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EARTHQUAKE News, Dec 26, 2011

Earthquake: 3.1 quake strikes near Joshua Tree
Los Angeles Times
In the past 10 days, there has been one earthquake magnitude 3.0 and greater centered nearby. Read more about California earthquakes on LA Now. Image: A map show the location of the epicenter of Monday's quake neat Joshua Tree. Credit: Google Maps.
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Quake-hit residents forget it's Christmas
New Zealand Herald
For earthquake-hit homeowners like her, there has not been much festive cheer. While many New Zealanders were yesterday relaxing at the beach or recovering from over-indulging on Christmas Day, Mrs Tappenden and her neighbours were clearing silt from ...
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Christchurch Struck by Earthquake
BusinessWeek
The stronger quake was shallower and closer to the city, it said. Christchurch Cathedral, which is being partially demolished after suffering damage in February, was further affected, Roger Sutton, chief executive of the Canterbury EarthquakeRecovery ...
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Quakes trigger Christmas Day birth
Stuff.co.nz
"Our son, Sebastian, was born on September 5 last year, the day after the big earthquake, and that's what started Lisa's contractions then. It's crazy really," he said. Eldest son Zachary was born before the quakes. Kelly said he was "hoping for no ...
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Stuff.co.nz
An earthquake to match the power of Pushkin
RIA Novosti
By last Friday, we had an encouraging 6-month period with no big quakes. Businesses relocated from downtown to suburbs and life essentially got back to normal. The day before Friday's earthquake, Robin and I were at the relocated Court Theater. ...
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Port Hills residents continue to stand firm
Stuff.co.nz
Fresh earthquake damage on the Port Hills has not deterred Christchurch homeowners from defying notices to leave their rockfall-threatened properties. Fears were held for 27 homeowners ordered to leave their red-stickered homes before Friday's quake ...
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Reconstruction work in quake-hit AJK becomes difficult
The News International
The reconstruction work in the earthquake-affected areas is facing the biggest challenge as maintenance of buildings, roads and bridges will be an uphill task owing to non-availability of flow of funds from Islamabad. The PPP-led government in Azad ...
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Quake theory shaken up
Montreal Gazette
Massive earthquakes are no more likely today than they were a century ago, despite an apparent rise in recent years of the devastating temblors, US researchers said. The deadly 9.0 earthquake this year in Japan, an 8.8 quake in Chile last year and the ...
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More resources needed for quake preparedness: expert
Myanmar Times
By Aye Sapay Phyu EARTHQUAKE disaster mitigation programs need to be accelerated to ensure the country's growing urban areas are prepared for future disasters, an expert warned last week. Dr Maung Thein, a former Myanmar Geosciences Society chairman, ...
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Fix-it minister ready to play less visible role
The Press
Within days of the earthquake, Brownlee sparked outrage after describing heritage buildings as "old dungers" that should "go under the hammer". When Brownlee believed the property manager for thequake-damaged Clarendon Tower was dragging the chain, ...
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The Press
Quick thinking helps Nissan avoid disaster
The Tennessean
The devastating earthquake killed more than 15000 people in Japan and disrupted car and truck production for Japan's three largest automakers for several months. At Nissan's Yokohama headquarters — which felt the quake although the epicenter was 155 ...
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Editorial: An emotional rollercoaster of a year
New Zealand Herald
Most were waiting for insurance decisions on the fate of their homes and after the February quake they had to wait longer. The plight of Christchurch has so dominated national attention that it's hard to believe the shattering event happened this year. ...
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TEXT-S&P report says impact on J-REITs from March quake limited
Reuters
(The following statement was released by the rating agency) Dec 26 - The business results of Japanese REITs (J-REITs) rated by Standard & Poor's Ratings Services show that the direct impact on these J-REITs from the Great East JapanEarthquake and ...
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Heartbreak slow to ease
Marlborough Express
On Christmas Day, 42-year-old Christchurch pastry baker Shane Tomlin was flicking through The Big Quake, The Press' book on the September earthquake, showing his sister Judith McLaughlin, 40, the damage done by the 7.1 magnitudeearthquake. ...
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Hotels miss usual trade from quake reputation
Otago Daily Times
"It has gone around the world that we have had another earthquake. It [total visitor numbers] definitely won't be better than last year's." January bookings were "not looking astounding", with interest from international visitors subdued, ...
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4.8-magnitude quake hits SW China
People's Daily Online
... China earthquake Networks Center said. The epicenter, with a depth of 18 kilometers, was monitored at 31.3 degrees north latitude and 103.7 degrees east longitude. So far, no casualties or injuries have been reported. The quake was obviously felt ...
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Mild Earthquake Felt in Southeastern Bulgaria
Novinite.com
A mild earthquake was felt Monday morning in a number of villages in the Tundzha municipality in the Yambol Province in southeastern Bulgaria. The quake measured 2.5 on the Richter scale and was registered at 10:10 am in the area between the towns of ...
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Novinite.com
Christchurch rubberneckers stir up quake dust
New Zealand Herald
Dust clouds are being caused by people driving through Christchurch suburbs to check out the earthquake damage. File photo / Simon Baker Residents in Christchurch's eastern suburbs are upset at the dust clouds being caused by people driving through to ...
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Tsunami changed everything in country's northeast
Vancouver Sun
Here, in one of the places closest to the epicentre of the quake, though far enough from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear reactor to be out of range of the fallout, only the suburbs remain - a ring of pleasant, well-spaced homes on the lower reaches of...
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Family get mum back before Christmas
The Press
Hill's 85-year-old mother, Christine Bunn, was due to go into rest home care the week of the February earthquake. After the quake, Hill struggled to find a place for her mother because of damage to facilities, closures and evacuations. ...
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The Press
Indonesian tsunami early warning works, but problems remain
Monsters and Critics.com
'When a big earthquake hit Padang in 2009, there was a power and communications blackout,' he said, referring to the magnitude-7.6 quake that killed more than 1000 people. 'Can you imagine a worst-case scenario in which an 8.8earthquake hits the same ...
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BC launches task force to manage coming tsunami debris
Montreal Gazette
In this photo, houses are swept by water following a tsunami and earthquake in northeastern Japan March 11, 2011. A massive 8.9 magnitude quake hit northeast Japan, causing many injuries, fires and a ten-metre (33-ft) tsunami along parts of the ...
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Rebuilding still underway in the 2005 quake-hit AJK
PakistanToday.com.pk
At least 334 health facilities were destroyed in the quake. Aided by the timely response of the Pakistanis and international community, now Kashmiris have far better infrastructure than what they had before the earthquake. ...
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PakistanToday.com.pk
Small quake hits Southwest Riverside
Southwest Riverside News Network
By City News Service, on December 26, 2011, at 8:22 am A small earthquakestruck northern Riverside County today close to the San Bernardino County line, the US Geological Survey reported. The 3.1-magnitude temblor hit at 4:32 am at a depth of 5.6 ...
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Cliffside collapses in dust cloud
The Press
She has been out of her Kinsey Tce home since the February 22quake, which caused part of cliff behind her property, known as Peacock's Gallop, to collapse. This left her house dangerously close to the edge, with her garden deck hanging over the cliff. ...
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The Press
The news on wheels
Inquirer.net
1. Japan quake rocks local auto supply. A few weeks after the devastatingearthquake and resulting tsunami and nuclear meltdown in northern Japan, the global automobile industry also felt the aftershocks. Inquirer Motoring soon published a few articles ...
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Christchurch shopping centre reopens
Radio New Zealand
... a series of strong earthquakes sent stock crashing to the floor and shoppers running for the doors. Retailers were keen to see the Palms open again on Boxing Day to make up for lost sales in the lead-up to Christmas. Following the Februaryquake, ...
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Most-Read PCB News Stories of 2011
PCB007 (press release)
At #6, Japan Earthquake Updates: I-Connect007 compiled ongoing news and comments from the industry regarding the terrible quake and tsunami that hit Japan in March 2011. At #5, IPC APEX EXPO Honors Best Industry Posters, Competition Winners: ...
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Closed railway crossings may have prevented many from escaping tsunami
Mainichi Daily News
Nine months after the disaster, quake and tsunami survivors from the district still wonder whether it wasn't the closed railway crossings that delayed people's escape. When the initial tremors stopped, Fumie Ara, 59, a local hairdresser, got in her car ...
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Mainichi Daily News
Earthquake: 3.1 quake strikes near Joshua Tree - latimes.com
A shallow magnitude 3.1 earthquake was reported Monday morning eight miles from Joshua Tree, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
L.A. NOW
Mild Quake Shakes East Bay « CBS San Francisco
By kpix5jirwin
Related tags. EarthquakeQuake, San Leandro, USGS. SAN LEANDRO (CBS SF) — A 2.1-magnitude earthquake shook the East Bay Monday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. ...
CBS San Francisco
New Zealand Earthquake: Christchurch Quake Is 5.8 Magnitude And ...
A series of strong earthquakes have hit the city of Christchurch in New Zealand, causing structural damage and some minor injuries.
news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16135934
Earthquake: 3.2 quake strikes near Soledad, Calif. - latimes.com
A shallow magnitude-3.2 earthquake was reported Sunday morning about 15 miles from Soledad, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor ...
latimesblogs.latimes.com/.../earthquake-32-quake-strikes-near-...
Radio New Zealand : News : Christchurch Earthquake : Quake ...
Quake building to take over year to demolish. Updated at 6:23 pm on 20 December 2011. The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority says it will take more ...
www.radionz.co.nz/.../quake-building-to-take-over-year-to-de...
Christchurch earthquake: 5.9 quake hits New Zealand
An earthquake of 5.8 magnitude struck near the New Zealand city of Christchurch on Friday, the U.S..
www.vancouversun.com/news/Christchurch.../story.html
Christchurch earthquake: 'Oh, here we go again'
Associate Minister for Canterbury Earthquake Recovery, Amy Adams, was among those shaken by this afternoon's quake. "I'm not in the central city, ...
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1...
Daily Kos: Breaking: 4th Big Quake Just Hit - Earthquake in ...
There has been a large earthquake in Christchurch this afternoon. The quake was described as "violent" by Herald reporter Jarrod Booker who was in his ...
www.dailykos.com/.../-Breaking:-4th-Big-Quake-Just-Hit-Eart...
Earthquake Rattles NZ, 10 Months After Deadly Quake | digtriad.com
Earthquake Rattles NZ, 10 Months After Deadly Quake. 9:56 PM, Dec 22, 2011 | comments. Courtesy: Getty Images Christchurch Quake, March 5, 2011 ...
www.digtriad.com/.../58-Earthquake-Rattles-Christchurch-NZ
Earthquake: 3.1 quake strikes near Joshua Tree
Read more about California earthquakes on LA Now. Image: A map show the location of the epicenter of Monday's quake neat Joshua Tree. Credit: Google Maps.
latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/.../earthquake-joshua-tree.html
Christchurch, New Zealand Struck by another Devastating Earthquake.
December 23, 2011 – Christchurch, New Zealand Struck by another DevastatingEarthquake: Quake-weary Christchurch got an unwelcome pre-Christmas ...
wfoster2011.wordpress.com/.../christchurch-new-zealand-struc...
Christmas Quake: Strong Earthquakes Rock Christchurch, New ...
Less than a year after devastating earthquakes decimated areas of New Zealand, including the community of Christchurch, another series of quakes, just days ...
www.frugal-cafe.com/.../christmas-quake-strong-earthquakes-r...
String of quakes rattles New Zealand city of Christchurch - CNN.com
A series of earthquakes struck New Zealand near the city of Christchurch on Friday, causing damage and disruption.
www.cnn.com/2011/12/22/world/asia/new.../index.html
6.2-magnitude quake hits Kermadec Islands: China Earthquake ...
BEIJING,Dec.15(Xinhua)--Anearthquakemeasuring6. 2ontheRichterscalejoltedtheKermadecIs.
english.peopledaily.com.cn/90777/7678365.html
Does Fracking Cause Earthquakes? Formula Calcs Quake Size ...
Every time the volume of water doubles, the maximum magnitude of any quakerises by roughly 0.4. “The earthquakes may end up being much smaller, but you...
marcellusdrilling.com/.../does-fracking-cause-earthquakes-for...
Canterbury Earthquake | New quakes 'vindicate land... | Stuff.co.nz
Prime Minister John Key says yesterday's earthquakes are "frightening and disheartening" for the people of Christchurch and Canterbury, particularly so close to ...
www.stuff.co.nz/.../New-quakes-vindicate-land-decisions-Bro...
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