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DC area shaken by minor earthquake (AP)

admin — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 10:16:49 +0000

AP – The DC area was shaken by a minor earthquake early Friday.

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China earthquake toll rises to 1,144 (AP)

admin — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 18:26:40 +0000

AP – Tibetan monks prayed Friday over hundreds of bodies at a makeshift morgue next to their monastery after powerful earthquakes destroyed the remote mountain town of Jiegu in western China and left at least 1,144 people dead.

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Low supplies slow China earthquake rescue efforts (AP)

admin — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 17:46:09 +0000

AP – Earthquake survivors shivered through a second night outdoors in a remote Tibetan corner of western China with rescuers fighting altitude sickness and dealing with a lack of supplies as the death toll rose to 760.

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China earthquake, aftershocks strike near Tibet, leaving at least 400 dead

admin — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 13:56:15 +0000

More than 400 people were killed and 10,000 injured Wednesday after a series of earthquakes struck a Tibetan area of southwest China.

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At least 300 dead, thousands injured as earthquake, aftershocks strike near Tibet

admin — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:00:52 +0000

A series of strong earthquakes struck China’s western Qinghai province Wednesday, killing at least 300 people, injuring thousands and burying many others under toppled houses in a mountainous rural area, officials and state media said.

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Magnitude-4.4 earthquake shakes Southern Calif. (AP)

admin — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:36:03 +0000

AP – An earthquake east of downtown Los Angeles rippled across Southern California before dawn Tuesday, jolting millions of people awake and putting first-responders on alert.

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Strong earthquake slams eastern Turkey, kills 51 (AP)

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:17:48 +0000

AP – A strong, pre-dawn earthquake struck eastern Turkey on Monday, killing 51 people as it knocked down stone and mud-brick houses and minarets in at least six villages, the government said.

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Earthquake flattens Turkish villages, kills 51 (AP)

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:02:46 +0000

AP – A strong, pre-dawn earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6 struck eastern Turkey on Monday, killing 51 people as it knocked down stone and mud-brick houses and minarets in at least six villages, the government said.

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6.0 earthquake hits eastern Turkey, kills 57 (AP)

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:41:16 +0000

AP – A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6 struck eastern Turkey on Monday, killing 57 people as it knocked down stone or mud-brick houses and minarets in at least six villages, the government said.

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Earthquake hits eastern Turkey; at least 57 dead (AP)

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:21:14 +0000

AP – A strong earthquake, with a preliminary magnitude of 6, hit eastern Turkey on Monday, killing 57 people and knocking down houses in at least six small villages, an official said.

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