Disastrous consequences likely in inevitable SF quake

Disastrous consequences likely in inevitable SF quake
AZ Central.com - AZ,USA
SAN FRANCISCO - Hurricane Katrina was bad enough. But consider what an earthquake like the monster that devastated this city 100 years ago would do today. ...
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Women to knit mittens for earthquake survivors
KAJ News - Kalispell,MT,USA
BOZEMAN Knitters in Bozeman and surrounding communities are making mittens for children who survived last year's earthquake in Pakistan. ...

SANTA ROSA ALSO PLANNING EARTHQUAKE COMMEMORATION EVENTS
CBS 5 - San Francisco,CA,USA
Santa Rosa, like San Francisco, is planning events to commemorate the centennial observation of the 1906 earthquake. The 7.9 magnitude ...

A mover and a shaker Earthquake scientist has her hands full as ...
Alameda Times-Star - Alameda,CA,USA
... starts a conversation that lasts for the rest of the flight," says Zoback, a seismologist who coordinates the USGS Northern California Earthquake Hazards team. ...

'Demolish' the easy answer
Wanganui Chronicle - Wanganui,New Zealand
... Robinson is using a 100-year-old building in Victoria Ave as an example of his concerns about the Wanganui District Council�s earthquake-prone buildings ...
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Waiting for the next big Bay quake
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada
As San Francisco prepares to mark the 100th anniversary of its hellish 1906 earthquake, major photographic exhibits offer both a celebration of the City by the ...
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Rains disrupt return of Pakistan quake survivors
Reuters.uk - UK
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (Reuters) - Heavy rains hit Pakistan's earthquake-devastated northern region, triggering landslides and disrupting return of survivors ...
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Rebuilding cost will go up, warns Erra
Pakistan Dawn - Karachi,Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, April 8: The Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority warned on Saturday that the cost of reconstruction of quake-hit areas would ...
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The 1906 Great Earthquake & Fire Exposition
SFStation.com - San Francisco,CA,USA
... This system is designed to be used in emergency situations, such as occurred during the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake and Marina district fire when the regular ...

SF's former 'earthquake shacks' survive a century
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
"I think this is one of the original earthquake shacks," the man with the camera told her. Although there was little other than ...
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Project to clear debris from AJK capital launched
Pakistan Dawn - Karachi,Pakistan
MUZAFFARABAD, April 8: The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) launched its first post-earthquake relief project here on Saturday, a ...
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Earthquake kills 70 in Iran

Earthquake kills 70 in Iran
Reuters.uk - UK
GARAJ, Iran (Reuters) - A strong earthquake hit western Iran on Friday, killing at least 70 people and devastating villages, a provincial official said. ...
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United States Offers To Provide Earthquake Assistance to Iran
Washington File - Washington,DC,USA
... The United States provided more than $5.7 million in aid to Iran following the December 2003 earthquake that devastated the southeastern city of Bam. ...
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Russia Sends Aid to Earthquake-Hit Iran
MOSNEWS - Russia
Two planes are ready to take off from an airfield near Moscow to travel to earthquake-hit Iran, Russian Emergency Situations Ministry spokesman Viktor Beltsov ...
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Pakistan earthquake: survivors must steer efforts to rebuild their ...
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
Six months after the deadly Pakistan earthquake, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is stressing the importance of enabling ...
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Iran Earthquake Kills 70, Destroys 330 Villages
New York Times - United States
TEHRAN, March 31 � A strong earthquake hit Iran's western province of Lorestan this morning killing 70 people and flattening more than 300 villages, state ...
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Earthquake Jolts Iran: 38 Killed, 700 Injured
Zaman Online - Istanbul,Turkey
By AA. An earthquake measuring six on the Richter scale killed 38 people and injured 700 in western Iran today. Iranian state television ...
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A look at the government's hypothetical earthquake disaster
AZ Central.com - AZ,USA
... Security Department dreamed up 15 hypothetical catastrophes it wanted to "war game," only two natural disasters made the cut: a hurricane and an earthquake. ...
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Earthquake hits NE China province
Xinhua - China
CHANGCHUN, March 31 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale jolted China's northeastern Jilin Province on Friday and no casualties have ...
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PAKISTAN: Returns of earthquake displaced occurring at "an ...
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
BALAKOT, 31 March (IRIN) - The returns of earthquake displaced in Pakistan's North Western Frontier Province (NWFP) to their villages are occurring at "an ...

Merkel sends condolences over Iran earthquake
Expatica - Netherlands
"It fills me with great sadness that the Iranian people again have to suffer from an earthquake disaster," said Merkel in a statement, adding that she extended ...

Earthquake jostles Iran
Geotimes - Alexandria,VA,USA
After an evening of precursory tremors, a magnitude-6.1 earthquake struck western Iran today at local time 4:47 am, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS ...
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Mild intensity earthquake jolts Mansera

Mild intensity earthquake jolts Mansera
PakTribune.com - Pakistan
MANSEHRA, March 25 (Online): Mild intensity tremors were felt in Mansehra and surrounding areas on Friday at 8:37am. The tremors ...

14 earthquake victims return after treatment in Cuba
Kashar News - Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: March 24 (SANA): Fourteen earthquake victims from NWFP and AJK Friday arrived at the PAF, Base Chaklala after a successful and necessary treatment ...

Mild intensity earthquake jolts Mansera
PakTribune.com - Pakistan
MANSEHRA, March 24 (Online): Mild intensity tremors were felt in Mansehra and surrounding areas on Friday at 8:37am . The tremors ...
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Expert Sources on the Centenary of the San Francisco Earthquake
UC Davis - Davis,CA,USA
April 18, 2006, marks the 100-year anniversary of the earthquake and fire that destroyed the city of San Francisco. The following ...

100th Anniversary of 1906 Earthquake Renews Calls for Seismic ...
California Chronicle - Beverly Hills,CA,USA
Speaker pro Tem Yee Co-authors Resolution Commemorating San Francisco Earthquake. SACRAMENTO � The California State Assembly approved ...

Visit San Francisco on earthquake centennial
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription) - GA, USA
... modern city while gaining an appreciation for its history as it holds a variety of observances for the centennial of the devastating 1906 earthquake on April 18 ...

How did the earthquake affect your animal pals?
Contra Costa Times - CA,USA
As I said in Thursday's column, I'm having a little survey on how your pets reacted to Tuesday's 1:41 pm earthquake and the several small aftershocks that ...

Souper luncheon to benefit Pakistani earthquake relief efforts
Milford Daily News - Milford,MA,USA
... charitable event. All proceeds will be sent to Action Against Hunger to benefit Pakistani Earthquake Relief efforts. Recognized ...

Turks setting up tents fearing possible earthquake following solar ...
Khaleej Times - Dubai,United Arab Emirates
ANKARA, Turkey - Residents in a small quake-prone central Turkish town have set up tents in streets and gardens in fear of a possible earthquake following the ...

Guebuza visits earthquake victims in central Mozambique
AngolaPress - Angola
... President Armando Guebuza on Monday visited Machaze district in the central Mozambican province of Manica that were worst hit by the earthquake of 23 February. ...

 

Red Cross Begins Recovery Operations in Pakistan's Earthquake Zone

Red Cross Begins Recovery Operations in Pakistan's Earthquake Zone
Voice of America - USA
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies says humanitarian operations in Pakistan's earthquake zone have begun shifting from relief ...

Spain sends aid to earthquake victims in Iran
Xinhua - China
The agency charte red a Hercules transport aircraft, carrying 656 six-man tents, 480 canvas covers and four electrical generators, to Teheran from the Torrejon ...

Minor Earthquake Rocks Oklahoma
KWTX - Waco,TX,USA
The US Geological Survey says the quake, with a preliminary magnitude of 3.0, happened at about 1:45 pm CDT. It was centered eight ...

Moderate earthquake jolts Pakistan
People's Daily Online - Beijing,China
A moderate earthquake on Tuesday jolted the Pakistani capital Islamabad, Muzafarabad, the capital of Pakistan-controlled Kashmir and northern parts of the ...
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PAKISTAN: Land policy for earthquake displaced coming soon
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
... the government of Pakistan is expected to provide information on land allocation for those displaced in Pakistani-administered Kashmir by October's earthquake. ...
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Surgeon's return visit to help Asian earthquake victims
Clitheroe Today - Burnley,East Lancashire,UK
... A SURGEON from Whalley has returned to Pakistan to help victims of the country's devastating earthquake. Mr Aamir Zubairy a consultant ...

Earthquake rattles western Greek island of Zakynthos
Monsters and Critics.com - Glasgow,UK
Athens - A strong earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale rattled the western Greek island of Zakynthos Wednesday, causing no damage or injuries, the ...
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Carter County Rattled by Earthquake
KTEN - Denison,TX,USA
Calls flooded KTEN's Ardmore studios Wednesday afternoon, with folks claiming they felt and earthquake near Lone Grove. We have ...
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PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE � SIX MONTHS ON
British Satellite News - London,UK
Six months ago an earthquake devastated parts of northern Pakistan, India and Afghanistan. ... Six months ago, the earthquake hit south Asia. ...
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New Schools to be Built-Canadian Relief Foundation Continues ...
CCNMatthews (press release) - Toronto,ON,Canada
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(CCNMatthews - April 5, 2006) - Three new earthquake-resistant elementary schools will be built over the next three months in the devastated ...

 

Earthquake hits central RP (1:50 pm)

Earthquake hits central RP (1:50 pm)
Sun.Star - Philippines
MANILA -- A strong earthquake shook the central Philippines early Tuesday, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries, the government's ...
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ADB to help quake-affected households in Pakistan
Xinhua - China
MANILA, March 28 (Xinhua) -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB will help poor households affected by the October 2005 earthquake in Pakistan to begin restoring ...
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Joe Strummer's "Earthquake Weather" reissued digitally with b ...
Punknews.org - USA
Joe Strummer's 1989 solo album Earthquake Weather has been given a new lease on life via the digital download service Rhapsody. ...

Strong Earthquake Jolts Tokyo Area
Planet Ark - New York,NY,USA
TOKYO - A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.0 jolted the Tokyo area on Tuesday evening, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. ...

Memphis university seeks funds for earthquake observatory
Kentucky.com - Lexington,KY,USA
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - University of Memphis researchers want to establish an earthquake observatory in the New Madrid seismic zone. The ...
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Dance tribute to 1906 earthquake
Guardian Unlimited - UK
Almost 100 years ago, an earthquake ripped through San Francisco, killing thousands and starting a fire that destroyed much of the city. ...

Pakistan: Earthquake recovery
ReliefWeb (press release) - Geneva,Switzerland
... of service delivery. Children's basic human needs met as earthquake response moves from relief to reconstruction. 1. Basic services ...

Strong earthquake jolts Tokyo area
Reuters - USA
TOKYO, March 28 (Reuters) - A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.0 jolted the Tokyo area on Tuesday evening, the Japan Meteorological Agency ...
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BRR presents 1,209 housing units to Nias earthquake victims
Antara - Antara,Indonesia
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The Aceh and Nias Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Agency (BRR) presented over 1,209 housing units to earthquake victims in Nias ...
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LLNL scientists simulate 1906 earthquake and possible future ...

LLNL scientists simulate 1906 earthquake and possible future ...
PhysOrg.com - Evergreen,VA,USA
There are seven major earthquake faults in the San Francisco Bay area: the San Gregorio, San Andreas, Hayward, Calaveras, Rodgers Creek, Concord�Green Valley ...
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Earthquake-proof certificates to be imposed in Cantt
Daily Times - Lahore,Pakistan
RAWALPINDI: The Rawalpindi Cantonment Board has made it compulsory to get an earthquake-proof certificate prior to construction of new houses, shops and plazas ...

KYRGYZSTAN: Minor earthquake felt in Naryn
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
ANKARA, 5 April (IRIN) - A minor earthquake measuring three on the Richter scale has struck the northern Kyrgyz province of Naryn, a spokesman for the Kyrgyz ...

Kuwait 'largest donor' of Iran earthquake victims
Kuwait Times - Kuwait
KIRMINSHAH, West Iran: The diverse Kuwait human relief supplies to Iran since last Friday's earthquake that hit Loristan, is the largest foreign aid received ...

Moderate Earthquake Hits Western India
KFMB - San Diego,CA,USA
A moderate earthquake hit the western Indian state of Gujarat on Thursday but caused no damage or casualties, officials said. The ...

April is Earthquake Preparedness Month
Valley Sun - La Ca�ada Flintridge,CA,USA
La Ca�ada Flintridge schools and city officials are educating residents of the importance of being ready for the next earthquake during April, which is ...
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LLNL Scientists Simulate 1906 Earthquake
HPCwire - San Diego,CA,USA
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists has unveiled detailed computerized recreations of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, as well as simulations ...
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Eight survivors from city's 1906 earthquake throw first pitches
Contra Costa Times - CA,USA
Lynam and seven other earthquake survivors from San Francisco's 1906 Great Quake and fires threw out the ceremonial first pitches before the Giants' home ...

Earthquake victims facing great difficulties due ramshackle ...
Online - International News Network - Islamabad,Pakistan
... victims. The earthquake victims of Muzaffarabad, Neelum valley and Bagh have expressed anger over the policies of present governments. ...
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Reunion For Survivors Of The 1906 Earthquake
KFMB - San Diego,CA,USA
With the 100th anniversary just weeks away, quake survivors are giving first hand accounts of San Francisco's great earthquake and fire of 1906. ...
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Moderate earthquake hits western India
Khaleej Times - Dubai,United Arab Emirates
NEW DELHI - A moderate earthquake hit the western Indian state of Gujarat on Thursday but caused no damage or casualties, officials said. ...
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Earthquake measuring 4.7 on Richter scale hits North of country

Earthquake measuring 4.7 on Richter scale hits North of country
Daily Star - Lebanon - Beirut,Lebanon
BEIRUT: "An earthquake measuring 4.7 on the Richter scale hit Lebanon Thursday at 1.05 am, 100 kilometers from the Lebanese northern borders," according to the ...

Moderate earthquake rocks southern Turkey
People's Daily Online - Beijing,China
A moderate earthquake measuring 4. 7 on the Richter scale shook southern Turkey's Mediterranean coast early on Thursday with no casualties and damages reported ...
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Centre okays Rs 243 cr for J&K earthquake relief
Hindustan Times - India
... the Cabinet had also approved the expenditure incurred by paramilitary forces on providing relief items to the victims of the devastating earthquake in October ...

Museum opens exhibit about 1906 earthquake
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
Barbershop owner Henry P. Johnson and cannery owner Lew Hing were probably miles apart when the 1906 San Francisco earthquake hit, but their shared experiences ...
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US Military Ends Earthquake Relief Mission in Pakistan
Voice of America - USA
By Benjamin Sand. The US military has announced the official end of its extensive earthquake relief mission in Pakistan. Officials ...
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WHO South Asia Earthquake Situation Report 36: 16 - 29 Mar 2006
ReliefWeb (press release) - Geneva,Switzerland
... the final version of the �Build Back Better� Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Strategy for the Health Sector diffused by the Earthquake Reconstruction and ...

Ind-Pak ODI for earthquake relief
CNN-IBN - New Delhi,India
The series will give fresh impetus to the relief efforts for the October 2005 earthquake that had struck India and Pakistan killing nearly 85,000 people. ...
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'Osaka earthquake could destroy 710,000 buildings'
The Daily Yomiuri - Osaka,Japan
About 710,000 houses and buildings located on the Uemachi Fault in Osaka Prefecture would be destroyed or damaged if a major shallow-focus earthquake were to ...

Moderate earthquake recorded near Koyna dam
Deepika - Kottayam,India
Karad, Satara, Mar 30 (UNI) An earthquake of slight intensity was today recorded near the Koyna dam here. Chief Engineer Deepak ...

GSI to set up two macro earthquake monitoring observatories
NewKerala.com - Ernakulam,Kerala,India
Shillong: The Geological Survey of India would set up two macro erthquake monitoring observatories in the North East as it is located in a seismic zone. ...

earthquake centennial inspires ballet performed to live seismic ...
UC Berkeley - Berkeley,CA,USA
... The solo performance is part of a program commemorating the centennial of the 1906 earthquake. ... For instance, no one he knew had an earthquake kit. ...
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UNHCR launches Pakistan website on refugee, earthquake operations

UNHCR launches Pakistan website on refugee, earthquake operations
PakTribune.com - Pakistan
... provide comprehensive information on its work with one of the world�s largest refugee populations, and with Pakistanis displaced by the October 8 earthquake. ...

Flu pandemic is like an earthquake, could strike any time: US ...
Khaleej Times - Dubai,United Arab Emirates
BEIJING - Anticipating when the next flu pandemic will occur is like waiting for an earthquake along the San Andreas fault: It�s just a matter of time before ...
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IRAN EARTHQUAKE. FLIGHTS FROM BRINDISI TO BRING AID
Agenzia Giornalistica Italia - Italy
(AGI) - Rome, April 3 - Two humanitarian flights to bring aid to the people of Lorestan, the Iranian region struck by an earthquake last week, have been set up ...

EARTHQUAKE IN THE PROVINCES OF PERUGIA AND MACERATA
Agenzia Giornalistica Italia - Italy
(AGI) – Rome, April 4 – A slight earthquake struck the provinces of Perugia and Macerata. The epicentre was between the ...

Geneva is the master of invention
Swissinfo - Switzerland
... Over in the security section investors will find a centrifugal parachute for escaping from high buildings and a Chinese earthquake alarm clock, described as "a ...
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Earthquake injures at least 24 people in northern Pakistan
Monsters and Critics.com - Glasgow,UK
Islamabad - At least 24 people were injured, three seriously, as an earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale shook northern Pakistan Tuesday ...
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San Francisco Exhibit Featured at Julian Pioneer Museum
Ramona Journal - Ca, USA
By Amber Ward. The Julian Pioneer Museum is featuring a special exhibit for the 100-year anniversary of the "Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire.". ...
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UN agencies providing financial aid for earthquake-hit areas
Islamic Republic News Agency - Tehran,Iran
... UNFPA, which has mobilized USD 100,000 as an initial contribution for the most urgent reproductive, health and psycho-social needs of the earthquake victims has ...
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New corporate investment scheme to support UNHCR's earthquake ...
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
... based in Zurich and derilab sa, a Swiss derivatives company, to launch an investment scheme which will help raise funds for UNHCR's earthquake relief operation ...

Exhibit Commemorates Earthquake Victims
Georgetown University The Hoya - Washington,DC,USA
Six months after an earthquake shattered the lives of millions in the Pakistan-Kashmir region, Georgetown students offered a visual reminder of the devastation ...

Is the Bay Area ready for the next big earthquake?
SanFranciscoSentinel.com - San Francisco,CA,USA
On April 18, 1906, the great San Francisco earthquake rocked the Bay Area and now, 100 years later, researchers and state officials alike are advising ...
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PAKISTAN: Earthquake returns gather momentum

PAKISTAN: Earthquake returns gather momentum
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
ISLAMABAD, 3 April (IRIN) - With the focus shifting from earthquake relief to recovery in northern Pakistan, more than 40,000 quake survivors have returned ...

Caritas Brings Immediate Aid to Iran�s Earthquake Victims
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
... Caritas Iran�s assessment visit to Boroujerd, one of the towns in western Iran most severely affected by Friday�s earthquake, Caritas Internationalis is ...
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As We See It: Earthquake preparedness is needed
Santa Cruz Sentinel - Santa Cruz,CA,USA
It was 100 years ago that San Francisco and much of Northern California suffered from the big 1906 earthquake, the one that killed hundreds and left thousands ...
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Guy Carpenter, AIR Develop Earthquake Cat Model for Switzerland
Insurance Journal - USA
... catastrophe risk modeler AIR Worldwide Corporation, jointly announced an initiative to develop a detailed catastrophe model focusing on earthquake exposures in ...
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Earthquake Fair to Commemorate 1906 Temblor
UCSF Today - San Francisco,CA,USA
San Francisco history shifted dramatically at 5:12 am on April 18, 1906, when a 7.8 magnitude earthquake ruptured the area. Over ...
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Earthquake Hits West Iran, Killing 70
Planet Ark - New York,NY,USA
GARAJ, Iran - A strong earthquake hit western Iran on Friday, killing at least 70 people and devastating villages, a provincial official said. ...
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Civil Engineering students subject dormitory models to simulated ...
The UCLA Daily Bruin - Los Angeles,CA,USA
Scale models of college dormitories were put to the seismic test in an earthquake simulator when seven teams from California universities competed in the ...
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Six months on from South Asia Earthquake 300,000 children still ...
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
... in Pakistan remain desperate to return to school, six months after their classrooms were destroyed and their friends and teachers killed in the earthquake on 8 ...
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Kuwait continues sending relief aid for earthquake victims in Iran
Kuwait News Agency - Kuwait
... military cargo plane arrived at Kirmanshah airport, Western Iran, Monday carrying the second shipment of relief aid to victims of the earthquake that hit ...

Pakistan earthquake city to be moved
Malaysia Sun - Malaysia
Balakot -- home to 300,000 Pakistanis before an earthquake in the Kashmir region rocked the area in October -- will be rebuilt away from fault lines. ...
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One 1906 earthquake story
San Mateo Daily Journal - San Mateo,CA,USA
By Joan Levy. Let me tell you my earthquake story. It was April 18, 1906, just one hundred years ago. ... The earthquake occurred at 5:13 on that Wednesday morning. ...

 

Civic Center Tenants Demand Seismic Retrofit on Earthquake ...

Civic Center Tenants Demand Seismic Retrofit on Earthquake ...
Bay Area Indymedia - San Francisco,CA,USA
... Risk Level 4 Unreinforced Masonry Building, meaning that the building is made from brick, was constructed before 1933, and in a large earthquake will probably ...
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Hutchison: Earthquake preparedness is shaky most of the time
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
The last time I checked the coat closet where I keep our earthquake crisis kit, I counted 11 gallon-bottles of water and about five packs of D and AAA batteries ...

EARTHQUAKE REMEMBERED
Special Broadcasting Service - Australia
... Newsom. Most of the city's 400,000 residents were still in bed when the magnitude-7.8 earthquake struck at 5.12am on April 18, 1906. ...
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Another earthquake rattles Greek Ionian islands
Monsters and Critics.com - Glasgow,UK
Athens - A strong earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale rattled Greece's western Ionian islands Wednesday, but there were no immediate reports of injury ...
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City marks centennial of deadly earthquake
Buffalo News - NY, United States
A handful of centenarians who survived the devastation of the magnitude-7.8 earthquake that struck at 5:12 am on April 18, 1906, joined hundreds of residents ...
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of Great 1906 San Francisco Earthquake
SanFranciscoSentinel.com - San Francisco,CA,USA
The Board of Supervisors honored the memory of the Great Earthquake that hit San Francisco in 1906. Several agenda items at Tuesday's ...
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Chung: Earthquake die-hards need a good shake
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
By LA Chung. The centennial coverage of the 1906 earthquake has been like a good party celebrating survival and overcoming adversity. ... Hey, it's an earthquake! ...
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San Francisco marks centennial anniversary of great earthquake
Xinhua - China
In the pre-dawn morning of April 18, 1906, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit just 3 km off the coast of San Francisco in the Pacific. ...
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Reflecting on event's magnitude

Reflecting on event's magnitude
Contra Costa Times - CA,USA
The 1906 earthquake and fire that destroyed much of San Francisco is one of the defining events in California's cultural history -- magnifying the sense that we ...
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Ignoring an
Delta Democrat Times - Greenville,MS,USA
... It turns out that a whopping 86 percent of homeowners there lack earthquake insurance - in a state that is criss-crossed by seismic faults and has a clear ...

Light earthquake shakes Humboldt County
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
- An earthquake with a preliminary-magnitude of 4.6 struck just off the Humboldt County coast Saturday evening, according to the US Geological Survey. ...
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�World community cooperation helps mitigate miseries of quake ...
Online - International News Network - Islamabad,Pakistan
... UNDP Representative called on the NWFP Governor, Mr.Khalil-ur-Rehman at Governor�s House, Peshawar on Sunday and discussed the post earthquake situation in ...

One killed in south Iran earthquake -IRNA
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
TEHRAN, March 26 (Reuters) - One person was killed in a strong earthquake that hit a rural area in Iran's southern province of Hormuzgan on Saturday, the ...
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California fault line primed for big earthquake, experts predict
Winston-Salem Journal - Winston-Salem,NC,USA
... "A lot of these structures are going to come down," said David P. Schwartz, the chief of the USGS's Bay Area Earthquake Hazards Project. ...
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Most without quake insurance in Calif.
Centre Daily Times - Centre County,PA,USA
By Scott Lindlaw. SAN FRANCISCO -- When Charlie Bott got an offer in the mail recently for earthquake insurance, he stared long and hard at the bottom line. ...
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Bridge upgrades delayed after state pushes some costs onto local ...
KESQ - Palm Desert,CA,USA
LOS ANGELES California's local governments have delayed making bridges more earthquake-resistant since the state began shifting some upgrade costs to them. ...
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Strong quake hits south Iran, no damage reported

Strong quake hits south Iran, no damage reported
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
TEHRAN, March 25 (Reuters) - An earthquake measuring 6.0 struck Iran's southern province of Hormuzgan on Saturday but there were no reports of casualties or ...
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�No road, no water, no cattle, no land'
Globe and Mail - Canada
... He had already endured the most dangerous winter of his life, after the Oct. 8 earthquake that turned his home into a pile of stone and mud. ...

N-power plant safety thrown into doubt
The Daily Yomiuri - Osaka,Japan
About 10 percent of the world's earthquakes occur in Japan, which means earthquake-resistant design is essential to ensure the safety of a nuclear power plant. ...
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Earthquake jolts southern Iran, no reports of casualties
San Diego Union Tribune - United States
TEHRAN, Iran � A strong earthquake followed by several aftershocks jolted southern Iran on Saturday, knocking over nearly two dozen buildings. ...

Strong earthquake hits Fiji islands, no damage reported
Xinhua - China
WELLINGTON, March 25 (Xinhua) -- A strong earthquake shook South Pacific Fiji area early Saturday, according to the US Geological Survey. ...
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Prosperity & empowerment in earthquake-hit Gujarat villages
Indian Catholic - New Delhi,India
Bhuj (ICNS) -- Five years after an earthquake destroyed Bhuj in Western India�s Gujarat state, the rehabilitation and rebuilding works carried out by Caritas ...

Strong earthquake jolts southern Iran
Radio Australia - Australia
... Last November, nine people were killed and scores more injured when a similar earthquake measuring close to 6.0 on the Richter scale struck nearby Qeshm island ...

Turks setting up tents in some areas fearing possible earthquake ...
Siste.no - Gr�nland,Oslo,Norway
... Turkey (AP) _ Residents in a small quake-prone central Turkish town have set up tents in streets and gardens in fear of a possible earthquake following the ...

Earthquake jolts southern Iran
Jerusalem Post - Israel
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.0 jolted southern Iran on Saturday but no casualties were initially reported, the official Islamic Republic ...
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Fault east of Bay Area 'locked and loaded'
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
... It's the geologists, emergency planners and historians who seem to do most of the worrying, even in this year of heightened earthquake awareness for the 100th ...
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San Franciscans Mark Centennial of Great Earthquake

San Franciscans Mark Centennial of Great Earthquake
Voice of America - USA
By Mike O'Sullivan. Crowds gathered on the streets of San Francisco early Tuesday to recall the earthquake and fires that devastated the city 100 years ago. ...
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On 100th Anniversary of 1906 Earthquake, San Francisco Seen as ...
TMCnet - USA
Today, the centennial of the San Francisco earthquake, the big question is: how well is the Bay Area prepared for the next Big One? ...

San Francisco marks earthquake centennial
Irish Examiner - Cork,Ireland
... doers.�. Most of the city�s 400,000 residents were still in bed when the magnitude-7.8 earthquake struck at 5:12am on April 18, 1906. ...
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Greece hit by heavy earthquake
Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa
Athens - A strong earthquake measuring 5,0 on the Richter scale rattled Greece's western Ionian islands on Tuesday, but there were no immediate reports of ...
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San Francisco Marks Earthquake Centennial
ABC News - USA
... thousand people gather in San Franciscos financial district around 5:12 am to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake on Tuesday ...
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Thousands mark centennial of 1906 earthquake in SF
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
... wrinkled faces, knowing just how fortunate they were to attend the city's centennial commemoration after emerging from the nation's most destructive earthquake ...
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Earthquake fears prompt business continuity
CNET News.com - San Francisco,CA,USA
SAN FRANCISCO--On April 18, 1906, San Francisco was rocked by an earthquake that destroyed large swathes of the city and claimed the lives of more than 3,000 ...
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Earthquake Proof Buildings
WFMZ-TV Online - Allentown,PA,USA
At Lehigh's Atlss Center everyday is April 18th, 1906. 903 "This is a structural damper that we put into a building to absorb the energy from an earthquake. ...
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San Francisco Marks Earthquake Centennial
ABC News - USA
Earthquake survivor Irma Weule, 106, left, is interviewed by a reporter at a dinner honoring suvivors of the 1906 Earthquake at John's Grill in San Francisco ...
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UNHCR Funds IOM To Help Earthquake Victims Leave Camps, Return ...
PakTribune.com - Pakistan
... to facilitate the voluntary, safe and dignified return of internally displaced persons (IDPs) from relief camps in Pakistan�s earthquake-affected areas to ...

Capitol Reconstruction Project Aims to Save Lives in Earthquake
KSL-TV - Salt Lake City,UT,USA
... units can be installed. There will be 265 of them in all, each a kind of earthquake shock absorber. Brent Rowley, Jacobsen Hunt ...
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Earthquake hits no man's land in west China

Earthquake hits no man's land in west China
Xinhua - China
BEIJING, April 14 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale on Friday jolted a place in between Zhidoi County of Qinghai Province and ...

FEATURE-San Francisco marks quake centenary confused on scale
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
... PARK, Calif., April 14 (Reuters) - At every corner, the San Francisco area is commemorating the 100th anniversary of the April 18, 1906, earthquake that marked ...
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Lessons Learned From 1906 San Francisco Earthquake
Voice of America - USA
... What has happened?'". What had happened was that an earthquake -- today estimated at magnitude 7.9 - violently shook the city. Gas ...
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BART moves ahead on Bay tube earthquake retrofit
Inside Bay Area - Oakland,CA,USA
... will continue on the entire Bay Area Rapid Transit system over the next nine years" to make the system capable of withstanding a major earthquake, said Molly ...

Gambling with lives
Town Hall - Washington,DC,USA
At 5:12 am on April 18, a massive earthquake turned parts of the city into rubble -- and what the quake didn't get, fires created by broken gas mains did. ...
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Taren Sapienza and Lee Housekeeper Keeping Alive Memory of ...
Beyond Chron - San Francisco,CA,USA
... their history back to the "South of Market Boys." With a membership possibly as large as 2,000, many were survivors or had lost family in the 1906 earthquake. ...
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BART awards contract for earthquake strengthening
East Bay Business Times - Contra Costa,CA,USA
BART has awarded the first major construction contract to strengthen the Transbay Tube to withstand a major earthquake. BART's board ...
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The 1906 earthquake: Did it happen here?
Petaluma Argus-Courier - Petaluma,CA,USA
By DANE GOLDEN AND KATIE WATTS. Nothing happened in Petaluma on April 18, 1906, the day of the great San Francisco Earthquake and ensuing fire. ...
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Reports Of Earthquake Being Investigated In Northeast Ohio
NewsNet5.com - Cleveland,OH,USA
... A representative said he is investigating. There was an earthquake Monday northwest of Ashtabula. It was registered at 1:55 am under Lake Erie. ...
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Romania Orders Homeowners to Buy Insurance
Houston Chronicle - United States
... damage to property. Parts of the country are also in an active earthquake zone, including the capital, Bucharest. There are more ...

Many Bay Area Schools Vulnerable In Quake
CBS 5 - San Francisco,CA,USA
... is the only district in Bay Area to retrofit all of its schools and preschools, and the Northern California chapter of the Earthquake Engineering Research ...
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Big Earthquake Could Devastate US Midwest, Experts Warn
National Geographic - Washington,D.C.,USA
But the approaching anniversary of the great 1906 earthquake that leveled San Francisco has some seismologists turning their attention to a completely ...

Reports Say California Not Earthquake Proof, 100 Years After San ...
YubaNet - Nevada City,CA,USA
On April 18, 1906, San Francisco was hit by the Big One -- a 7.9-magnitude earthquake that killed at least 3,000 people, resulted in more than 200,000 homeless ...

Revived push for water-transit network
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
... launched their latest effort Wednesday to create a regional water-transit network they say will be necessary in the wake of an inevitable devastating earthquake ...
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Car culture heightens earthquake danger in California: scientists
SF.Indymedia.org - San Francisco,CA,USA
As California recalls the catastrophic earthquake that struck San Francisco 100 years ago, seismologists warn that the golden state's love of cars could turn ...
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Major earthquake hits Far East peninsula
RIA Novosti - Moscow,Russia
PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY, April 12 (RIA Novosti) - A magnitude-6.1 earthquake hit the western coast of the Kamchatka peninsula in Russia's Far East Wednesday ...

The Great 1906 San Francisco Earthquake
Fact Monster - Boston,MA,USA
by Chris Frantz. At 5:12 am on April 18, 1906, the people of San Francisco were awakened by an earthquake that would devastate the city. ...
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�64 earthquake devastation draws Seward closer
Kenai Peninsula Online - Kenai,AK,USA
By PATRICE KOHL. An earthquake, tsunami and a flaming petroleum spill carried waves of destruction over Seward on a Friday afternoon in 1964. ...

Understanding quakes
Stanford Daily - Palo Alto,CA,USA
The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake marked the birth of modern earthquake science. As the tragedy�s Tuesday centennial approaches ...
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Earthquake rocks Chiba
Mainichi Daily News - Japan
CHIBA -- A moderate earthquake with a magnitude of 4.3 hit northwestern Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, on Friday afternoon. The ...
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Special Edition Facts for Features: 100th Anniversary: San ...
U.S. Newswire (press release) - Washington,DC,USA
On April 18, 1906, at 5:12 in the morning, "The Great San Francisco Earthquake" struck, followed by a series of catastrophic fires that burned for three days ...

Shock tactics: Dynamiting the San Andreas fault
Independent - London,England,UK
It's 100 years since San Francisco was destroyed by a huge earthquake. Now, seismic experts are dynamiting the San Andreas fault. ...
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Prayer Service Commemorates Earthquake
Garden City News - NY, USA
This service will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the San Francisco earthquake, which took place at 5:12 am (Pacific Time) on April 18, 1906. ...
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UN agency to end quake relief operation in Pakistan due to fund ...
Xinhua - China
ISLAMABAD, April 13 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) has announced to end its operation in Pakistan's earthquake-hit areas on ...
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Kern County Fire Dept. reminds residents about earthquake ...
One Bakersfield - Bakersfield,CA,USA
Identifying potential hazards ahead of time and advance planning can reduce the dangers of serious injury or loss of life from an earthquake. ...
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Reports Say California Not Earthquake Proof, on 1906 Quake's ...
Insurance Journal - USA
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services recently noted in two articles, "San Francisco's Credit Rating Is Strong--But Not Earthquake Proof" and "One Hundred Years ...
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The Great Quake: 1906-2006 Earthquake diaries: Adolf Sinsheimer
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
This is a condensed version of a letter that businessman Adolf Sinsheimer, who was on the fourth floor of the Victoria Hotel on Geary Street when the quake ...

Mild earthquake felt in Turkey
NDTV.com - New Delhi,India
A moderate earthquake was felt in Turkey's Aegean port city of Izmir, a seismology centre said. There were no immediate reports of any damage or injuries. ...

San Francisco said unprepared for the "Big One"
Reuters.uk - UK
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - San Francisco-area households are woefully unprepared for the "Big One," the catastrophic earthquake expected to strike the region ...
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San Francisco to Mark Centennial of 1906 Earthquake
Voice of America - USA
... VOA's Chris Mitchell has more on the devastating 1906 earthquake. ... While some exhibits focus on the earthquake and the recovery, others find art in the chaos. ...
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EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS EXERCISE
Monterey County Herald - Monterey,CA,USA
... actually, where Monterey County emergency coordinators spent a few hours doing exactly what they hope they would do if a 7.7 magnitude earthquake had struck ...

1906 San Francisco Earthquake
Deseret News - Salt Lake City,UT,USA
By Robert Noyce. Perhaps it should have been called the Great San Francisco Fire instead of the Great San Francisco Earthquake. ... The result is an earthquake. ...

Moderate earthquake rattles northern Japan
Malaysia Star - Malaysia
TOKYO (AP) - A moderate earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.3 rattled northern Japan Thursday afternoon, but there was no danger of a tsunami, the ...
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The Great Quake: 1906-2006 Earthquake diaries: Myrtle Robertson
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
This is a condensed version of an account of the quake from Myrtle Robertson, who had been a student at the Mark Hopkins Art Institute for three years. ...

Confusion held sway after 1964 earthquake
Kenai Peninsula Online - Kenai,AK,USA
Editor�s note: This is the last of a five-part series examining the lasting effect the 1964 Good Friday earthquake had on the Kenai Peninsula, especially the ...
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Big quake might ravage US Midwest
Monsters and Critics.com - Glasgow,UK
PALO ALTO, CA, United States (UPI) -- Some seismologists are reportedly concerned a major earthquake occurring in the middle of the nation might devastate the ...

1906 Earthquake, Seismological Society of America Celebrate 100 ...
AScribe - USA
SAN FRANCISCO, April 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Aftershocks of the great 18 April San Francisco earthquake were still being felt on 30 August 1906, when ...
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San Francisco hit by earthquake dilemma
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
San Francisco is grappling with the dilemma of how to mark the 100th anniversary of the worst tragedy in its history: the earthquake and fire that all but ...
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Earthquake exhibit documents human story behind 1906 wreckage
Stanford Report - USA
... work as university archivist, Margaret Kimball has encountered hundreds of photographs documenting the devastation that the April 18, 1906, earthquake left in ...

The Great Quake: 1906-2006 Out of chaos came new Chinese America
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
The earth dragon has awakened, Chinatown residents are said to have screamed as the 1906 earthquake and fire flattened their neighborhood and killed untold ...

UN agency to end relief due to lack of funds
Daily Times - Lahore,Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The United Nations Office for Project Services has announced it will end its operation in Pakistan�s earthquake-hit areas on April 20 owing to ...
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Former �Earthquake Shacks� Survive Century
Herald News Daily - Williston,ND,USA
... it, the visitor was right: the added-onto dwelling holds the bones of a cabin hastily erected a century ago to house refugees from the 1906 earthquake and fires ...
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BART on track to install earthquake safety sensors

BART on track to install earthquake safety sensors
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
... tech ground motion sensors within the next two years to help BART almost instantaneously determine whether it's safe to run trains after a massive earthquake. ...

AP blog from Pakistan earthquake site
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
AP Correspondent Paul Garwood visited the site of some of the worst devastation from an earthquake that claimed 87,000 lives six months ago in Pakistan. ...
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Earthquake experiences on display
The Argus - Fremont,CA,USA
By Angela Hill, STAFF WRITER. OAKLAND � Through the last century, we have seen many images of the 1906 earthquake. We have heard countless stories. ...
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Pakistan's earthquake victims prepare to return to villages
ABC Asia Pacific - Australia
Six months after an earthquake devastated northern Pakistan, some 300,000 people are preparing to return to their villages after spending the winter in tent ...
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Cherie Blair meets earthquake survivors in Pakistan
Monsters and Critics.com - Glasgow,UK
... a rehabilitation centre in Pakistan's North- Western Frontier Province (NWFP) Friday to meet women and children survivors of the last October's earthquake. ...
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Strong earthquake near Fiji
Xinhua - China
NADI, Fiji, April 7 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale shook the Pacific Ocean seabed near Fiji Friday, but there were no report of ...
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USAID to provide $13m for earthquake transition activities
Xinhua - China
... The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Friday announced new grants of 13 million US dollars for earthquake transition activities in ...
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Kashmir starts earthquake reconstruction phase
Financial Times - London,England,UK
... Today marks the official start of the reconstruction phase of the region�s recovery from the devastating earthquake that struck on October 8, killing 73,000 ...
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4.2 earthquake rattles San Luis Obispo County
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
A 4.2-magnitude earthquake rolled through San Luis Obispo County on Thursday but didn't appear to cause significant damage. The ...
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Buildings shake as earthquake strikes India
Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa
Ahmedabad - Thousands of people ran out of homes and buildings in India's western Gujarat state on Thursday after an earthquake hit the region, witnesses said ...
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Few Hurt in Ukraine Earthquake

Few Hurt in Ukraine Earthquake
Embassy - Ottawa,Ontario,Canada
... It might even help to heal the ethnic divide that has opened up in recent years. It has been a very small political earthquake, and not many were hurt.

ADB approves $5 million for Pakistan
PakTribune.com - Pakistan
... The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said Wednesday it has approved a $5 million grant to help poor households affected by the October 2005 earthquake in Pakistan ...
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South Cotabato conducts earthquake orientation
Philippine Information Agency - Philippines
... The provincial government of South Cotabato through the Provincial Disaster Coordinating Council conducted a one-day orientation on earthquake and volcanic ...

Israeli earthquake
Ynetnews - Israel
Tonight it became clear: This election was dramatic, perhaps the most dramatic we've had here for many years. It was nothing short of a political earthquake. ...
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Al Alquist, 97; Former Senator Oversaw State Budget, Earthquake ...
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
... He also left his stamp on every major piece of earthquake preparedness legislation, before term limits forced him to retire in 1996. ...
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Memphis university seeks funds for earthquake observatory
WQAD - Moline,IL,USA
MEMPHIS, Tenn. University of Memphis researchers want to establish an earthquake observatory in the New Madrid seismic zone. The ...
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Pakistan: US aid in wake of killer earthquake �unparalleled�
Stars and Stripes - Washington,D.C.,USA
MUZAFFARABAD AIRFIELD, Pakistan � Just over five months after arriving to aid victims of the October earthquake, American soldiers on Tuesday handed the ...
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Moderate earthquake rocks Fukushima Prefecture
Mainichi Daily News - Japan
An earthquake of preliminary magnitude 5.0 shook northeastern Japan on Wednesday, but there was no danger of tsunami, the meteorological agency said. ...
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DIGEST: Earthquake centennial
Pleasant Hill/Martinez Record - Pleasant Hill,CA,USA
� To mark the centennial of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, James Dalessandro, author of "1906: A Novel," will discuss his book at 1 pm April 8, at the ...

Earthquake jolts northeast Taiwan; no immediate reports of damage ...
Forbes - USA
TAIPEI (AFX) - An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale has jolted northeastern Taiwan, the island's Seismology Center said, but there were no ...
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15,000 families homeless in Iran earthquake

15,000 families homeless in Iran earthquake
Bangkok Post - Thailand
Tehran (dpa) - Three earthquakes that killed at least 70 people in western Iran also left 15,000 families homeless, a government official said Saturday. ...
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70 Are Killed by Earthquake in Western Iran
New York Times - United States
TEHRAN, March 31 � The death toll in the strong earthquake that hit Iran's western province of Lorestan on Friday morning was at 70, and more than 300 ...

Indonesian Island Shaken by Magnitude-6.1 Earthquake (Update1)
Bloomberg - USA
April 1 (Bloomberg) -- A magnitude-6.1 earthquake shook the Indonesian island of Kepulauan Talaud early today, the US Geological Survey reported on its Web site ...
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US contacts Iran to offer earthquake relief
IranMania News - Iran
... US Under Secretary of State Nicholas Burns directly contacted Iran's ambassador to the United Nations to offer US aid after a deadly earthquake struck western ...
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42 people injured in earthquake jolting Taiwan
Xinhua - China
BEIJING, April 1 (Xinhua) -- Forty-two people were slightly injured in an earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale which rocked Taiwan at 6:02 pm (1002 GMT ...
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Death Toll Reaches 70 in Iranian Earthquake
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
... I said, 'Don't stay inside tonight, it's dangerous.' But she said, 'No, the earthquake is over,' " he said, standing next to his shattered home. ...
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Earthquake Flattens Villages in Western Iran, Kills More than 60
Chosun Ilbo - Seoul,South Korea
Three moderate to strong earthquakes struck western Iran overnight Thursday and early Friday. Iranian officials say at least 66 ...
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Earthquake destroys houses in northeast China
Hindu - Chennai,India
No casualties were reported after an earthquake struck at 5:53 pm IST yesterday with its epicentre at Laoyingtai village located across Qian'an and Qian Gorlos ...
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Strong earthquake jolt eastern Indonesia
Jerusalem Post - Israel
A powerful undersea earthquake jolted Indonesia's eastern coast on Saturday, causing panic but no serious damage, officials said. ...

�The Great San Francisco Earthquake,� April 17, PBS
Catholic Online - Bakersfield,CA,USA
The rebuilding of San Francisco after its devastating 1906 earthquake is a triumphant episode from the American past as recounted in "The Great San Francisco ...
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Pakistan-Iran- Earthquake Pakistani leaders send condolence ...
Islamic Republic News Agency - Tehran,Iran
... Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Saturday sent condolence messages to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on the tragic earthquake that struck ...
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PHYSICALLY AND CULTURALLY, THE 1906 QUAKE DEFINES HOW WE LIVE NOW ...

PHYSICALLY AND CULTURALLY, THE 1906 QUAKE DEFINES HOW WE LIVE NOW ...
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
This long-range view gets lost amid the hoopla of the 1906 earthquake centennial, but it's the common thread linking three otherwise quite different new books. ...
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Fire engine headed to San Francisco earthquake centennial
Tehachapi News - Tehachapi,CA,USA
... the Bay. On April 14, 15 and 16, the engine was on display at Pier 49 for the commemoration of the San Francisco earthquake. �We ...

Getting ready for the Big One - Today's 1906 Earthquake
ETH Life - Switzerland
Will monitoring methods and technologies buy us time? Are major earthquake-prone countries -- US, Switzerland and Japan - prepared to the same degree? ...

One-Stop Shopping For Earthquake Supplies
abc7news.com - San Francisco,CA,USA
Apr. 14 - KGO - How prepared are you to ride out an earthquake without help? ... Your Safety Place is a one-stop source for earthquake safety supplies. ...

San Francisco Company in Preproduction on 1906 Earthquake and Fire ...
PR Leap (press release) - Chula Vista,CA,USA
Dante�s Inferno, a feature film and graphic novel, set during the great 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire, is in full preproduction. ...

Take An Earthquake Prepardeness Interactive Quiz
CBS 5 - San Francisco,CA,USA
... CBS 5) A recent poll found 7 in 10 Californians think a big quake will strike the state and affect them, but only 22 percent consider themselves well prepared. ...

Refineries take steps to ensure earthquake safety
SanFranciscoSentinel.com - San Francisco,CA,USA
By Jeff Shuttleworth, Bay City News Service. Most people probably wouldn't want to be near an oil refinery or a chemical plant when a big earthquake strikes. ...

Bright lights, big quake?
CNET News.com - San Francisco,CA,USA
Subtle changes in a regional magnetic field, the earth's ionosphere or other physical phenomena may portend a major earthquake, according to emerging research. ...
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No more head-in-the-sand act -- it may move
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
... Whenever my plane took off from SFO, I'd grimly think, "Thank God I dodged the Big One again!" The palpability of my earthquake fear was a damper on my ...
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Poll: Few Californians think they're ready for an earthquake ...
WRIC - Richmond,VA,USA
SAN FRANCISCO Almost a hundred years to the day after San Francisco's legendary earthquake, fewer than one in four Californians think they're well prepared to ...
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Earthquake hits Wellington

Earthquake hits Wellington
National Business Review - New Zealand
An earthquake measuring 4.5 on the richter scale has occurred within 5 kilometres of the city of Wellington. The quake struck at ...

America�s taxpayers will pay any earthquake bill
Salem Statesman Journal - Salem,OR,USA
... We can protect ourselves from having to pay the ruinous cost of rebuilding our homes after a massive quake by buying earthquake insurance, just as the people ...

WALGREENS PARTNERS WITH SF IN EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS
CBS 5 - San Francisco,CA,USA
... Francisco Rising and some of the city's retailers will help residents become more aware of the steps they will need to take to prepare for an earthquake in the ...
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Just over 1 in 10 county property owners has earthquake insurance
San Luis Obispo Tribune - San Luis Obispo,CA,USA
As memories of the San Simeon Earthquake that rocked the county more than two years ago slowly fade away, local insurance experts say homeowners need to ...
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Earthquake Death Toll Rises to 70 in Iran
Zaman Online - Istanbul,Turkey
Reportedly, the death toll has increased to 70 in the earthquake, which jolted the west of Iran's Loristan province yesterday with a magnitude measuring six on ...
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Pakistan dispatches relief goods for earthquake victims in Iran
Islamic Republic News Agency - Tehran,Iran
A C-130 aircraft carrying relief goods for the earthquake-victims in Lorestan Province arrived from Islamabad in Kermanshah on Sunday. ...
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Pakistan Earthquake City To Be Moved
Post Chronicle - USA
BALAKOT, Pakistan - April 2, 2006 (UPI) -- Balakot -- home to 300,000 Pakistanis before an earthquake in the Kashmir region rocked the area in October -- will ...

Lessons from the Earthquake That Shook the World
TIME - USA
... In a two-volume report published in 1908, Lawson and his team went on to elaborate a new model of earthquake formation--the elastic-rebound theory--that holds ...

Pakistan to relocate city destroyed by earthquake
Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai,India
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani authorities have decided to relocate a town shattered by last October�s earthquake because it is too dangerous to rebuild in the same ...
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Taiwan cleans up after strong earthquake
NDTV.com - New Delhi,India
Taiwan's southeastern region of Taitung cleaned up on Sunday after a strong earthquake and a series of aftershocks hit the area. ...
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Pakistan lauds US for help after massive earthquake

Pakistan lauds US for help after massive earthquake
Stars and Stripes - Washington,D.C.,USA
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan � As the American military prepares to end earthquake relief efforts in Pakistan, military leaders from both nations say the experience ...
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ALGERIA : Four killed, 67 injured in earthquake in north-east
African News Dimension - Johannesburg,South Africa
At least four people including three children died and 67 people were wounded when an earthquake measuring 5.8 hit northeastern Algeria, state radio reported ...

Living on the edge in California
Times of India - India
... It's the geologists and emergency planners who seem to do most of the worrying, even in this year of heightened earthquake awareness for the 100th anniversary ...
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Earthquake risk rattles Allstate
MSNBC - USA
By Adrian Burns. The chance of a major earthquake hitting Ohio may be low, but it's not remote enough for one major insurer. Allstate ...
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PISDAC participates in the conference on global corporate response ...
PakTribune.com - Pakistan
... Development and Competitiveness (PISDAC) project participated in a conference held the other day on global corporate response to October 2005 earthquake. ...

Fairly strong earthquake shakes southern Japan
Khaleej Times - Dubai,United Arab Emirates
TOKYO - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.5 rattled southern Japan on Monday, the Meteorological Agency said. There ...
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The Time to Prepare For the Next Big Earthquake Is Now
Community Dispatch (press release) - USA
By US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). OAKLAND , Calif. -- The 100 th anniversary of the Great Bay Area Earthquake of 1906 next month reminds us that ...

BCCI calls for Ground Rights tenders
Rediff - India
Relief activity for the October 2005 earthquake victims will get fresh impetus when India and Pakistan play a part fundraiser Friendship Series in Abu Dhabi on ...
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California commemorating 1906 San Franciso earthquake (video)
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
By ROBERT TAYLOR. WALNUT CREEK, Calif. � The 1906 earthquake and fire that destroyed much of San Francisco is one of the defining events in California's ...
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Ben Kingsley's Knighthood Enables Him To Help Refugees, Earthquake ...
Starpulse.com - Branford,CT,USA
... film. I went to Pakistan after the earthquake to the earthquake zone, where I was with Prime Minister Aziz and General Faruq.". He ...

 

1906 San Francisco quake was the birth of earthquake science

1906 San Francisco quake was the birth of earthquake science
KVOA.com - Tucson,AZ,USA
SAN FRANCISCO Tuesday's anniversary of the monster earthquake that turned San Francisco into smoky rubble a century ago is also the 100th birthday of the ...
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Earthquake felt in various parts of Taiwan
Xinhua - China
HONG KONG, April 16 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale struck Taitung County, eastern Taiwan, early Sunday morning, waking people up ...
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1906 Earthquake Centennial Events
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
1906 Earthquake Commemoration Annual meeting of earthquake survivors at Lotta's Fountain for anniversary ceremony. Featured guests ...
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As We See It: Earthquake history teaches that Big One will come ...
Santa Cruz Sentinel - Santa Cruz,CA,USA
Tuesday marks the 100th anniversary of the San Francisco Earthquake, a momentous event that had profound effects on Santa Cruz County as well. ...
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Strong earthquake strikes off southeastern Japan, no danger of ...
Mainichi Daily News - Japan
A strong earthquake struck off the coast of southeastern Japan on Sunday, but there was no danger of tsunami, the Meteorological Agency said. ...
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Greek island hit by strong earthquake
NDTV.com - New Delhi,India
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake jolted the Ionian Sea of Zakynthos in the early hours of Sunday, the latest in a string of quakes in the region. ...
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Preparation key during, after an earthquake
Vallejo Times-Herald - Vallejo,CA,USA
... Fire is the most common earthquake-related hazard, due to broken gas lines, damaged electrical lines or appliances, and previously contained fires or sparks ...

Shake, rattle and roll -- Remembering how the 1906 earthquake ...
Napa Valley Register - Napa,CA,USA
... Although known to most as the "Great Quake" of San Francisco, the estimated 7.8 magnitude earthquake that all but destroyed San Francisco did not spare Napa. ...

LB earthquake rescuers prepare for the Big One
Long Beach Press-Telegram - Long Beach,CA,USA
As San Franciscans prepare this week to mark the 100th anniversary of the great earthquake that left their seaside city in ruins, a review of Long Beach's ...
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Great earthquake of 1906 brought growth to Hayward
Inside Bay Area - Oakland,CA,USA
... Leandro.". The earthquake inspired some crafty landowners in the shoreline area west of Hayward to conceive a brand new city. Russell ...
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PAKISTAN: Earthquake returns gather momentum

PAKISTAN: Earthquake returns gather momentum
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
ISLAMABAD, 3 April (IRIN) - With the focus shifting from earthquake relief to recovery in northern Pakistan, more than 40,000 quake survivors have returned ...

Caritas Brings Immediate Aid to Iran�s Earthquake Victims
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
... Caritas Iran�s assessment visit to Boroujerd, one of the towns in western Iran most severely affected by Friday�s earthquake, Caritas Internationalis is ...
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As We See It: Earthquake preparedness is needed
Santa Cruz Sentinel - Santa Cruz,CA,USA
It was 100 years ago that San Francisco and much of Northern California suffered from the big 1906 earthquake, the one that killed hundreds and left thousands ...
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Guy Carpenter, AIR Develop Earthquake Cat Model for Switzerland
Insurance Journal - USA
... catastrophe risk modeler AIR Worldwide Corporation, jointly announced an initiative to develop a detailed catastrophe model focusing on earthquake exposures in ...
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Earthquake Fair to Commemorate 1906 Temblor
UCSF Today - San Francisco,CA,USA
San Francisco history shifted dramatically at 5:12 am on April 18, 1906, when a 7.8 magnitude earthquake ruptured the area. Over ...
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Earthquake Hits West Iran, Killing 70
Planet Ark - New York,NY,USA
GARAJ, Iran - A strong earthquake hit western Iran on Friday, killing at least 70 people and devastating villages, a provincial official said. ...
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Civil Engineering students subject dormitory models to simulated ...
The UCLA Daily Bruin - Los Angeles,CA,USA
Scale models of college dormitories were put to the seismic test in an earthquake simulator when seven teams from California universities competed in the ...
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Six months on from South Asia Earthquake 300,000 children still ...
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
... in Pakistan remain desperate to return to school, six months after their classrooms were destroyed and their friends and teachers killed in the earthquake on 8 ...
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Kuwait continues sending relief aid for earthquake victims in Iran
Kuwait News Agency - Kuwait
... military cargo plane arrived at Kirmanshah airport, Western Iran, Monday carrying the second shipment of relief aid to victims of the earthquake that hit ...

Pakistan earthquake city to be moved
Malaysia Sun - Malaysia
Balakot -- home to 300,000 Pakistanis before an earthquake in the Kashmir region rocked the area in October -- will be rebuilt away from fault lines. ...
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One 1906 earthquake story
San Mateo Daily Journal - San Mateo,CA,USA
By Joan Levy. Let me tell you my earthquake story. It was April 18, 1906, just one hundred years ago. ... The earthquake occurred at 5:13 on that Wednesday morning. ...

 

Light earthquake shakes Mono Lake region of California

Light earthquake shakes Mono Lake region of California
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
LEE VINING, Calif. - A light earthquake shook the remote Mono Lake region of eastern Central California on Thursday, the US Geological Survey said. ...

Accountability key to preventing corruption in earthquake ...
NewKerala.com - Ernakulam,Kerala,India
Islamabad / Berlin: "Affected communities are the beneficiaries of the huge aid flows following the 2005 earthquake and accountability to them is essential ...

(PRN) - Emergency Officials Plan for Earthquake, Oil Spill ...
Bolsamania.com - Madrid,Madrid,Spain
(PRN) - ESPRE Solutions, Inc. and MyE Networks Sign License Agreement to Distribute ESPRE's JAVA-Based Video Solutions ... [+. PRN ...

Earthquake program may get funding restored
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
The real problem, say earthquake experts, private engineers and outside geologists with other agencies or firms, is that the state's scientific program for ...

More Earthquake Pictures
Muslim WakeUp! - Pleasantville,NY,USA
... For example, there is no one comprehensive list of all villages in the earthquake area. ... The Major had been here since the day after the earthquake. ...

 

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Powerful Earthquake Strikes Iran, Killing 10
New York Times - United States
TEHRAN, Nov. 27 - A powerful earthquake hit southern Iran today, causing major destruction in seven villages and killing 10 people and injuring 80. ...

Earthquake in central China kills 15, injures more than 450
CBC News - Canada
Minutes later, their neighbor was killed and buildings near them collapsed as a strong earthquake rolled through their village in central China. ...

OCHA Situation Report No. 1 China - Earthquake
ReliefWeb (press release) - Geneva,Switzerland
1. The US Geological Survey this morning reported that an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 on the Richter scale, with a shallow depth of 10 kms, occurred in ...

Earthquake in southeast Turkey
H�rriyet - Turkey
An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the richter scale hit the southeast of Turkey on Saturday, reported the Kandili Observatory in Istanbul. ...

Pakistan: Around Rs. 8 billion distributed among earthquake ...
ReliefWeb (press release) - Geneva,Switzerland
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Immunisation drive in earthquake-hit areas

Immunisation drive in earthquake-hit areas
Daily Times - Lahore,Pakistan
... an immunisation campaign from tomorrow (Monday) for measles and other infectious diseases among children up to seven years of age in the earthquake-hit areas ...

Earthquake Survivors Prepare for Winter
ABC News - USA
India's ruling United Progressive Alliance Chairperson and Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi, right, talks to earthquake survivors at Sultan Daki, some 120 ...

Landslides caused by earthquake have not altered status of LoC ...
Rediff - India
Pakistan has said massive landslides caused by the October 8 earthquake in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir have not in anyway altered the status of Line of Control. ...

A VIEW FROM MIDWICKET: Cricketers to the aid of earthquake victims
Daily Times - Lahore,Pakistan
... team. Inzamamul Haq, who has exhorted his team to continue the good work, has dedicated the first ODI to earthquake victims. The ...

Moderate earthquake shakes Karl�ova
Turkish Daily News (subscription) - Ankara,Turkey
A moderate earthquake early Saturday shook a quake-prone town in southeast Turkey, the Kandilli Observatory said. There were no ...

 

Bomb at wedding celebration `felt like an earthquake'

Bomb at wedding celebration `felt like an earthquake'
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
... few people. "I was just two meters from my dad when there was an explosion," Bashar said. "It felt like an earthquake. I saw cement ...

Scientists Say They Can Predict Earthquake Intensity
Voice of America - USA
Even though no one can predict when or exactly where an earthquake will strike, scientists say they believe they may have come up with a way to determine how ...

Waiting for an earthquake
Ha'aretz (subscription) - Tel Aviv,Israel
... He is aware of the earthquake that will have to take place before the Labor Party will take upon itself a leader of his age, and a Moroccan-born one, and he ...

Scientists Can Now Estimate Earthquake Strength in the First Few ...
Softpedia - USA
... bowl reading, witchcraft kind of story, this really is the first time scientists managed to actually establish what the magnitude of an earthquake is going to ...

ACT Situation Report: Pakistan Earthquake
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
... emphasised the urgency of continuing relief supplies in the days ahead to the affected areas to alleviate the suffering the people affected by the earthquake. ...

 

SoCal earthquake center receives $1.2 million in funding

SoCal earthquake center receives $1.2 million in funding
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
LOS ANGELES - The Southern California Earthquake Center received $1.2 million Thursday to develop a program that will study quake predictability. ...

USAID to spend $ 66.6 M in earthquake affected areas of Pakistan
PakistanTimes.net - Islamabad,Pakistan
... The Agency has also provided nearly 6.3 million dollars in emergency relief commodities, including transportation cost for earthquake affected areas. ...

'Pretty good' earthquake rattles part of Big Isle
Honolulu Star-Bulletin - Honolulu,HI,USA
HILO � A magnitude-4.7 earthquake originating near Loihi seamount off the southern coast of the Big Island shook East Hawaii yesterday at around 4 pm but ...

Earthquake relief food not expired: Iran
Xinhua - China
20 (Xinhuanet) -- Second Counselor of Iran Mansour Afrasiabi on Thursday denied a news report that Iran had delivered expired food to earthquake victims in the ...

PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS STRUGGLE THROUGH WINTER
PBS - USA
JIM LEHRER: The earthquake update comes from Dan Rivers of Independent Television News. ... Naseem has had to grow up fast. Their mother died in the earthquake. ...

 

October 8 earthquake: Hassa tent village -- hope lives on

October 8 earthquake: Hassa tent village -- hope lives on
Daily Times - Lahore,Pakistan
... Hassa tent village is just four kilometres from Balakot -- one of the areas worst-hit by the October 8 earthquake that killed more than 87,000 people and left ...

7.3 Earthquake Located East of the South Sandwich Islands
BBSNews - Charlotte,NC,USA
USGS via BBSNews 2006-01-02 -- A major earthquake occurred at 06:10:49 (UTC) on Monday, January 2, 2006. The magnitude 7.3 event ...

Moderate earthquake strikes sea near Guam
INQ7.net - Philippines
HONG KONG -- A moderate earthquake struck under the sea near the island of Guam in the Pacific Ocean, Hong Kong seismologists said Monday. ...

Moderate Earthquake In Banda Sea, Indonesia
Bernama - Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 2 (Bernama) -- A moderate earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale occurred in the Banda Sea, Indonesia, at 3.33am Monday, according to ...

A second earthquake is felt in North Island - first in Te Kaha and ...
TMCnet - USA
(IRN News Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)An earthquake has been felt in the central North Island just after one o'clock this afternoon. ...

 

Disaster-management symposium held to mark Hanshin earthquake

Disaster-management symposium held to mark Hanshin earthquake
The Daily Yomiuri - Osaka,Japan
Researchers from around the world discussed earthquake-resistance measures taken at schools and disaster-prevention education for children Wednesday in a ...

PRCS receives pledges worth Rs 1.5b for earthquake areas' ...
Daily Times - Lahore,Pakistan
... The PRCS was coordinating with the Earthquake Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Authority (ERRA) for finalising the projects, he added. ...

Gentle earthquake rouses residents
Saanich News - Saanich,British Columbia,Canada
By Jennifer McLarty. Greater Victoria residents got a gentle reminder they live in an active earthquake zone last week. A magnitude ...

Earthquake hit plant set for restart
Nuclear Engineering - Foots Cray,UK
... Prefecture is expected to restart operations by the end of the month after all three units at the facility shut down last August following a major earthquake. ...

Swiss Re Revisits the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire
Insurance Journal - USA
Swiss Re has released "A shake in insurance history -- The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake," to mark the centennial of the catastrophe. ...

 

Arabs split on Sharon: earthquake or gift from God?

Arabs split on Sharon: earthquake or gift from God?
Times Online - UK
... end to Ariel Sharon's political career today polarised opinion in the Arab world, with some commentators describing it as an "earthquake" while others said it ...

Strong earthquake detected south of Panama UPDATE
Forbes - USA
WASHINGTON (AFX) - A strong earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale was detected in the Pacific Ocean 205 kilometers south of Panama, the US Geological ...

5.6 Earthquake Occurs In The Andaman Islands, India Region
BBSNews - Charlotte,NC,USA
USGS via BBSNews 2006-01-06 -- A moderate earthquake occurred at 04:25:06 (UTC) on Friday, January 6, 2006. The magnitude 5.6 event ...

J&K earthquake victims to get one month free ration
Expressindia.com - New Delhi,India
Jammu, January 5: The earthquake survivors of Uri and Tangdhar in Jammu and Kashmir will be provided free rations for January by the state government. ...

Germany increases post-earthquake aid to Pakistan
ReliefWeb (press release) - Geneva,Switzerland
ISLAMABAD, Jan 5 (APP): Germany has said that it would give an additional 1 million euros (1.2 million dollars) to earthquake victims in Pakistan. ...

 

Moderate earthquake jolts Taiwan

Moderate earthquake jolts Taiwan
Xinhua - China
31 (Xinhuanet) -- An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale jolted Taiwan on Saturday, but there were no reports of casualties or damage, Hong Kong ...

ADRA Delivers Aid to more than 68,000 Earthquake Survivors in ...
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
Silver Spring, Maryland--The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) has met the needs of 68,450 earthquake survivors in the Pakistani-administered ...

South Asia Earthquake: Fact Sheet #32 (FY 2006)
ReliefWeb (press release) - Geneva,Switzerland
A magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck Pakistan, India, and Afghanistan, on October 8, 2005, at 8:50 am local time, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS). ...

South Asia earthquake: OCHA/UNJLC logistics bottlenecks as of 30 ...
ReliefWeb (press release) - Geneva,Switzerland
Currently, no problems involving lack of cargo capacity on either air or surface transport are reported. Under the current funding ...

New cities, earthquake relief helped shake up '06
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin - Ontario,CA,USA
... The San Francisco earthquake struck on April 18, 1906. ... The earthquake caused a minor problem for Pomona, where its Carnegie library was under construction. ...

 

Indo-US team reviews earthquake safety initiatives in Delhi

Indo-US team reviews earthquake safety initiatives in Delhi
Rediff - India
Seismic experts and engineers from the country and the United States have reviewed progress of the Indian Earthquake Safety Initiative, a model programme for ...

Earthquake jolts northeast Morris
Dailyrecord.com - Parsippany,NJ,USA
... said. The boom was exactly what they feared: an earthquake. "This was short and sweet, but it was an earthquake," Wood said Friday. ...

Earthquake appeal reaches �45,000
Bedford Today - UK
An appeal in Bedford to help victims of the Pakistan earthquake has reached an incredible �45,000. The collection was begun by ...

UNHCR reinforces cold-weather supplies in earthquake survivor ...
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
What about mattresses?" Abdul Hameed moved from tent to tent questioning the earthquake survivors in Dharra camp in northern Pakistan. ...

Norway to help in setting up institute of earthquake studies
Outlook (subscription) - New Delhi,India
India and Norway have decided in principle to collaborate in the fields of biotechnology and earthquake precursors, it was officially announced today. ...

 

Powerful earthquake hits south Pacific near Fiji

Powerful earthquake hits south Pacific near Fiji
Malayala Manorama - India
Suva(Fiji): A powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit deep under the south Pacific near Fiji on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey reported (USGS). ...

Earthquake reconstruction -- hope in Balakot
Daily Times - Lahore,Pakistan
BALAKOT: For perhaps the first time since the October 8 earthquake devastated them, the people of Balakot have begun to look to the future with hope. ...

Small earthquake shakes southern Illinois
Chicago Tribune - United States
EQUALITY, Ill. -- No major damage was reported after a minor earthquake shook areas around this small town in southern Illinois on Monday. ...

Powerful 7.3 earthquake detected near South Sandwich Islands in ...
CBC News - Canada
TOKYO (AP) - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.3 was registered off the South Sandwich Islands in the South Atlantic Ocean, the US Geological ...

 

African earthquake buries children in homes

African earthquake buries children in homes
Guardian Unlimited - UK
Children were buried in their homes after a powerful earthquake hit central Africa yesterday, with reports suggesting there had been a number of deaths in the ...

US troops help Asian earthquake victims
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
SHINKIARI, Pakistan - In the eight weeks since an earthquake destroyed his home, Muhamad Nawaz has lived in a tent with his wife, six children and four brothers ...

Earthquake Shakes Downtown
AngolaPress - Angola
Luanda, 12/06 - Downtown Luanda, Angola`s capital city, was Monday afternoon shaken for about 20 seconds by an earthquake that caused the immediate evacuation ...

Red Cross Red Crescent on alert as earthquake shakes East Africa
Harold Doan and Associates (press release) - Rocklin,CA,USA
... been caused in and around the town of Kalemie on Lake Tanganyika, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which was the epicentre of the earthquake measuring 6.8 ...

A century after 1906 earthquake, geophysicists revisit 'Big One' ...
EurekAlert (press release) - Washington,DC,USA
Almost a century after the 1906 earthquake, Stanford geophysicists have revisited San Francisco's ''Big One'' and now paint a new picture of a fault that was ...

 

Flu shots unused by Illinois sent to earthquake-ravaged Pakistan

Flu shots unused by Illinois sent to earthquake-ravaged Pakistan
WHBF - Rock Island,IL,USA
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. A quarter-million doses of flu vaccine that were supposed to be used in Illinois instead will be donated to earthquake victims in Pakistan. ...

�Draft legislation will be made to reform judiciary'
Daily Times - Lahore,Pakistan
... was strengthening its grip over Kashmir, adding that Line of Control's (LoC) opening at five points was pre-decided and had nothing to do with the earthquake ...

 

Fewer earthquake fatalities in 2005

Fewer earthquake fatalities in 2005
Monsters and Critics.com - Glasgow,UK
... Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs confirmed that nearly all of the fatalities -- 87,351 -- occurred when a magnitude 7.6 earthquake hit Pakistan ...

Kashmir: life after the earthquake
Independent - London,England,UK
Three months ago, a devastating earthquake struck Kashmir. ... I ask Arifeen about what happened when the earthquake struck three months ago. ...

Earthquake reported in China
Monsters and Critics.com - Glasgow,UK
BEIJING, China (UPI) -- China says an earthquake, measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale, shook the Mojiang Hani region in Yunnan Province in the country`s ...

Earthquake rescue drill held in capital
Gorkhapatra - Kathmandu,Nepal
13: The earthquake rescue drill was held at nine different parts of Kathmandu Valley today in connection with observing the Earthquake Safety Day-2006 by ...

Japan to extend $100m loans for Earthquake Recovery
Pakistan Link - Inglewood,CA,USA
ISLAMABAD, Jan 13 : Japan has decided to extend $100 million (11.22 billion yens) loans on soft terms as the Emergency Earthquake Recovery Loan under Japan's ...

 

Strong earthquake rocks northern Japan; no tsunami warning issued

Strong earthquake rocks northern Japan; no tsunami warning issued
Mainichi Daily News - Japan
A strong earthquake rocked northern Japan on Friday, the meteorological agency said. No tsunami warning was issued. The quake with ...

Three Gorges Project not trigger Jiangxi earthquake: experts
Xinhua - China
2 (Xinhuanet) -- Chinese experts lashed out Friday at a report claiming that the Three Gorges Project triggered last weekend's earthquake in east China's ...

Winter taking toll on refugees of earthquake
Chicago Tribune - United States
MUZAFFARABAD, PAKISTAN -- Hundreds of survivors of Pakistan's earthquake filled hospitals Thursday for treatment of pneumonia and flu as temperatures plunged ...

Lutheran World Relief Assising Survivors of Deadly South Asia ...
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
Baltimore, October 11, 2005 -- Saturday's earthquake which struck the region bordering Pakistan and India has devastated the lives of millions of people and ...

Missouri needs more earthquake preparation
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
ST. LOUIS - When Hurricane Katrina devastated much of the Gulf Coast earlier this year, it helped shake up earthquake disaster preparedness in Missouri. ...

 

Underwater Earthquake Rattles Greece

Underwater Earthquake Rattles Greece
New York Times - United States
... 8 - A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 6.9 shook Greece and rattled the eastern Mediterranean on Sunday, damaging scores of buildings and injuring two ...

Medium earthquake hits central Philippines
Xinhua - China
9 (Xinhuanet) -- A magnitude 4.2 earthquake hit the islands in the central Philippines on Monday morning, making it also felt in Metro Manila, seismologists ...

Earthquake shakes Athens
Channel 4 News - London,UK
A strong earthquake has shaken central Athens. It lasted for about seven seconds and was felt a up to 120 miles to the north of the capital. ...

Strong earthquake rattles Athens
Reuters - USA
ATHENS (Reuters) - A strong earthquake shook central Athens at 1130 GMT (6:30 am EDT) on Sunday, witnesses said, but there were no immediate reports of damages ...

South Bay Hospitals Work For Earthquake Safety
CBS 5 - San Francisco,CA,USA
... AP) Hospitals in Silicon Valley are spending tens of millions of dollars to modernize their buildings -- and to make hospitals safer if there is an earthquake. ...

 

Greek Earthquake Shakes Mediterranean

Greek Earthquake Shakes Mediterranean
Zaman Online - Istanbul,Turkey
Yesterday a 6.9 magnitude earthquake occurred in Greece at 13:35 local time. ... The airport and about 50 buildings were damaged in the earthquake. ...

Earthquake felt in region south of Montreal
CTV.ca - Canada
The Geological Survey of Canada confirmed an earthquake hit the region just south of Montreal about 10:30 am ET with a force of 4.2 on the Richter scale, not ...

Eid joy scarce for earthquake survivors
Scoop.co.nz (press release) - New Zealand
As the Muslim world prepares to celebrate Eid al-Adha, most of Pakistan's earthquake survivors, left homeless and destitute after last October's disaster ...

Decision on earthquake charity cricket tie on Thursday
Newindpress - Chennai,India
LAHORE: A final decision will be taken on Thursday on the India-Pakistan charity cricket match for the victims of last year's earthquake in the two countries. ...

Premier, authorities assess damage after Sunday's earthquake
Athens News Agency - Athens,Greece
Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis on Monday expressed the state's support for those facing problems in the wake of an earthquake near Kythira that shook the ...

 

Powerful earthquake hits northern Japan

Powerful earthquake hits northern Japan
Mail & Guardian Online - Johannesburg,South Africa
A powerful earthquake shook northern Japan early on Tuesday, triggering small tsunami waves that struck towns along the north-eastern coast about 350km away. ...

$9bn tunnel plan for earthquake county
Times Online - UK
TRANSPORT officials in California are planning to build an 11-mile tunnel through a mountain range in earthquake country to ease gridlocked traffic between ...

Pakistan Earthquake Survivors Face Shortfall in Aid, Oxfam Says
Bloomberg - USA
15 (Bloomberg) -- Survivors of the Kashmir earthquake are facing the prospect of aid supplies being halted as the United Nations-led relief effort runs out of ...

VIEW: Earthquake relief and rehabilitation --Syed Mohammad Ali
Daily Times - Lahore,Pakistan
There was a disturbing level of dissatisfaction with consultation and transparency after the Gujarat earthquake. In many cases, people ...

RCCI chairman hails student efforts in post earthquake situation
PakTribune.com - Pakistan
... President Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI), Jalil Malik on Monday appreciated the work of students in post earthquake situation saying that ...

 

In Israel, Sifting the Aftermath of Sharon's Political Earthquake

In Israel, Sifting the Aftermath of Sharon's Political Earthquake
Combined Jewish Philantropies - Boston,MA,USA
... The two moves added up to a political earthquake: early elections in March, with the prime minister running for re-election at the head of a new party. ...

ACT Situation Report: Pakistan Earthquake
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
An international donors conference was held on November 19 to raise the US$5.2 billion Pakistan needs to recover from last month's earthquake. ...

Aussies dig deep for Pakistan earthquake survivors
Melbourne Herald Sun - Australia
THE Australian community has rallied to help Australian Red Cross raise nearly $8 million to help hundreds of thousands of earthquake victims survive harsh ...

South Asia Earthquake: Fact Sheet #26 (FY 2006)
ReliefWeb (press release) - Geneva,Switzerland
A magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck Pakistan, India, and Afghanistan, on October 8, 2005, at 8:50 am local time, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS). ...

Pakistan Earthquake Photo Exhibit in Tehran
IranMania News - Iran
LONDON, November 21(IranMania) - The Pakistan Earthquake Photo Exhibition opened in Tehran yesterday at Iran?s Artists Forum, MNA reported. ...

 

No AJK lawmaker, minister behind looting incidents after ...

No AJK lawmaker, minister behind looting incidents after ...
PakTribune.com - Pakistan
... Hassan has contradicted the news reports about AJK assembly members and ministers' involvement in looting and plundering incidents after October 8 earthquake . ...

Conditions in earthquake hit region are worse
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
Children and their families living in the earthquake-hit areas of Pakistan and India are facing ever more extreme conditions after the new year brought heavy ...

Small earthquake felt in northeast Ohio
WKYC-TV - Cleveland,OH,USA
MENTOR-on-the-LAKE -- A small earthquake in Lake Erie caught the attention of people in the shoreline city Mentor-on-the-Lake in northeast Ohio. ...

South Asia Earthquake: Fact Sheet #33 (FY 2006)
ReliefWeb (press release) - Geneva,Switzerland
A magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck Pakistan, India, and Afghanistan, on October 8, 2005, at 8:50 am local time, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS). ...

Earthquake of 7 Magnitude Hits Chita Region
Kommersant - Moscow,Russia
The earthquake of 7 magnitude under the Richter scale hit Russia's Chita Region at 04:56 am MSK, the Regional News Service reports. ...

 

Analysis: Sharon move is 'political earthquake'

Analysis: Sharon move is 'political earthquake'
Times Online - UK
... a fair enough description. It's the tectonic plates of Israeli politics shifting, an earthquake - it's huge. This will reshape Israeli ...

Rs 5.3b given to earthquake victims
Daily Times - Lahore,Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The government has so far distributed Rs 5.3 billion of the money earmarked for compensation to earthquake victims in the NWFP and Azad Kashmir, a ...

Northern Australia rocked by earthquake
Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa
Sydney - The northern Australian city of Darwin was rocked by an offshore earthquake on Monday but there were no reports of injuries or damage. ...

After the Kashmir Earthquake, Who's Watching Out For Post ...
New California Media - San Francisco,CA,USA
Why did this earthquake have to happen now? What was God thinking? ... With the magnitude of the earthquake, there will be essentially an epidemic of PTSD. ...

 

Earthquake hits central Chile, rattles buildings

Earthquake hits central Chile, rattles buildings
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
SANTIAGO, Chile, Feb 10 (Reuters) - A medium-sized earthquake shook central Chile on Friday, rattling buildings, but there were no immediate reports of ...

Mild earthquake shakes Ganjam village
Newindpress - Chennai,India
BHUBANESWAR: Panic struck parts of Ganjam and Khurda district after a mild earthquake was felt around Friday noon. The Indian Meteorological ...

Chile rattled by minor earthquake
United Press International - USA
10 (UPI) -- Chile was rattled by a medium-sized earthquake Friday, shaking buildings in the capital, though there were no reports of injuries, El Mercurio ...

Hamas victory caused an earthquake
Financial Express - Bombay,India
MKHAIMAR ABUSADA: Hamas's crushing defeat of Fatah in the recent elections brings the Palestinian people to a crossroads. An Islamist ...

Anonymous donor boosts earthquake fund
Bucks Free Press - London,UK
... extremely cold.". The Pakistan Government is not encouraging new permanent housing while there is still a risk of another earthquake. But ...

 

Napier earthquake remembered at Devonport base

Napier earthquake remembered at Devonport base
Newstalk ZB - New Zealand
Commemorations to mark the 75th anniversary of the Hawke's Bay earthquake take place in Auckland this morning. A service will be ...

Seven-point earthquake hits Georgia
ITAR-TASS - Moscow,Russia
TBILISI, February 6 (Itar-Tass) - An up to 7-points earthquake shook Georgia early on Monday morning, Itar-Tass was told at the Georgian National Seismology ...

�10,000 raised for Earthquake relief
Comet 24 - Herts,UK
... plant for the town.". * Donations can be made to Pakistan Earthquake Fund at HSBC Bank, sort code 40-07-04, Account number 31777254.

Moderate Earthquake At North Sumatra
Bernama - Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 6 (Bernama) -- An earthquake not amounting to a tsunami threat occurred off the coast of north Sumatra this afternoon, according to the ...

Earthquake, aftershocks rumble through Tokyo area WORLD BRIEFINGS
Washington Times - Washington,DC,USA
A strong earthquake of magnitude 5.9 shook northeastern Japan Friday, followed by at least three strong aftershocks. There were ...

 

UN Report Shows High Infant Deaths in Pakistan Earthquake

UN Report Shows High Infant Deaths in Pakistan Earthquake
PakTribune.com - Pakistan
... A nutrition survey conducted by the United Nations shows that twice as many children under five were at risk of death than adults in last October's earthquake ...

Group fighting earthquake costs
Newstalk ZB - New Zealand
Norcombe Barker, the owner of Larnach Castle, says he may be forced to sell if expensive new earthquake-proofing rules are enforced. ...

Earthquake shakes mountains, rattles towns
Messenger.ge - Tbilisi,Georgia
By Diana Dundua. A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7 hit a mountainous region of western Georgia Monday morning. The quake ...

Kasuri lauds Cuba's earthquake assistance
Pakistan Link - Inglewood,CA,USA
... Foreign Minister Kasuri conveyed gratitude for the prompt assistance Pakistan received from Cuba in the aftermath of the October 08 earthquake. ...

Developing earthquake-prone buildings policies
Scoop.co.nz (press release) - New Zealand
Building Issues Minister Clayton Cosgrove is urging communities to get involved with developing their councils' earthquake-prone building policies - saying ...

 

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World pledges extra �2bn in Pakistan earthquake aid
Guardian Unlimited - UK
Pakistanis celebrated a �2bn collection in earthquake aid from a weekend donor conference after President Pervez Musharraf vowed that reconstruction efforts ...

Sharon triggers political earthquake
Reuters - USA
... In a move described by the Israeli media as a political earthquake, Sharon will ask President Moshe Katsav at their 9 am (0700 GMT) meeting to dissolve ...

Nuclear installations, dams remained safe in October 8 earthquake ...
PakTribune.com - Pakistan
... November 21(Online): Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said nuclear installations of the country and dams have remained safe in October 8 disastrous earthquake. ...

Earthquake Hits off Indonesian Coast
All Headline News - USA
Jakarta, Indonesia (AHN) - A strong earthquake has been recorded about 160 miles west of the Indonesian island of Sumatra. The US ...

Midwest States Unprepared for Earthquake
ABC News - USA
LOUIS Nov 20, 2005 -- Eight Midwest states most at risk from a devastating earthquake have done little to prepare for such an emergency over the past 20 years ...

 

Strong earthquake hits Mariana Islands region

Strong earthquake hits Mariana Islands region
Ninemsn - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
An earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale hit the Mariana Islands region of the western Pacific Ocean Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said on its ...

BIS publishes norms on earthquake structural design
NewKerala.com - Ernakulam,Kerala,India
New Delhi, Feb 14: Bureau of Indian Standards has published norms on earthquake resistant structural design. The norms are contained ...

Moderate earthquake rocks northeast, West Bengal
NewKerala.com - Ernakulam,Kerala,India
Guwahati/Kolkata: An earthquake of moderate intensity Tuesday rocked India's northeastern and eastern regions, triggering panic among people though there were ...

Pakistan: Turkish musicians collect US$ 10,000 for earthquake ...
ReliefWeb (press release) - Geneva,Switzerland
... flute soloist, Ms. Sefika Kutluer and the Bilkent Symphony Orchestra with the conductor Isin Metin have collected US$ 10,000 for the earthquake survivors in ...

Pakistan: Earthquake survivors to receive treatment in Cuban ...
ReliefWeb (press release) - Geneva,Switzerland
ISLAMABAD, Feb 14 (APP): A group of last year's earthquake survivors in Pakistan will receive treatment in Cuban hospitals. Six ...

 

Earthquake detected under Lake Erie

Earthquake detected under Lake Erie
13abc.com - Toledo,OH,USA
February 12, 2006 - MENTOR-ON-THE-LAKE, Ohio (AP) - Another small earthquake has been detected beneath Lake Erie, the third so far this year. ...

The Last Earthquake
Israel Today - Jerusalem,Israel
... and dramatic departure from the Israeli political scene after a massive stroke was characteristic of his military and political career--it was an earthquake. ...

Earthquake Hits Central Chile, Rattles Buildings
Planet Ark - New York,NY,USA
SANTIAGO - A medium-sized earthquake shook central Chile on Friday, rattling buildings, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damages, officials ...

UN to remain in quake zone despite anti-cartoon unrest
Daily Times - Lahore,Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The humanitarian community in Pakistan continues to provide assistance to the thousands of earthquake survivors, despite security concerns over anti ...

 

Church World Service Marks One-Month Anniversary of Pakistan ...

Church World Service Marks One-Month Anniversary of Pakistan ...
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
Grief stricken man who survived the earthquake, now living in a tent village in Bisyan. NEW YORK/ISLAMABAD -- Holding lamps and ...

Ex-Taoiseach bound for earthquake disaster zone
Ireland Online - Dublin,Ireland
Former Taoiseach Albert Reynolds is to be sent as a Government envoy to a major summit in Pakistan on last month's earthquake, it was announced today. ...

Pakistan Earthquake Fund
ReliefWeb (press release) - Geneva,Switzerland
1. The earthquake that struck northern Pakistan and neighboring regions of India and Afghanistan on 8 October 2005 was the most serious in over a century. ...

State Department Updates US Response to Pakistan Earthquake
Washington File - Washington,DC,USA
The United States has raised its commitment to relief and reconstruction efforts following the October 8 Pakistan earthquake, announcing $180 million in aid to ...

EC to propose additional amount of 80m Euro for earthquake ...
PakTribune.com - Pakistan
... is proposing that an additional amount of at least �80 million be made available to address the immediate needs of survivors of the earthquake in Pakistan on ...