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6.0-magnitude quake hits off Philippines
NDTV
Manila: An earthquake of 6.0-magnitude struck off the eastern coast of the Philippines on Saturday, the US Geological Survey said, but no tsunami warning was immediately issued. The quake hit at 9:09 pm local time (1309 GMT) off the island of Samar, ...
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Vanuatu Earthquakes Continue to Shake South Pacific
Yahoo! Contributors Network
These earthquakes have epicenters offshore, about 77 miles west of Port-Vila on the island of Efate in Vanuatu. * The USGS website shows at least 18earthquakes (including the 7.1 magnitude quake) in this location since February 1, with one quake ...
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REVITALIZING JAPAN--Building a disaster-resistant nation / Deep underground ...
The Daily Yomiuri
Hisada, an expert in earthquake engineering, experienced a hands-on teaching moment--experiencing a huge quake in a high-rise building. On the upper floors of the building, ceiling tiles fell and furniture, such as unanchored bookshelves, fell over.
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Earthquake: 3.0 quake strikes near Cartago
Los Angeles Times
A shallow magnitude 3.0 earthquake was reported Thursday evening 18 miles from Cartago, according to the US Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 6:38 pm at a depth of 3.1 miles. According to the USGS, the epicenter was 18 miles from Olancha, ...
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Utah Valley rattled by 3.7 quake
Salt Lake Tribune
By bob mims A minor earthquake struck north-central Utah Saturday morning, its epicenter located about 7 miles east of the Utah Valley community of Woodland Hills and under the Wasatch Mountain Range. The University of Utah Seismograph Stations noted ...
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Illinoisans Will "Drop, Cover, and Hold" During Tuesday's Earthquake Drill
Examiner.com
(“Study Paints Grim New Madrid Quake Scenario,: www.dailyherald.com6/26/10) FEMA's associate administrator for Response and Recovery underscored the impact that an earthquake along the New Madrid fault line would have. He stated that a response would ...
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Quake drill set Tuesday
Kankakee Daily Journal
By Nicole Leonhardt The Kankakee and Iroquois counties Emergency Service Disaster Agencies are encouraging residents to participate in a multistate earthquake drill Tuesday. "We contacted schools and business and did quite a bit of publicity with ...
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Moderate intensity quake in Kashmir Valley
IBNLive.com
"The magnitude of the earthquake was 4.7 on the Richter Scale. It occured at 5.02 AM on Saturday morning," Aamir Ali, in-charge of the provincial disaster management cell, told IANS. "The epicentre of the quake was in the Hindukush mountain range of ...
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IBNLive.com
Utah Earthquake Today Strikes South of Salt Lake City
LALATE
CORAL GABLES (LALATE) – A Utah earthquake today struck south of Salt Lake City. Today's Utah quake is the third to strike the Salt Lake City region since November of last year. The quake struck in the predawn morning hours Saturday.
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Christchurch quake death toll revised
Channel News Asia
WELLINGTON: The death toll from the devastating earthquake in the New Zealand city of Christchurch last February has been increased to 184, it was reported Saturday. The coroner initially found 181 people were killed as a direct result of the ...
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San Antonio, Texas Earthquake Today Felt Across Region
LALATE
No reports of damage have yet to be detailed by local news. Shortly before 7 am local time, a 3.0 magnitude earthquake struck Texas today. USGS reports to news that the quake had a nominal depth, striking only three miles below the earth's surface.
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Magnitude 3 quake hits near Karnes City
San Antonio Express
The region's most recent earthquake — with a 3.3 magnitude — was in November. A record-breaking 4.8 magnitude quake had struck the region a month before. Experts say small earthquakes are not uncommon in the area. The state's largest recorded quake ...
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Region not immune to earthquakes
Lac du Bonnet Leader
After a 3.7 magnitude quake occurred at 2:26 am Wednesday near the western Manitoba border, officials from Earthquakes Canada, a branch of the federal Natural Resources Department, say the earth can and does move in Manitoba.
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Bill seeks earthquake insurance notification
The Daily Progress
... introduced on the governor's behalf, would require insurance companies to notify homeowners who have not purchased earthquake coverage. Jane Pendleton Wootton, whose historic seventh-generation home was badly damaged in the Aug. 23 quake, said she ...
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Mission accomplished for protester
Stuff.co.nz
A marketing and publicity man who lives in a badly damaged home in Christchurch's quake-hit eastern suburbs, Lynch has been the key player in the public campaign against Christchurch City Council chief executive Tony Marryatt's controversial $68000 pay ...
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Stuff.co.nz
Not all quake cordons may be down by April
Radio New Zealand
Cordons blocking access to earthquake damaged areas of central Christchurch are being further reduced, but there is a warning that all the cordons may not be gone by April as hoped. Canterbury EarthquakeRecovery Authority chief executive Roger Sutton ...
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February quake death toll rises to 184
Radio New Zealand
The official death toll of the February earthquake has risen to 184 following an investigation into the deaths of three elderly women. Of five deaths referred to the coroner by police as potentially being related to the quake on 23 February last year, ...
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Red Cross offers new quake grants
Radio New Zealand
Sir John Hansen, chair of the Red Cross 2011 Earthquake Commission, says some homeowners have been paying for storage since the September 2010 quake and hopes the grant will ease that financial burden. Sir John says it costs a significant sum of money ...
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Updated Earthquake Risk Assessment Required at Nuclear Plants
ClaimsJournal.com
By TAMMY WEBBER | February 4, 2012 Nuclear plants throughout the central and eastern United States must be reassessed within four years to determine how well they might withstand earthquakes, including plants in Illinois and Iowa where new geological ...
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Independence set to participate in ShakeOut
Blue Springs Examiner
We're complacent about earthquakes,” Maureen Burke, area coordinator for the State Emergency Management Agency, said at Friday's monthly gathering of local emergency managers. Tuesday is the 200th anniversary of the quake near Missouri's Bootheel that ...
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Moderate Quake Hits NW Pakistan
Bahrain News Agency
4 (BNA) - Earthquake tremors of 5.4 magnitude were felt in northern Pakistani city of Chitral and its adjacent area on early Saturday morning, local media reported. Shakes of 5.4 magnitude were felt at about 5:20 am local time in Chitral, a mountainous ...
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Minor earthquake shakes Utah County
Daily Herald
Scientists say a minor earthquake has shaken Utah Valley, but apparently causing no injuries or property damage. The University of Utah Seismograph Stations report the magnitude 3.7 quake occurred around 4:27 am Saturday. The epicenter of the shock was ...
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Housing NZ has $30 million insurance shortfall
Radio New Zealand
Housing New Zealand will have to find $30 million in order to cover its insurance excess costs for earthquake claims. The corporation owns more than 6000 properties in Christchurch and about three quarters of them have suffered quake damage.
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New Zealand quake toll officially put at 184
Focus News
The death toll from the devastating earthquake in the New Zealand city of Christchurch last February has been increased to 184, it was reported Saturday. The coroner initially found 181 people were killed as a direct result of the 6.3-magnitude tremor, ...
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New Zealand quake toll officially put at 184: report
The West Australian
Wellington, Feb 4, 2012 (AFP) - - The death toll from the devastatingearthquake in the New Zealand city of Christchurch last February has been increased to 184, it was reported Saturday. The coroner initially found 181 people were killed as a direct ...
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Louisa County Gets Federal Grant for Quake-Damaged School
NBC4 Washington
23 earthquake. Gov. Bob McDonnell announced the award from the Federal Department of Emergency Management Friday. Officials said the cost to replace Thomas Jefferson Elementary School after the 5.8-magnitudequake is $13.7 million.
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Seabreeze Close going back to nature
Timaru Herald
Since the December 23 earthquakes, New Zealand Post has refused to deliver mail to much of the street, and when her sewerage failed yet again, the Christchurch City Council would not provide a portaloo, pointing out that she still had a chemical toilet ...
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Timaru Herald
A seismic crime
Khaleej Times
On April 6, 2009, a 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck L'Aquila and nearby towns, killing more than 300 people and injuring more than 1500. The quakealso destroyed roughly 20000 buildings, temporarily displacing another 65000 people.
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Collection of poetry to raise quake cash
This is Kent
A TONBRIDGE-based poet has launched an anthology of work to raise funds for victims of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami. Dry Hill Park Road resident Margaret Beston was so inspired by the swift reaction of UK charity ShelterBox in the region last ...
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Future shock
Financial Times
Palmer excels at creating a three-dimensional docudrama of theearthquake. The people who were safest were the coal miners of Tangshan: “Of the roughly 10000 miners beneath the earth when the quake hit, 17 died. Earthquakes are less intense deeper ...
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Financial Times
7/5/2011 — Global Earthquake and Volcano overview — threat of ...
By cheyingtan
25 Responses to "7/5/2011 — Global Earthquake and Volcano overview — threat of large quake on horizon". w0tm says: February 4, 2012 at 1:14 am · Reply. This just now downloaded to me 7/17. So what did actually happenfrom 7/5 to 7/10 ...
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Low intensity earthquake Quake hits Jaipur - India - DNA
The epicentre of the quake which occurred at 10:11 am was west Jaipur, according to the MeT department.
www.dnaindia.com/.../report_low-intensity-earthquake-quake-...
Japan Earthquake 2012: Magnitude-5.5 Quake Rocks Eastern Japan
Japan Earthquake 2012: Magnitude-5.5 Quake Rocks Eastern Japan. 01/27/12 06:16 PM ET Associated Press AP. React. Important Fascinating Typical Scary ...
www.huffingtonpost.com/.../japan-earthquake-2012-magnitud...
Radio New Zealand : News : Christchurch Earthquake : Quake ...
A Christchurch woman who was on a bus crushed by rubble in last February's earthquake says her anger over the deaths caused by an unsafe building is just ...
www.radionz.co.nz/.../quake-survivor-angry-over-unsafe-buil...
Earthquake: 3.4 quake strikes near the Geysers - latimes.com
A shallow magnitude 3.4 earthquake was reported Thursday evening one mile from the Geysers, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred ...
latimesblogs.latimes.com/.../earthquake-34-quake-strikes-near-...
Peru Earthquake: Massive 6.3 Quake Hits Near Ica, Christian News
A 6.3 magnitude earthquake has hit the coast of Peru early on Monday, causing minor injuries, according to local authorities.
www.christianpost.com/.../peru-earthquake-massive-6-3-quake...
Earthquake reported in Illinois: 2.4 magnitude quake felt in Chicago ...
A 2.4 magnitude earthquake has rattled homes and businesses throughout Chicago¿s north and northwest suburbs.
www.wgntv.com/.../wgntv-earthquake-reported-in-illinois-24-...
Magnitude-7.1 earthquake shakes Vanuatu
The region lies on the "Ring of Fire" — an arc of earthquake and volcanic zones that stretches around the Pacific Rim. About 90% of the world'squakes occur ...
www.usatoday.com/news/world/story/2012-02-02/.../1
Christchurch Earthquake: Magnitude Seven Quake Unlikely... | Stuff ...
Previous earthquake forecasts for Canterbury have been a little "pessimistic", a scientist says.
www.stuff.co.nz/.../Christchurchs-1-per-cent-chance-of-big-qu...
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...
Earthquakes Cannot be Predicted / Official Japanese Quake ...
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 .
www.japanprobe.com/.../earthquakes-cannot-be-predicted-offi...
'Very minor' quake hits near McHenry
A minor earthquake hit near northwest suburban McHenry last night, ... at 9:54:43 pm Seismologists originally located the quake in the area of Lake ...
www.chicagotribune.com/.../chi-tiny-earthquake-hits-north-of...
Earthquake Strikes Peruvian Coast
Related Articles Strong Earthquake Jolts Peru 7.0-magnitude quakecentered in north, but felt more than 500 kilometers southwest in capital, Lima Comments ...
www.voanews.com/.../Earthquake-Strikes-Peruvian-Coast-138...
2.4 magnitude quake shakes Wisconsin-Illinois border | FOX6Now ...
MCHENRY, IL -- A small earthquake was reported near the Wisconsin-Illinois border around 9:54 p.m. Monday. According to the U.S. Geological Survey ( USGS) ...
fox6now.com/.../2-4-magnitude-earthquake-shakes-wisconsin-...
Sherrie Questioning All: Multiple Earthquakes at Fukushima. Video ...
I had been looking at the Japanese quake site this morning and noticed many Earthquakes at Fukushima today and yesterday. There are more listed on the site ...
sherriequestioningall.blogspot.com/.../multiple-earthquakes-at-...
  
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