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Massive earthquake shakes South Asia
Aljazeera   26 October 2015   Afghanistan   Feyzabad  
People pour out of offices into a street in India’s Kashmir after a strong quake hit the region / Al Jazeera And Agencies
<p>A powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake has struck in northern Afghanistan and was felt in a large area from northern Pakistan to India.</p> <p>The US Geological Survey put the epicentre near Jarm in the country's northeast, 250 kilometres from the capital ...
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Chile earthquake: one million people evacuated after 8.3 magnitude quake – rolling report
The Guardian   17 September 2015   Chile   Illapel  
People evacuate a mall in Santiago after a powerful earthquake, in Santiago, Chile, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015. Photograph: Nadia Perez/AP
<p>As it nears 3am in Chile, one million people are on the streets taking refuge from a major earthquake, which has been followed by flooding and waves of up to 4.5m.<br>Speaking to reporters in southern California, a Caltech seismologist, Mark Simons, said ...
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Vancouver earthquake scenario predicts up to 10,000 casualties
CBCnews   03 September 2015   Canada   Vancouver  
Based on the province's worst-case scenario, a shallow 7.3 magnitude earthquake in Vancouver could cause up to 10,000 deaths and destroy 12 per cent of buildings. (Getty Images)
<p>Roughly 10,000 people in the Lower Mainland might die if a shallow earthquake struck directly beneath the city of Vancouver &mdash; that's the projection from a worst-case scenario in the provincial government's Earthquake Immediate Response Plan.</p>
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Balancing rocks trace history of 'jumping' earthquakes
BBC NEWS   04 August 2015   USA   California  
The teetering rocks sit less than 10km from two major faults
<p>US scientists say they have solved the riddle of why a collection of balancing rocks near the San Andreas fault has never been toppled by earthquakes. Their decade-long study concludes that quakes can stop or "jump" due to interactions between the San Andreas ...
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Earthquake of 6.9 magnitude hits Aleutian Islands in Alaska in 'seismically active region' that gets 'many moderate to large' quakes each year
Daily Mail   27 July 2015   USA, Russia   Aleutian Islands  
The quake struck 60 miles southwest of Nikolski late on Sunday according to the US Geological Survey
<p>An earthquake measuring magnitude 6.9 struck the Aleutian Islands in Alaska at a depth of seven miles late on Sunday, according to the US Geological Survey.</p> <p> </p>
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6.5 earthquake, aftershock strikes off Solomon Islands
Reuters   10 July 2015   Solomon Islands   South Pacific  
Magnitude 7.0 quake off Solomons, no tsunami threat: USGS | via @RT
<p>A powerful earthquake of magnitude 6.5, shortly followed by a 5.3 aftershock has struck off the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific, according to the US Geological Survey. No tsunami warning has been issued.</p>
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Sabah earthquake: Damages to public assets and infrastructure worth RM94.8m
themalaymailonline.com   06 July 2015   Malaysia   Sabah  
aftermath of this morning's earthquake
<p>KOTA KINABALU, July 6 &mdash; The earthquake that hit Sabah last June 5 has caused damages to infrastructure and public assets being assessed at RM94.8 million, said Sabah Special Functions Minister Datuk Teo Chee Kang.</p> <p>He told the state legislative ...
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Four Dead in Xinjiang Earthquake
CRI English   03 July 2015   China   Xinjiang  
Xinjiang in northwest China on July 3, 2015. Four people have been confirmed dead and 48 others injured following the 6.5-magnitude quake. [Photo: Xinhua]
<p>Four people have been confirmed dead and 48 others injured in a 6.5-magnitude earthquake that struck northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on Friday morning.</p> <p>The quake rocked Pishan County of Hotan Prefecture at 9:07 a.m., with the epicenter ...
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Damage, injuries after Malaysia quake
3news.co.nz   05 June 2015   Malaysia   Sabah  
Mount Kinabalu (Reuters)
<p>A 6.0-magnitude earthquake has struck near Malaysia's Mount Kinabalu, cracking roads and buildings in the region, and injuring climbers on the popular peak.<br />Sabah state officials have been quoted by the New Straits Times saying at least four climbers ...
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Buildings collapse, more than 1,800 killed as 7.9 magnitude quake strikes Nepal
South China Morning Post   26 April 2015   Nepal   Kathmandu  
Nepal earthquake damage
<p>A powerful earthquake struck Nepal and sent tremors through northern India yesterday, killing more than 1,800 people, toppling a 19th-century tower in the capital Kathmandu and touching off a deadly avalanche on Mount Everest. There were reports of devastation ...