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Once-a-century 5.8 mag quake rocks US East Coast

Lily Kuo and Malathi Nayak Reuters 08/23/2011
Local New York news stations hustle to cover reports on the Virginia earthquake, reassure viewers

Local stations scrambled to get their news teams on the air to explain the sudden shaking of New York City Tuesday. Turns out it was a 5.8-magnitude earthquake in Virginia that rattled buildings and people in New York.

Once-a-century 5.8 mag quake rocks US East Coast

A strong earthquake rattled the East Coast on Tuesday, sending tremors as far as Canada, damaging well-known buildings in the nation's capital and sending scared office workers into the streets.

Italians evacuate Rome over 'big one' fears

Nick Pisa Telegraph 05/10/2011
Eight dead after earthquake hits Spain

Thousands of residents of the southeastern Spanish city of Lorca slept outside Wednesday night, hours after the city of about 80,000 was struck by an earthquake that killed eight people, state radio reported, citing authorities.

Italians evacuate Rome over 'big one' fears

Italians are fleeing Rome todayover fears a giant earthquake is coming following a seismologist's 1915 prediction that "the big one" will strike on May 11, 2011.

Big aftershocks continue to jolt Japan

The Daily Telegraph 04/15/2011

Strong aftershock slams weary Japan, kills 2

JAY ALABASTER and TOMOKO A. HOSAKA Yahoo! News 04/07/2011
Big aftershocks continue to jolt Japan

AN aftershock has hit Japan just hours after the country's nuclear safety agency ordered plant operators to beef up their earthquake-preparedness systems.

Strong aftershock slams weary Japan, kills 2

A strong aftershock ripped through northeastern Japan, killing two people, knocking out power to vast areas Friday and piling misery on a region still buried under the rubble of last month's devastating tsunami.

Earth's day length shortened by Japan earthquake

The massive earthquake that struck northeast Japan Friday (March 11) has shortened the length Earth's day by a fraction and shifted how the planet's mass is distributed.

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Christchurch earthquake: 150 feared dead on New Zealand's 'darkest day' [PHOTO]

Paul Chapman, in Wellington, Bonnie Malkin and Andrew Hough Telegraph 02/22/2011
Buildings shake as quake hits Japan, no damage reported

A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.2 hit off the coast of northeastern Japan on Wednesday, the Japanese Meteorological Agency said.

Christchurch earthquake: 150 feared dead on New Zealand's 'darkest day' [PHOTO]

More than 150 are feared dead after a major earthquake hit Christchurch, one of New Zealand's biggest cities, in what the prime minister described "New Zealand's darkest day".


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