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| Jul. 16 |
Greece |
Second quake hits near sland of Rhodes
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| Jul. 9 |
California |
Pre-quake changes seen in rocks |
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| Jun. 28 |
India |
Second quake rattles Indian islands |
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| Jun.24 |
China |
Quake death toll to 'exceed 80,000' |
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| Jun.23 |
China |
China sacks officials over quake corruption |
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| Jun.14 |
Northern Japan |
Rescuers search for quake missing |
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Northern Japan |
Powerful earthquake strikes
Map of Sendai Japan 6 people were killed and at least 144 hurt Saturday morning when a 7.0 earthquake struck northeastern Japan. Another 8 people were missing
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| Jun.13 |
Northern Japan |
Quake kills two in island of Honshu |
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| Jun.9 |
China |
Quake lake 'now draining'
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Water rising too fast at quake lake
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Greece |
Greece warned of earthquake aftershock |
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| Jun.8 |
China |
Quake lake aftershock causes landslides |
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Greece |
Deadly quake traps residents |
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| Jun.6 |
Algeria |
Earthquake injures 15 |
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| Jun.5 |
China |
Aftershocks threaten quake lake
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| Jun.4 |
China |
Water behind 'quake lake' at top of dam
Authorities watched nervously as rising water behind an earthquake-created dam neared a spillway designed to relieve pressure on it
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China |
Quake children return to tent schools
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| May.31 |
Philippines |
6.4 earthquake hit Pacific Ocean |
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China |
Race against time to drain 'quake lake'
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| May.30 |
China |
China plans mass exodus from quake zone |
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| May.29 |
Iceland |
Iceland rocked by earthquake
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Beijing |
China seeks earthquake aid from Japan |
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| May.27 |
China |
Aftershocks demolish homes
2 aftershocks have destroyed about 420,000 houses in the region hit by an earthquake two weeks ago
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China |
Thousands flee over 'quake lake' fears |
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| May.26 |
China |
China ready to dynamite 'quake lake' |
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| May.25 |
China |
70,000 homes 'damaged' in new quake |
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| May.24 |
China |
Survivor found in rubble |
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Colombia |
Earthquake kills six |
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| May.23 |
China |
Quake toll passes 60,000 |
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Myanmar |
Myanmar to admit all aid workers U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon: Ruling junta agreed to 'allow all aid workers regardless of nationalities' into the country to help cyclone...
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China |
Quake victims need millions of tents
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| May.22 |
China |
Earthquake toll jumps again |
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Quake death toll passes 50,000
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| May.21 |
China |
Another against-odds quake rescue |
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| May.20 |
China |
Earthquake toll tops 40,000 |
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| May.19 |
China |
Warning panics quake zone |
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U.S. plane strays into Venezuela
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| May.18 |
China |
China to mourn quake victims; toll mounts
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| May.17 |
China |
Quake effort resumes after panic
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| May.16 |
China |
Hu Jintao spurs rescue effort |
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Junta: Almost 78,000 dead in cyclone
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China |
'Five million' homeless in quake
The extent of the problem only became clear when communications were restored. It is feared up to 50,000 may be dead
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| May.15 |
China |
President Hu Jintao visits quake area
Map of Sichuan Province China Chinese President has flown to south-western Province, where it is feared up to 50,000 people may have died in the earthquake
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China |
Quake death toll could reach 50,000
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| May.14 |
China |
China steps up rescue operation |
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China |
Girl pulled from rubble after 50 hours
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China |
Quake toll close to 15,000 |
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| May.13 |
China |
China presses search for survivors |
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China |
Rescuers reach epicentre
Chinese rescue teams have reached the epicentre of earthquake, Wenchuan county, where an estimated 60,000 people remain missing
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China |
Quake death toll tops 12,000
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| May.12 |
China |
Death toll rises in quake
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China |
Quake death toll 50,000
Map of Sichuan Province China 80 percent of the buildings collapsed in the Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County after the 7.8-magnitude quake
| Several hundred students are also feared to be buried in collapsed school buildings. 'Five million' homeless in quake. A frightened schoolgirl was pulled safely from the rubble of a school dormitory. More than 4.3 million homes collapsed or sustained damage
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Cyclone death toll jumps to 22,000
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| Feb.3 |
Rwanda |
Great Lakes hit by deadly quakes
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| Dec.20 |
New Zealand |
New Zealand rocked by huge quake
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| Nov.16 |
Chile |
30 tons of extra aid sent to quake area |
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| Nov.14 |
Chile |
Thousands homeless after quake
Map of Tocopilla Chile Thousands may have to sleep in the streets after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake rattled the north part of the country, killing at least 2 people
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| Sep.14 |
Sumatra |
5th strong quake hits Indonesia in 3 days |
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| Sep.13 |
Indonesia |
4th earthquake strikes Indonesia An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 struck northeast of Sulawesi
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| Sep.12 |
Sumatra |
Powerful quake strikes |
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63 died from forest fires
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| Aug.18 |
Peru |
More troops for quake zone |
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Peru |
Looting disrupts quake rescue bid |
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| Aug.17 |
Peru |
Dead scattered in streets |
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| Aug.16 |
Peru |
337 killed in earthquake
Map of http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6948888.stm#anchor All but one of the deaths were in the coastal province of Ica, about 165 miles south of Lima
| The earthquake struck at 18.4 and lasted for several minutes. In Lima, buildings shook violently, prompting residents to take to the streets
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| Aug.15 |
Peru |
Deadly earthquake strikes |
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Bridge collapses into Mississippi
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| Jul.16 |
Northern Japan |
Nuke plant leaked after earthquake
A strong earthquake is setting off a fire at the world's most powerful nuclear power plant and causing a reactor to spill radioactive water into...
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| Jul.15 |
Northern Japan |
Two dead from quake |
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| Jun.2 |
China |
Two dead from quake |
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| Apr.1 |
Solomon Islands |
13 dead from tsunami
2 earthquakes and a tsunami hit the western part of the island-chain nation. 10 to 20 people were missing
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| Mar.24 |
Japan |
Earthquakes rock Pacific nations |
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| Mar.6 |
Sumatra |
Quake kills at least 70 A powerful 6.3-magnitude earthquake is injuring hundreds more as buildings collapsed. The quake followed by strong aftershocks
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| Jan.12 |
Japan |
Fears over tsunami ease |
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Ship 'sinks in storm'. 600 missing
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| Dec.26 |
Taiwan |
Powerful quake strikes off Taiwan |
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| Nov.15 |
Northern Japan |
Tsunami alerts lifted after quake |
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| Oct.7 |
Kashmir |
Quake victims honoured |
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| Jul.19 |
Indonesia |
Strong earthquake rattles Jakarta |
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| Jul.18 |
Indonesia |
Death toll in tsunami has risen to 520 |
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| Jul.17 |
Indonesia |
650 dead as quake triggers tsunami A 7.2 earthquake off the coast of Java and a tsunami has killed 37 people, but the death toll is expected to rise
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| May.31 |
Indonesia |
Quake toll climbs but crisis eases |
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| May.29 |
Indonesia |
Quake toll over 5,100
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| May.28 |
Indonesia |
Food aid starts to arrive for quake victims |
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| May.27 |
Indonesia |
Java quake kills 6,000| 20,000 people have been hurt and 200,000 left homeless. The quake hit at 0554 local time. The quake, measuring 6.3, is hitting a densely-populated area on the southern coast.
People fled as their homes collapsed around them. Electrici... | |
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Indonesia |
Powerful earthquake killed at least 2,901 |
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| May.26 |
Indonesia |
Hundreds die in Java quake |
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Flooding traps 57 in mine
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| May.16 |
Polynesia |
Quake drill shaken by real thing |
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| Mar.30 |
Iran |
Series of earthquakes killing dozens |
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| Dec.12 |
Afghanistan |
Large quake hits Hindu Kush region |
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Harbin water supplies cut off
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| Nov.2 |
Pakistan |
Quake toll reaches 73,000 |
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| Oct.14 |
Pakistan |
Quake rescue mission winds down |
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| Oct.12 |
Pakistan |
Aftershock rattles region on edge |
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| Oct.10 |
Pakistan |
Relief amid grief |
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Pakistan |
Quake toll soars above 30,000 |
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Slide toll may hit 1,400
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Pakistan |
Quake toll nears 20,000 |
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| Oct.8 |
Pakistan |
Quake toll is 18,000 |
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Pakistan |
1,000 may died in South Asia quake |
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| Oct.7 |
Pakistan |
Major quake kills thousands| A magnitude 7.6 earthquake epicenter was 60 miles north-northeast of Islamabad and 6 miles below the surface. Most of the dead were in the Pakistani-controlled part of Kashmir, followed by the North-West Province. Entire villages ... | |
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Hurricane Katrina lashes coast
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| Jul.24 |
India |
7.2 quake shakes Indian islands |
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| Jun.25 |
Aceh |
Tsunami remembered six months on |
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| Mar.28 |
Indonesia |
Quake kills at least 300 on island of Nias A major earthquake struck off the west coast of Indonesia but fears of another tsunami have faded
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| Feb.22 |
Iran |
500 killed in quake
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| Jan.19 |
Indonesia |
Tsunami deaths soar past 212,000
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| Jan.6 |
Indonesia |
U.N. taking over relief effort |
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| Jan.3 |
Washington |
US presidents in tsunami aid plea |
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| Jan.1 |
Indonesia |
U.N.: Tsunami aid rises to $2 billion
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| Dec.31 |
Indonesia |
U.N.: Tsunami toll approaches 150,000 |
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175 dead in Buenos Aires club fire
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| Dec.29 |
Southeast Asia |
Wave toll 'could exceed 100,000' The toll would rise sharply when victims are counted on India's Andaman and Nicobar islands
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| Dec.28 |
Indonesia |
Asia earthquake toll rising to 60,000 |
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| Dec.26 |
Indonesia |
Asia quake death toll 13,000
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Sri Lanka |
Asia quake death toll tops 4,700 |
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Aceh |
9.0 Quake leaves 212,000 dead
Map of http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/75/Neic_slav_fig72.gif/306px-Neic_slav_fig72.gif| People across Asia are flocking to morgues seeking lost loved ones after tsunamis swept across the Indian Ocean. A great undersea earthquake occurred at an epicenter off the west coast of Sumatra. The earthquake triggered tsunamis along the coasts of landmasses bordering the Indian Ocean, killing large people and... | |
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Storm kills 1000
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| Oct.23 |
Japan |
Quakes: Death toll rising to 15 |
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| Feb.23 |
Morocco |
Quake kills 600
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| Jan.8 |
Iran |
Man found alive in quake rubble |
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| Jan.3 |
Iran |
Woman, 97, found alive in quake ruins |
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| Dec.25 |
Iran |
28,000 dead after earthquake
Map of Bam Iran The earthquake is destroying most of the ancient city of Bam. More than 30,000 were injured
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Major power outage
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10,000 dead in heat wave
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| May.21 |
Algeria |
More than 2,000 killed in 6.7 quake 51,000 homeless and 8,626 injured. Survivors accused the government of turning a blind eye to shoddy construction
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| May.1 |
Turkey |
Children trapped in quake
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First alert over SARS
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| Jan.21 |
Mexico |
Strong quake shakes Mexico; 24 dead |
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| Oct.31 |
Southern Italy |
Children killed in earthquake
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| Jun.22 |
Iran |
300 killed in earthquake |
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Lagos blasts leave 500 dead
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Terror attacks hit U.S.
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| Jun.23 |
Peru |
Powerful 7.9 earthquake
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| Jan.26 |
Gujarat |
7.9 Earthquake killed 30,000 people Earthquake at 8:46 in the morning, centered near Bhuj, on the 51st celebration of Republic Day
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| Jan.13 |
El Salvador |
7.6 earthquake