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Feb 11, 2012

EARTHQUAKE News, Feb 11, 2012


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Report: Building toppled by NZ quake substandard
CBS News
The Canterbury Television (CTV) building in Christchurch fell into a smoldering heap during the magnitude-6.1 earthquake on Feb. 22. It accounted for nearly two-thirds of the quake's 184 victims. New Zealand's Department of Building and Housing found ...
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Europe's cold spell hits Turkey's quake survivors
Sacramento Bee
By SELCAN HACAOGLU AP ANKARA, Turkey -- Freezing temperatures and heavy snow in Turkey are making life miserable for the more than 140000 residents who were left homeless by the nation's devastating earthquake four months ago and who are still living ...
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Quake death toll: 34
Journal Online
THE death toll in last Monday's earthquake in Central Visayas rose to 34 yesterday with 71 others still missing and feared dead, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council. The NDRRMC said that of the 34 fatalities in ...
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Outlying districts get tough on quake rules
The Press
Two councils outside Canterbury's earthquake region are taking a harder line on strengthening quake- prone buildings. The Hurunui District Council adopted a stricter approach in the middle of last year and Ashburton is set to approve a more rigorous ...
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Hula girls revive quake-hit Japanese theme park
The News Journal
The Hawaiian theme park that propped up the town's rural economy had been forced to close after the March 11 earthquake. / Bloomberg News photo by Tomohiro Ohsumi. Indoor pools at the newly reopened Spa Resort Hawaiians in Iwaki, Japan.
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NASA: First 3D map of big Mexico quake
OCRegister
A team that included scientists from the United States, Mexico and China relied on overflights of the quake zone near Mexicali using lidar, or light detection and ranging. "This is the first time that we've had lidar data acquired before an earthquake ...
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Making Waves: Japanese quake gave scientists an unprecedented look at a big ...
Science News
NOAA By many measures, the magnitude 9.0 earthquake that shook Japan a year ago was a record-breaker. It was the largest quake in the country's written history, the trigger for the worst nuclear accident in 25 years and the costliest natural disaster ...
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Aid Boat Capsizes
Manila Bulletin
By ELENA L. ABEN MANILA, Philippines — A boat with 100 sacks of rice intended for earthquake victims in Negros Oriental capsized in the waters of Tanion Strait Saturday, authorities reported. All 35 people on board the MB Agape, including 10 workers ...
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Quake support wins award
Independent Community Newspaper
Kent Gardner - awarded the UK New Zealander of the Year title for his fundraising efforts to support quake-ravaged Christchurch. An ex-pat Kiwi's support for Christchurch has been recognised with the UK New Zealander of the Year award.
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Resident determined to appeal quake zoning
Radio New Zealand
On Friday, owners of 213 properties found out they will have to abandon their now red-zoned homes due to earthquake damage. Another 42 home owners were told their homes are now in the green zone and they can begin rebuilding and making repairs.
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Quakes blow Wellington's benchmark
Stuff.co.nz
A massive earthquake in Wellington has long been the EarthquakeCommission's worst nightmare, setting the benchmark for how much money it would need in reserves and how many claims it would face. But the multiple shakes in Christchurch have blown both ...
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TESDA: P5M For Quake Victims
Manila Bulletin
By SAMUEL MEDENILLA MANILA, Philippines — The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) has allotted P5 million worth of scholarship packages for victims of the recent magnitude 6.9 earthquake in Negros Oriental, TESDA's top ...
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Christchurch shaken but not broken one year on from earthquake
Courier Mail
It runs, poker-straight, through Christchurch's eastern suburbs of Avonside and Dallington, areas devastated in the September 2010 quake and then dealt a killer blow by the February 2011 event. Large chunks of the suburbs lie in the so-called Red Zone, ...
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Europe's cold spell hits Turkey's quake survivors
Albany Times Union
23, 2011 file photo, earthquake survivors seen next to their destroyed houses in Van, eastern Turkey. The harshest winter in decades has added to the woes of more than 140000 quake survivors who are braving record low temperatures and heavy snow fall ...
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Sir Peter Jackson quake-strengthening chapel
Stuff.co.nz
BIG PLANS: Nearly five years after rescuing a historic Seatoun chapel from demolition, Sir Peter Jackson has finally startedearthquake-strengthening work on it. Nearly five years after rescuing a historic Seatoun chapel from demoltion, ...
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Stuff.co.nz
Repairs underway for quake-damaged bridges in Negros
ABS CBN News
MANILA, Philippines - The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is working to complete repairs on some 20 bridges damaged by the powerful earthquake that jolted Negros Oriental last Monday. DPWH Undersecretary Romeo Momo told ANC Dateline ...
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Evacuations after mall deemed quake risk
TVNZ
A number of shops in a Christchurch mall had to be evacuated this morning after being deemed earthquake prone. Staff and customers were forced to leave a section of Merivale Mall containing 18 shops, two kiosks and the Fresh Choice supermarket.
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Quake damage 'major issue' for health service
The Press
The extent of earthquake damage to Canterbury health services is causing serious disruption and major challenges, the region's health boss says. Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) chief executive David Meates said yesterday the board faced "major ...
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PM asks local gov'ts across Japan to help dispose of quake, tsunami rubble
Mainichi Daily News
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda asked local governments across Japan to help dispose of the massive amount of rubble from the Great East JapanEarthquake and tsunami as the Reconstruction Agency was launched on Feb. 10. "Disaster-hit areas' capacity to ...
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Quake causes cracks, landslide at Kanlaon
Visayan Daily Star
BY CARLA GOMEZ Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology experts have been asked to assess the damage caused by the magnitude 6.9earthquake on Kanlaon Volcano following large cracks discovered at its crater, and a landslide at Margaha Valley, ...
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5.5M quake jolts eastern Indonesia
The Borneo Post
JAKARTA: An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale struck off eastern Indonesia on Saturday, the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency reported here. The quake jolted at 14:06 pm Jakarta time with the epicentre at 132 km southwest Halmahera Selatan ...
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Moderate quake shakes Chile
Hindustan Times
A moderate earthquake measuring 5.9 shook central Chile late Friday, US researchers reported. The epicenter of the tremor, which occurred at 11:58pm local time (0258 GMT on Saturday), was located 52 kilometers (32 miles) south southwest of the city of ...
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Quake city assets set to be popular
Stuff.co.nz
Domestic and international investors expect to be potential buyers of Christchurch City Council's airport and electricity companies, should it be forced to sell assets to pay earthquake bills. Listed Wellington infrastructure investor Infratil, ...
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Moderate earthquake hits Indonesia
New Straits Times
It said in a statement that the earthquake's epicentre was 186km southwest of Tidore, Indonesia, and 1104km southwest of Semporna, Sabah. The quake did not pose any threat of a tsunami, it added. -- Bernama.
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New Straits Times
Europe's cold snap leaves many of Turkey's quake survivors shivering in tents
Washington Post
ANKARA, Turkey — Freezing temperatures and heavy snow in Turkey are making life miserable for the more than 140000 residents who were left homeless by the nation's devastating earthquake four months ago and who are still living in tents or temporary ...
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Human cognitive performance suffers following natural disasters, researchers find
PhysOrg.com
The authors were unexpectedly presented with a unique opportunity to investigate the impact of the devastating 2010 earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, with participants in a study on human performance they were conducting at the time of the quake ...
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Quake jolts eastern Tehran province
Payvand
There were no reports of any casualty or damage to the property caused by the quake. Kilan village in Damavand is located 86 kilometers to the east of Tehran. Iran sits on several major faults in the earth's crust, and is prone to frequent earthquakes, ...
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mother intent on recovery
Stuff.co.nz
Face down in the darkness and dust after last February'searthquake, she started to breathe again. Almost a year on from the day a photograph of her broken and bloodied body was published internationally, Taylor recalls the minutes after thequake ...
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Stuff.co.nz
BC and Washington ink new earthquake partnership
News1130
Jay Lewis, with Terra Firm, which prepares buildings for earthquakes in BC, hopes the joint emergency partnership leads to some lessons passed onto Canadians. For example, he says Washington state is miles ahead of BC preparing schools for a big quake.
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Brewing storm may dump more rain in quake-hit areas
Manila Standard Today
THE tail of a cold front threatens to bring more rain to the Negros provinces struck by a 6.9-magnitude earthquake on Monday, the weather bureau said Friday. The cold front would bring rain to those areas in the next two days, forecaster Glaiza ...
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Earthquakes Shake North Island and South Island... | Stuff.co.nz
By Michelle Cooke
Both islands were shaken last night as a 3.7 magnitude earthquake which rocked the North Island was followed shortly after by a 4.0 quake in the south. The 3.7 quake struck at 10.11pm, 40 kilometres east of Napier. It was 20km deep, ...
Stuff.co.nz - Stuff
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-...
Radio New Zealand : News : Christchurch Earthquake : Quake ...
Quake business grants. Updated at 1:48 pm on 8 February 2012. The Canterbury Business Recovery Trust says it has given $584519 to 32 businesses in the ...
www.radionz.co.nz/news/canterbury.../quake-business-grants
Philippines Earthquake: 5.6 Magnitude Quake Hits, Christian News
The Philippines has been hit by a 5.6 magnitude earthquake Saturday as a tremor struck just off the island of Samar.
www.christianpost.com/.../philippines-earthquake-5-6-magnitu...
Earthquake: 3.0 quake strikes near Pinnacles - latimes.com
A shallow magnitude 3.0 earthquake was reported Saturday afternoon one mile from Pinnacles, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred ...
latimesblogs.latimes.com/.../earthquake-30-quake-strikes-near-...
Earthquake Hits Near Site of Earlier Quake | Corpus Christi, TX ...
CORPUS CHRSITI - A weekend earthquake felt by some near Beeville struck within 2 miles of a larger quake that hit the area back in October.
www.kztv10.com/.../earthquake-hits-near-site-of-earlier-quake...
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...
6.8-magnitude earthquake in Philippines kills 13, triggers landslides
The Philippines is in the Pacific “Ring of Fire” where earthquakes and volcanic activity are common. A 7.7-magnitude quake killed nearly 2000 people in Luzon ...
www.washingtonpost.com/.../gIQAXDdxsQ_story.html
Negros earthquake: Urgent rescue efforts as death toll rises (+video)
Negros earthquake: Philippines President Aquino ordered armed forces to join rescue efforts on Negros Island as the death toll from Monday's 6.9 quakerose ...
www.csmonitor.com/.../Negros-earthquake-Urgent-rescue-effo...
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-...
Mega Quake Earthquake Warning Issued by GLP 14 days Projection ...
any other earthquake watchers seeing wats going on? US fault line seems to be missing this one again!
www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message1769489/pg1
Quake Hits Minutes After Earthquake Drill - Video - WTAE Pittsburgh
A small earthquake shook parts of a state, just minutes after 2 million people participated in what else? An earthquake drill.
www.wtae.com/video/30406211/detail.html
Earthquake in Central Philippines Leaves Dozens Dead or Missing
Mr. Degamo said eight bridges were damaged by the quake, ... ran out into the streets or hid under tables when the first earthquake struck just before noon.
online.wsj.com/.../SB10001424052970204369404577206403...
Quake Hits Minutes After Earthquake Drill - Video - KCRA Sacramento
A small earthquake shook parts of a state, just minutes after 2 million people participated in what else? An earthquake drill.
www.kcra.com/video/30406211/detail.html
Quake Hits Minutes After Earthquake Drill - Video - KOCO Oklahoma ...
A small earthquake shook parts of a state, just minutes after 2 million people participated in what else? An earthquake drill.
www.koco.com/video/30406211/detail.html
  
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