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Christchurch earthquake: Recovery of bodies from cathedral b...

Search and rescue workers have begun work in preparation for removing bodies from under piles of rubble at the Christchurch Cathedral. Dean Peter Beck told NZPA an Urban Search and Rescue team had begun work at about 2pm to remove masona [...]

Posted On : Feb, 25 2011 | Comments : 0

Christchurch earthquake: rescue workers converge on New Zealand as hope of finding survivors fades

Christchurch earthquake: rescue workers converge on New Zeal...

Crews from Britain, Australia, Japan, Taiwan and America arrived in New Zealand's second largest city on a day that failed to produce any more live rescues. The death toll jumped during the day to 98 after 24 bodies were pul [...]

Posted On : Feb, 24 2011 | Comments : 0

3.7 earthquake in Greenbrier on Sunday

Greenbrier residents felt the ground shake again around 9 a.m. Sunday by a 3.7 magnitude earthquake. Just three hours later, another 2.7 magnitude earthquake rocked the town. This past week more than 60 earthquakes have shook the town [...]

Posted On : Feb, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

Earthquakes continue to rumble

Earthquakes continued to rumble across northeastern Faulkner County on Thursday, with a 3.8 magnitude tremor reported at about 4:49 a.m. Rumbling was felt in Wooster, Greenbrier and Guy. More than 20 quakes have been registered since Wed [...]

Posted On : Feb, 18 2011 | Comments : 0

Ark. cities feel unexplained surge in earthquakes

A small-town Arkansas fire chief says he was briefly puzzled by a thumping sound in his office this week. But then Jim Sutterfield says he realized it was just another earthquake. Several small earthquakes ranging in magnitude from [...]

Posted On : Feb, 17 2011 | Comments : 0

4.3-magnitude earthquake near Mount St. Helens is biggest in...

Fault line, won't you be my Valentine? The second largest earthquake since Mount St. Helens erupted -- a magnitude 4.3 shaker -- rocked a fault line six miles north of the volcano Monday morning. People felt it as far away as Astoria [...]

Posted On : Feb, 15 2011 | Comments : 0

P.M. Bay Area Buzz: Find out if you live in an earthquake zo...

The California Geological Survey on Thursday released online earthquake fault zone maps for fault-ridden regions of the state, including most of the Bay Area. The online map shows the state overlain by boxes representing every quadr [...]

Posted On : Feb, 11 2011 | Comments : 0

Moderate earthquake of 4.8 magnitude hits upper areas

An earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale shook upper parts of the country on Wednesday morning at 9:36 am. According to the Meteorological Department the quake had its epicentre 100 km (65 miles) of Gilgit, Kashmir at a depth of [...]

Posted On : Feb, 10 2011 | Comments : 0

Magnitude 6.2 earthquake near Solomon Islands, Papua New Gui...

A magnitude-6.2 earthquake rumbled under the Pacific Ocean south of Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands on Tuesday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey reported, but no tsunami alert was issued. There were no immediate reports o [...]

Posted On : Feb, 08 2011 | Comments : 0

Big banks cautious after quarterly earnings

It has been a tough few months for the NAB - a computer glitch seized customers' bank accounts and it is facing a class action lawsuit from investors. But chief executive Cameron Clyne was putting a good spin on things at an investor [...]

Posted On : Feb, 08 2011 | Comments : 0

Earthquakes normal as hurricanes, tornadoes

Texas has hurricanes and tornadoes, and California has earthquakes and fire storms. All are perfectly normal natural phenomena. Earthquakes are caused by the release of tension as the plates of rock that blanket our planet slowly move. [...]

Posted On : Feb, 07 2011 | Comments : 0

Earthquake prediction for Wellington

A Waitangi dawn ceremony ended with a Maori elder prophesying the destruction of Wellington in a huge earthquake that would leave the Beehive "lying in the debris of the streets". In a strange end to this morning's pra [...]

Posted On : Feb, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

Small earthquake in Brazil’s Planalto

When Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Brazil’s then president, anointed Dilma Rousseff as his successor in 2010, few doubted that her tenure would be much more than a continuation of Mr Lula da Silva’s presidency by other me [...]

Posted On : Feb, 04 2011 | Comments : 0

Earthquake Commission 'too scared' to criticise victims

Former ACT MP and now blogger Stephen Franks claims authorities are afraid to tell Cantabrians to harden up in the wake of the 7.1 magnitude earthquake five months ago. Franks claims people are taking thousands of dollars from the Earthq [...]

Posted On : Feb, 03 2011 | Comments : 0

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