Earthquake

Crowd attacks China govt. office over quake

Conflict stems from plan to relocate Longnan city's administrative center Authorities want to relocate after a deadly quake in May devastated the area Some people attacked a city building, smashing some vehicles and facilities...

Earthquake Survivors to Spend Frosty Winter in Tents

By Fu Ming & Lou lan Sound of Hope Radio Nov 17, 2008 The earthquake that hit Sichuan on May 12, 2008, caused a lot of casualties and collapsed homes in Gansu Province. Six months have passed and not much aid has been received...

USGS News Release: How Science Helps Communities Prepare for and Survive Earthquakes

Nov 18, 2008 (Interior Department Documents and Publications/ContentWorks via COMTEX) -- News Release November 17, 2008 Clarice Nassif Ransom 703-648-4299 cransom@usgs.gov How Science Helps Communities Prepare for and Survive...

Planting coconut palms in Indonesia

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) - Switzerland Pasi Janeng, a coastal village on the island of Pulo Nasi, off the northern tip of Indonesia's Aceh province, looks picture-perfect. There is...

Where do earthquakes occur?

Answer: Earthquakes can strike any location at any time. But history shows they occur in the same general patterns year after year, principally in three large zones of the earth. The world's greatest earthquake belt, the...

Chinese premier wants to accelerate post-quake reconstruction

BEIJING, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- Accelerating reconstruction work is the top priority in quake-affected areas, said Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao during his visit over the weekend to Sichuan Province. He told villagers in Anxian...

The Morning File: In California, The End Is Near -- all the time

By Gary Rotstein, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Ground Zero for the Big One: Looks calm, but this spot is on the San Andreas Fault in Cajon Pass, Calif. Note the high pressure gas lines underground and high voltage power lines...

Shake, rattle and roll

17 hrs ago

When an earthquake shook southern Illinois this spring, many Midwesterners were jolted out of bed. Among them were the developers of MAEviz, a tool to model quake impacts on lives, health, infrastructure, and economies that is...

Quake in northern Indonesia leaves 2 dead

JAKARTA, November 17 (RIA Novosti) - Two people have been killed and 25 injured in a 7.7-magnitude quake in northern Indonesia, a local radio station reported on Monday, citing the Health Ministry's crisis center. "One person...

Will the Biblical flood visit again?

Moscow, Nov 17 (RIA Novosti) The world geological community is warning that today's seismic activity on our planet is nothing compared with what is to come. In March 2005, 80,000 people died under the rubble there.

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