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EARTHQUAKE News, Mar 28, 2012

Earthquake: 3.3 quake strikes near Julian
Los Angeles Times
A shallow magnitude 3.3 earthquake was reported Wednesday morning eight miles from Julian, according to the US Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 3:09 am Pacific time at a depth of 3.1 miles. According to the USGS, the epicenter was 13 miles ...
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Strong quake hits northern Japan, no tsunami risk
BusinessWeek
A strong earthquake shook northern Japan on Tuesday, but no damage was reported and there was no risk of a tsunami. The Japan Meteorological Agency recorded a 6.4 preliminary magnitude. The agency said there may be a small change in sea levels but did ...
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Earthquake: 3.1 quake strikes near Calexico
Los Angeles Times
A shallow magnitude 3.1 earthquake was reported Tuesday evening 14 miles from Calexico, according to the US Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 7:07 pm Pacific time at a depth of 3.1 miles. According to the USGS, the epicenter was 15 miles from ...
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Quake Rocks Eastern Japan
WCTI12.com
By the CNN Wire Staff TOKYO (CNN) -- A 6.0-magnitude earthquake shook eastern Japan Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said, but no tsunami threat is expected. The quake struck off the east coast of Honshu, the main island, at 8 pm local time (6 am ET) ...
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Earthquake: 3.5 quake strikes near Fontana
Los Angeles Times
A shallow magnitude 3.5 earthquake was reported Tuesday afternoon four miles from Fontana, according to the US Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 1:30 pm PDT at a depth of 6.8 miles. According to the USGS, the epicenter was five miles from ...
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Minor earthquake shakes off Oregon coast on Tuesday
Examiner.com
A 4.4 magnitude earthquake was registered off the Oregon coast Tuesday evening, 159 miles west of Coos Bay, according to the USGS. While thisquake was barely noticed due to its location out in the Pacific Ocean, it is a reminder of a very important ...
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Christchurch quake contributes to big loss for Lloyd's
Radio New Zealand
The February earthquake in Christchurch is being cited as one of the natural catastrophe claims that contributed to a big loss for Lloyd's of London last year. Lloyd's - a society of corporate underwriters and wealthy individuals that make insurance ...
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UN says Haiti quake victims at risk over donor deficit
BBC News
... has warned that hundreds of thousands of quake victims are at risk due to an aid shortfall. The UN humanitarian coordinator, Nigel Fisher, says the lack of money has led to reduced services in camps for those displaced by the earthquake in 2010.
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Small quake shakes Fontana area
Sacramento Bee
The US Geological Survey says a small earthquake has occurred in the Fontana area of San Bernardino County. The USGS says the 1:30 pm Tuesday tremor had a preliminary magnitude of 3.5. The quake's epicenter was 4 miles north of Fontana, about 50 miles ...
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Haiti and U.N. appeal for aid for quake, cholera victims
Tampabay.com
MIAMI — Efforts to help almost a half-million Haitians living in sprawling tent cities more than two years after a devastating earthquake and the country's ability to prepare for future disasters are being hampered by dwindling aid dollars, ...
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Baseball brings smiles to children devastated by Japan quake, tsunami
The Seattle Times
Just over one year after a magnitude 9.0 earthquake sent a wall of water crashing into this port community of 164000 people, the stale air still suffocates with the smell of decay. More than 3800 residents of Ishinomaki died that day from the Great ...
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Magnitude 6.0 earthquake shakes northeastern Japan
The Philippine Online Chronicles
The earthquake's epicenter was located near the center of the March 11, 2011 magnitude 9.0 quake, which caused a destructive tsunami that killed at least 15000 people and damaged thousands of infrastructures, including several nuclear power plants in ...
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Most of $170m Cera spend used to buy red-zone land
Stuff.co.nz
The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (Cera) has spent more than $170 million in its first seven months, with most going on buying quake-damaged land. Figures released to The Press under the Official Information Act show that between April and ...
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Tensar Engineer Cautions over Jakarta Quake Assumptions
geosynthetica.net (press release)
Predicting and mitigating the effects of earthquake is a principal civil engineering concern in the seismically active 'Ring of Fire' along the Asia / Australia tectonic plate border. Earthquakes, and their potential for devastation far beyond the ...
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4.9 magnitude quake hits Indo-Nepal border region
Zee News
New Delhi: An earthquake of slight intensity hit the Indo-Nepal border region near Bihar at 05:10 am (IST) on Wednesday. As per the Indian Meteorological department (IMD), the earthquakemeasured 4.9 of the Richter scale with the epicentre at Latitude ...
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California declares tsunami awareness week
Turkish Press
California governor Jerry Brown proclaimed an annual "tsunami preparedness week" on Tuesday, just over a year after Japan was devastated by a killerearthquake and tidal wave. The Golden State has been hit by a number of tsunamis over the decades, ...
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Swiss Re Says 2011 Natural Disasters Cost Insurers $110 Billion
Bloomberg
The Japan quake cost the industry $35 billion, making it the most expensive earthquake on record. The insurance industry will bear only 17 percent of that cost because of Japan's low earthquakeinsurance protection, Swiss Re said.
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Bloomberg
Mild quake hits Bengal, Bihar
Times of India
SILIGURI: An earthquake measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale hit West Bengal and other parts of eastern India early Wednesday, the meteorological department said. There have been no reports of loss of life or property so far. "The quake had its epicentre ...
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6.4-Magnitude Quake Rattles Northeast Japan
The Chosun Ilbo
A moderately strong earthquake rattled northeast Japan late Tuesday, but there were no reports of injury or damage. Preliminary data from the Japanese Meteorological Agency says the estimated 6.4 magnitude quake was centered off the coast of Iwate ...
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5.6 magnitude quake jolts Kalat
Associated Press of Pakistan
Earthquake tremors were felt at about 8:15 am The epicenter of theearthquake was located at a focal depth of 9 km in southwest of Quetta, private news channel reported.According to initial reports, the quake created panic among people, but no loss of ...
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Quake-hit Japan to continue financial aid for Philippines
Inquirer.net
By Vicente Labro TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines—Despite the earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan last year, the Japanese government will continue to provide financial assistance to the Philippines. Japanese Ambassador Toshinao Urabe made this ...
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Japanese quake to trigger more Fermi work
Monroe Evening News
2012 4:29PM DTE Energy is estimating it will have to spend more than $50 million over the next five years to make federally ordered changes to its Fermi 2 nuclear power plant due to the earthquake-related damage to Japanese nuclear plants.
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Losses less than $100M in Chile earthquake: EQECAT
Business Insurance
based EQECAT noted Monday that Concepcion, Chile, which was hit hard by the magnitude-8.8 earthquake that struck in 2010, experienced light shaking intensity as a result of Sunday's 7.1-magnitude quake that was centered near Talca, Chile.
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Focus on Earthquakes is Perfect Interactive Study Aid for Students
AppCraver
The digital classroom is getting even closer to being a reality with interactive study aids such as Focus on Earthquakes, a comprehensive overview of the causes and consequences ofearthquakes. There's no denying the iPad can “resolutionize” how...
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Magnitude 6.4 quake rocks Iwate, Miyagi
The Japan Times
The quake's focus was in the Pacific off Iwate at a depth of 10 km. The agency said the nature of the temblor indicates it was an aftershock of the magnitude 9.0 earthquake that hit the region March 11, 2011. Tohoku Electric Power Co. said the quake ...
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Earthquake: 3.0 quake strikes near Pinnacles - latimes.com
By Ben Welsh
A shallow magnitude 3.0 earthquake was reported Tuesday afternoon two miles from Pinnacles, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 5:30 p.m. Pacific time at a depth of 1.9 miles. According to the USGS, the ...
L.A. NOW
2012 March 27 23:40:14 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
Ernie's Place: Earthquake, tidal wave, coming to a beach near you ...
By Ernie Branscomb
If I have my math right, that means the the Cascadia is overdue, and we are in the give or take area of earthquake predictability. Wow... exciting times, huh? The Copalis Ghost forest sunk into the sea during the 1700 quake, and the remains of ...
Ernie's Place
Mexico Earthquake Today 2012 Strikes Ensenada Region
By lalate
LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – A Mexico earthquake today 2012 struck the Ensenada region. The Mexico terremoto, however, was not located in the same region as the most recent Acapulco earthquake. Today's quake was centered in Baja, ...
lalate news - America's Fastest...
Are Your Financial situation Sufficiently Strong Enough Automobile ...
By Dappy
Are Your Financial situation Sufficiently Strong Enough Automobile Earth quakeDamages. Are finances strong enough to repair damages to your property and items a result of earthquakes? Until you are abundant, mending damages to your ...
dapkhi.org
FEATURE: Children's newspaper in quake-hit city to be honored by ...
But writing to her father Hirofumi became much more important after March 11 last year, when a devastating earthquake and tsunami hit their hometown in Miyagi Prefecture. She would write words of encouragement to her 48-year-old father in ...
News - Kyodo News
Pine Gap and the Australian Quake :
By Alex
This Amercian installation near the quake's center is reported to have a 5 mile deep antenna going towards the earth's core. Hmm. Earthquake depth: 10.7 km (6.6 miles). This is reminiscent of the quakes caused by fracking drills in the U.S. If ...
Mild quake hits Bengal, Bihar | sarkaritel.com
By admin
An earthquake measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale hit West Bengal and other parts of eastern India early Wednesday, the meteorological department said. There have been no ... Parts of Bihar also experienced the quake. “The quakehad its ...
sarkaritel.com
Weekend quake reveals Chile's distrust of emergency systems
By nlavars@st.cl (Nick Lavars)
At 7:48 p.m., 11 minutes after the earthquake, Onemi cancelled a precautionary evacuation alert for the coastal sector between Concón in Valparaíso and Lebu in Bío-Bío, after receiving information from SHOA ruling out the possibility of a ...
The Santiago Times
Springtime in Tokyo: Cherry Blossoms, Fashion, A Small Quake and ...
By Claire McCurdy
Also too jet lagged to realize what a fine coincidence this was- coming to Tokyo for a disaster conference, and bounced out of bed by an earthquake. If we foreigners had not known it before, we knew it now- Tokyo is quake territory and this is ...
Woman Around Town
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: 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...
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...
Hundreds of houses damaged after strong earthquake hits Mexico ...
A strong earthquake damaged hundreds of homes in southern Mexico Tuesday and rattled residents hundreds of miles away in the nation's capital. The quake ...
articles.cnn.com/.../world_americas_mexico-earthquake_1_str...
7.4 quake rocks southern Mexico, shakes capital
And though big at magnitude 7.4, today's quake does not crack the list of the largest. The March 2011 Tohoku earthquake in Japan registered at magnitude 9.
content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/.../1
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-...
World News - 7.4 magnitude quake rattles Mexican resorts, capital
Tuesday's quake was the strongest shaking felt in the capital since a magnitude- 6.5 earthquake struck also in Guerrero in December. Officials said at least three ...
worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_.../10778334-74-magnitude-qua...
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