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EARTHQUAKE News, May 01, 2012


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Swarm of IE Quakes "Purely Random"
NBC Los Angeles
He provides a few suggestions when it comes to being prepared forearthquakes and other disasters. Stephanie Elam reports. NBC4's Stephanie Elam shows you how to prepare a quake kit for your pet. This segment aired on Friday, April 27, 2012.
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New hotels arise amid ruins in Haitian capital
Atlanta Journal Constitution
In this April 26, 2012 photo, a man rearranges power lines in a camp for people displaced by the 2010 earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. This city is undergoing the largest hotel building boom in its history, raising expectations that investors will ...
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Atlanta Journal Constitution
New hotels rise amid the ruins in Haiti's capital
Springfield News-Leader
AP PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI — Glimmers of hope are coming to this devastated capital and its surrounding cities, as the Royal Oasis hotel rises over an area filled with the camps housing hundreds of thousands of displacedearthquake victims.
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Inland Empire residents prepare for The Big One after Saturday's 3.8 temblor
Contra Costa Times
And yes, there is an earthquake in your future." Springer, who organized the Great Shakeout this year, goes on to describe the impending quake as a "Katrina like disaster. We have more than 300 faults in Southern California alone, 30 earthquakes ...
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New hotels constructed amid ruins in Haitian capital
Statesman Journal
Residents of a camp for those displaced by the 2010 earthquake are photographed Thursday in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. / By Ramon Espinosa, AP PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Glimmers of hope are coming to this devastated capital and its surrounding cities, ...
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Haiti capital to add hundreds of new hotel rooms, raising hope for more investment
Washington Post
In fact, the new hotels are the first significant private-sector construction in Port-au-Prince in the two years since the quake. “Cautious optimism and deep skepticism” is how economist Claude Beauboeuf describes Haiti's hotel boom.
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Earthquakes: Getting Ready for the Unexpected
NBC Los Angeles
He provides a few suggestions when it comes to being prepared forearthquakes and other disasters. Stephanie Elam reports. NBC4's Stephanie Elam shows you how to prepare a quake kit for your pet. This segment aired on Friday, April 27, 2012.
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SAN ONOFRE: Quake study for nuke plant moving forward
North County Times
A state law passed in 2006 requires both of California's nuclear plants to do a series of new two- and three-dimensional earthquake studies to help the public better understand their seismic vulnerability. Public concern over potential earthquakes at ...
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Market participants seek to address earthquake model blind spots
Risk.net
Thomas Whittaker reports On March 11 last year, a 9.0 magnitudeearthquake struck Japan. The quake, claimed to be the most powerful in modern times, was catastrophic for the country as a whole but also for (re)insurers throughout the world.
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Risk.net
Cranmer Courts appear doomed
The Press
What do you think should happen to the quake-damaged Cranmer Courts? Cranmer Courts residents have stumped up almost $1 million to stabilise their quake-damaged heritage-listed building and must this week decide its fate. The Canterbury Earthquake ...
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The Press
Dominican Republic is Hit by 6 Quakes in the Last Hours
Radio Cadena Agramonet
The earthquakes occurred between 03.00 and 08:56 AM, with an intensity ranging between 3.3 and 3.8 degrees on the Richter scale. The first quakeoccurred southwest of La Romana with a magnitude of 3.8 degrees, followed by another at 06.00 with 3.3 ...
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Moderate quake rattles Chile
Independent Online
By SAPA AP File photo - Firefighters inspect a building in downtown Santiago after an earthquake in central Chile. A moderate 5.5-magnitude earthquake rattled northern Chile on Monday, the latest in a series of temblors to rattle the country in recent ...
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Independent Online
Thousands Protest Embezzlement of Earthquake Funds
The Epoch Times
On April 25, peasants of Linjiang town, near Wenchuan, the epicenter of the May 2008 quake that killed thousands of people, surrounded the local government building and smashed tables and chairs. Local police were sent to violently disperse the crowd.
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The Epoch Times
Chile Earthquake Today 2012 Felt in Argentina
LALATE
A 5.5 magnitude Chile earthquake today struck the community of Coquimbo. While centered off to shore, the Coquimbo temblor had a moderate depth. USGS indicates to news that the Coquimbo quake struck roughly twenty miles below sea level.
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Muscat was hit by quake 300 yrs ago, says expert
Muscat Daily
Almost 300 years ago, Muscat was hit by a massive earthquake that claimed many lives and turned the already prosperous port city into rubble. Soon after, it was struck by another natural calamity - this time, a flood. These revelations were made by Dr ...
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Redmond company at forefront of predicting tsunamis
KOMO News
The test will be an important first step to protect the countries located on the "Ring of Fire" -- an arc of earthquake and volcanic zones where 90 percent of the world's quakes occur. Japan's tsunami warning system only gave communities 20 minutes to ...
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KOMO News
Scripps to lead '3-D' San Onofre quake study
OCRegister
They could then more precisely characterize earthquake hazards in the area. No one has tried to this type of seismic mapping off San Onofre in 20 or 30 years, Driscoll said. "Like other areas -- stereo equipment, televisions, automobiles -- there has ...
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Exodus of Christchurch residents abroad slows
Telegraph.co.uk
When the 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck Christchurch on February 22 last year, it killed 185 people and caused an estimated NZ$15 billion (£7.5 billion) of damage. Hot on the heels of a 7.1 quake in September 2010, it was followed by a series of...
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Telegraph.co.uk
Moderate 5.5 quake rattles Chile—USGS
Inquirer.net (blog)
WASHINGTON—A moderate 5.5-magnitude earthquake rattled northern Chile on Monday, the latest in a series of temblors to rattle the country in recent months, according to the US Geological Survey. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage ...
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Lady Gaga auctioning teacup to help Japanese artists after quake
The Japan Times
American pop star Lady Gaga on Monday put up for auction a teacup she used at a press conference last June in Tokyo, to raise funds to help young Japanese artists after the devastating earthquake and tsunami in March last year, the US Embassy in Tokyo ...
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Orange zone homeowners remain in limbo
TVNZ
Four hundred residents in the Christchurch suburb of Southshore remain in limbo as a decision on the future of their quake damaged homes has once again been put off. The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (Cera) aimed to have a decision on what ...
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Prepping the GGB to survive a huge quake
SFBay
A $660 million seismic retrofit of the Golden Gate Bridge should allow the span to survive an 8.3 magintude earthquake. (Cary Bass/Wikimedia) By Natalie Thomas As the new Doyle Drive bypass went off this weekend without a hitch, important seismic ...
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SFBay
What's Really Behind Utah's Mock Earthquake Drill (SLV, GLD, UUP)
ETF Daily News
Get my next ALERT 100% FREE “Earthquake expert, Bob Kerry, says Utah has a one-in-four chance for a 7.0 quake in the next 50 years,” Utah's ABC4 News stated as the lead into the reporting of Utah's first mock emergency drill. The Euro's Demise Has Been ...
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ETF Daily News
5.0-magnitude quake hits Ujung Kulon
Jakarta Post
The quake did not trigger a tsunami, the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) said, as reported by kompas.com. The epicenter of the earthquake was situated 182 kilometers west of the Pandeglang regency, Banten, at a depth of 13 ...
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First disaster law tweak since Hanshin quake eyed
The Japan Times
It would be the first major revision to the law since the 1995 Great HanshinEarthquake. The Cabinet is expected to approve the bill as early as May 11, and submit it to the Diet, the sources said. A decision to revise the law was made in light of the ...
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Japanese Auto Sales Surge
Wall Street Journal
While sales bounced back from the 51% plunge seen a year earlier in the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami, they failed to reach the pre-quakelevel of 222095 posted in April 2010. Still, the upbeat domestic sales figures for the first month of ...
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At least 40 dams may be sitting just above active faults in Japan: researchers
Mainichi Daily News
Research conducted by the Shibaura Institute of Technology (SIT) shows the possibility that at least 40 dams sit just above confirmed active faults in Japan, suggesting that sufficient earthquake-resistant measures may not have been taken for those ...
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20 classrooms to be repaired
Stuff.co.nz
... million annually on school improvements, but a year-long moratorium had been placed on all non-earthquake-related work. Temporary work was completed on the buildings in February, when a detailed engineering assessment deemed them as quake-prone.
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Stuff.co.nz
Sciency Thoughts: Earthquake in Snowdonia National Park, Friday ...
By Joe Bauwens
Occasionally these quakes cause minor damage and injuries, and the onlyEarthquake related casualty ever recorded in Wales happened in Gwynedd, in 1940, when an elderly woman fell down a flight of stairs during a quakemeasuring 4.7 ...
Sciency Thoughts
Magnitude 5.4 - ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
By U.S. Geological Survey
USGS Earthquake Hazards Program, responsible for monitoring, reporting, and researching earthquakes and earthquake hazards.
USGS M 2.5+ Earthquakes
EARTHQUAKE Opening at California Academy of Sciences!
By Katie Crimmins
After the sudden tremor and brief aftershock of the Loma Prieta earthquake, visitors will be transported back to the infamous earthquake of 1906, which was about 32 times stronger than 1989's Loma Preita quake (yikes!). The 1906earthquake ...
Smart Destinations Blog
Prepping the GGB to survive a huge quake - SFBay
By Natalie Thomas
Prepping the GGB to survive a huge quake. A $660 million seismic retrofit of the Golden Gate Bridge should allow the span to survive an 8.3 magintudeearthquake. (Cary Bass/Wikimedia). By Natalie Thomas. 8:35 am. April 30, 2012 ...
SFBay
Earthquake: 3.1 quake strikes near Indio - latimes.com
A shallow magnitude 3.1 earthquake was reported Thursday morning nine miles from Indio, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at ...
latimesblogs.latimes.com/.../earthquake-31-quake-strikes-near-...
Magnitude 6.6 - NEAR THE NORTH COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA
USGS Earthquake Hazards Program, responsible for monitoring, reporting, and researching earthquakes and earthquake hazards.
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/.../Quakes/usc00098nl.php
Earthquake registering 3.8 strikes southern California - CNN.com
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake in southern California struck San Bernardino County near the San Andreas fault Saturday morning, but no major damage was ...
www.cnn.com/2012/04/28/us/california-quake/index.html
NASA's new earthquake monitoring network uses GPS for improved ...
NASA first tested the effectiveness of GPS tracking for measuringearthquakes in 2004 during a quake that hit Sumatra. [Image credit: Martin Luff]. (Source) ...
news.yahoo.com/.../nasa-earthquake-monitoring-network-uses...
Tokyo Earthquake 2012: 5.5-Magnitude Quake Rattles Japan Capital
A long earthquake shook Japan's capital Tokyo on Tuesday, April 24, 2012, according to reports. The preliminary magnitude reportedly was 5.5.
www.huffingtonpost.com/.../tokyo-earthquake-2012_n_1450...
Devore Earthquake Downgraded to Magnitude 3.8 | NBC Los Angeles
The earthquake was reported at 8:07 a.m. at a depth of more than 6 miles. Initially reported at magnitude 4.1, the quake had been downgraded to magnitude 3.8 ...
www.nbclosangeles.com/.../Magnitude-41-Earthquake-Shakes...
4.7-magnitude quake strikes off Vancouver Island - British Columbia ...
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck about 200 kilometres west of Vancouver Island on Friday morning.
www.cbc.ca/news/.../bc-earthquake-vancouver-island.html
Earthquake simulator raising awareness of quake dangers in ...
What's it like to experience an earthquake that registers 8.0 on the Richter Scale? Hoosiers can find out first-hand from the Quake Cottage, anearthquake ...
newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/22088.html
Mini quake shakes ACT
Seismograph reading from Canberra quake Photo: from Geoscience Australia... Mr Tatham said there have been four earthquakes in the region over the past ...
www.canberratimes.com.au/.../mini-quake-shakes-act-201204...
Devore Quake: 3.8-Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Inland Empire ...
DEVORE, Calif. (KTLA) -- A 3.8-magnitude earthquake rattled Southern California Saturday morning and experts tracked the quake's epicenter to the Inland ...
www.ktla.com/news/.../ktla-devore-earthquake,0,2121603.stor...
U.S. News - Moderate earthquake shakes Southern California
Updated at 3:07 p.m. ET: A moderate earthquake rattled Southern California on Saturday morning, shaking homes ... The quake, initially reported at magni …
usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_.../11446330-moderate-earthquake-s...
Small but Widely Felt Quake Shakes Southern Calif - ABC News
Some Southern Californians were shaken out of bed Saturday morning by a small earthquake that rattled homes across the Inland Empire region and caused ...
abcnews.go.com/.../moderate-earthquake-shakes-southern-cali...
Los Angeles Earthquake: Buildings Sway In 3.8 Magnitude Quake
Los Angeles was hit by a magnitude 3.8 earthquake which struck at 8:08 a.m. PDT on Saturday. The small quake caused buildings in downtown L.A. to sway.
www.inquisitr.com/.../los-angeles-earthquake-buildings-sway-...
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