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Feb 14, 2012

EARTHQUAKE News, Feb 14, 2012

EARTHQUAKE
Magnitude-5.6 quake strikes rural Northern Calif.
Boston.com
A moderate earthquake struck Northern California's coast Monday afternoon, rattling nerves around the Oregon border but yielding no immediate reports of major injuries or damage, officials said. The magnitude-5.6 quake struck at 1:07 pm about 18 miles ...
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Japan earthquake: 6.0 quake hits eastern Japan, no tsunami warning issued
Vancouver Sun
TOKYO, Feb 14, 2012 (AFP) - A powerful earthquake rocked eastern Japan Tuesday, but no tsunami warning was issued and no damage was reported at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant. The US Geological Survey said the 6.0 magnitude quake, ...
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Magnitude 5.1 quake rattles Greece
USA TODAY
ATHENS, Greece (AP) – Greek authorities say an earthquakewith preliminary magnitude of 5.1 has struck the north of the country. No injuries or damage were immediately reported. By Dimitri Messinis, AP Flags wave Feb. 9 near the ancient Parthenon ...
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USA TODAY
Earthquake: 3.0 quake strikes near Borrego Springs
Los Angeles Times
A shallow magnitude 3.0 earthquake was reported Tuesday morning six miles from Borrego Springs, according to the US Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 5:05 am PST at a depth of 3.7 miles. According to the USGS, the epicenter was 11 miles from ...
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Fukushima faces increased quake risk - study
Bangkok Post
Japan's crippled nuclear plant at Fukushima needs to beef up safety measures to face the risk of a large earthquake, scientists said on Tuesday. This aerial view taken by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) of the Air Photo Service in March 2011 shows ...
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Bangkok Post
Quake-Hit Areas Electricity Restored
Manila Bulletin
By MYRNA M. VELASCO MANILA, Philippines — The five transmission structures affected by the strike of the 6.9 magnitude earthquake in the Visayas are now back to service, system operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has announced.
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Catholics urged to help earthquake victims
Philippine Star
Our thoughts are with our brothers and sisters suffering from the recent earth quake that hit this island,” the Papal Nuncio said. Pinto was in Bacolod to see the projects built in honor of the Blessed John Paul II, who visited Bacolod 31 years ago.
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Barriers didn't protect from falling facades
Stuff.co.nz
Marton Sinclair, of engineering firm Eliot Sinclair, told the Canterbury earthquakes royal commission the cordon around the building at 601-601a Colombo St was "entirely consistent" with barriers around similarly quake-damaged buildings around the city ...
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Stuff.co.nz
5.6 earthquake rocks the North Coast; rattles nerves, leaves buildings unscathed
Times-Standard
Humboldt State University geology professor Lori Dengler said the quakewas a fairly typical one for inland Humboldt County. ”This is a type ofearthquake we've had before and we'll have again,” she said. “They're unlikely to do much in the way of ...
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Capital to halt for mock quake drill today
India Today
The entire government - the civic arm, police and emergency response machinery comprising over 50000 people will be pressed into action in the aftermath of a mock earthquakemeasuring 7 on the Richter scale. The imaginary quake would have originated on ...
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India Today
Quake hotel goods for sale in Invercargill
Stuff.co.nz
Millions of dollars of goods from two former premier Christchurch hotels damaged in last year's deadly earthquake are now being sold in Invercargill. Clearance Centre owner Murray McCleery has expanded his Tyne St store to make room for the items, ...
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Quake Debris Closing In On US
KHQ Right Now
The floating wreckage, often called flotsam, is a result of the massively destructive, 9.0-magnitude earthquake that struck just off the coast of Japan last March. Peninsula College oceanographers Curtis Ebbesmeyer and Jim Ingraham told the Huffington ...
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Quake strengthening will 'anchor' tunnel
The Dominion Post
Major earthquake strengthening on Karori tunnel will begin on Monday to fix its vulnerable entrances and stabilise the surrounding hillside. The Wellington Fault lies within 20m of the eastern (Kelburn-side) tunnel entrance and about 114000 vehicles ...
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The Dominion Post
US used Kashmir quake to send killer-spies into Pakistan
Firstpost
Reuters New York: The Pentagon used the Kashmirearthquake of 2005 to send operatives from the Joint Special Operations Command, or JSOC — the secretive, über-elite military unit that killed Osama bin Laden – into Pakistan, reveals a new book.
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Firstpost
Two Pacific region quakes, but no tsunamis expected
The Province
By Staff Reporter, The Province February 14, 2012 7:10 AM The tsunami warning centre says there's no warning in effect on the North American west coast despite two earthquakes in the Pacific region early Tuesday. A strong quake of magnitude 6.4 was ...
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Wall of silence on Merivale mall
Stuff.co.nz
... of the quake-hit shopping centre, with one business owner criticising the mall's lack of communication. Twenty stores at the mall were closed on Saturday, after engineers found part of the centre was earthquake-prone and needed to be cordoned off.
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Insurance firms reject Zurich quake claims
The Local Switzerland
The insurance company has decided that it will not pay out on these claims because it considers that the earthquake was too weak on the seismic scale. This is the case not only in Zurich, but also in Lucerne, which also saw damage from the quake.
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Does fracking cause earthquakes?
Daily Maverick
The largest earthquake believed to have been caused by human activity was a quake of 6.3 in India, in 1967, attributed by critics to the building of the Koyna dam. It caused extensive damage, and 180 people lost their lives. The project chief engineer, ...
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Mountaineering at quake-affected Mt. Kanlaon suspended
Philippine Star
MANILA (Xinhua) – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has temporarily suspended mountaineering activities at Mt. Kanlaon, an active volcano on Negros island in central Philippines, as the recent earthquake caused cracks and ...
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Animated Map Plots One Year of Quakes
PBS NewsHour
We recently stumbled on this animated map that plots all of 2011'searthquakes that registered above magnitude 6. Each circle represents anearthquake -- the bigger the circle, the greater the magnitude. The line across the circle indicates the quake's ...
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Strong Earthquake Hits Honshu Island
Bernama
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 14 (Bernama) -- A strong earthquake, measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale, hit the Honshu Island region today, the Malaysian Meteorological Department reported. The epicenter of the quake, which occurred at 2.21pm, was near the east ...
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Death toll in Neg.Or. quake reaches 42, PDRRMC reports
Visayan Daily Star
BY JUDY F. PARTLOW The number of casualties from the Magnitude 6.9earthquake that rocked northern Negros Oriental rose to 42 as of Sunday, a report from the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said. The report as of 6 pm Sunday ...
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Magnitude 5.3 earthquake hits Northern California
ForexLive (blog)
Must not have been any damage. I live about 75 miles (Dunsmuir California) due east of the earthquake. I did not feel it but I am shielded by the mountain range between us. I didn't feel today's 5.5 quake. I read thequake was near Trinidad, CA.
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U.N., Caribbean delegations begin post-quake assessment of Haiti
Bellingham Herald
By JACQUELINE CHARLES - McClatchy Newspapers MIAMI - Caribbean Community leaders and ambassadors from the United Nations Security Council arrived Monday in Haiti on separate missions to assess progress since the 2010 earthquake.
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Earthquake of 5.3 on Richter scale in Greece
Sofia Echo
An earthquake of 5.3 on the Richter scale was registered on February 14 at 3.34am off the northern Greek coast of the Halkidiki peninsula. The quake was at a depth of 16.7km and the epicentre 93km south-west of Kavala and 104km south-east of ...
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Sofia Echo
US used 2005 quake to send JSOC spies into Pakistan
News Tribe
By Katrina Jones - Feb 14th, 2012 (No Comment) New York: The Pentagon used the Kashmir earthquake of 2005 to send operatives from the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) into Pakistan, reveals a new book. The JSOC has proven to be the most lethal ...
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News Tribe
Pinoys in Austria help quake victims in Negros
ABS CBN News
by Hector Pascua, ABS-CBN Europe News Bureau VIENNA, Austria - Benevolent Filipino organizations in Austria have launched an appeal for the victims of the strong earthquake that hit the islands of Negros and Cebu. “In the midst of thousands of our ...
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A lot has changed but the country is still scarred by the earthquakeand tsunami
Macleans.ca
Still, frequent quakes there, as many as once a week and some of substantial size, keep the disaster fresh in people's minds. But located just 65 km north of the Dai-Ichi plant, the major effect of the earthquake and tsunami in Sendai is invisible: the ...
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Macleans.ca
Earthquake: 3.0 quake strikes near Borrego Springs - latimes.com
By Ben Welsh
A shallow magnitude 3.0 earthquake was reported Tuesday morning six miles from Borrego Springs, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 5:05 a.m. PST at a depth of 3.7 miles.
L.A. NOW
Eureka Earthquake: Magnitude-5.6 Quake Strikes Northern California
By The Huffington Post News Editors
A moderate earthquake struck Northern California's coast Monday afternoon, rattling nerves around the Oregon border but yielding no immediate reports of major injuries or damage, officials said. The magnitude-5.6 quake struck at 1:07 p.m. ...
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed
Baja California, Mexico - 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
Mexico Earthquake, Terremoto, Today Felt in California, Arizona
By lalate
LALATE can report that the quake was only sixty-two miles from the California city of El Centro. In recent years, Seeley and El Centro have been hotbeds of earthquake activity in Southern California. Today's quake was only roughly ninety ...
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5.6 Earthquake Shakes Humboldt County « CBS San Francisco
By bethspotswood
TRINIDAD, Humboldt County (CBS SF) — The U.S. Geological Survey has revised the magnitude of an earthquake that struck the Northern California coast to 5.6. The USGS said the quake struck at 1:07 p.m. about 18 miles east of Trinidad in ...
CBS San Francisco
Japan earthquake: 6.0 quake hits eastern Japan, no tsunami ...
A powerful earthquake rocked eastern Japan Tuesday, but no tsunami warning was issued and no damage.
www.vancouversun.com/news/Japan...hits.../story.html
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-...
Magnitude-5.6 quake strikes rural Northern Calif.
A moderate earthquake struck Northern California's coast Monday afternoon, ... The magnitude-5.6 quake struck at 1:07 pm about 18 miles inland in an ...
articles.boston.com/.../31055948_1_magnitude-earthquake-qu...
Eureka Earthquake: Magnitude-5.6 Quake Strikes Northern California
HOOPA VALLEY INDIAN RESERVATION, Calif. — A moderateearthquake struck Northern California's coast Monday afternoon, rattling nerves around the ...
www.huffingtonpost.com/.../eureka-earthquake_n_1274795.h...
Japan earthquake: 6.0 quake hits eastern Japan, no tsunami warning ...
TOKYO, Feb 14, 2012 (AFP) - A powerful earthquake rocked eastern Japan Tuesday, but no tsunami warning was issued and no damage was reported at the crippled ...
www.vancouversun.com/news/Japan...hits.../story.html
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 Borrego Springs
A shallow magnitude 3.0 earthquake was reported Tuesday morning six miles from Borrego Springs, according to the US Geological Survey.
latimesblogs.latimes.com/.../earthquake-30-quake-strikes-near-...
Earthquake: 5.5 quake strikes near Eureka, Calif. - latimes.com
A shallow magnitude 5.5 earthquake was reported Monday afternoon six miles from Weitchpec, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor ...
latimesblogs.latimes.com/.../earthquake-53-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/.../reaserchers-studying-weekend-earthquak...
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...
Quake Hits Minutes After Earthquake Drill - Video - WESH Orlando
A small earthquake shook parts of a state, just minutes after 2 million people participated in what else? An earthquake drill.
www.wesh.com/video/30406211/detail.html
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