Telegraph Herald
Northwestern University seismology professor Seth Stein said another powerfulquake is unlikely anytime soon. Stein contends the many small earthquakes that occur today in the New Madrid zone are aftershocks of the past large quakes -- not harbingers ...
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Natural Disasters
Chicago Tribune
Dec 16, 2011 |Story| Associated Press The Illinois Emergency Management Agency is urging participation in an earthquake-preparedness drill next year to coincide with the 200th anniversary of a major quake. Officials say nearly 60000 Illinois residents ...
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Two small quakes rattle North Bay
KTVU San Francisco
Another mall quake struck just a few miles from the Sonoma County community of Glen Ellen Friday night, according to the US Geological Survey. A 2.4-magnitudeearthquake was recorded at 9:04 pm about 4 miles west-southwest of Glen Ellen, which is less ...
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The biggish one . . .
Gisborne Herald
The morning after the 2007 quake, the CBD had been he cordoned-off. Little spectacle was afforded to rubber-neckers, but subtler signs of the blitzkrieg lurked in the fringes. Along beach-front roadsides, flowering pohutakawas rose out of pools of ...
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Couple afloat living on boat after earthquake
Manawatu Standard
Earthquakes wrecked both houses owned by Fire Service senior training instructor Gary Luff. The 64-year-old and partner Sheryll, who has restricted movement because of a stroke, spent the first week after February's quake sleeping under a table in the ...
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Manawatu Standard
GeoNet – New Zealand Earthquake Report - Dec 11 2011 at 10:57 ...
Historic Quakes · Latest Quake ... Recent New Zealand Earthquakes · Handheld device version of hazard content · Follow GeoNet on Twitter · Follow GeoNet on ...
www.geonet.org.nz/earthquake/quakes/3625224g.html
Radio New Zealand : News : Christchurch Earthquake : Quake risk ...
Quake risk closes Akaroa's cottage hospital. Updated at 5:52 pm on 12 December 2011. Canterbury District Health Board says Akaroa Hospital has been closed ...
www.radionz.co.nz/.../quake-risk-closes-akaroa's-cottage-hosp...
7.1-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Papua New Guinea
An earthquake measuring 7.1 magnitude hit Papua New Guinea on Wednesday... Fox News/Fox Business (Article Page: Fox News/SBC/Latino/Fox Business) ...But Collins said the quake could cause other problems for the nearest largest ...
www.foxnews.com/.../73-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-papua...
7.1-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Papua New Guinea | Fox News
An earthquake measuring 7.1 magnitude hit Papua New Guinea on Wednesday... But Collins said the quake could cause other problems for the nearest largest...
www.foxnews.com/.../73-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-papua...
Another earthquake for Wellington | NATIONAL News
A shallow earthquake has shaken the Wellington region tonight. ... Anotherquake for Wellington (Source: Getty Images). Source: Getty ... Latest NZ NewsVideo ...
tvnz.co.nz/national-news/second-shake-wellington-4615981
Today marks the 200th anniversary of the New Madrid quakes
The earthquake sheet may be found online at http://www.uaex.edu/news/pressroom/ ... Quake-ready Arkansans should also become familiar with the latest ...
www.thesuntimes.com/.../Today-marks-the-200th-anniversary...
2 centuries after New Madrid quakes, what's next? - CBS News
Stein contends the many small earthquakes that occur today in the New Madrid zone are mere aftershocks of the past large quakes — not harbingers of future ...
www.cbsnews.com/.../2-centuries-after-new-madrid-quakes-w...
Study links tropical cyclones to earthquakes | ABS-CBN News ...
ABS-CBN News | Latest Philippine Headlines, Breaking News, Video, Analysis,... the same year by a magnitude 6.2 quake and another 6.4 quake in 2010. ...
www.abs-cbnnews.com/.../study-links-tropical-cyclones-earthq...
Magnitude 7.1 earthquake in Papua New Guinea (latest news) | The ...
A 7.1 earthquake hit New Guinea, 223 kilometers from the capital city of Port Moresby; There is a concern for the possibility of mudslides due to the quake ...
thewall.com/.../15497-magnitude-7-1-earthquake-in-papua-ne...
Papua New Guinea hit by violent earthquake - News - Mail ...
A violent 7.1-magnitude earthquake has struck Papua New Guinea, shaking buildings ... The quake, initially rated at 7.3, hit at a depth of 115km southwest of the ...
mg.co.za/.../2011-12-14-papua-new-guinea-hit-by-violent-ear...
3.3 quake shakes Sonoma County - San Jose Mercury News
A 3.3-magnitude earthquake shook The Geysers in Sonoma County early this morning, according to the U.
www.mercurynews.com/california-earthquakes/ci_19496381
1811-1812 New Madrid Earthquakes Bicentennial - New Madrid ...
Home / News & Events / Latest News / New Madrid Quakes Bicentennial Puts ...Two centuries ago Friday, the first of three powerful earthquakes along the New ...
newmadrid2011.org/index.php?option...
Radio New Zealand : News : Christchurch Earthquake : Christchurch ...
Christchurch quake walkway closes on Sunday. Updated 6 minutes ago. A temporary walkway through the centre of Christchurch devastated by February's ...
radionewzealand.co.nz/.../christchurch-quake-walkway-closes-...
Study links tropical cyclones to earthquakes › News in Science (ABC ...
News in Science ... Center of Port au Prince after the earthquake in 2010. ... In some recent cases, quakes happened sooner, such as in 2009 when Typhoon ...
www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2011/12/09/3387791.htm
7.2-magnitude quake hits Papua New Guinea: China Earthquake ...
7.2-magnitude quake hits Papua New Guinea: China Earthquake Networks Center. 14 December 2011 | Filed under: Asia - Pacific News,News of the Year 2011 ...
www.siamdailynews.com/.../7-2-magnitude-quake-hits-papua-...
Strong quake hits Papua New Guinea - World News, Breaking News ...
World News Home. Wednesday December 14 2011. A strong earthquake has struck the South Pacific island nation of Papua New Guinea. There are no ...
www.enniscorthyguardian.ie/.../strong-quake-hits-papua-new-...
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