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AP IMPACT: Delhi ignores own quake peril warnings (AP)

admin — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:01:32 +0000

AP – The ramshackle neighborhoods of northeast Delhi are home to 2.2 million people packed along narrow alleys. Buildings are made from a single layer of brick. Extra floors are added to dilapidated buildings not meant to handle their weight. Tangles of electrical cables hang precariously everywhere.

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Strong quake shakes from Mexico City to Acapulco (AP)

admin — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 06:11:23 +0000

AP – A 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck in Mexico’s western Guerrero state Saturday night, shaking buildings and causing panic in the nation’s capital and the Pacific resort of Acapulco. Officials said at least three people died, but there were no reports of widespread damage.

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Big quake follows increase in Oklahoma rumblings (AP)

admin — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 21:46:23 +0000

AP – Clouds of dust belched from the corners of almost every room in Joe Reneau’s house as the biggest earthquake in Oklahoma history rocked the two-story building.

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USGS: 10 aftershocks following 5.6 quake in Okla. (AP)

admin — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 16:49:47 +0000

AP – Oklahoma residents more accustomed to tornadoes than earthquakes have been shaken by weekend temblors that cracked buildings, buckled a highway and rattled nerves. One quake late Saturday was the state’s strongest ever and jolted a college football stadium 50 miles away.

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5.6 magnitude quake rocks Okla. on day of quakes (AP)

admin — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 08:12:37 +0000

AP – A 5.6 magnitude quake rocked central Oklahoma late Saturday after a day of smaller quakes, leaving cracked buildings and a buckled highway but no initial reports of major damage. The temblor was so strong it rattled a packed college football stadium 50 miles away and could be felt in Tennessee.

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USGS: 5.6 magnitude quake rattles Oklahoma (AP)

admin — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 05:43:18 +0000

AP – One of the strongest earthquakes in state history rocked central Oklahoma late Saturday night, a 5.6 magnitude temblor that rattled a college football stadium 50 miles away and sent shudders through buildings and homes in distant communities and cities. Emergency authorities had no immediate reports of injuries but one county’s sheriff’s office said it was responding to numerous calls and checking for any damages.

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Turkey survivor emerges from quake rubble (AP)

admin — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 02:02:36 +0000

AP – Rescuers, working under floodlights, pulled a 13-year-old boy alive from the rubble of a collapsed apartment building early Friday, over 100 hours after a massive earthquake leveled many buildings in eastern Turkey, killing at least 550 people.

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3 people pulled out of Turkish quake rubble (AP)

admin — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:51:03 +0000

AP – Two teachers and a university student were rescued from ruined buildings in eastern Turkey on Wednesday, three days after a devastating earthquake, but searchers said hopes of finding anyone else alive were rapidly fading.

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Another teacher pulled out of Turkish quake rubble (AP)

admin — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 10:34:29 +0000

AP – A television report says Turkish rescuers have pulled a 25-year old school teacher out of a ruined building three days after a devastating earthquake that struck eastern Turkey.

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2 more pulled out of Turkish quake rubble (AP)

admin — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 09:21:01 +0000

AP – A teacher and a university student were rescued from ruined buildings on Wednesday, almost three days after a devastating earthquake struck eastern Turkey, but searchers said hopes of finding anyone else alive were diminishing.

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