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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: Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Electricity Production and Distribution, Natural Disasters, U.S. Geological Survey, Tokyo Electric Power Co.
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Was Japan's volcano eruption linked to its earthquake?
The Shinmoedake volcano on Japan's southern island of Kyushu, 950 miles from the epicenter of last week's magnitude 9 earthquake, spewed ash and rocks up to 2.5 miles into the air March 13. The volcano had erupted Jan. 19 and several times afterward, most...Tags: Chile Earthquake (2010), Natural Disasters, Indonesia, University of California, Physiology
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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: Oceans, Research, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Bodies of Water, Natural Disasters
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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: Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Natural Disasters, U.S. Geological Survey, Tsunamis, Tokyo (Japan)
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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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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, Japan, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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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: Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Natural Disasters, Google+, Pacific Ocean, Tsunamis
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Chronology: With a rumble, chaos
Sun StaffThe first sign of trouble was an unsettling rumble from beneath the streets, a trembling, grinding sensation that lasted several seconds. Dan Stone felt it on the fifth floor of the cast-iron building he owns at 300 W. Pratt St. In a tavern downstairs,...Tags: Television Industry, Radio, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Hazardous Materials, Transportation Industry
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China rushes relief after Sichuan quake kills 188
LUSHAN, China (AP) — After dynamiting through landslide-blocked roads, Chinese relief crews hurried food, water and other supplies into the rural hills of China's Sichuan province Monday, two days after an earthquake killed at least 188 people and...
Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, American Red Cross, Natural Disasters, Disasters and Accidents, China
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Death toll in China quake hits 113
Reporting from Beijing -- A strong earthquake struck China’s mountainous Sichuan province Saturday morning, leaving at least 113 people dead and more than 3,000 injured. Chinese authorities assessed the magnitude of the quake at 7.0, while the...
Tags: China Earthquake (2010), Military Equipment, Xi Jinping, Natural Disasters, U.S. Geological Survey
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China quake kills at least 179
BEIJING — When their beds began to shake and the dishes clattered off the shelves, people knew what to do this time. The temblor Saturday morning in Sichuan province was a lesser replay of a killer quake that struck along the same fault line...
Tags: World Vision, China Earthquake (2010), Beijing (China), Xi Jinping, Natural Disasters
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Early quake warning system for Southern California gets $5 million
Earthquake scientists have received about $5 million to develop an earthquake early warning system for Southern California -- enough to build the network but not enough to operate it. The money, announced Friday, has enabled scientists to already...
Tags: China Earthquake (2010), U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Economy, Business and Finance, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Natural Disasters
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