Source: Frank Jack Daniels, Reuters, September 12, 2017 MEXICO CITY – Mexico has withdrawn its offer to aid victims of Hurricane Harvey in Texas due to demands on its emergency services from a massive earthquake that struck late last week, the foreign ministry said in a statement on Monday. Mexico’s government offered to send food, beds, generators, mobile kitchens as well as doctors… Continue reading Mexico takes back offer to provide Hurricane Harvey aid to Texas to focus on country’s own disasters
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5.3 magnitude earthquake hits north Japan, no tsunami alert issued
Source: Reuters, September 8, 2017 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits north Japan. An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.3 hit northern Japan on Friday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. The epicenter of the 10:26 p.m. (1326 GMT) earthquake was in Akita Prefecture. “This earthquake poses no tsunami risk,” the agency said on its website. Read… Continue reading 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits north Japan, no tsunami alert issued
Italy's premier vows help for 15,000+ displaced by quakes
By Carlo Piovano and Colleen Barry, The Associated Press, October 31, 2016 NORCIA, Italy — Italy’s premier pledged Monday to find temporary housing for all those displaced by a series of powerful earthquakes in a central mountainous region, as the nation’s strongest temblor in 36 years pushed those needing assistance to more than 15,000. Some communities,… Continue reading Italy's premier vows help for 15,000+ displaced by quakes
Powerful quakes wreak new havoc in Italian mountain towns
By Alessandra Tarantino and Colleen Barry, The Associated Press, October 27, 2016 VISSO, Italy — Authorities scrambled to find housing Thursday for thousands of people displaced by a pair of strong earthquakes that struck the same region of central Italy hit by a deadly quake in August, hoping to prevent a second night for them on… Continue reading Powerful quakes wreak new havoc in Italian mountain towns
Satellites Could Predict Fracking-Caused Quakes
By Patrick J Kiger, Seeker.com, September 26, 2016 Ground deformations above wastewater injection wells may be tipoff. Radar data gathered by a Japanese satellite provides evidence that injecting wastewater from fracking into deep wells near Timpson, Texas, caused the ground to deform, and led to a magnitude 4.8 earthquake that shook the area back in… Continue reading Satellites Could Predict Fracking-Caused Quakes
Rocanville, Sask. potash miners trapped underground after earthquake
By The Canadian Press, September 7, 2016 Earthquake knocked out power to hoist, workers stayed in refuge station Dozens of miners were stuck underground in southeast Saskatchewan when a magnitude 3.8 earthquake hit early Monday morning. Earthquakes Canada said it happened around 4:40 a.m. CST, and was centred about 32 kilometres east-southeast of Yorkton. The Potash… Continue reading Rocanville, Sask. potash miners trapped underground after earthquake
Early-morning earthquake shakes Yorkton, Sask., area
By CBC News, September 5, 2016 No damage reported in 3.8 magnitude quake A light earthquake was felt this morning in the Saskatchewan communities of Yorkton, Melville and Langenburg, Natural Resources Canada has reported. Officials confirm there was a 3.8 magnitude quake centred southeast of Yorkton at 4:40 a.m. CST. Read full story here…
'There are voices under the rubble': At least 73 dead in central Italy earthquake
By The Associated Press, August 23, 2016 Shallow quake, followed by dozens of aftershocks, flattens buildings in several towns A strong earthquake in central Italy reduced three towns to rubble as people slept early Wednesday, with reports that at least 73 people were killed and hundreds injured as rescue crews raced to dig out survivors. The… Continue reading 'There are voices under the rubble': At least 73 dead in central Italy earthquake
Do fracking activities cause earthquakes?
By Terry Reith and Brier Stewart, CBC News, April 28, 2016 Earthquakes increasing in volume and intensity around fracking and waste disposal sites In the heartland of Oklahoma sits a pretty town dotted with American flags and a quaint main street of century-old brick buildings. But in Guthrie, the devastating impact of oil-industry-induced earthquakes… Continue reading Do fracking activities cause earthquakes?
Rescue efforts still ongoing as death toll from Ecuador quake rises above 400
By Cristian Kovadloff and Allen Penchant, The Associated Press, April 19, 2016 A hotel manager, who used a phone to call his family from underneath the collapsed building, was rescued Monday by Ecuadorian firefighters. MANTA, Ecuador – Rescuers are in a race against time to find survivors from a powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake as the death… Continue reading Rescue efforts still ongoing as death toll from Ecuador quake rises above 400