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US quake rattled nuclear plant's waste casks-report Reuters WASHINGTON, Sept 1 (Reuters) - The earthquake that shook the US East Coast last week rattled huge, heavy casks holding radioactive nuclear waste at a Virginia plant, moving them as much as 4.5 inches (11 cm) from their original position, ... See all stories on this topic »

Japanese Conduct Earthquake Drill Amid Memories of March Disasters Voice of America (blog) Thousands of people across Japan took part Thursday in a massive earthquake drill, the first of its kind since the March 11 quake and tsunami that devastated the nation's northeastern coast. Police redirected traffic and pointed pedestrians to ... See all stories on this topic »

Haiti: Patchy healthcare adds to miseries of women and girls The Guardian By Inaki Borda of IPS, for the Guardian Development Network A Human Rights Watch report on Haiti documents the lack of access to reproductive and maternal care in the aftermath of the earthquake last year. Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images "I just ... See all stories on this topic » The Guardian

Diamond UFO photographed within minutes of recent earthquake Examiner.com A new UFO report from Pennsylvania was filed through a friend of the witness about a "black diamond-shaped object" seen and photographed within 15 minutes of the recent east coast earthquake, according to August 31, 2011, testimony from the Mutual UFO ... See all stories on this topic »

After quake rattles NJ, scientist say, its possible here too NorthJersey.com BY MATTHEW KADOSH AND DEBRA WINTERS An earthquake like the one that started in Virginia on Aug. 23, that was felt locally, could happen near here because of the geological similarities between here and where the earthquake started, local scientists say ... See all stories on this topic »

Locals deal with the earthquake NorthJersey.com BY SUSAN JOY CLARK A variety of residents in the area experienced the aftershocks of a 5.9 earthquake in Virginia in different ways. Some did not feel it at all and some definitely dealt with the tremors. Harold Bloom, president of Maywood Public ... See all stories on this topic »

Fukushima Japanese school children express appreciation to Ghanaians GhanaWeb 31, GNA - School children from Fukushima Prefecture in Japan which suffered a devastating earthquake, have written to thank Ghana and especially, staff and management of Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research of University of Ghana for their ... See all stories on this topic »

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Press Release: National Zoo Animals React to the Earthquake ... The vibrations from yesterday's 5.8 earthquake were keenly felt at the Smithsonian's National Zoological Park; all animals, staff and visitors were safe and no ... nationalzoo.si.edu/Publications/.../NZP/2011/earthquake.cfm

5.8 earthquake largest to rock Virginia in a century | HamptonRoads ... The biggest earthquake to hit Virginia in more than 100 years delivered a midday jolt to the East Coast from Georgia to Canada on Tuesday, shaking buildings ... hamptonroads.com/.../58-earthquake-va-felt-across-hampton-r...

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Earthquake caused massive nuclear storage casks to move Richmond Times Dispatch The shifting of spent-fuel casks at Dominion Virginia Power's North Anna nuclear power plant last week was the first caused by an earthquake. Last week's central Virginia earthquake caused 25 spent-fuel storage casks — each weighing 115 tons — to ... See all stories on this topic »

A Look Inside Louisa High School During the Quake NBC 29 News The earthquake damage to Louisa County school buildings is devastating. The county calculates the loss at more than $57 million. Tuesday night, we get our first glimpse of what it was like to be inside one of those schools as the quake rocked its ... See all stories on this topic »

Orion completes major post-quake repair work Voxy Six months on from the devastating February earthquake, Christchurch electricity network company Orion has completed the major emergency repairs needed to deliver a stable power supply across the city. The intensive post-quake work plan saw 700 ... See all stories on this topic »

Quake shakes region again Parkersburg News MARIETTA - The Marietta area experienced two earthquakes Wednesday, just more than a week after an earthquake shook much of the East Coast and Midwest. An estimated 3.0-magnitude earthquake occurred in the Reno area around 5:35 am Wednesday, ... See all stories on this topic »

Seeing the Hand of God in Natural Disasters Patheos In case you missed it, Pat Robertson believes last week's East Coast earthquake is a sign from God. According to the Virginia televangelist, the 4-foot crack in the Washington Monument has a spiritual meaning. "It seems to me," he told his 700 Club ... See all stories on this topic »

Earthquake a comment on our behavior? Fredericksburg.com Last week we had an earthquake. Why don't we name earthquakes as we do hurricanes? I don't know. What I do know is in my 71 years this was the first earthquake. There have been a lot of first-time harmful changes on planet Earth, and not all made by ... See all stories on this topic »

Parents: Disasters underscore need for better school communication Gazette.Net: Maryland Community News Online by Abby Brownback, Staff Writer A 5.8-magnitude earthquake and a brush with Hurricane Irene caused a discombobulated start to this school year in Prince George's County and highlighted the need for better communication between families and the school ... See all stories on this topic »

What a week? Earthquakes and Hurricanes Annapolis Capital (blog) An earthquake, then a hurricane. I don't know about you all but um, I'm currently evaluating my hemisphere choice. I tell people all the time, I live in Maryland so I don't have to experience any extreme weather. Apparently, Irene did not get that memo ... See all stories on this topic »

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Tokyo And Yokohama Were Devastated By An Earthquake WFMY News 2 In 1923, the Japanese cities of Tokyo and Yokohama were devastated by an earthquake that claimed some 140000 lives. In 1941, the first municipally owned parking building in the United States opened in Welch, W. Va. In 1951, the United States, ... See all stories on this topic » WFMY News 2

Bachmann says earthquake, Irene 'message from God' The Seattle Times Would someone please tell Michele Bachmann that God is not a Republican? ["Bachmann says crises message from God" [News, Politics Digest, Aug. 30]. We don't know if he subscribes to a small-government philosophy. We do know that he is uncompromising in ... See all stories on this topic »

Did you feel it? The River Reporter The 5.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Virginia on August 23 wreaked a bit of damage nearby: the tip of the Washington Monument was cracked. But its vibrations were felt as far away as Detroit and Canada. That's according to information from the US ... See all stories on this topic »

Cellphone data can help in disasters UPI.com During the 2010 earthquake and ensuing cholera epidemic in Haiti, researchers from the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and Columbia University monitored the continual movements of 2 million mobile phones and reported directly to the humanitarian relief ... See all stories on this topic »

Quake inquest hears mother, baby crushed New Zealand Herald Kelsey Sinitta Moore, 18, was carrying Taneysha Gail Rose Prattley wrapped in a rug and walking alongside her partner Glen Prattley when the February 22 earthquake struck. Detective Inspector Paul Kench said the young family was walking through ... See all stories on this topic »

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Earthquakes, Irene and evolution WND.com If you like excitement, it doesn't get any better than Washington, DC, this past week – an earthquake and a hurricane in the space of five days. We already had our hands full with a manmade disaster known as the federal government. ... See all stories on this topic » WND.com

Apartment owners blame EQC for delays The Press Central Christchurch apartment owners forced to flee six months ago blame the Earthquake Commission (EQC) for delays in returning home. Cambridge Apartments was red-stickered after the February 22 earthquake, mainly because the nearby Rolleston Courts ... See all stories on this topic »

Earthquake damage unites rural folk TVNZ "I think people have changed and the way we deal with the community has changed a great deal since the earthquake," she said. "It has, for the first time in a long time, brought the community together." Despite the damage in Hororata, she said, ... See all stories on this topic »

Our View: Bachmann's humor isn't worth a laugh SouthCoastToday.com In the aftermath of a highly unusual East Coast earthquake and a deadly, costly hurricane, we enter the recovery period comforted by the subtle and misunderstood sense of humor of one Republican presidential candidate, US Rep. ... See all stories on this topic »

Tolman earthquake safety 101 Daily Californian By Mihir Zaveri | Senior Staff In the event of an earthquake, the best response for those stationed in Tolman Hall would be to "duck, cover and hold," UC Berkeley officials urged earlier today. Officials held a town hall meeting to discuss the ... See all stories on this topic »

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Cathedral Closed at Least Until Sept. 9 for Earthquake Repairs NBC Washington Damage from the earthquake will keep the National Cathedral closed for at least another full week. The tremors over DC caused several pieces of limestone from the top of the cathedral to break off and fall. There are also cracks on the upper part of ... See all stories on this topic »

Mobile phones without towers coming soon Sydney Morning Herald The Serval Project was inspired by the 2010 Haiti earthquake in which the phone network crashed as infrastructure went down. Creator Paul Gardner-Stephen said the earthquake showed the lack of resilience in a communications system that relied on ... See all stories on this topic »

Labour MPs Christchurch earthquake bulletin Voxy Questions were raised with CERA CEO Roger Sutton including whether the Government had considered the concept of land swaps, and whether it had considered purchasing land, developing it, and offering it back to earthquake victims at cost. ... See all stories on this topic »

Earthquake prone schools identified Hawke's Bay Today At least 37 buildings at 19 Hawke's Bay schools have been identified as potentially earthquake prone - but local council records show different buildings at risk from those identified by the Ministry of Education. Hawke's Bay Today has compiled a list ... See all stories on this topic »

Janesville girl welcomed to Maryland by earthquake and chased home by hurricane Janesville Gazette (blog) The trip started with an earthquake and ended with a hurricane, but mostly it was family fun. The Van Buren fourth grader saw the Washington Monument just after it developed cracks and she had to leave five hours earlier than planned to escape Irene. ... See all stories on this topic »

Earthquake confirmed in Fayette, Alabama; aftershocks may follow Alabama's13.com FAYETTE - A loud boom heard in Fayette Wednesday morning has been confirmed as an earthquake. (more) 911 also called Porter, who was not in Fayette at the time, after they had received several calls from the north and south end of town wondering what ... See all stories on this topic »

Severe weather rattles town Brookneal Union Star 23, the National Earthquake Information Center reported a 5.9 magnitude earthquake. The epicenter of the earthquake was Louisa County .The effects were felt as far away as Pennsylvania, New York and South Carolina. The town of Brookneal also felt the ... See all stories on this topic »

Twitter shown to be faster than earthquakes CBS News (CBS) - A notable achievement of technology in the aftermath of last week's earthquake was the speed at which the information hit the Internet. The information actually traveled so fast that some people were aware of the earthquake before it even ... See all stories on this topic »

Minor Earthquake Reported on West Virginia and Ohio Border State Journal MARYS -- The US Geological Survey is reporting a 3.1 earthquake near the border of West Virginia and Ohio. According to the survey, the quake occurred at 5:35 am Wednesday and the epicenter was about four miles west of St. Marys, W.Va. in Washington ... See all stories on this topic » State Journal

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Gary Bogue: Pets and their reactions to recent earthquakes San Jose Mercury News By Gary Bogue In Tuesday's column, Glen Bakker of El Cerrito wrote about how his dogs responded to last week's earthquakes. I asked if there had been any other interesting animal reactions to the quakes. I noticed that almost immediately after the ... See all stories on this topic »

First an earthquake, then a hurricane. No joke Long Island Business News By Anthony Figliola ⋅ August 31, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment The week we have had could be described as the opening line to a joke, "What do an earthquake and a hurricane have in common?" Last Monday was one of the most powerful earthquakes Long Island has ... See all stories on this topic » Long Island Business News

Farmer's Almanac: DC is wimpiest weather city Washington Examiner Top left, a 5.9 magnitude earthquake centered in Virginia forced evacuations of all the monuments on the National Mall in Washington. At left, A major snowstorm last winter snarled traffic for hours in the DC area, trapping motorists in their vehicles. ... See all stories on this topic » Washington Examiner

Harrowing inquest evidence of PGC building victim TVNZ A coroner's inquest into the deaths of people during the Christchurch Earthquake has heard harrowing evidence of a man who survived the collapse of the PGC building, but pinned under heavy rubble, died at the scene. Eighteen people died when all five ... See all stories on this topic »

Test for when quake-traumatised can work again Stuff.co.nz Researchers studying the effects of "earthquake brain" on quake-hit Cantabrians will be able to test when people are ready for work again after a disaster. Canterbury University associate professor of psychology Helton Deak , who held a public lecture ... See all stories on this topic »

Earthquake Assistance Center Open Wed and Thurs KKTV 11 News Victims of last week's earthquakes will find assistance at the Kennedy-Segundo Senior Center, located at 24295 County Road 18.3. The help will be available Wednesday from 2:00 through 7:00 pm and Thursday from 8:00 am through 6:00 pm The assistance is ... See all stories on this topic »

PINKY'S CORNER: Close calls, tragedy filled past 10 days with earthquake ... Press of Atlantic City We had the trembling of the 15-second earthquake. And then came Hurricane Irene. Each of these events hit most of us in the belly. It was a period that will remain with us for a long time. The tragedy of losing four fine teenagers is devastating as is ... See all stories on this topic »

Earthquake confirmed in Fayette, Alabama; aftershocks may follow Alabama's13.com Initial reports early Wednesday indicated there was no earthquake in Fayette. "It was all happening too fast," says Porter. The seismograph was not producing details needed to release the information at first. Porter spoke with Air Force officials to ... See all stories on this topic »

FAMU Continues to Provide Assistance for the Haiti Earthquake Victims WCTV Tallahassee, FL - Florida A&M University (FAMU) continues to have a very active role in helping the victims of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. Following the incident, the university raised approximately $25000 through a mobile giving campaign, ... See all stories on this topic »

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Water leaking in Washington Monument after Hurricane Irene msnbc.com WASHINGTON — The National Park Service says engineers sealed cracks in the Washington Monument from last week's earthquake ahead of Hurricane Irene. But now they have found water inside that may indicate more leaks. Park Service spokeswoman Carol ... See all stories on this topic »

Robert Valderzak Regains Hearing After Earthquake (VIDEO) Huffington Post While Washington, DC reeled from a 5.8 earthquake, Robert Valderzak, 75, reveled in a miracle. He got his hearing back. Valderzak had lost his hearing after falling on Father's Day, according to My Fox DC, and had been recovering at the Veterans ... See all stories on this topic »

An earthquake and hurricane days apart? It's happened before in NJ (see video) The Star-Ledger - NJ.com On a late summer morning, New Jersey residents picked up copies of the New York Times with a screaming headline — "Earthquake Jars Wide Area in the East; Shocks Felt Here." Days later, a headline roared across the front page of The Star-Ledger ... See all stories on this topic »

Haitian women fight back against abuses Christian Science Monitor A view of a refugee camp, once a golf course, set up for earthquake displaced people in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on July 22. By Marvin Anderson, Contributor / August 31, 2011 As darkness descends on a recent evening, women race to complete tasks in a ... See all stories on this topic » Christian Science Monitor

POLITICS BLOG: Earthquake insurance ... in Kansas? Pittsburg Morning Sun (blog) But, one thing that most Kansans don't think about is earthquake insurance. With the recent quakes that struck in Colorado and on the East Coast, Kansas Insurance Commission Sandy Praeger said that earthquake insurance should be considered for home ... See all stories on this topic »

County folks talk about earthquake Goochland Gazette By Jim Fields Everybody has a story about where they were and what they were doing last week when a 5.8 magnitude earthquake, with its epicenter near Mineral, shook hard enough to be felt in 22 states and Canada. Ricki Lanyi owns Patterson Sports Park ... See all stories on this topic »

Earthquake brings down the chimneys, Irene chops power Goochland Gazette (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) "It put the fear of God into you," said Kitty Hubbard of last week's election-day earthquake. Hubbard, who lives in "Whispering Oaks," a two hundred-year old house in Hadensville, said reports ... See all stories on this topic »

Downtown Calexico is Still Rebuilding After the 7.2 Earthquake Imperial Valley Weekly By Mario Conde After more than a year after the 7.2 earthquake, downtown Calexico is still in the process of rebuilding itself from the damages from last year. The earthquake caused a lot of damages in Downtown Calexico forcing buildings to be ... See all stories on this topic »

Marietta area experiences two more earthquakes Marietta Times An estimated 3.0-magnitude earthquake apparently occurred in the Reno area around 5:35 am Wednesday, according to preliminary information from the Ohio Seismic Network. "We've had about 20 e-mails about that from the Marietta, Reno, and Williamstown ... See all stories on this topic »

Small earthquake felt in Fayette County al.com (blog) By Kent Faulk -- The Birmingham News FAYETTE, Alabama -- Several people in the northwest Alabama city of Fayette felt a small earthquake this morning, but no damage was reported. The quake happened at 7:18 am and was an estimated 2.1 magnitude, ... See all stories on this topic »

ABODM: Recent Earthquake & Hurricane Irene Demonstrate Why Every Physician ... DigitalJournal.com (press release) The past week's destruction along the East Coast caused by the earthquake and Hurricane Irene, proved once again how disasters can strike anytime and anywhere. These recent events affected areas not accustomed to hurricanes and earthquakes – and ... See all stories on this topic »

County Schools Surprised By Quake, But Ready For Anything Patch.com By Sonia Dasgupta and Sarah Nemeth Police direct traffic into the school parking lot at Northwestern High School Tuesday after an earthquake hit the region. Aug. 23, 2011. County schools officials were just as surprised as everyone else when the ... See all stories on this topic »

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Want an "I Survived the Great York Earthquake of 2011″ t-shirt? By Lauren Boyer He said his business produced and sold about 15 t-shirts recently that say "I survived the Great York Earthquake of 2011." (In case anyone forgot, there was an earthquake last week.) "Jeremy Kauffman (@jerdizzle) posted it on Twitter," ... York Common Cents

Mild earthquake shakes southern towns, villages in Saudi Arabia ... By The Extinction Protocol August 31, 2011 – JEDDAH – An earthquake measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale shook a number of towns and villages in southern Saudi Arabia early Monday morning, the National Center for Earthquakes and Volcanoes of the Saudi ... The Extinction Protocol: 2012 and beyond

Jacobs: Earthquake is a Sign From God | Dispatches from the ... By Ed Brayton Add another whacko who thinks the recent earthquake was a message from god. Cindy Jacobs, one of the craziest of all the wingnuts, says she prophesied the whole thing in 1999 when the Holy Spirit told her that God would shake the earth. ... Dispatches from the Culture Wars

One Man's Earthquake Is Another Man's Miracle of the Day - The ... By Cheezburger Network youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDchKJY-r4k&w=500&h=412]One Man's Earthquake Is Another Man's Miracle of the Day: A 75-year-old cancer patient at D.C.'s Veterans Affairs Hospital regained ... The Daily What

Possible Large Earthquake Warning for Tokyo Area An increased frequency of small earthquakes in the Tokyo area since the great March 11 quake to the North, raises the "possibility of a huge plate-boundary earthquake amplified by simultaneous moves in two or more focal areas," according ... LaRouchePAC

Seismic Community Responds to Virginia Earthquake in a Big Way ... By dthomas The United States Geological Survey (USGS) is participating in the aftershock effort with a major effort, coordinated through its National Earthquake Information Center (NEIC). The IRIS/PASSCAL Instrument Center has deployed several dozen ... Recent News

Earthquake and Hurricane Irene Impact U.S. Nuclear Power Industry ... By John Daly On 23 August 5.8-magnitude earthquake centered in Sterling, Virginia, was felt at 13 locations with nuclear power plants. The nuclear disaster that took place. Home

East Coast Earthquake Shakes Weird Old Cancer Patient, Gives His ... By maurice Arbroath - For Robert Valderzak of Washington, D.C., Tuesday. Barstool Sports: Philly

Virginia Earthquake Aftershocks | Geology.com By Geology.com News about geology and earth science from around the world! Geology News

A/N Blog . Quick Clicks> Disaster Prone, Earthquake Averse, and ... By Ariel Rosenstock A/N Blog - Quicks hits and big thoughts from The Architect's Newspaper. A/N Blog

The Washington Area Earthquake | Defense Media Network By Rich Cooper On Aug. 23, 2011, the Earth moved in Washington, D.C., and it had nothing to do with politics. A Richter-scale measured earthquake of 5.8 jolted the nation's capitol from what was a pleasant summer afternoon. Defense Media Network

Preservationists' Role in Recovery From the Virginia Earthquake ... By Stephanie Cherry-Farmer, PNJ Programs Director Already, municipal officials in Woodbury have issued a demolition order for the National Register-listed G.G. Green Building, which was witnessed shedding a few bricks during the earthquake. And in Bridgeton, we understand that a historic ... PreserveNJ

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