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EARTHQUAKE News, Jan 25, 2012

AP IMPACT: Delhi ignores own quake peril warnings
CBS News
But Delhi faces immense earthquake risks. Last September, two minor jolts sent thousands of scared residents into the streets, and experts say a big one looms on the horizon. As far back as 1960, after a moderate quake cut power and plunged Delhi ...
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Quake hits northern Italy, no damage reported
Reuters
| MILAN (Reuters) - A small earthquake struck northern Italy on Wednesday, surprising people travelling to work, but there were no reports of injuries or damage. The 4.9-magnitude quake hit at 3:06 am ET about 33 kms underground near the north Italian ...
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Tokyo Has Chance of Seeing Magnitude 7 Earthquake In The Near Future
RedOrbit
Researchers at the University of Tokyo's Earthquake Research Institute announced Monday there was a 75 percent chance that a 7.0 magnitude quake could strike the region within four years, and a 98 percent probability of one striking in the next 30 ...
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RedOrbit
British backpacker 'died from falling masonry during New Zealand quake'
Telegraph.co.uk
The two-storey brick building, constructed in the 1930s, was demolished last August under a compulsory order by the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority. British backpacker ' died from falling masonry during New Zealand quake '
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Telegraph.co.uk
Delhi`s high-rises vulnerable to Himalayan quake
Zee News
Bangalore: Tall buildings in Delhi will come crashing down if a strong earthquake occurs in the northwest region of the Himalayas, warns a research seismologist who had predicted the Sumatran quake that caused the deadly tsunami in 2004.
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Zee News
Quake-risk state homes house 4500 tenants
Stuff.co.nz
Work so far had identified 837 buildings as "potentially earthquake prone", information supplied under the Official Information Act showed. Of those, 348 were in the Wellington and Hutt Valley region. The 837 buildings contained 4500 tenants in state ...
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'Quake anthology' to be published
Kansas City Star
TOKYO -- An anthology on the Great East Japan Earthquake comprising the works of 17 authors in Japan and abroad will be published in February, followed by the publication of an English version in the United States and Britain in March.
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3.4 quake hits just north of Mount St. Helens
kgw.com
by AP SEATTLE (AP) -- A magnitude 3.4 earthquake occurred at 2:51 am Wednesday about 10 miles north of Mount St. Helens. The University of Washington reports the quake was followed by a half-dozen small aftershocks in the next hour.
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Some local Haitians turn to Voodoo in quake aftermath
MiamiHerald.com
As local Haitians strugged to cope wih the aftermath of the country's devastating earthquake two years ago, many turned to Voodoo to help deal with their anxieties. By Silvana OrdoƱez Sarah Charles' life stopped when Haiti was struck by a devastating ...
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Sikkim's Monasteries after the Quake
MorungExpress
However, it is clear that the monasteries, chief items in Sikkim's meager architectural heritage, were the hardest hit buildings in the quake. After theearthquake, the Cultural Affairs and Heritage Department undertook a survey in Sikkim's four ...
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Officials hold quake aid meeting
Culpeper Star Exponent
Julie Langan, director of the resource services and review division for the Virginia Department of Historic Resources, said, “We have never been faced with earthquake damage to historic resources before.” She said that there are no grants available ...
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Magnitude-4.7 Shakes Hawaii's Big Island
Insurance Journal
A magnitude-4.7 earthquake and several small aftershocks shook Hawaii's Big Island on Sunday, but there were no reports of injury or damage. Thequake struck beneath the south flank of Kilauea volcano in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park at 4:36 pm (6:36 ...
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Book recalls earthquake in Haiti
Lehigh Acres Citizen
... Regional Medical Center official and a local physician who recently practiced in Lehigh Acres flew some 21000 pounds of medical equipment to Port-au-Prince following the 2010 earthquake that rocked Haiti. The anniversary of thequake was last week.
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Quake, strong yen lead to Japan's 1st trade deficit in 31 yrs
Mainichi Daily News
(AP Photo/Koji Sasahara) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese economy suffered its first annual trade deficit in 31 years in 2011 amid slowing exports, affected by the March earthquake and tsunami, the stronger yen, and a gloomier outlook for the world ...
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Mainichi Daily News
Italy's ex-safety chief faces homicide probe over quake
Hindustan Times
In the conversation, which took place on March 30, 2009, a week before the L'Aquila quake, Bertolaso spoke of a meeting of a national committee on major risks, charged with evaluating whether an earthquake might be in the offing and the need to prepare ...
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The lethal collapse of Joe's Garage
Manawatu Standard
The Christchurch City Council says it did not assess the Joe's Garage building after the Boxing Day 2010 quake, two months before its fatal failure, because it had no visible damage. The Canterbury earthquakes royal commission hearings continued today ...
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Manawatu Standard
GPS Uncovers Possible Southwest Quake Risk
Our Amazing Planet
As for earthquake risks, Berglund explained, "It's not a predictive tool, but it does tell us that, if the deformation is broader, maybe we're more likely to have earthquakes in more places than we previously expected.” There was a magnitude-5.3 quake ...
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Our Amazing Planet
Boom in post-earthquake pokie spending
Stuff.co.nz
A spike in spending on pokies in Canterbury may be linked to quake-related stress, an expert says. The Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) figures show there has been a 9.4 per cent increase in pokie expenditure in Christchurch City on the previous ...
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quake roads wrecking cars, costing drivers thousands
3News NZ
By Jessica Rowe Earthquake-rattled Christchurch motorists who have been putting up with third world quality roads now have another headache - their older vehicles cannot take the punishment anymore. The cracks and the bumps and the potholes are wearing ...
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3News NZ
Councils differ on quake reports
The Ashburton Guardian
By Sue Newman January 26, 2012 For around $30000, the Selwyn District Council has inspected every older building on its patch and secured an engineer's report on the earthquake proneness of each. The Ashburton District Council, however, plans to make ...
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Insurers lured by rising premiums
Stuff.co.nz
The Canterbury earthquakes have created a new appetite for Christchurchquake risk in the London insurance market, a Lloyd's of London brokerage firm says. However, the cover will come at a higher price. The managing director of Ropner Insurance ...
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Earthquake strikes early Tuesday
Lake County Record-Bee
by Kevin N. Hume -- staff reporter According to the US Geological Survey (USGS), the magnitude 3.8 quake struck at 4:11 am Its epicenter was 1.9 miles beneath Clear Lake and the Earth's surface, near the area of Monitor Point approximately four miles ...
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Christchurch 'innovative and inspiring'
The Press
The chapter provides information on the Canterbury earthquakes, history of the city, places to eat and what to do post-quake. Atkinson said Lonely Planet researchers visited the city three times since the February 22 quake, including two weeks' ...
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The Press
Japan Earthquake, No Damage Report?
DesignBuild Source
Within the first two days of the New Year, Japan and New Zealand, both countries that were devastatingly rocked by earthquakes last year, have been hit by quakes yet again. While all in these ongoing unfortunate, and often tragic events must feel ...
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Peninsula agencies urged to prepare for influx of debris from Japanese quake ...
Peninsula Daily
Nir Barnea, far right, West Coast regional director for NOAA's Marine Debris Program, shows an illustration on how the body of debris from last spring's Japan earthquake-tsunami is moving across the Pacific Ocean. -- Photo by Chris Tucker/Peninsula ...
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What the frack? It's damaging water supplies and causing earthquakes - so why ...
The Independent (blog)
The State of Ohio rung in the New Year with the 11th earthquaketo shake regions surrounding fracking waste-water injection well sites. The epicentre of the quake, which occurred in Youngstown, was only 330 feet away from the quake that had happened ...
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The Independent (blog)
Earthquakes, Whose 'Fault' Are They Anyway?
The Chattanoogan
Take Youngstown, Ohio, a Rust-Belt city where on March 17, 2011, two minorearthquakes struck. Eight months later there were seven more, too weak to cause damage but nonetheless of great concern. The seventh quake was strong enough to shake the nerves ...
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Quake shakes wide area of northern Italy but no injuries or damage reported
KSPR
By AP ROME (AP) — Officials say an earthquake has shaken a wide area of northern Italy from Verona to Genoa on the western coast but that no injuries or damage were reported. The National Geophysics Institute in Rome registered the magnitude-5 ...
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Earthquakes Cannot be Predicted / Official Japanese Quake ...
By James
If you've been watching the news the last few days, chances are you've heard about that researchers are now saying that Tokyo is facing a 70% chance of a 7.0.
Japan Probe
Delhi's high-rises vulnerable to Himalayan quake (Jan 26 is ...
By ians
Bangalore, Jan 25 (IANS) Tall buildings in Delhi will come crashing down if a strong earthquake occurs in the northwest region of the Himalayas, warns a.
Hamara News
Quake-risk state homes house 4500 tenants | Stuff.co.nz
By Paul Easton
More than 800 Housing NZ buildings containing 4500 tenants may beearthquake prone. ... Quake-risk state homes house 4500 tenants. PAUL EASTON. Last updated 05:00 26/01/2012. Share. Print. Text Size ...
Stuff.co.nz - National
Washington Earthquake Today Felt North of Vancouver
By lalate
Washington Earthquake Map 4. The quake was centered west of Gifford Pinchot National Forest and north of Mt Hood National Forest. The quake was east of Woodland, Battle Ground, and Salmon Creek, USGS indicates to news. In related ...
lalate news - America's Fastest...
Small quake at Mount St. Helens - Northwest - The Olympian ...
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake occurred at 2:51 a.m. Wednesday about 10 miles north of Mount St. Helens. ... The University of Washington reports the quakewas followed by a half-dozen small aftershocks in the next hour. Small quakesare ...
The Olympian Online -- Northwest
Latest News, Breaking News, IRAN Earthquake quake hurt more ...
IRAN Earthquake quake hurt more then 100 People TEHRAN: About 100 people were injured when an earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale hit...
www.epakistannews.com/iran-earthquake-quake-hurt-more-th...
Tokyo sees high quake probability, scientists warn
Nearly 700 aftershocks registering magnitude 5 or greater followed last year'squake, the government report said. The March 11 earthquake -- dubbed "Tohoku" ...
edition.cnn.com/2012/01/24/world/.../tokyo-quake-forecast/?...
Christchurch Earthquake Quake break over - Radio New Zealand
Quake break over. Updated at 9:03 am on 23 January 2012. A magnitude 3.7earthquake occurred in Canterbury at 2.59am on Monday. It was the first for almost ...
www.radionz.co.nz/news/canterbury.../quake-break-over
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...
AP IMPACT: Delhi ignores own quake peril warnings
If a major earthquake struck India's seismically vulnerable capital, ... Fearing many buildings could lie in ruins after a quake, the Delhi government began ...
www.google.com/.../ALeqM5hbmRCsKnPGWKQwDZ3gHjdt...
Quake hits northern Italy, no damage reported
| MILAN (Reuters) - A small earthquake struck northern Italy on Wednesday, ...The 4.9-magnitude quake hit at 3:06 am ET about 33 kms underground near the ...
www.reuters.com/.../us-earthquake-milan-idUSTRE80O0LS20...
Mexico Earthquake Today: 6.2 Quake Forces Residents to Flee ...
A 6.2-magnitude earthquake has hit the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, forcing scared residents to flee buildings.
www.christianpost.com/.../mexico-earthquake-today-6-2-quak...
Earthquake: 3.3 quake strikes near Tres Pinos - latimes.com
A shallow magnitude 3.3 earthquake was reported Friday afternoon nine miles from Tres Pinos, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred ...
latimesblogs.latimes.com/.../earthquake-33-quake-strikes-near-...
Mexico Earthquake: 6.2-Magnitude Quake Hits Off Country's ...
The US Geological Survey is reporting that a 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the southern Mexican state of Chiapas Saturday, shattering ...
www.inquisitr.com/.../mexico-earthquake-chiapas-tuxtla-gutier...
Hawaii earthquake: Terror as magnitude 5 quake rocks Big Island ...
The quake struck near Kaena Point in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on the Big Island at 4.36pm at a depth of five miles on Sunday.
www.dailymail.co.uk/.../Hawaii-earthquake-Terror-magnitude...
Christchurch Earthquake Quake break over - Radio New Zealand
Quake break over. Updated 4 minutes ago. A magnitude 3.7 earthquakeoccurred in Canterbury at 2.59am on Monday. It was the first for almost 24 hours and ...
radionewzealand.co.nz/news/canterbury.../quake-break-over
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.
www.wvgazette.com/News/201201110170
  
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