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Magnitude 6.8 quake strikes off Chile; no tsunami seen
ReutersSANTIAGO (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck off the coast of Chile on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, but Chilean emergency authorities said they saw no prospect that the tremor would generate a tsunami. The quake struck 400 miles...Tags: Natural Disasters, Chile Earthquake (2010), Tsunamis, Chile, U.S. Geological Survey
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Experts seek to solve state quake puzzle
Muskogee Phoenix, Okla.With officials seeing an increase in the number of earthquakes in the state since 2010, the hunt is on to determine their cause. Austin Holland, a seismologist with the Oklahoma Geological Survey, said there's been an almost "one hundred fold"...Tags: Natural Disasters, Petroleum Industry, Netherlands
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Northeast Japan jolted by magnitude 5.9 quake, no tsunami warning
ReutersTOKYO (Reuters) - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 jolted northeastern Japan on Saturday, but no tsunami warning was issued, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. Tokyo Electric Power Co's two nuclear plants in Fukushima reported no...Tags: Electricity Production and Distribution, Natural Disasters, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Tsunamis, Tokyo (Japan)
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Northeast Japan jolted by magnitude 5.9 quake
ReutersTOKYO, May 18 (Reuters) - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 jolted northeastern Japan on Saturday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. No tsunami warnings have been issued. The United States Geological Survey recorded the quake at 6.1,...Tags: Natural Disasters, Tsunamis, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Tokyo (Japan), U.S. Geological Survey
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GPS system can accurately predict post-quake tsunami, study finds
When the magnitude 9 earthquake struck Japan more than two years ago, there were 1,200 global positioning system stations recording ocean floor movement in real time. None was linked to that nation’s tsunami warning system, which underestimated...
Tags: Natural Disasters, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Tsunamis, Research, Science and Technology
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Quake shakes Morgan County
The Decatur Daily, Ala.Valhermoso Springs resident Royce Turney felt a slight "jarring" and heard a rumble at his home Monday morning before leaving to drive his school bus. The Antioch Road resident assumed it was just more testing at Redstone Arsenal and was surprised to...Tags: Natural Disasters, Somerville, U.S. Geological Survey
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San Jose: 3.4-magnitude earthquake reported east of Alum Rock
San Jose Mercury NewsA 3.4-magnitude earthquake was reported at 10:12 p.m. Thursday about 5 miles east of the Alum Rock neighborhood of San Jose. According to the United States Geological Survey, the earthquake was about 4 miles deep and on the Calaveras Fault. San Jose...Tags: Natural Disasters, U.S. Geological Survey
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Magnitude 3 quake strikes near Hawthorne, Nev.
A shallow magnitude 3 earthquake was reported Tuesday evening 12 miles from Hawthorne, Nev., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 9:24 p.m. Pacific time at a depth of 5 miles. According to the USGS, the epicenter was 62 miles...
Tags: Natural Disasters, U.S. Geological Survey
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Dozens killed as quake hits Iran, Pakistan
TEHRAN, Iran -- An earthquake toppled homes and shops on both sides of the Iran-Pakistan border Tuesday, killing dozens of people and causing skyscrapers to sway in Dubai. It also forced Iranian officials -- for the second time in less than a week --...Tags: Natural Disasters, Tehran (Iran), Applied Physics, U.S. Geological Survey, Dubai (United Arab Emirates)
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20-foot boat that drifted to California is tsunami debris
The barnacle-covered boat with Japanese lettering spent 758 days at sea before it drifted onto a Northern California beach. Nearly three weeks after the 20-foot boat washed ashore in Crescent City, about 20 miles south of the Oregon border, the National...
Tags: Natural Disasters, Pacific Ocean, Tsunamis, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Japan
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Japanese boat first confirmed tsunami debris in California
A 20-foot boat that washed ashore earlier this month in Northern California has been confirmed as the first debris from the 2011 Japanese tsunami to reach the state. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, working with the Japanese...
Tags: Natural Disasters, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Pacific Ocean, Tsunamis, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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Major earthquake kills at least 40 near Pakistan border
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Seismologists say a major earthquake has struck a region near the Iran-Pakistan border, less than a week after a quake in Iran killed at least 37 people. Iranian state TV says at least 40 people have been killed. ...
Tags: Natural Disasters, U.S. Geological Survey, Dubai (United Arab Emirates), Iran, Pakistan
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