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EARTHQUAKE News, Jan 16, 2012

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Two Years After Quake, Many Haitians Await Aid
NPR
It was two years ago this month that a 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti, killing hundreds of thousands and leaving more than a million people homeless. Through US charities, Americans donated more than $1.8 billion, but some in Haiti haven't seen much of ...
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Strong quakes rattle remote Antarctica
PhysOrg.com
"There is the small possibility of a local or regional tsunami that could affect coasts located usually no more than a few hundreds kilometers from the earthquake epicenter," the Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said. ...
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PhysOrg.com
Quake exodus drives Nelson house demand
The Press
He thinks those forced out of their houses following last month's flooding will be wanting to go back to their own houses and will wait to hear back from theEarthquake Commission about insurance and the condition of their home instead of looking for a ...
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Youngtown earthquakes raise issues on oilfield wastes from shale exploration
Plain Dealer
It was the first earthquake that Youngstown residents had felt but the 11th quake overall to strike the Youngstown area since March centered near the injection well, which reaches more than 9000 feet into the earth on the city's west side. ...
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Plain Dealer
New earthquake maps will highlight local risks
Evansville Courier & Press
He said there is an about 10 percent chance of a New Madrid quake in the next 10 years. However, while earthquakes appear to only happen about every 12000 years in the Wabash Valley zone, the damage would be greater because it is closer, Oliver said. ...
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Local govts helping condos brace for quakes
The Daily Yomiuri
In recent years, a growing number of local governments have been supportingearthquake-resistance upgrades for condominiums built before quake-resistance standards were strengthened. Efforts include dispatching construction design experts to residents ...
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The Anatomy of an Earthquakes, and Tsunami
NL-Aid
As you can tell the epicenter of an earthquake generated by a volcanic activity is within the volcano. The type 2 earth quake are the most common of the two, and are caused by excessive pressure in underground natural gas, and/ or crude oil wells. ...
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Strong quakes rattle remote Antarctica
AFP
WASHINGTON — Two strong earthquakes 40 minutes apart rocked the remote South Orkney Islands in Antarctica on Sunday, experts from the US Geological Survey said. The epicenter of the first, a magnitude 6.6 temblor, was at a depth of 10 kilometers (six...
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AFP
Quake leads to accommodation crisis in Ashburton
The Ashburton Guardian
One agent described the desperate scramble for accommodation as dire, with the traditional seasonal increase in demand boosted by a renewed burst of activity from earthquake-weary Christchurch families. "We had six people in last week who just wanted ...
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Earthquake Safety Day being marked
Republica
TAPLEJUNG, Jan 16: Quake victims in Taplejung and Panchthar, who were rendered displaced due to powerful earthquake that struck the eastern region on September 18, are still passing through an insecure and pathetic life when the 14th National ...
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Quake rebuild to boost growth
The Press
Earthquake rebuilding could boost that to 4 per cent by late this year. New Zealand growth of 3 per cent would beat UBS' global growth forecast of 2.7 per cent and its growth forecasts of 2 per cent for the United States. ...
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Council confident quake rubble will be removed
Radio New Zealand
The Canterbury regional council is confident earthquake rubble stockpiled at an unauthorised dump in Christchurch will be removed. Businesses in Sydenham expressed concern after demolition operator Skelly Holdings dumped the rubble at a site in Cass ...
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Discovery, NHK revisit Japan quake
C21Media
Discovery Communications and Japanese pubcaster NHK have joined with a Singaporean prodco on a documentary about the aftermath of the earthquakeand tsunami that struck Japan last year. Actor Ken Watanabe (Inception) will reveal how Japan's bullet ...
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2 years after earthquake, Haiti still needs your help
ABC15.com (KNXV-TV)
The quake affected one-third of the country's population, according to USAID. A cholera outbreak confirmed in late October 2010 and flooding from Hurricane Tomas in November aggravated dire conditions. "This water now came by and washed away anything ...
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ABC15.com (KNXV-TV)
Some suggest a link between earthquakes and an injection well in West Virginia
WFMJ
More>> BRAXTON COUNTY, West Virginia - The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection says there could be a link between a recent Braxton County earthquake and a brine injection well. DEP Spokeswoman Kathy Cosco says the 2.8 magnitude quake ...
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Strong quake shakes Cagayan, Ilocos
Tempo
By ELLALYN B. DE VERA A moderately strong earthquake measuring magnitude 5.5 on the Richter scale jolted parts of Cagayan Valley and the Ilocos region yesterday. Its epicenter was located 41 kilometers northwest of Calayan, Cagayan and was tectonic in ...
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Post-Quake Giving To Haiti: An Updated Look At Major Charities
NPR
The Clinton Bush Haiti Fund has committed a total of $36.1 million out of the $54.1 million raised to date since the earthquake. 4. J/P Hatian Relief Organization figures for 2010 include in-kind contributions. Figures for 2011 are estimates and do not ...
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'No evidence' of links between mega-earthquakes
Reuters AlertNet
First, no large quake has triggered another one at distances beyond 600 to 1000 kilometres in the last 30 years, according to an earlier study published in Nature Geoscience. Second, if changes underneath the Earth's crust had taken place, ...
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Rare Caterpillar-like Horizontal Earthquake Discovered
Our Amazing Planet
The area hadn't experienced many temblors before, making theearthquake an unusual occurrence. Now, 20 years later, geologists have used satellite and seismic data to track down the cause of that rare quake — an equally rare type of fault. ...
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Our Amazing Planet
Project to pour water into volcano to make power
FuelFix (blog)
Pumping fracking wastewater deep underground for disposal likely led to recent earthquakes in Arkansas and Ohio. Fears persist that cracking rock deep underground through hydroshearing can also lead to damaging quakes. EGS has other problems. ...
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FuelFix (blog)
14th Earthquake Security Day today
Himalayan Times
Nepal has been observing January 16 as Earthquake Security Day every year from the year 2000 onwards in memory of the 1934 quake to underline the community's role prior to and after the disaster. An earthquake recording 8.3 on the Richter scale shook ...
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Israeli quake safety desk up for design prize
Israel 21C
By Viva Sarah Press Bezalel Academy of Arts student Arthur Brutter is up for one of the design world's most prestigious prizes for his earthquake-protection school desk. The desk is among the nominees in the furniture category at the 2012 Brit ...
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Bid to 'cheer up' quake-weary suburb
The Press
FRESH THINKING: A trio of coffee-shop owners want to return vibrancy to quake-weary New Brighton. Three community-minded coffee-shop owners are spearheading a bid to return vibrancy toearthquake-weary New Brighton. Starting with a one-night music...
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The Press
Panel Challenges Japan's Account of Nuclear Disaster
New York Times
Questions also linger as to the extent of damage to the plant caused by the earthquake even before the tsunami hit. Any evidence of serious quake damage at the plant would cast new doubt on the safety of other reactors in quake-prone Japan. ...
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New York Times
Christchurch legacy at risk as city crumbles
Star Canterbury
With so many heritage buildings already gone - in December, before the latestquakes, the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority's (CERA) demolition list designates 124 "demolish", 22 "make safe", and 31 "partial demolish" - those still there are an ...
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Strong earthquake hits off Antarctica
CNN International
... widespread tsunami" because of the quake. But the agency did state "there is a small possibility of a local or regional tsunami that could affect coasts located usually no more than a few hundred kilometers from the earthquakeepicenter. ...
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An ingrained suspicion of international 'help'
Sacramento Bee
By BARBARA SHELLY Two years after the earthquake that shattered its buildings and soul, Haiti has grown sick of compassion. Citizens, nations and charities responded quickly after the Jan. 12, 2010, quake that claimed 250000 lives and left more than a ...
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REFILE-UPDATE 2-Japan machinery orders spike up, Europe clouds outlook
Reuters
* Core orders rise fastest in 4 yrs, +14.8 pct vs f'cast +6.0 pct * Construction equipment orders up on post-quake rebuilding * Japan post-quake recovery likely stalled in Q4 * Europe woes weigh on Japan's economic outlook By Rie Ishiguro TOKYO, ...
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Quake Rocks Iranian Neyshabour City
Bahrain News Agency
16 (BNA) - An earthquake measuring 3.5 on the Richter scale rocked near Iranian Neyshabour city in Khorasan Razavi province early Monday morning, Iranian (IRNA) News Agency reported. According to seismographs of Tehran''s Geophysics Institute ...
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Japan key orders jump; policymakers fret over euro
Reuters
* Core machinery orders rise fastest in 4 yrs, beat f'casts * Post-quakerebuilding helps capex; outlook dim on Europe * Finance Minister Azumi worried about euro's fall * BOJ cuts assessment of 7 of 9 regional economies * BOJ head says Europe crisis ...
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SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS - 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
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-quakedownturn. ...
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
Earthquake: 3.0 quake occurs near the Geysers - latimes.com
California earthquake Monday Jan. 2, 2012: 3.0 near the Geysers in Northern California.
latimesblogs.latimes.com/.../earthquake-30-quake-strikes-near-...
Haiti recovery continues, two years after quake
Haitian vendors sell their goods in Port-au-Prince amid earthquake damage that remains almost two years after the quake. A man displaced by the 2010 ...
www.washingtonpost.com/.../gIQAs9CMrP_gallery.html
7.3 quake hits Indonesia again, but this time residents are better ...
A 7.3 quake earthquake hit waters off western Indonesia early Wednesday, prompting officials to briefly issue a tsunami warning. Panicked residents ran from ...
www.csmonitor.com/.../7.3-quake-hits-Indonesia-again-but-thi...
Small earthquake rattles Braxton near quake cluster recorded in ...
A small earthquake was detected Tuesday in Braxton County, in the same general vicinity of a cluster of 10 similar-sized quakes that occurred in 2010. ...
wvgazette.com/topStories4/201201110170
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...
Dallas earthquake not caused by fracking… And neither was the ...
Fracking can trigger extremely minor earthquakes. A 2.0 Md quake is in the realm of possibilities. However, there aren't any active wells within a 5 km radius ...
wattsupwiththat.com/.../dallas-earthquake-not-caused-by-frack...
7.3 QUAKE: JANUARY 11, 2012 EARTHQUAKE TRIGGERED ...
A 7.3 quake shook the province of Aceh and its surrounding areas early Wednesday, prompting people to panic as officials issue the routinely tsunami warnings ...
www.pinoyhalo.com/.../7-3-quake-january-11-2012-earthqua...
GeoNet – New Zealand Earthquake Report - Jan 11 2012 at 5:17 ...
The GeoNet Project - Monitoring geological hazards in New Zealand.
www.geonet.org.nz/earthquake/quakes/3640771g.html
Haiti Earthquake Anniversary: Country Marks Second Anniversary ...
Haiti Earthquake Anniversary: Country Marks Second Anniversary Of DeadlyQuake. Haiti Earthquake Anniversary. In this picture taken on Jan. 6, 2012, a...
www.huffingtonpost.com/.../haiti-earthquake-anniversary_n_1...
Small Earthquake Rattles Winslow
Have you ever experienced an earthquake either here or someplace else? The 3.1-magnitude quake was reportedat 7:11 p.m. Sunday about 20 miles outside of ...
kmle108.radio.com/2012/01/.../small-earthquake-rattles-winsl...
Make a dog earthquake kit and you could win a $250 home ...
LOL, slight problem with “so you can be the coolest on your block and tweet about the earthquake for days” … yeah, tried that with the quakes we've had in ...
www.totallyunprepared.com/.../your-dog-could-win-you-a-ho...
Dallas earthquake not caused by fracking… And ... - Debunk House
This morning, I arrived at work and found my office in total disarray – So thequake didn't do any damage… Figure 1. Dallas earthquake location and details ...
debunkhouse.wordpress.com/.../dallas-earthquake-not-caused-..
  
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