Showing posts with label earthquakes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label earthquakes. Show all posts
Friday, April 18, 2008
Friday, August 17, 2007
A Peruvian City Is Left Devastated by Quake - New York Times
No area along the southern coast of Peru, which was ravaged by an earthquake that killed at least 510 people, appears to have been harder hit than this port city.
Most of the city’s homes and office buildings were destroyed, leaving survivors wandering the streets and mourning in the open air, surrounded by shards of adobe and cinderblocks.
Rescuers have been forced by the destruction to walk far out of their way as they carried bodies, sometimes in coffins on their shoulders, toward a makeshift morgue at the overwhelmed hospital. Coffins sat in front of many doorways in anticipation of the recovery of loved ones in the rubble.
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Sunday, May 27, 2007
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Solomon Disaster Exposes Earthquake Monitoring System Weaknesses
Two years before a deadly earthquake-triggered tsunami pummeled the Solomon Islands, scientist Fred Taylor's request for U.S. funds to set up a Pacific seismic monitoring network was flatly rejected.
Then there is Phil Cummins of Geoscience Australia, who is still waiting for money from his government to help train South Pacific officials to study corals for clues to the region's tsunami history.
Experts say Taylor's and Cummins' cases underscore a larger problem: a failure by donors, nongovernment and international agencies to finance the science needed to build an accurate record of Asia-Pacific earthquake and tsunami activity.
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Sunday, April 01, 2007
Earthquake Near Solomon Islands Sparks Tsunami Alert
An earthquake of magnitude 8 struck near the coast of the Solomon Islands, spurring a tsunami warning for Australia and South Pacific island nations.Residents of the coastal settlement of Gizo in the Solomon Islands retreated to high ground as waves damaged buildings, including a local hotel, Robert Iroge, editor of the Solomons Star newspaper said by telephone from the capital, Honiara, today. There are unconfirmed reports that five people are missing, Agence France-Presse reported, citing the Solomon Islands Office of Emergency Management.
Australia's Bureau of Metereology advised people to avoid beaches in the eastern states of Queensland and New South Wales. ``It is quite a dangerous situation,'' spokesman Rob Webb told Sky Television News. ``We are concerned about the entire east coast of Australia for the next two to three hours.''
The quake occurred at 7:39 a.m. Solomon Islands time, 45 kilometers (25 miles) south southeast of Gizo in the New Georgia archipelago and 345 kilometers west northwest of Honiara, at a depth of 10 kilometers, the U.S. Geological Survey said in an e-mailed alert.
"Sea level readings indicate a tsunami was generated,'' the warning center said on its Web site. "It may have been destructive along coasts near the earthquake epicenter and could also be a threat to more distant coasts.''
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Tsunami warning after powerful quake in Solomons (Yahoo News - AFP)
AFP - A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.6 struck in the Solomon Islands Monday, prompting the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre to issue a tsunami warning.
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Sunday, February 04, 2007
Magnitude 6.1 earthquake hits eastern Caribbean
MIAMI, Feb. 4 (Reuters) - A strong earthquake struck the eastern Caribbean on Sunday afternoon, according to the U.S. Geological Survey's National Earthquake Information Center.
The 6.1 magnitude earthquake occurred 74 miles (119 km) NNW of Montego Bay, Jamaica, and 98 miles (157 km) of Manzanillo, Cuba, the U.S. agency said.
The quake was felt in Jamaica and in Cuba, on the coast of the western province of Granma, but there were no reports of damage or injuries.
Saturday, February 03, 2007
Experts warn of major quake in western Canada (Yahoo - AFP)
Seismologists warned that a "catastrophic" earthquake could strike the southwestern coast of British Columbia soon, Canada's Globe and Mail newspaper reported.
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The experts noted rumblings from deep beneath the Pacific Ocean, along Vancouver Island, which could foretell a giant quake. But they said the probability of a quake was still low.
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Friday, November 17, 2006
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Friday, August 11, 2006
Earthquake rocks central Mexico
Earthquake rocks central Mexico
(AP) -- A moderate earthquake rocked central Mexico on Friday, swaying skyscrapers in the capital and frightening residents. Emergency officials said no major damage or injuries were reported.
[via Physics Org]
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