EARTHQUAKE popularity and EARTHQUAKE trends

Staff at a center designed to train people how to cope with unexpected disaster are hailing the success of their program after no injuries were suffered when a small earthquake struck a village where they are operating.

By Yereth RosenANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Cleanup workers will soon attack a jumble of debris from Japan's 2011 tsunami that litters an Alaskan island, as residents in the state gear up to scour their shores for everything from buoys to building material that has floated across the Pacific.The cleansing project slated to start on Friday on Montague Island is expected to last a couple weeks, ...

FAMILY 'claim they tortured boy, 5, to saving the world by preventing earthquake'

A magnitude-4.7 earthquake has rattled the quake-weary New Zealand city of Christchurch. There are no initial reports of serious injuries or damage.

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand's second largest city Christchurch was shaken by a magnitude 5.2 earthquake on Friday, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.

A 5.2 EARTHQUAKE has struck Christchurch but there have been no initial reports of damage.

VIENNA -- A year after an earthquake and tsunami triggered the Fukushima disaster, a United Nations agency preparing a report on the health effects says none of the six former reactor workers who have died since the catastrophe perished due to the effects of radiation.The U.N. Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation said Wednesday that although several workers at Japan's Fukushi...

VIENNA (AP) -- A year after an earthquake and tsunami triggered the Fukushima disaster, a United Nations agency preparing a report on the health effects says none of the six former reactor workers who have died since the catastrophe perished due to the effects of radiation....

A strong earthquake has struck off the coast of Japan, but no tsunami is expected.

The emotional stress of Japan's tsunami and earthquake disaster resulted in some survivors suffering a shrinkage of the brain, according to a new study.

Reports of tremors on the Aberdeenshire coast were not the result of an earthquake, the British Geological Survey says.

Thank GAWD! A MASSIVE earthquake occurred less than 30 miles from where Selena Gomez is currently filming in Bulgaria, but thankfully, she's okay! The 5.6 earthquake shook the country around 3 a.m., and a 4.9 magnitude aftershock occurred about 90 minutes later. Reports on injured, deaths, and damages have been slow, so the star took [...]

The Special Fund for the Disabled of the ICRC officially inaugurated a new physical rehabilitation centre in Port-au-Prince today. The facility opened its doors following a year of rebuilding and repair work on the previous structure, which was destroyed by the earthquake of 12 January 2010.

ITALY WAS yesterday trying to come to terms with a dramatic and tragic weekend marked by a serious earthquake in the Emilia Romagna region and by a bomb blast outside a school in the port of Brindisi.

Officials said damage from Sunday’s earthquake in the Emilia-Romagna region would be significant financially and culturally.

WASHINGTON  - Gregory Jaczko, chairman of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, said on Monday he would resign, following a year of intense criticism over his abrasive management tactics. Jaczko, 41, was a polarizing figure who oversaw the nuclear safety agency as it crafted expensive new rules in the wake of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi ...

A day after seven people were killed in a 6.0 magnitude earthquake, Italians assess the damage to one of their most historic regions.

On Sunday, Northern Italy was rocked by a magnitude-6.0 earthquake. In the process, many cheese factories in the region suffered damage—and it is estimated that over 300,000 wheels of cheese, thought to be worth at least $320 million, have been destroyed. More »

Aftershocks rattled northern Italy a day after a magnitude-6.0 earthquake killed seven people and toppled centuries-old buildings

Northern Italy was shaken by a new earthquake Monday morning, a day after a magnitude-6.0 quake killed at least seven people.

Several thousand Italians spent the night in cars or temporary shelters after a strong earthquake hit the northeast Sunday, killing six people and reducing homes and historic buildings to rubble.

A strong earthquake in northern Italy killed at least six people, injured dozens and damaged historic buildings including a famed mediaeval castle early on Sunday, waking terrified citizens and sending thousands running into the streets.

A strong earthquake in northern Italy killed at least six people, injured dozens and damaged historic buildings including a famed mediaeval castle early on Sunday, waking terrified citizens and sending thousands running into the streets.

An earthquake struck the northern Italian region of Emilia Romagna on Sunday, killing five people, wounding dozens and damaging historic buildings as well as warehouses and factories.

SANT' AGOSTINO, Italy (Reuters) - A strong earthquake in northern Italy killed at least six people, injured dozens and damaged historic buildings including a famed mediaeval castle early on Sunday, waking terrified citizens and sending thousands running into the streets.

3,000 bed down in makeshift accommodation after 6.0 magnitude quake destroys buildings across Emilia-RomagnaThree thousand people in northern Italy bedded down in tents or temporary accommodation on Sunday night after a strong earthquake in the early hours killed five people, injured scores more and toppled centuries-old churches and clock towers.Aftershocks in the Emilia-Romagna region continu...

[Video Link.] A weekend of fear and mourning in Italy. Early this Sunday morning, an earthquake struck near Bologna: at least six killed (ceramic workers, and a hundred year old person), and big material damage in the region. The US Geological Survey heard the tremor: a magnitude-6.0 quake struck at 4:04 a.m. Sunday between Modena [...]

The 6.0-magnitude quake, one of the strongest to shake northern Italy, toppled buildings and sent residents running into the streets. It struck at just after 4am local time and its epicentre 21.75 miles north-northwest of Bologna

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake in northern Italy kills at least four people, causing serious damage to buildings in several towns.

A strong earthquake rocked a large swathe of northern Italy early on Sunday, killing at least three people and causing serious damage to the area's cultural heritage.

A magnitude-6.0 earthquake shook northern Italy, killing at least three people and toppling some buildings, emergency services and news reports said.

At least four people killed and reports of "structural collapses" following 5.9-magnitude quake near city of Bologna.

A strong earthquake in north Italy has killed at least six people, injured dozens and damaged historic buildings including a famed medieval castle.

A special hearing Thursday about the proposed route for the Westside Subway Extension was dominated by science, with geologists and engineers pointing to maps and the existence -- or lack thereof -- of earthquake faults and decrying the way Los Angeles County transportation researchers have gone about their work. But even amid the talk of boring samples and surface integrity, the message from B...

Japan's gross domestic product grew at nearly double the U.S. rate for the first quarter, an unexpectedly strong sign of recovery in the wake of last year's devastating earthquake and tsunami.

TOKYO (AP) -- Japan's economy grew an at annual rate of 4.1 percent in the first quarter amid a gradual recovery from last year's catastrophic earthquake and tsunami....

A year after the earthquake in Lorca, 2,000 families have yet to return to their homes

His 438,000 Twitter followers have raised nearly $500,000 to help rebuild Haiti following a major earthquake in January 2010.

Earthquake felt as far north as Safed, in Jerusalem; epicenter near Cyprus; no injuries, damages reported after tectonic event.

An earthquake of moderate intensity shook Assam and rest of the northeast today but there was no immediate report of any casualty or damage to properties.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Mount Fuji may be sitting on a large, active fault that could trigger a magnitude-7 earthquake, changing the shape of the mountain and devastating nearby communities, the education ministry said on Thursday.

After reporting a net loss of $5.7 billion for the last fiscal year -- its fourth annual loss in a row -- Sony Corp. said it expects to swing back to a profit this fiscal year as its consumer-electronics and component businesses recover.

Sales hit by shutdown of Japanese nuclear plants after last year’s earthquake and tsunami

RAWALPINDI - The General Headquarters (GHQ) on Monday appointed Major-General Malik Zafar Iqbal as Director General Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF). According to an ISPR press release, he is presently commanding an infantry division at Lahore.Meanwhile, according to a separate ISPR press release, Major-General Azeem Asif has been appointed Deputy Chairman Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation...

RAWALPINDI - The General Headquarters (GHQ) on Monday appointed Major-General Malik Zafar Iqbal as Director General Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF). According to an ISPR press release, he is presently commanding an infantry division at Lahore.Meanwhile, according to a separate ISPR press release, Major-General Azeem Asif has been appointed Deputy Chairman Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation...

Suddenly, the fate of the global economy may rest on an obscure leftist party and its young, charismatic leader.

POP star would rather pen tunes like Earthquake than make the earth move for a girl

Political earthquake after polls in Sunday’s general election suggested the surprise collapse of its two biggest parties

The week in science: US reports 4th ever case of ‘mad cow disease’; Japan’s Chikyu research vessel drills through earthquake fault; and a new system launches to alert scientists to research updates.

A moderate earthquake off the coast of Baja California is swaying buildings in Mexico City.

A moderate earthquake has struck Michoacan, Mexico, the U.S. Geological Survey reports.

So you can help them collect data????? OMG, this is so cool! The USGS is trying to achieve a denser and more uniform spacing of seismographs in select urban areas to provide better measurements of ground motion during earthquakes. These measurements improve our ability to make rapid post-earthquake assessments of expected damage and contribute to the continuing deve...

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Some Southern Californians were shaken out of bed Saturday morning by a small earthquake that rattled homes across the Inland Empire region and caused buildings to sway in downtown Los Angeles....

The magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck at 8:07 a.m. The U.S. Geological Survey said it was centered about two miles northwest of Devore, in San Bernardino County. The quake was downgraded from an initial magnitude of 4.1.

The READI GPS network can accurately pinpoint details about larger earthquakes, which can help government agencies properly predict the tsunamis that follow

A nuclear plant in northwestern Japan may be sitting right on top of an active geological fault, the country’s nuclear watchdog has said, raising the risk that the facility may never resume power generation for fear of an earthquake.  

The US space agency Nasa is testing a network of GPS sensors as a rapid-response measure of earthquake location and magnitude.

ananyo writes "NASA and a group of universities known as the READI network have begun testing an earthquake-warning system based on satellite data from the Global Positioning System. The method could have allowed Japanese officials to issue accurate warnings of the deadly March 2011 earthquake and tsunami ten times faster than they did, say scientists. The system is currently being tested using...

An experiment to see if buildings constructed to California’s top earthquake code could withstand a huge temblor was proclaimed successful, if uneventful.

A strong earthquake struck Santiago, Chile, early Tuesday morning while Prime Minister Stephen Harper was visiting, causing high-rises to sway back and forth but leaving the PM unharmed

Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his wife Laureen were awakened by a major earthquake as they overnighted in Chile's capital of Santiago.

A MAGNITUDE 5.3 earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia Saturday, according to the United States Geological Survey.

If you are concerned about safe-guarding your family against earthquakes, then take the necessary steps.

Japanese groups, including Lawson, Aeon and Family Mart, are boosted by the return of consumers after last year’s earthquake

Quake in sparsely populated mountain area more than 300 kilometres away from the capital causes tall buildings to sway, people to evacuate

Wednesday's earthquake struck the same Indonesian province decimated by a tsunami in 2004. See how the area is faring today.

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The massive earthquake off Indonesia surprised scientists: Usually this type of jolt isn't this powerful....

8.6 magnitude earthquake hits off westernmost Indonesian province Aceh; India warns of 6-meter waves.

In second day of dull trading, the BSE Sensex fell 44 points to 17,199.40 as investors remained cautious ahead of industrial growth data, weak global markets and a massive earthquake in Sumatra that triggered tsunami fears in the Asian region, including India.

A new film being shown on PBS this week chronicles the Orchestre Septentrional of Haiti, which since 1948 has survived dictators, a devastating earthquake and the recent cholera epidemic.

A shallow magnitude 3.5 earthquake was reported Saturday evening one mile from The Geysers, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 6:28 p.m. at a depth of 0.6 miles. According to the USGS, the epicenter was four...

The Japanese government is looking at selling shares in Japan Post to raise money for post earthquake and tsunami rebuilding.

ISHINOMAKI, Japan (AP) -- Members of the Oakland Athletics and Seattle Mariners got a firsthand look at the devastation from the earthquake and tsunami on Tuesday when they visited one of the towns hit hardest by last year's disaster in Japan....

The first daughter is on a controversial spring break school trip to Mexico, which was rocked by a 7.6 earthquake on Tuesday.

A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck southwest Mexico on Tuesday, causing mayhem but no reports of serious injuries or damage, the Associated Press reports. The quake hit near the tourist resort of Acapulco. Read full article >>

A strong earthquake, over 7.4 on the Richter scale, with its epicenter in Guerrero state, followed by an aftershock in south-central Mexico, shook buildings in Mexico City for at least a minute and made workers and frightened residents run out into the streets.

Tuesday's major 7.9 earthquake in southern Mexico, about midway between the beach resort Acapulco and the colonial town of Oaxaca, is more bad ...

The latest earthquake to hit Japan has been felt on the west coast of Ireland, with tremors recorded on a recently installed seismometer at the Cliffs of Moher in Co Clare.

BAND will perform a dangerous high wire act put together by James Bond flying stunt team on Labrinth cover

How much does the president have to do with the price of gasoline? A lot, say American voters. According to oil experts and economists, not so much — at least in the short term. Today’s oil prices are the product of years and decades of exploration, automobile design and ingrained consumer habits combined with political events in places such as Sudan and Libya, anxiety about possible conflict ...

IZUNOKUNI, Japan (AP) -- One year after their lives were torn apart by the devastating earthquake and tsunami, players from Ishinomaki Technical High School are ready to compete on one of the biggest stages in Japanese baseball....

Corporate Japan has proven remarkably resilient over the year since the 2011 earthquake. Earnings are expected to fall in the year through March, but rebound past predisaster levels next year.

Israeli team visits ravaged northeastern coast of Japan, 1 year after earthquake and tsuanmi; towns are rapidly rebuilding themselves.

A year after the earthquake and tsunami that devasted northeastern Japan, the country's automakers are back on sold footing, taking advantage ...

@rolak Nein, hast du nicht. Aber man könnt es ja meinen. Was mich bezüglich dieses Messstation-Verbundes ATROPATENA (beeindruckende Namensgebung übrigens - http://www.azerbaijans.com/content_355_de.html ) - interessieren würd: Ist es Khalilov eigentlich schon mal gelungen, ein schweres Erdbeben konkret vorherzusagen? (Glaube nein, aber vielleicht irre ich mich da?) http://geochangemag.org/ind...

When the tsunami struck Miyatojima island, a story passed down through generations meant residents knew what to do and kept many safe.I am an engineer and a disaster researcher; I went to Japan after the March 11, 2011, magnitude 9.0 Tohoku earthquake to try to identify lessons there that could benefit future disaster-response operations.

Prime Minister David Cameron's statement on the weekend of the first anniversary of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami.

March 11 marks the first anniversary of Japan's devastating earthquake, tsunami, and radiation disaster. Justin McCurry visited Fukushima to report on the ongoing health issues facing citizens.

One year after the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami, now is the time for investors to look again at Tokyo

The sound waves from the devastating 9-magnitude Japanese earthquake last year have been converted into an audio track and released ahead of the one-year anniversary of the atrocity.

On March 11, a year will have passed since Japan was struck by the triple tragedy of an earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear accident.

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake was reported about 8 miles north of San Francisco.

On March 11, 2011, Japan suffered a massive earthquake and subsequent tsunami that destroyed roads, bridges, and buildings; killed nearly 16,000 people; and critically disabled three reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. By March 12, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) was already considering urging Americans within 50 miles of the stricken nuclear reactors to evacuate...

Tohoku Electric Power is expected to be the first Japanese nuclear-plant operator to offer bonds since last year's earthquake and tsunami, making it a test case of investor interest in the sector.

SOCCER SHORTS:FUNDS donated for earthquake-hit Haiti that never made it to the Caribbean island were paid into a bank account controlled by former Fifa vice-president Jack Warner, the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) insisted yesterday.

In the confusion following the earthquake and tsunami last March that damaged Japan’s Fukushima nuclear complex, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said it was standing by to help. But a trove of e-mails posted on the NRC’sWeb site shows an agency struggling to figure out how to respond and how to deal with the American public while cutting through what one official called “the fog of informati...

THE CURRENT rage over control of the internet brings to mind the ring of Gyges. An earthquake opened a crack in the earth’s surface. Gyges, a shepherd, entered and found the corpse of a giant wearing nothing but a golden ring. He found that when he twisted the ring, he became invisible.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Celebrated playwrights including Stephen Sondheim, Tony Kushner and Edward Albee have joined a fundraiser to mark the anniversary of a devastating earthquake in Japan....

BUSINESSMAN DENIS O’Brien has praised Ireland’s commitment to Haiti’s reconstruction efforts two years after its devastating earthquake.

In den USA spickt Google seinen Kartendienst ab sofort mit Warnhinweisen. So warnt Google Maps zum Beispiel vor drohenden Tornados oder Überschwemmungen. Auch Informationen zu vergangenen Katastrophen lassen sich über Suchbegriffe wie "San Francisco Earthquake" (Erdbeben) auffinden. mehr...

TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan forecast the economy will contract in the current fiscal year but kept policy steady on Tuesday, expecting exports to emerging markets and reconstruction after last year's earthquake will help fuel a steady recovery later in 2012.

THE Kapel resignation is a political earthquake for the Victorian government.

Surely (surely!) I can’t be the only one who experiences a flinch of mild irritation when reading this kind of language? Okay, for me it’s more than a flinch. A tremble of rage, let’s say. Or better, a shudder of fury. No – I’ll admit it. When I read these text message-style abbreviations, what I end up feeling is nothing less than a ground-shattering earthquake of unadulterated and hideous e...

Ever since the devastating Haiti earthquake two years ago, actress Soleil Moon Frye wanted to do something to help.

Haiti is trapped in a grim scene frozen in time two years after Haiti's earthquake disaster which killed between 200 000 and 300 000 people.

Two years after the earthquake, some progress has been made, but the Haitian government badly needs a national strategy to do much more.

In May, scientists revealed that infrared emissions above the epicenter increased dramatically in the days before the devastating earthquake in Japan

The legacy of Japan’s earthquake and tsunami will be felt for many years, writesDAVID McNEILLIN Tokyo

Berto took part in rescue efforts after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake devastated the country he considers home, leaving behind a world of devastation that the boxer will never forget.Boxer Andre Berto recently pondered the thought of his upcoming opponent, Victor Ortiz, battered, bloodied and flat on his back, and he said that scenario would not bother him in the least.

The earthquake in Haiti happened almost two years ago, but the news barely pricked through the bubble out of fame's ass that surrounds Kim Kardoucheian when she needed something quick to cloud her image as a greedy scam artist pig whore with the morals of Satan's pre-cum. Pimp Mama Kris went with Haiti, because it's easy enough for Kim to pronounce and the chewed-up brain in her a...

So this is why they call it Candlestick Park. The lights went out twice in the San Francisco stadium during the Monday night NFL game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and 49ers. Although immediate fears among members of the ESPN crew broadcasting the game were centered on an earthquake, the cause was far more mundane. A transformer near the stadium exploded, plunging the joint into darkne...

It's not easy for U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to make light of world events. Every day, he is required to comment with solemnity and pathos on the world's afflictions: a car bombing in Iraq or Afghanistan, a bloody crackdown on protesters in Syria, a flood in Pakistan, an earthquake in Haiti, or the prospects of a nuclear war with North Korea. But as the holiday season approaches, bring...

In July, Google announced that it would be sending its Street View cars through the areas of Japan stricken by the March earthquake and tsunami. Today the work of stitching and annotating is finished and the data is available to be browsed like any other Street View location on a special website they've called "Build the Memory," though it is also labeled as Memories for the Future. A little c...

Toyota (TM) slashed its outlook for earnings and car sales on Friday, reflecting the impact of two massive natural disasters and the strength of the Yen. Toyota’s production was severely hampered by the massive earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan earlier this year, and the more recent flooding in Thailand. Toyota cut its earnings outlook [...]

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A powerful 6.7 magnitude earthquake shook Mexico on Saturday, killing at least two people, knocking out lights in parts of the capital and sending people rushing into the streets. There were no immediate reports of severe damage or injuries in Mexico City but emergency services said one person was killed when a house collapsed in Iguala, a small city between the capital ...

Wyclef Jean is again defending his charity organization and its response to the earthquake in Haiti almost two years ago.

New allegations have surfaced about Yele Haiti the charitable organization set up by hip-hop star Wyclef Jean According to The New York Post the foundation raised $16 million after the earthquake in Haiti but contributed only about one-third of that figure to emergency efforts In 2008 the newspaper reported that Yele...

Filed under: Wyclef Jean Wyclef Jean and his former charity, Yele Haiti, are facing new allegations that the bulk of the money they raised for the people of Haiti after the earthquake was misappropriated ... and some went right into his family's pocket ... allegedly.Yele Haiti took in $16 million in 2010, according to records obtained by the

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The decibel level in the small, bunker-like rehearsal room is ear-shattering and every loose item in the space is shaking as if an earthquake struck.

JAPAN'S GDP grew 6 per cent as supply chains fed pent-up overseas demand that built in the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami.

Every week, Tony Hetherington replies to readers' letters, adding comments, advice and the results of his enquiries.

The magnitude-8.8 earthquake that struck Chile in February 2010 has led the local insurance industry to improve its contingency plans and develop a stand-alone fire insurance policy to be better prepa...

A 5.6-magnitude earthquake in the same region hit by a larger quake two weeks ago killed at least seven people and trapped others.

The US government says that a huge earthquake risk lurks in the heart of the country, where a series of large shocks hit 200 years ago. Seth Stein says that kind of warning is dead wrong.

In March of last year two months after the devastating earthquake that killed 300000 Haitians and left more than a million homeless Sean Penn was faced with a monumental challenge Penn who had been spending most of his time in Haiti since the quake was running a large camp for...

East China's Jiangsu Province has become one of the destinations for Japanese investors as they are increasing investment outside the country as part of Japan's efforts to transfer production capacity after a massive earthquake and tsunami in March.

Japan’s economy shrank much more than expected in the first quarter and slipped into recession after the triple blow of the March earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis hit business and consumer spending and tore apart supply chains