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EARTHQUAKE News, Mar 19, 2012

Earthquake: 3.2 quake strikes near Seeley
Los Angeles Times
A shallow magnitude 3.2 earthquake was reported Monday morning eight miles from Seeley, according to the US Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 12:19 am PDT at a depth of 1.2 miles. According to the USGS, the epicenter was 13 miles from El ...
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5.9 Magnitude Quake Sparks Stampede in Philippines
ClaimsJournal.com
A 5.9 magnitude earthquake struck the southern Philippines on Friday, causing minor damage and a mall stampede that left at least 23 people injured, officials said. Most of the injured were sent home after being treated for minor cuts.
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Tokyo Shares End At Post-Quake High As Euro Surges; Fanuc Soars
Wall Street Journal
By Brad Frischkorn Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES TOKYO (Dow Jones)--Tokyo stocks edged up Monday, closing at a post-March 11, 2011 earthquakehigh as a stronger euro helped exporters outperform, including heavily weighted Fanuc, which also surged to a fresh ...
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California Earthquakes Today Strike in Predawn Hours
LALATE
LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – Two California earthquakes today struck in the predawn morning hours. One Southern California earthquake and one Northern California quake struck today Monday March 19, 2012 shortly after midnight. No reports of injuries have yet ...
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Florida school remembers 6 killed in Haiti quake
MiamiHerald.com
A Florida university has unveiled a memorial to four students and two professors who were killed in the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. Lynn University in Boca Raton dedicated its Remembrance Plaza on Friday. The elaborate display uses granite, glass, trees, ...
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Over 20 people hurt in quake, Gaisano stampede
Gold Star Daily World News
"We did not expect this, in fact I was at the office when the quake happened. Immediately, I came and we have to thank the rescue team for the quick response," he said. The entire city temporarily lost its power supply after theearthquake.
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Alan Jackson sets show in quake-damaged town; Minot took 2nd in contest
Dickinson Press
(AP) — Residents of the Virginia town of Mineral will get to see country performer Alan Jackson play this spring in their town, which was the epicenter of an earthquake last August. MINERAL, Va. (AP) — Residents of the Virginia town of Mineral will ...
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Panic leaves 45 injured in Philippine quake
Yahoo! Philippines News
The government volcanology institute originally classified the quake as 5.7 in magnitude but later raised it to 5.9. Last month, a 6.7-magnitude earthquake in the central Philippines triggered landslides that left over a hundred people dead or missing.
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Tokyo stocks rise to post-quake high
AFP
TOKYO — Tokyo stocks edged up 0.12 percent to close at their highest level since last year's earthquake-tsunami disaster, helped by a weaker yen and receding worries over the eurozone debt crisis. The Nikkei 225 index at the Tokyo Stock Exchange ...
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AFP
Rental housing crisis 'holding up quake rebuild'
Radio New Zealand
A rental housing crisis in Christchurch is holding up the earthquake-hit city's rebuild with virtually no short-term rentals available, according to the Real Estate Institute. The institute has released a survey of its agents who manage 11500 ...
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Rent crisis 'best left to market' - Govt
TVNZ
The solution is best left to the market, Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee says. Many tenants are having to live in their quake-damaged homes while tradesmen work around them as the city's rental housing drought bites, a Real Estate Institute ...
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KING SeismoCam captures 3.3 earthquake southeast of Aberdeen
KING5.com
by KING 5 News The quake occurred at 11:48 am about 22 miles southeast of Aberdeen and 23.8 miles west of Centralia, according to the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network. People in Olympia, Chehalis, Elma, Hoquiam, Oakville and Raymond reported feeling ...
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Small earthquake measured in Grays Harbor County
The Seattle Times (blog)
An earthquake measuring 3.3 on the magnitude scale struck just before noon Sunday about 80 miles southwest of Seattle. The closest town to the epicenter is Oakville, in Grays Harbor County. The quake measured III on the intensity scale, ...
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Nanaimo public facilities examined to determine earthquake readiness
Nanaimo Daily News
From dams and schools to civic buildings, dozens of public facilities will be examined over the next year to better determine how they would fare during a major earthquake. Scientists say it's only a matter of time before a massive quake - comparable ...
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Nanaimo Daily News
Earthquake survivor tells his tale
Dromore Today
Christian Aid s Haiti country manager Prospery Raymond at his desk in Port-au-Prince before the quake struck in January 2010. Photo taken by Adrian Horsman. A HAITIAN Christian Aid manager has told pupils at Dromore High School and members of the ...
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Dromore Today
Fifth grade earthquake, victims have no sixth grade to move on to
OneNewsNow
The victims of some of the earthquake's most recent devastation are a group of 50 fifth graders. Kids Alive International reports that much help was poured into the Western Hemisphere's poorest nation after the quake. But Haiti has since recovered very ...
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Quake stories from the heart
Star Canterbury
Lyttelton people's earthquake stories have been collected by port resident Bettina Evans in a new book. Mrs Evans, whose own home was redstickered for three months after the February quake, has recorded the stories of more than 30 Lyttelton people in ...
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Preparing for the next big one
The Japan Times
A year after the 3/11 earthquake and tsunami devastated the Pacific coastal areas of the Tohoku region, the government and people need to realize that 3/11 will not be the last large-scale natural disaster to hit Japan. The nation needs to prepare for ...
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Quake damage creates Marmite crisis as NZ factory forced to close
The Australian
The spread has been out of production since Sanitarium was forced to close its Christchurch production plant in November after an earthquake-damaged tower block put staff safety at risk. The Christchurch plant supplies all the Marmite for Australasia.
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Light earthquake hits parts of Western Washington Sunday morning
The Spokesman Review
A small earthquake hit parts of Western Washington early Sunday, affecting residents in Olympia, Elma, Hoquiam, Chehalis and Raymond. According to the United States Geological Survey earthquake monitoring office, the quakemeasured 3.3 on the Richter ...
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Nikkei ends at highest level since quake, led by financial issues
Mainichi Daily News
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks rose Monday for a fifth consecutive trading session, lifting the Nikkei index to its highest close since the earthquake and tsunami disaster last March, with financial issues including major Japanese banks leading gains in ...
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Mainichi Daily News
Ex-CTV building owner's stance faulted
Stuff.co.nz
A former owner of Christchurch's collapsed Canterbury Television building has been slammed as "insulting" for complaining about the cost of earthquake-strengthening work. Alexandra accountant and businessman Russell Ibbotson told the Central Otago News ...
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Stuff.co.nz
Quake jolts country
Financial Express Bangladesh
A mild earthquake measuring 4.6 magnitude on the Richter scale jolted the capital and elsewhere of the country Sunday morning, Bangladesh Meteorological Department said. However, no casualty or damage of property was reported in the light tremor that ...
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Chile trying to learn from Japan's March disaster: minister
Mainichi Daily News
He will also travel to quake-hit Minamisanriku in Miyagi Prefecture, which was not only hit hard by the earthquake and tsunami on March 11 last year but also by a tsunami following the 1960 Chilean Earthquake. Moreno also said ongoing negotiations for ...
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Studio in Quake-Affected Miyagi Makes TV Anime Short
Anime News Network
Asahi Production 's spinoff studio in Miyagi, one of the prefectures hardest hit by the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake (Higashi Nihon Daishinsai) disaster, has animated a earthquake-themed television short that will run on March 21.
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Bridges, roads safe after quake
Tempo
Philippines – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said yesterday bridges and public roads were apparently spared of fractures from a magnitude 5.9 earthquake that struck Dinagat Island last Friday. Reports filed by DPWH field personnel ...
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Marmite supplies running out after NZ quake
NEWS.com.au
Production at Sanitarium's Marmite factory in Christchurch was halted in November after an earthquake-damaged tower was deemed too risky to workers, stuff.co.nz reported. Another jar of the salty spread people either love or hate is not expected to be ...
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Minot 3rd in contest for Alan Jackson concert
Minot Daily News
... which was the epicenter of an earthquake last August. Mayor Pam Harlowe tells The Daily Progress that Jackson will play May 20 in the parking lot behind the library. Mineral won the show in an online voting contest after the 5.8-magnitude quake ...
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Earthquake: 3.2 quake strikes near Seeley - latimes.com
By Ben Welsh
A shallow magnitude 3.2 earthquake was reported Monday morning eight miles from Seeley, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 12:19 a.m. PDT at a depth of 1.2 miles.
L.A. NOW
Earth Learning Idea: Importance of strong foundations in earthquake ...
By Earth Learning Idea
Importance of strong foundations in earthquake-prone areas. We have published an article about two marble columns in Rome as extra information to accompany 'Quake shake - will my home collapse?' The Trajan column was built on ...
Earth Learning Idea
5.9-magnitude quake sparks stampede in Surigao | Leyte Samar ...
By lsde
CEBU CITY — The 5.9-magnitude earthquake that hit Dinagat in Surigao del Norte Friday has caused minor damage and a mall stampede, leaving at least 23 people injured, officials said. Most of the injured were sent home after being treated ...
Leyte Samar Daily Express
1000 Things About Japan: Won't Miss #429 - cell phone earthquake ...
By Orchid64
It not only scares the hell out of me because it's so sudden and all around, but because there's an association with the many aftershocks in the year that followed the March 11, 2011 Tohoku quake. I won't miss hearing theseearthquake cell ...
1000 Things About Japan
Japan Earthquake 2012: Strong Quake Shakes North, No Damages
By MARI YAMAGUCHI, Associated Press TOKYO -- A series of earthquakesrattled Tokyo and northeastern Japan on Wednesday evening but caused no ...
www.huffingtonpost.com/.../japan-earthquake-2012_n_13440...
Earthquake: 3.0 quake strikes near Cobb - latimes.com
A shallow magnitude 3.0 earthquake was reported Saturday afternoon two miles from Cobb, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at ...
latimesblogs.latimes.com/.../earthquake-30-quake-strikes-near-...
Stanford's Earthquake Network Detected Quake Ahead Of Shaking ...
Stanford's quake-catcher network detected Monday's quake near Berkeley 10 seconds before the shaking reached campus, and it has already proven effective ...
sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/.../stanfords-earthquake-detector-pr...
Cosmic Log - Quake experts upgrade their alerts
The California network, known as Earthquake Early Warning or ShakeAlert, has been in development since long before the magnitude-9.0 quake and tsunami ...
cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_.../10602802-quake-experts-upgr...
Prayers, tears as Japan marks 1 year since massive earthquake ...
Japan gathered Sunday amid tears, prayers and a moment of silence to mark one year since a massive earthquake and tsunami killed thousands.
www.cnn.com/2012/03/11/world/asia/japan.../index.html
Earthquake shakes buildings in Philippines - Asia-Pacific - Al ...
Earthquake shakes buildings in Philippines. Residents rush into the streets, fearing aftershocks, after 5.2-magnitude quake rattles central island province.
www.aljazeera.com/news/asia.../03/2012362453900856.html
Dynamic Earthquake Analysis with QUAKE/W - GEO-SLOPE ...
QUAKE/W - Finite element earthquake analysis software.
www.geo-slope.com/products/quakew.aspx
Earthquake Today: Large Quakes Hit Japan, Causing Small ...
A series of powerful earthquakes have hit Tokyo and northeast Japan Wednesday evening, sparking fear throughout the region that still has last year's horrific ...
www.christianpost.com/.../earthquake-today-large-quakes-hit-j...
Second strong earthquake rattles Tokyo after 6.9 quake strikes ...
TOKYO — A series of earthquakes rattled Tokyo and northeast Japan late Wednesday evening but caused no apparent damage or injury in the same region hit ...
www.nypost.com/.../quake_shakes_japan_causes_small_mGR...
Quake enigma: The more it shakes, the less it shows — RT
The 9. 0 magnitude earthquake and the subsequent tsunami that devastated Japan's east coast exactly one year ago were not supposed to happen.
rt.com/news/earthquake-maps-tsunami-japan-279/
Japan Earthquake 2012: 6.8 Quake Results in Small Tsunami on ...
A 6.8 magnitude earthquake shook northern Japan Wednesday east of Tokyo, causing a small tsunami on the northern coastline. According to the Japan ...
tv.ibtimes.com/japan-earthquake-2012-6-8.../4128.html
Japan Quake Aids Calif.'s Future Warning System | Japan ...
That is especially true in the United States, which may not be as prepared for a major quake as Japan, where a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami struck ...
www.ouramazingplanet.com/2592-japan-quake-helps-californ...
Magnitude 6.1 quake jolts eastern Japan, no tsunami warning ...
TOKYO (Reuters) - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1 hit east of Tokyo on Wednesday but no tsunami warning was issued and there were no...
www.reuters.com/.../us-japan-earthquake-idUSBRE82D0QA2...
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