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EARTHQUAKE News, Jan 06, 2012

Quake expert quizzed on 'toxic secrets'
New Zealand Herald
By Jarrod Booker Dr Kelvin Berryman describes the likely pattern of quakes for Canterbury in future years. Photo / Simon Baker Earthquake experts insist they are not hiding sensitive information that might cause panic as anxious Christchurch residents ...
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Earthquake: 3.4 quake strikes near Coachella
Los Angeles Times
A shallow magnitude 3.4 earthquake was reported Friday morning seven miles from Coachella, according to the US Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 8:58 am Pacific time at a depth of 1.2 miles. According to the USGS, the epicenter was 10 miles...
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Earthquake: 3.0 quake strikes near Isla Vista
Los Angeles Times
A shallow magnitude 3.0 earthquake was reported Thursday evening, three miles from Isla Vista, according to the US Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 6:14 pm Pacific time at a depth of 4.3 miles. According to the USGS, the epicenter was three ...
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Can Fracking Cause Quakes?
Discovery News
State officials shut down all drilling around a brine-injection well after a magnitude 4.0quake rumbled through the Youngstown, Ohio, on New Year's Eve day. That was the 11th earthquake in 2011 in the region, which is not considered seismically active ...
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Injection well owner funding study re: Youngstown quakes
Gas Business Briefing
... a link between the well and the dozen earthquakes in the Youngstown area since November, Gas Business Briefing notes. The most severe quake, with a 4.0 magnitude, occurred December 31, prompting the state to shut down D&L's operations on Monday....
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Earthquake: 3.1 quake strikes near Joshua Tree
Los Angeles Times
A shallow magnitude 3.1 earthquake was reported Thursday evening, 8 miles from Joshua Tree, according to the US Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 6:47 pm Pacific time at a depth of 3.7 miles. According to the USGS, the epicenter was 9 miles...
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Ancient temple restored 107 years after quake
gulfnews.com
The foundation of the Bharari Devi temple, located in Sarah village near Dharamsala town in Kangra district, was damaged when the Kangra Valley witnessed a devastatingearthquake in 1905, killing more than 20000 people. The quake had tilted the temple,...
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Quake victim's parents praised
Worcester Telegram
It was an earthquake.” Massachusetts Haitian-Americans have applauded the couple's efforts since they embarked on the orphanage project after Britney Gengel, 19, died Jan. 12, 2010, in the collapse of her hotel in Port-au-Prince, the capital of the ...
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Warren Man Selling Fracking T-Shirts After Quake
WKBN/WYFX-TV
The recent earthquakes in the area helped shake an idea into the head of a Warren T-shirt shop owner. Tim Drummond said he got the idea to create a shirt, which boldly says "Another Fracking Earthquake" after learning of Saturday's 4.0 magnitude quake....
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Clients of Ansvar race to get cover
Stuff.co.nz
The company has not offered quake insurance since September 2011. Ansvar chief executive Andrew Moon said last week that the Bridges and Ansvar Australia options gave policyholders some security as they would be eligible for Earthquake Commission (EQC) ...
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Australia's Suncorp Updates Melbourne Storm, NZ Quake Loss Estimates
Insurance Journal
Australia's Suncorp Group Limited's preliminary estimates of the financial impacts of the recent Melbourne hailstorm and Christchurch earthquake are between A$200 and A$250 million [US$204.9 to US$256.1 million]. Suncorp added that its “reinsurance ...
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Post-earthquake assistance in Haiti shifts to reconstruction – UN
UN News Centre
On job creation, Ms. Grynspan said UNDP had helped create 300000 temporary jobs since the quake, organizing people to carry out activities such as debris removal, garbage collection and enhancing disaster risk reduction. Forty per cent of the temporary ...
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UN News Centre
Dominican Republic Earthquake Followed by Puerto Rico Terremoto Today
LALATE
Red Sísmica de Puerto Rico reports this temblor is the latest in a series of quakes to rock the island in recent days. Red Sísmica de Puerto Rico reports news that at 2:48 am local time today a 3.0 magnitude quake was felt across sections of the ...
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Local Haitian injured in quake struggles to provide for family
MiamiHerald.com
Richard Jacque-Pierre, who moved to South Florida after the Haitiearthquake, is struggling to provide financially for his family back home. Richard Jacque-Pierre, 58, survived Haiti's 2010 earthquake and now struggles with his injuries and other ...
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MiamiHerald.com
Earthquake rattles Taranaki
Taranaki Daily News
No damage had been reported as a result of the quake, but people from all sides of the mountain felt it. Ian Smith had his lunch interrupted as the short, sharp rumble passed his Opunake home. "It made my tea splash in my cup," he said. ...
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105 Years After Quake, Himachal Temple Rebuilt
Daijiworld.com
The foundation of the Bharari Devi temple, located in Sarah village near Dharamsala town in Kangra district, was damaged when the Kangra Valley witnessed its most devastatingearthquake of the century in 1905, killing more than 20000 people. The quake ...
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Just the lesson Japan needs: follow the Shenzen example in quake zone
Sydney Morning Herald
Some fresh thinking is in order, and Japan's March 11 earthquake and tsunami provided a perfect opportunity. There are many cities the government could declare as economic-policy labs: Fukuoka, Kobe, Nagasaki, Sapporo, Yokohama. ...
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Quake Activity Prompts Liberty to Review Drilling Laws
WYTV
In the days that have followed last weekend's 4.0 earthquake, the area is coming under increasing scrutiny from out-of-town media looking into the rumored connection between the tremor, as well as 10 others, and a deep injection well nearby. ...
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DC theater by the numbers
Washington Post
Salary of Michael Kaiser, president of the Kennedy Center. Date of the DC Earthquake. Coincidentally, also the date when the Rorschach Theater began its first rehearsal for a play called "After the Quake." Read: ”After the Quake” rehearsals begin ...
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Toll from Oklahoma's November earthquakes becomes clearer
NewsOK.com
Ninety percent of the property owners with earthquake damage don't have insurance policies to cover their loss, said Keli Cain, a spokeswoman for the state emergency management office. A damage assessment after the quakes revealed that 37 structures...
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Dallas Quakes at Midnight, Writer Blames Dog
D Magazine
This morning, I find that I probably owe my dog an apology, because there was anearthquake pretty much where I live-ish. Geologists say the epicenter of the 2.0 quakewas around Northwest Highway and Inwood Road. But you know what? ...
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Earthquakes erode support for drilling, but they're nothing new
Environment & Energy Publishing
A series of smaller earthquakes preceded the New Year's Day quake. "While our research doesn't point to a clear and direct correlation to drilling at this site and seismic activity, we will never gamble when safety is a factor," said Ohio Department of ...
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Haiti: Two years after the quake, some change but the pace is slow
Oxfam America
Two years ago, I was one of the first of Oxfam's emergency team to fly to the island, arriving three days after it was hit by a devastating earthquake, which killed more than 220000 people and left more than a million others homeless. ...
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Oxfam America
'I've never seen anything like it'
Ottawa Citizen
Some had been registered before the quake on Jan. 12, 2010, but up to 60 per cent more were added to the list after. "The earthquake happened around 5 pm, and many parents were not with their children," says Christina Torsein, a child protection ...
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Aftershocks to continue for decades, say scientists
Radio New Zealand
Seismologists told the meeting there's no risk of a damaging tsunami being generated by an earthquake of up to magnitude 6.0 off the coast of Canterbury. Although a magnitude 7.0 quake could generate a tsunami, they said there is now a very low ...
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Earthquake Hits Near Christchurch, New Zealand
Our Amazing Planet
An earthquake has struck the South Island of New Zealand in the area near Christchurch hit hard by a deadly quake last year. The preliminary magnitude was 4.5, according to the US Geological Survey: This article will be updated if the event proves ...
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Quake Rocks Christchurch Earthquake Briefing | Stuff.co.nz
Christchurch has been rocked by a magnitude-5 earthquake, as a briefing was told aftershocks would continue for decades.
Stuff.co.nz - National
Ohio Quakes Probably Triggered by Disposal Well, Say ...
By Kim Martineau
Earthquakes that have shaken an area just outside Youngstown, Ohio, in the last nine months are likely linked to a disposal well for injecting wastewater used in the hydraulic fracturing process, say seismologists at Lamont-Doherty Earth ...
State of the Planet
Quake Rocks Christchurch Earthquake Briefing | Stuff.co.nz
A magnitude-4.7 earthquake hit Christchurch at 8.04pm tonight, hours after a magnitude-5 quake interrupted a special briefing on aftershocks.
Stuff.co.nz - National
Earthquake Rattles Parts Of North Texas « CBS Dallas / Fort Worth
By ktvtdeborah
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) recorded a 2.0 magnitude earthquake with a latitude of 32.866°N and longitude of 96.826° — centering the quake just west of the intersection of W. Northwest Highway and Inwood Road. The epicenter is ...
CBS Dallas / Fort Worth
Magnitude 5.1 - KEPULAUAN BATU, INDONESIA
By U.S. Geological Survey
USGS Earthquake Hazards Program, responsible for monitoring, reporting, and researching earthquakes and earthquake hazards.
USGS M 2.5+ Earthquakes
Earthquake! In Dallas! But Where Was It, Exactly? | FrontBurner
By Jason Heid
CBS 11 employs its Random Capitalization formatting to describe the scene: “AnEarthquake rattled parts of the metroplex Friday morning. The quake happened just after Midnight and was centered near the Love Field area.” NBC 5 needs to ...
FrontBurner
M3.5 Quake Rattles Coachella Valley; No Damage Reported « CBS ...
By Ian
INDIO (CBS) — The U.S. Geological Service says a magnitude-3.5 earthquake shook the Coachella Valley just before 9 a.m. Friday morning. The quake was centered about 8 miles east-northeast of Coachella and was about 3 miles below the ...
CBS Los Angeles
Christchurch rattled by 5.0 quake | Otago Daily Times Online News ...
By Kurt Bayer
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck Christchurch, just after experts predicted morequakes for the region. The quake was centred 10 km east of Belfast and 10km north-east of Christchurch at a depth of 5km at 2.20pm this afternoon. ...
Otago Daily Times:
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-...
Quake Rocks Christchurch Earthquake Briefing | Stuff.co.nz
A magnitude-4.7 earthquake hit Christchurch at 8.04pm tonight, hours after a magnitude-5 quake interrupted a special briefing on aftershocks.
www.stuff.co.nz/.../Magnitude-4-7-quake-strikes-Christchurch
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...
Earthquake: 3.1 quake strikes near Joshua Tree - Blogs - Los ...
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
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...
4.0 quake hits Youngstown, Ohio. Yes, Ohio
Earthquakes jangled nerves in Arkansas this year, and another bunch of quakes in Oklahoma — including a 5.6 in November — prompted scientists from all ...
latimesblogs.latimes.com/.../40-magnitude-quake-hits-youngst...
Earthquake: 3.4 quake strikes near Coachella
A shallow magnitude 3.4 earthquake was reported Friday morning seven miles from Coachella, according to the US Geological Survey. ...
latimesblogs.latimes.com/.../earthquake-34-quake-strikes-near-...
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...
Japan earthquake: 6.8 quake rattles Tokyo, but no damage
A 6.8 earthquake rattled Tokyo and other cities on Sunday, but not enough to cause major damage. The quake's epicenter was some 200 miles under the sea, ...
slatest.slate.com/.../japan_earthquake_6_8_quake_rattles_toky...
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...
  
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