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California struggling to prepare quake early warning system
Los Angeles Times
One reason for the lack of interest, experts say, is that California has not experienced a catastrophic quake in more than a century. Workers fix subway lines that were damaged after an earthquakewas felt in Mexico City on Tuesday, March 20.
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Los Angeles Times
'We need help': Mexicans count the cost of 7.4-magitude earthquake
msnbc.com
At least 100 houses collapsed and 1000 were damaged near the epicenter of Tuesday's quake in the municipality of Ometepec in Guerrero state, said Jorge Catalan, an official from the Ministry of Social Development. No one was killed, but many residents, ...
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msnbc.com
7.4 quake apparently spares lives in Mexico
Bradenton Herald
Seismologists and civil protection officials said where theearthquake hit and how it hit appear to have limited the damage, along with improved construction in the capital following a massive 1985 quake. In Guerrero, home to Acapulco where little ...
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Bradenton Herald
Mexico quake: California lacks early warning system
Los Angeles Times
But California has struggled to develop and deploy an earthquake warning system that would give cities seconds of crucial time to prepare for the impact of a massive earthquake. California is spending only a fraction of what Japan and Mexico devoted to ...
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Mexico City residents to mega-quakes: We can handle it
Los Angeles Times
On Tuesday, riding through another big quake, it proved that it's a city that can take a punch. Tuesday's big earthquake was reported as the largest recorded in Mexico since the devastating 1985 earthquake, which left more than 10000 people dead.
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Better prepared: Mexico's 7.4 quake causes damage, but no deaths
MinnPost.com
Tuesday's earthquake was one of the strongest that residents have felt in the capital since the 1985 quake that killed some 10000, and still haunts many. Nearly 30 years later, yesterday's quake caused damage but killed no one, according to public ...
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Dozens homeless in western Mexico after huge quake
Reuters
By David Alire Garcia | PASO CUAULOTE (Reuters) - Dozens of families cleared rubble from their destroyed homes in southwestern Mexico on Wednesday following a major 7.4-magnitude earthquake that caused landslides, knocked down school walls and cracked ...
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Mexico City Buildings Shake in 5.2 Magnitude Quake
Bloomberg
Buildings in Mexico City shook in a 5.2-magnitude earthquake at 10:46 am local time, according the US Geological Survey. The epicenter was located 20 miles northwest of Pinotepa Nacional, Oaxaca, the USGS said on its website.
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7.4 quake shakes Mexico City; no deaths reported
Southeast Missourian
In past years, Guerrero has suffered several severe earthquakes, including a 7.9 in 1957 that killed an estimated 68 people and a 7.4 in 1995 that left three dead. Tuesday's quake was the strongest shaking felt in the capital since a magnitude-6.5 ...
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Strong, long 7.6 quake shakes Mexico City
The Saratogian
MEXICO CITY — A strong 7.6-magnitude earthquake hit Mexico on Tuesday, shaking central and southern parts of the country and swaying buildings in Mexico City. Plaster fell from ceilings and windows broke in the center of the capital, but the president ...
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Mexico Quake Damaged More Than 30000 Homes, El Universal Says
Bloomberg
Mexican officials said a 7.4- magnitude earthquake that struck March 20 damaged 30000 homes in the southern state of Guerrero and 2000 in Oaxaca, El Universal reported today. Guerrero Governor Angel Aguirre said that near the epicenter of the quake, ...
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Mexico's 7.4 Quake Causes Damage
Sci-Tech Today
By Katherine Corcoran Mexico experienced one of its strongestearthquakes since the deadly 1985 temblor that killed thousands in Mexico City. The 7.4 quake hit hardest in the border area of southern Oaxaca and Guerrero states.
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Sci-Tech Today
Japan's Quake-Hit Northeast Region Has Record Land-Price Gains
Bloomberg
Land prices in Japan's northeastern region that were hurt by the March 11earthquake and tsunami last year gained the most in 2011 as residents sought to relocate, the land ministry's annual land price report showed. Nine of 10 sites that had the ...
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Strong Building Standards Play a Major Role in Limiting Injuries, Damage from ...
PR Web (press release)
Nine people were injured in Oaxaca and two in Mexico City. According to the US Geological Survey, the big earthquake's epicenter was in Guerrero state, just outside Acapulco, Mexico. The quake was felt as far as 200 miles away in Mexico City.
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Quake hits Mexico, but apparently spares lives
San Antonio Express
AP People gather at the El Zocalo square in Mexico City after a strong quakehit Mexico on March 20, 2012. A powerful 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck southwest Mexico, causing residents in the capital several hundred miles away to rush out onto the ...
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Young Jeezy Safely Out of Mexico City After Earthquake
BET
By Brooklyne Gipson Rapper Young Jeezy was caught on the wrong side of the border on Tuesday [March 20] when a 7.6earthquake struck Mexico City. Although he made it through thequake without injury, the Snowman was forced to miss a scheduled ...
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Hundreds homes damaged in Mexico quake
International News Network
Tourists and residents also felt the earthquake in the resort city of Acapulco, located about 100 miles (200 km) from the quake's epicenter. Calderon said that there were no immediate reports of serious damage, and that the nation's health system was ...
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7.4-magnitude earthquake shakes Mexico, hundreds of homes damaged
Joliet Herald News
That quake was originally measured at 8.1, but is now put by the US Geological Survey at 8.0. In past years, Guerrero has suffered several severeearthquakes, including a 7.9 in 1957 which killed an estimated 68 people, and a 7.4 in 1995 which left ...
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Mexico assesses damage after 7.4 earthquake
Today's THV
MEXICO (CBS) -- Mexico remains on high alert after a major earthquakestruck on Tuesday (March 21) damaging hundreds of homes and rattling scores of residents in the southern states of Oaxaca and Guerrero. A 7.4-magnitude quake shook the small southern ...
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Mexico quake damages homes but spares lives
BP News
The earthquake was centered near the municipality of Ometepec in southern Mexico's Guerrero state, about 100 miles from Acapulco and 200 miles from Mexico City. IMB missionary Orpha Ortega was in her home in Mexico City when the quake struck.
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Officials survey damage after strong quake jolts Mexico
WDIV Detroit
Cars can't get through because of the earthquake yesterday. Dirt is blocking the roads." The massive quake sent broken tiles and pieces of buildings falling onto sidewalks as far away as Mexico City, about 200 miles (320 km) from the epicenter.
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Few injuries despite strength of Mexico earthquake
KTUU.com
The magnitude 7.4 quake topples rural houses near the epicenter, in Guerrero state, and cracks buildings in Mexico City. By Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times A powerful and prolonged earthquake rocked Mexico on Tuesday, toppling houses near the ...
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7.4 quake shakes Mexico
Pioneer Press
One of the strongest quakes since the deadly 1985 temblor that killed thousands in Mexico City, Tuesday's earthquake hit hardest in border areas of southern Oaxaca and Guerrero states, where Guerrero officials confirmed that some 800 homes had been ...
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California unlike other areas, lacks earthquake early warning system
Coast News
But experts said it would cost approximately $150 million to build and $5 million a year to operate a system covering California and other quake-prone states along the Pacific.Japan's system cost $1 billion to build and includes 1000 GPS sensors used ...
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Mexico's Pacific coast no stranger to quakes
Zee News
Los Angeles: A powerful earthquake Tuesday that centered along the Pacific coast of southern Mexico occurred in a region with a history of unleashing damaging jolts, scientists say. Since 1973, the seismically active coast has been rocked by 15 major ...
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Zee News
2012 March 21 22:15:05 UTC - 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
Awakening? 7.4 Mexico earthquake sets off seismic swarm at San ...
By The Extinction Protocol
Apart from the string of earthquakes in San Salvador, today SNET reported another quake of 4.3 on the Richter scale at 11.26 local time (17.26 GMT) in the Pacific Ocean, about 43 kilometers south of the estuary San Diego, in the department ...
The Extinction Protocol: 2012 and beyond
World News - 'We need help': Mexicans count the cost of 7.4 ...
By msnbc.com news services
Among the locals forced to sleep outdoors by the quake in Huixtepec was a woman of about 90, Angela Hernandez. "It was so cold last night," she said. "We need help -- wood or cement or anything." There have been 15earthquakes of ...
Newsvine - World News - Articles
Earthquake in Summerville this morning!! – Blueprint Insurance Group
By admin
Earthquake in Summerville this morning!! March 22, 2012. “A small earthquakeshook Summerville and the surrounding areas early Thursday morning. The United States Geological Survey has confirmed a 2.3-magnitude quake was recorded ...
Blueprint Insurance Group
Over 60% of quake early warnings since March 11 overshoot ...
The Japan Meteorological Agency said Thursday that 61 percent of the early warnings it has issued since the March 11 earthquake were inappropriate as they include small quakes registering 2 or less on the Japanese seismic intensity of 7.
News - Kyodo News
Earthquake Preparedness Class Set for April 11 — Fullerton Chamber
By Erin Haselton
Topics covered will include regional earthquake threats, methods to survive the shaking, and ways to prepare homes to minimize the danger of falling objects in a quake. A new video on earthquake preparedness will be shown, and the ...
Fullerton Chamber
TODAYonline | World | Strong Mexico quake causes some damage ...
Strong Mexico quake causes some damage, but no deaths. by Agencies. 04:45 AM Mar 22, 2012. MEXICO CITY - A powerful earthquake that shook Mexico from its capital to its resort-studded southern coast damaged hundreds of homes and ...
TODAYonline
Surfing The Apocalypse Network - EARTHQUAKE PATTERNS?
By WhiteKnight
EARTHQUAKE PATTERNS? by WhiteKnight, UK, Wednesday, March 21, 2012, 19:35 edited by WhiteKnight, Wednesday, March 21, 2012, 19:51. ALL MATERIAL FROM THIS CLICK. QUAKE PATTERN!? As much information and material as I ...
Surfing The Apocalypse Network
Global Rumblings: Malia Obama Safe after Quake hits Mexico
By Dee
By Shannon K. O'Neil This week's powerful quake was reminiscent of one in 1985, but the response was much different. A 7.4 earthquake hit central and south Mexico today around noon, with its epicenter near Ometepec, Guerrero, but felt ...
Global Rumblings
California unlike other areas, lacks earthquake early warning system
By staff
When Japan was rocked by a 9.0 earthquake last year, the warning system sent an alert to Tokyo before the seismic waves of the quake reached the city. The same thing happened in Mexico City on Tuesday after a 7.4 quake reported near ...
The Coast News
2012 March 20 18:02:48 UTC - U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake ...
USGS Earthquake Hazards Program, responsible for monitoring, reporting, and researching earthquakes and earthquake hazards.
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/.../Quakes/usc0008m6h.php
Mexico Earthquake 2012: 7.4-Magnitude Quake Rocks Mexico
The Associated Press reports that a "strong" earthquake has hit central southern Mexico, rocking Mexico City. The US Geological Survey recorded a ...
www.huffingtonpost.com/.../mexico-earthquake-2012_n_136...
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-...
Mexico earthquake: How quake-prone is the region? - CSMonitor.com
Mexico earthquake history shows that the same faults that caused Tuesday's Mexico earthquake can produce even bigger events, like one that struck in 1985.
www.csmonitor.com/.../Mexico-earthquake-How-quake-prone...
Mexico earthquake: 7.4 magnitude quake hits Oaxaca and Mexico ...
The 'strong, long' tremors caused buildings to sway in Mexico City, pictured, 195 miles from the epicentre, as terrified workers fled into the streets.
www.dailymail.co.uk/.../Mexico-earthquake-7-4-magnitude-q...
Officials survey damage after strong quake jolts Mexico - CNN.com
Mexican officials surveyed damage Wednesday, a day after a strongearthquake left homes in ruins and rattled residents hundreds of miles from the epicenter.
www.cnn.com/2012/03/21/world/americas/.../index.html
7.4 quake rocks southern Mexico, shakes capital
7.4 quake rocks southern Mexico, shakes capital. Comments. E-mail; Print; Share . By Michael Winter, USA TODAY. Updated. An earthquake measuring 7.4 ...
content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/.../1
Japan – 366 days after the Quake… - Earthquake Report
From historical quakes and looking at business interruption, for a $280 billion direct economic loss from this earthquake, around $110 billion (2-yr) to $220...
earthquake-report.com/.../japan-366-days-after-the-quake-190...
7.4 earthquake quake shakes south Mexico; 60 homes collapse ...
A strong 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit southern Mexico on Tuesday, damaging some 800 homes near the epicenter.
abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/national_world...
Mexico earthquake 2012: Acapulco, Mexico City feel 'strong, long ...
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 damaged more than 800 homes near the epicenter and spread fear and panic hundreds of miles away in the ...
www.wjla.com/.../mexico-earthquake-2012-acapulco-mexico-...
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