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Over 80 evacuated after landslides in south Russia


RIA Novosti
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:17 UTC
Landslides in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Dagestan have destroyed homes and caused the evacuation of 82 people, emergency workers said on Saturday.

The landslides, which are moving at a speed of 15 cm an hour, are occurring in the town of Buynaksk, some 40 km from the republic's capital, Makhachkala.
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Indonesia: Earthquake Magnitude 6.4 - Kepulauan Obi


US Geological Survey
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:33 UTC
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Date-Time:
Sunday, March 14, 2010 at 00:57:45 UTC

Sunday, March 14, 2010 at 09:57:45 AM at epicenter

Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location:
1.710°S, 128.051°E

Depth:
52.4 km (32.6 miles)

Distances:
220 km (135 miles) N of Ambon, Moluccas, Indonesia

285 km (180 miles) SSE of Ternate, Moluccas, Indonesia

1230 km (760 miles) NNW of DARWIN, Northern Territory, Australia

2415 km (1500 miles) E of JAKARTA, Java, Indonesia
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UN climate change claims on rainforests were wrong, study suggests

Richard Gray
Telegraph
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:40 UTC
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© REXA new study, funded by Nasa, has found that the most serious drought in the Amazon for more than a century had little impact on the rainforest's vegetation
The United Nations' climate change panel is facing fresh criticism after new research contradicted the organisation's claims about the devastating effect climate change could have on the Amazon rainforest.

A new study, funded by Nasa, has found that the most serious drought in the Amazon for more than a century had little impact on the rainforest's vegetation.

The findings appear to disprove claims by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that up to 40% of the Amazon rainforest could react drastically to even a small reduction in rainfall and could see the trees replaced by tropical grassland.
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India: Earthquake Magnitude 5.6 - Myanmar


Nam News Network
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:47 UTC
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A 5.6-magnitude earthquake on the Richter scale hit a northeastern Indian state on Saturday morning, but no casualties have been reported, the Indian news agency Indo-Asian News Service (IANS) said.

The shock was felt at 04:50 a.m in most areas of the northeastern Indian state of Meghalaya, reported the Regional Seismological Center at Shillong, the capital of Meghalaya.

The quake triggered panic in the affected regions, and many residents hurriedly ran out of the buildings. However, no injures or deaths have been reported, said IANS.

The northeastern regions of India are in the sixth most quake-prone belt in the world, said the Indian seismologists.

The northeastern regions of India are in the sixth most quake-prone belt in the world, said the Indian seismologists.
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US: Earthquake Magnitude 3.1 - Canadian County, Oklahoma


NewsOK
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:44 UTC
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A 3.1 magnitude earthquake struck southwest of El Reno in Canadian County early Saturday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.

The earthquake, which occurred about 3 a.m., was 12 miles south west of El Reno and about 3 miles beneath the surface. There have been no reports of damages.
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US: Earthquake Magnitude 4.2 Near San Diego


KESQ.com
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:13 UTC
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Mount Laguna - A moderate earthquake with a preliminary magnitude estimated at 4.2 hit below Mount Laguna at 8:32 a.m. today, automated seismographs report.

The USGS placed the epicenter in the Laguna Mountains, 14 miles northeast of Pine Valley and 14 miles south-southeast of Julian. The epicenter was also estimated to be 48 miles east northeast of downtown San Diego.

San Diego County sheriff's Lt. Harold Turner said dispatchers did not get any phone calls about the quake, one of hundreds that have rattled the East County in recent months.

The owner of the Pine Valley Inn said he was driving and did not feel it. But Ray Abdou said a guest said "it was pretty stout. It shook the building pretty good."
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Bad Guys

Series of Earthquakes Hit India, Myanmar and Indonesia


Arirang.co
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:59 UTC
A series of earthquakes ranging from 5.4 to 6.0 in magnitude rocked India, Myanmar and Indonesia on Saturday but fortunately no fatalities or injuries were reported.

According to India's meteorological department at about 5 in the morning a 5.6 magnitude earthquake shook Meghalaya Province causing frightened residents to run from their homes.

In Myanmar a 5.4 magnitude quake rattled Sagaing Province but not many felt the tremor as it is not a densely populated area.

And a 6.0 magnitude earthquake also struck the Indonesian province of West Papua before midday on Saturday making it just one in a series of jolts to hit the nation in recent weeks.
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US: Earthquake Magnitude 4.9 off Oregon coast


Associated Press
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:45 UTC
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The National Earthquake Information Center in Golden, Colo., reports a magnitude 4.9 quake Friday night off the Oregon coast. There were no immediate reports of it being felt or causing damage.

Geophysicist Randy Baldwin says the quake was centered about 330 miles west-southwest of Portland at a depth of six miles - shallow in earthquake terms.

He says quakes of that magnitude are common in that area, part of the Juan de Fuca Plate, and there is no danger of it generating a tsunami.

The quake hit at 7:53 p.m. PST. The earthquake information center is part of the U.S. Geological Survey.
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Light Earthquake Registered in Southwestern Bulgaria


Novinite.com
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:42 UTC
A light earthquake was registered in southwestern Bulgaria Saturday morning, the Seismology Institute at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences reports.

The epicenter is 220 km southwest of Sofia, not on Bulgaria territory. It happened at 3:30 am with a 3.5 magnitude on the Richter scale.

The quake was not felt in Bulgaria and there are no reports of fatalities and material damage, Bulgaria's Civil Defense says.
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Magnitude-6 quake strikes Indonesia's Papua


Earth Times
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:34 UTC
Jakarta - A magnitude-6 earthquake struck the eastern Indonesian province of West Papua before midday Saturday, but there were no immediate reports of injury or damage, geophysicists said. The quake took place at a depth of 30 kilometres and was centred about 342 kilometres north-west of the Manokwari district, the Indonesian Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMG) said. It occurred at 11:53 am (0253 GMT).

It was the latest in a series of jolts to hit Indonesia in recent weeks, the agency said.

A magnitude-7.6 quake struck off the western coast of Sumatra in late September, killing more than 1,100 people and injuring hundreds of others.

A magnitude-9 earthquake off northern Sumatra and a subsequent tsunami that rolled across the Indian Ocean struck five years ago, killing 230,000 people, more than 170,000 of whom died in Indonesia's Aceh province alone.
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