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Strong Earthquake Hits Off Coast Of Chile

2013-05-20T06:05:00Z

SANTIAGO, Chile — A magnitude-6.5 earthquake struck off the coast of Chile on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, but Chilean officials sai...

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Steve Horn: Faulkner County: ExxonMobil's "Sacrifice Zone" for Tar Sands Pipelines, Fracking

2013-05-15T13:15:12Z

Dozens of fracking waste injection-caused earthquakes have occurred in Faulkner County, with 12 small quakes in a five-day period back in October 2010, another ten quakes in a single day in November 2010 and a sizeable 4.7 magnitude quake shaking things up in February 2011.

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Earth's Core Not What Scientists Thought, Studies Show

2013-05-13T16:37:03Z

By: Charles Q. Choi, OurAmazingPlanet Contributor
Published: 05/13/2013 02:48 PM EDT on LiveScience
Earth's solid-metal inner core is a key compon...

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Marshall Fine: Movie Review: Aftershock

2013-05-10T14:01:19Z

Aftershock is competently made and effective at making you squirm. That's as much praise as I'm willing to dish out.

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Earthquake Strikes Near Iran's Nuclear Reactor

2013-05-06T08:41:01Z

TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran says a moderate earthquake rattled a region near the country's main nuclear reactor, but there were no reports of damage or death...

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Georgianne Nienaber: Who Owns Haiti's Future?

2013-04-26T17:40:07Z

Three years and $6 billon later, we remain with the same questions and a very troubling report about USAID from CEPR. The big question remains. Who is capable of charting the way forward for Haiti?

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Fans Of Quirky Quake Scientist Work To Preserve His Fading Legacy

2013-04-25T09:59:36Z

CINCINNATI — Ohio native Charles Richter's scale for measuring the power of earthquakes isn't as widely used as before, but he has fans determin...

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Jamal Abdi: Time for a Humanitarian Solution to Iran Sanctions

2013-04-22T14:50:19Z

In the past week, Iran has been struck by two earthquakes that have killed dozens of people and leveled hundreds of homes. And because of the political standoff with Iran's government, Americans are largely unable to provide any help.

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Elizabeth Hausler Strand: Earthquakes Are Inevitable. Disasters Don't Have to Be.

2013-04-22T13:37:19Z

Now is the time for governments, public and private entities, financial institutions, NGOs and communities to work together to create change in construction practice and build resilient communities before the next earthquake strikes.

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Earthquake Shakes Mexico City

2013-04-21T21:40:30Z

MEXICO CITY, April 21 (Reuters) - A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck western Mexico on Sunday, shaking buildings in the capital, but there were no repo...

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WATCH: Why This Bride Abandoned Her Wedding

2013-04-20T17:01:11Z

One reporter in China went above and beyond the call of duty when she abandoned her own wedding to report on the massive earthquake that struck the ci...

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Entire Town Wiped Out By Earthquake

2013-04-18T16:46:40Z

MASHKEL, Pakistan -- Zar Bibi's 7-year-old son was napping when a massive earthquake demolished this small Pakistani town earlier this week near the I...

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Salt Lake City Could See Bigger Earthquakes

2013-04-17T14:19:13Z

From Becky Oskin, OurAmazingPlanet Staff Writer:

Two faults bounding Utah's biggest city may combine to produce especially powerful earthquakes, ge...

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Oklahoma Earthquakes Rattle Residents

2013-04-16T04:25:36Z

A series of earthquakes shook parts of central Oklahoma early Tuesday, The Oklahoman reported.

According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the largest...

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Japan Earthquake Leaves Several Injured

2013-04-12T23:53:43Z

TOKYO — A strong earthquake shook Japan on Saturday near the southwestern city of Kobe, leaving 22 people injured, seven of them seriously &ndas...

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Earthquake Strikes Indonesia

2013-04-06T02:36:13Z

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- A powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit a remote part of eastern Indonesia on Saturday, causing residents to run outside in pani...

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Magnitude 7.1 Earthquake Strikes Indonesia

2013-04-06T01:09:28Z

An earthquake struck the eastern part of Indonesia measuring a 7.1 magnitude, the U.S. Geological Survey reported Saturday. The quake shocked 159 mile...

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John C.K. Daly: More Scientific Evidence Linking Fracking and Earthquakes

2013-04-04T10:49:57Z

As the practice of hydraulic fracturing to produce natural gas continues to spread not only in the U.S. but worldwide, the scientific community has increasingly focused on the environmental consequences of the technique.

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Were Geologists All Wrong About How Continent Formed?

2013-04-04T08:18:45Z

By: Becky Oskin, OurAmazingPlanet Staff Writer
Published: 04/03/2013 02:18 PM EDT on LiveScience
It's time to redraw the map of the world during t...

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Turkish News April Fool's Story: D.C. Succumbs To Earthquake

2013-04-01T16:27:11Z

Feel that rumbling?

Quick! Run to the nearest doorway or huddle underneath that sturdy desk!

Can you hear the building, where you're sitting at ...

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Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen: 'Green News Report' - March 28, 2013

2013-03-28T18:45:55Z

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WATCH: Earthquake Shakes Buildings In Taiwan

2013-03-27T09:16:17Z

TAIPEI, Taiwan — A strong earthquake struck a rural township in central Taiwan on Wednesday, swaying buildings, sending school children to seek ...

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6.2-Magnitude Quake Hits Guatemala

2013-03-26T10:14:41Z

GUATEMALA CITY -- A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck near Guatemala City on Monday, but residents said they barely felt the temblor and authorities had...

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Ancient Mausoleum Sheds New Light On Earthquake Threat

2013-03-21T08:36:02Z

By: Charles Q. Choi, OurAmazingPlanet Contributor
Published: 03/20/2013 03:11 PM EDT on LiveScience
The way the massive stone blocks making up a ...

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19 Miners Rescued After Being Trapped Underground By Quake

2013-03-20T05:23:15Z

WARSAW, Poland -- Nineteen miners trapped nearly a kilometer (half a mile) below ground by a cave-in at a copper mine in southern Poland were freed ea...

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