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EARTHQUAKE News, Jan 05, 2012

What You Need to Know About Earthquakes and Fracking
StateImpact Texas
After a 4.0 earthquake struck Youngstown, Ohio Saturday, some people were scratching their heads and asking, did hydraulic fracturing (aka “fracking”) cause this? After all, it was the eleventh quake since March, and the most intense. On top of that,...
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Quakes Jeopardize Ohio City's Economic Recovery
NPR
But then the earthquakes started, 11 over just the last nine months, all near what's called a deep-injection, brine disposal well on Youngstown's east side. Bob Liller's house was near the epicenter of the biggest quake on New Years Eve - a 4.2 quake ...
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Casino quake excess jumps to $5m
Stuff.co.nz
Since the February 22 Canterbury earthquake, businesses throughout New Zealand have received a nasty shock when renewing their policies as insurers impose new conditions to limit their exposure to quakes. The shift has been sharpest in Canterbury, ...
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Stuff.co.nz
Japan, NZ quakes set insurance record
New Zealand Herald
By Geir Moulson Japan's earthquake and tsunami in March cost US$210 billion overall and insured losses of up to US$40 billion. Photo / AP The devastating earthquakes in Japan and New Zealand made 2011 the costliest year yet for the insurance industry ...
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Moderate Quake Rattles Dominican Republic
ABC News
A moderate 5.3-magnitude earthquake rattled the southern coast of the Dominican Republic just before dawn Thursday, resulting in cracks in several buildings but no injuries or evacuations. The US Geological Survey said the quake's epicenter was six...
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4th little quake in a month strikes
Charleston Post Courier
The recent cluster "is a reminder (of the earthquake hazard here), not a precursor," she said. The quake measured 2.6 on the Richter scale, something that would rumble the ground about like a truck passing by. Preceding it have been three quakes: One ...
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Earthquake: 3.0 quake strikes near Mammoth Lakes
Los Angeles Times
A shallow magnitude 3.0 earthquake was reported Thursday morning 18 miles from Mammoth Lakes, according to the US Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 4:16 am PST at a depth of 6.2 miles. According to the USGS, the epicenter was 23 miles from ...
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Haiti faces mix of problems 2 years after quake
CBC.ca
... after a massive earthquake rocked Haiti, about half of the rubble has been cleared, aid groups are giving 1.1 million children daily midday meals and the number of Haitians in camps for displaced people is a third of what it was after the quake. ...
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Seismologist on What Berkeley Quakes Mean
Wall Street Journal
By GEOFFREY A. FOWLER AP Seismologist Jack Boatwright is an expert on the shaking intensity of the massive earthquake that rocked San Francisco in 1906. Pictured, a scene of destruction after the quakehit. Jack Boatwright, who has witnessed many ...
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Wall Street Journal
Quake-linked injection well owner to remove wastewater
Columbus Business First
When the wastewater removal would start is unclear, AP reports. The pressure that built up in the well, drilled near a fault line, could be linked to 11 northeast Ohioearthquakes, including a 4.0 magnitude quake Dec. 31, AP reports.
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Authorities Rule Out Alert Alert For Major Earthquake Today in Costa Rica
Inside Costa Rica
Lighting candles, confessing to God and prayer is the reaction to many in the face of the forecasting of a "big earthquake" that is to affect Costa Rica today. The forecast is being made by Quake Red Alert, a BrazilianEarthquake Forecast Studies Team, ...
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Inside Costa Rica
Latest quakes won't raise New Zealand AMI exposure
MarketWatch
IAG said last month it would buy AMI, the Christchurch-based insurer, for NZ$380 million (US$299 million), excluding the earthquake claims. A government company will be established as soon as next month to manage AMI's NZ$335 million of earthquake...
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Small quake hits SE of Yakutat
Juneau Empire
A 4.3 magnitude earthquake was reported 64 miles southeast of Yakutat and 144 miles northwest of Juneau early Wednesday morning, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Weather Service West Coast and Alaska Tsunami ...
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Post-quakes rebuild should be in Dunedin
Otago Daily Times
Why not rebuild instead in New Zealand's lowest earthquake-risk city - Dunedin? The 10 years of less than 40km-deep earthquakes map above highlights Dunedin's distance from earthquake-risk areas. Dunedin used to be the main centre for the South Island ...
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Otago Daily Times
Earthquake causes panic in south Kashmir
Kashmir Dispatch
According to them release of energy in the form of tremors caused by tectonic activities averts the chances of mega earthquakes. Having already witnessed devastating 7.6 magnitude quake in October 2005 that left trail of destruction, the people were ...
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Two years after quake, UN Ambassador Against Hunger views progress in Haiti
UN News Centre
Almost two years after a devastating earthquake struck Haiti, a high-profile advocate for the United Nations food relief agency has visited the Caribbean country to survey the agency's efforts in fighting malnutrition among those made homeless by the ...
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UN News Centre
World Cup gifts $300000 to quake-stricken city
AFP
WELLINGTON — Rugby fans and teams raised NZ$400000 ($314000) during the Rugby World Cup to help rebuild sports facilities in theearthquake-stricken New Zealand city of Christchurch, organisers announced Thursday. The plight of New Zealand's ...
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AFP
Quake hits Dominican Republic, no reported damage
CBS News
(AP) SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — A 5.3-magnitude earthquake has struck the southern coast of the Dominican Republic without causing any reported damage or loss of life. Local rescue officials and the US Geological Survey say theearthquake ...
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Cantabrians to find out quake risk
TVNZ
Top seismologists will today tell Canterbury leaders if they have any fresh information on the region's ongoing earthquake risk. Christchurch mayor Bob Parker called the briefing after two big jolts on Monday and on December 23. ...
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#6 of 2011 Top 10: Earthquake shakes area
Altavista
An earthquake shook buildings and startled residents across Virginia, including in Altavista and Hurt, on Aug. 13. The quake, which measured at a 5.8 magnitude, lasted only a few seconds at 1:50 pm, but could be felt up and down the east coast. ...
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Town hoping FEMA picks up bill as quake costs mount
Culpeper Star Exponent
The town of Culpeper incurred at least $65091 in direct expenses because of the 5.8-magnitude earthquake August 23. That does not include costs associated with demolition of the old Levy Building on North Main Street – condemned by local government ...
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Earthquake hits Dominican Republic
CNN
By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- An earthquake hit the Dominican Republic Thursday, the US Geological Survey reported, almost exactly two years to the day after a massivequake devastated the neighboring nation of Haiti. The 5.3 quake was centered in the ...
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Quakes, crashes and Russians
Marlborough Express
The Christchurch earthquake of February 22, the Dillon-Carter wedding in December and the continuing dispute between Blenheim landlord William Yates and hairdresser Arthur Devine feature among the top stories on our marlexpress.co.nz website during ...
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Marlborough Express
Magnitude 5.3 quake hits Dominican Republic -USGS
Stabroek News
The quake was centred 10 miles (16 km) south-southeast of Ocoa, Peravia, in the Caribbean country and struck at a depth of 6.2 miles (10 km), the USGS said. In January 2010, a magnitude 7 earthquake killed more than 316000 people and devastated ...
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Fracking alternative $10 million a pop
Vancouver Sun
A 4.0 New Year's Eve quake in Ohio prompted officials to shut down five wells used to dispose of fluid used in the hydraulic fracturing process. That comes less than a year after Arkansas declared a moratorium due to a surge in earthquakes as companies ...
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Moderate Earthquake Strikes Off Gorontalo, Indonesia
Bernama
JAKARTA, Jan 5 (Bernama) -- An earthquake with the magnitude of 5.1 jolted Gorontalo of Indonesia earlier Thursday, the country's Meteorology and Geophysics Agency reported here. The quake struck at 08:19 am Jakarta time (0119 GMT) with the epicenter ...
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3rd small earthquake recorded near SC coast
Atlanta Journal Constitution
AP SUMMERVILLE, SC — A third small earthquake in the past month has been recorded on the South Carolina coast. The US Geological Survey says a quake of magnitude 2.6 was recorded around 3 am Wednesday about three miles south of Summerville. ...
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Car sales in Japan fall to 34-year low after quake
Monsters and Critics.com
Tokyo - Sales of new vehicles in Japan dropped 15.1 per cent in 2011 from the previous year to their lowest point for 34 years in the aftermath of the March earthquake and tsunami, industry groups said Thursday. Unit sales of new cars stood at 4210220, ...
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Quakes – tiny in Carolina « Musings from the Chiefio
By E.M.Smith
The Charleston Earthquake of 1886 was a powerful intraplate earthquake that hit the area of Charleston, South Carolina. After the 1811 and 1812 quakes in New Madrid, Missouri, it is one of the most powerful and damaging quakes to hit the ...
Musings from the Chiefio
Quake shakes Low Country : News : MidlandsConnect.com
By Tyler Ryan
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the epicenter was about 3 miles below the surface, and was the third small quake in the same area in the last month. The other 2earthquakes were on New Year's Day and December 21. A quake in ...
Midlands Connect - WACH News
Magnitude-4.8 Earthquake Strikes Christchurch | Stuff.co.nz
Christchurch was shaken by a magnitude-4.8 earthquake this morning.
Stuff.co.nz - Stuff
Magnitude 5.3 - TONGA - U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake ...
By U.S. Geological Survey
USGS Earthquake Hazards Program, responsible for monitoring, reporting, and researching earthquakes and earthquake hazards.
USGS M 2.5+ Earthquakes
Zoe – It's Our Nature : Are We Creating Earthquakes?
By Michael Mountain
A series of small earthquakes in Ohio and Arkansas has more and more people worried that the quakes are being caused by companies pumping water into the ground...
Zoe - It's Our Nature
Radio New Zealand : News : Christchurch Earthquake : Quake-hit ...
Christchurch and Canterbury Tourism says despite a bleak year, many local operators have developed new tours and offers to survive the post-quake downturn. ...
www.radionz.co.nz/.../quake-hit-tourism-operators-bouncing-...
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
Ohio quakes could incite fracking policy shift
Yet earthquakes have a special ability to grab public attention. That's especially true after Saturday's quake near Youngstown, at magnitude 4.0 strong ...
online.wsj.com/.../AP525996cd5cb44f7bbba827e24fd1ee6f.ht...
Japan earthquake: Force 7 quake shakes Tokyo hours into new year ...
The quake, which measured 4 in central Tokyo, Fukushima and their surrounding areas, struck 217 miles below the sea surface at 2.28pm (5.27am GMT).
www.dailymail.co.uk/.../Japan-earthquake-Force-7-quake-sha...
4.0 quake hits Youngstown, Ohio. Yes, Ohio
Hadn't felt previous ten earthquakes ... but this one was big!" The USGS says that the region is no stranger to quakes, though they are indeed rare. ...
latimesblogs.latimes.com/.../40-magnitude-quake-hits-youngst...
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.
latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/.../earthquake-joshua-tree.html
Magnitude 7.0 quake hits Japan
TOKYO (AP) – A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck under the sea south of Japan on ...The quake struck near the uninhabited island of Torishima in the Pacific ...
www.usatoday.com/news/world/story/2012-01-01/japan.../1
4.2 magnitude earthquake reported north of Christchurch, NZ – 5.3 ...
GNS Science received reports the quake was felt in Havelock, Maraetai Bay, Picton, Te Aro, Newton, and Churton Park. The earthquake was centered 30km ...
theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/.../4-2-magnitude-earthq...
McDonald, Ohio Earthquake: 4.0 Quake Felt Near Youngstown ...
But the Ohio Department of Natural Resources director said fracking is not causing thequakes. He said four injection wells within a five-mile radius of the by now ...
jibambe.com/.../mcdonald-ohio-earthquake-4-0-quake-felt-ne...
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
Guam Earthquake Today Marks Strongest Quake Recently in Region
LOS ANGELES (LALATE) - A Guam earthquake today marks one of the strongest to shake the region in recent weeks. The Guam earthquake today Wednesday,
news.lalate.com/.../guam-earthquake-today-marks-strongest-re...
JAPAN EARTHQUAKE JANUARY 1, 2012: MAGNITUDE 7.0 QUAKE
Another powerful earthquake hits Japan and it happened exactly on New Year's Day. The quake which has a magnitude 7.0 rocked the eastern part of Japan.
www.pinoyhalo.com/.../japan-earthquake-january-1-2012-ma...
  
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