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Magnitude 7.2 Earthquake Hits Central Chile


The Guardian, UK
Mon, 26 Mar 2012 00:00 UTC
Santiago feels effects of 7.2 tremor with emergency agency evacuating some coastal areas, although tsunamis not expected
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© The Associated Press/Fabian SuazoPeople gather outside a supermarket after an earthquake was felt in Talca, Chile, Sunday, March 25, 2012.
A magnitude 7.2 earthquake hit central Chile on Sunday, shaking buildings in the capital Santiago and the government emergency agency, ONEMI, said it was preventively evacuating some areas of the coast.

The quake struck 64 miles (103 km) west north west of the town of Talca at a depth of 6.2 miles (10 km), the US Geological Survey said.

Magnitude 7.0 quakes or greater are capable of causing widespread, heavy damage.

ONEMI said, however, that the quake was not expected to generate a tsunami off the coast.

The latest earthquake hit near the same central region that struck by a massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake in 2010 and tsnunamis in 2010 that killed about 500 people.

The central area is home to some important copper mines, but the bulk of output in the world's top copper exporting nation is concentrated in the far northern region.

Source: Reuters
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6.1-strong earthquake considered the biggest in Australia in 15 years


HeraldSun.com.au
Fri, 23 Mar 2012 11:43 UTC

Comment: The headline has been updated to account for the Herald Sun's correction.


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The earthquake's epicentre was recorded at shallow depth near Ernabella, 415km north west of Coober Pedy and about 320km south west of Alice Springs, just before 8pm yesterday.

Geoscience Australia reported the quake could have been felt by people up to 500km away and damage experienced within a 40km radius of the epicentre.

Geoscience Australia seismologist David Jepsen said the quake was the biggest in Australia in 15 years.

''There are a number of Aboriginal communities near the epicentre and they would have felt the earthquake strongly,'' he said.

''It is possible there could be some minor damage up there. One of these in a major city would be a different story.

''People as far north as Alice Springs and as far south as Coober Pedy and Oodnadatta could have felt this.''
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Micro-quake near Wisconsin city bothered by booms


AJC.com / Associated Press
Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:56 UTC
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© AP Photo/Carrie AntlfingerSharon Binger points to a crack on Wednesday, March 21, 2012 in the basement of her home in Clintonville, Wis. Binger said it was caused by vibrations and booms that city officials are unable to explain.
Federal geologists say a minor earthquake occurred this week near the Wisconsin city where researchers have been investigating a series of unexplained booming sounds. The U.S. Geological Survey said Thursday the 1.5 magnitude earthquake struck Tuesday just after midnight in the eastern Wisconsin city of Clintonville.

Geophysicist Paul Caruso says loud booming noises have been known to accompany earthquakes. He says it's possible the mysterious sounds are linked to the quake.

City officials have been seeking answers related to the late-night booms, which started Sunday night and have as yet defied explanation.
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Strange noise in Clintonville: Engineering firm hired to try to find epicenter of loud, booming shakes

Jessie Van Berkel
PostCrescent.com
Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:44 UTC
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© Ron Page/The Post-CrescentShawn MacDonald (foreground) and Tammy Strey-Hirt of Clintonville listen during a question-and-answer session Wednesday night regarding the unexplained booming noises being heard in the city as citizens and members of the media gather at Clintonville High School to ask questions of officials.
Officials have tried to record a series of mysterious booming sounds that have roused residents from their beds in the past few days, but their attempts have come up empty.

City administrator Lisa Kuss, addressing a crowd of about 400 people Wednesday night at a public hearing to talk about the phenomenon, said the city will spend $7,000 to hire Waukesha-based engineering firm Ruekert & Mielke, which will place four seismometers around the city to try to locate the epicenter of the strange sounds.

If the firm finds the epicenter, the next step will be to pinpoint the depth and what is causing it. The cause is likely only a couple hundred feet under the earth's surface, Kuss said.

"It's possible we'll never have a definitive answer," Kuss told the audience at the Clintonville High School auditorium.

The big shakes have elicited big attention and the room was lined with media, including reporters from CNN, NBC and a photographer taking photos for the New York Times.

See an interactive map of where the reported "booms" have occured in Clintonville
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Papua New Guinea - Earthquake Magnitude 6.6.


US Geological Survey
Wed, 21 Mar 2012 18:08 UTC
PNG Quake_210312
© USGSEarthquake Location
Date-Time
Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at 22:15:05 UTC

Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 08:15:05 AM at epicenter

Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location
6.244°S, 145.959°E

Depth
105.9 km (65.8 miles)

Region
NEW GUINEA, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Distances
66 km (41 miles) ESE of Goroka, New Guinea, PNG

114 km (70 miles) S of Madang, New Guinea, PNG

382 km (237 miles) NNW of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea

2469 km (1534 miles) NNW of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia
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Mysterious rumblings bring down a barn in Vancouver Island, BC, Canada


Sooke News
Wed, 21 Mar 2012 08:37 UTC
A barn on the 4000-block of Otter Point Road collapsed after a series of unexplained tremors rumbled through the region on Thursday, March 15. Barrie Hanslip, owner of the 35-acre property where the barn was located, said the steepled barn tumbled downward after a large "boom" and rumble at 11:30 a.m. The large tremor was preceded by two smaller shakes around 9:00 a.m.

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Massive drill in Mexico coincides with real earthquake


Telediario
Tue, 20 Mar 2012 07:32 UTC
Translated from Spanish by Sott.net

The government of the state of Chiapas had prepared for today at 12:00 a massive drill ("mega simulacro") of a 7.9 earthquake in the Richter scale.

mega simulacro
A poster of the government of the southern state of Chiapas announcing a massive earthquake drill
Monterrey - It was nothing but a moment of panic, as there are no lost lives, the president of Mexico Felipe Calderón Hinojosa confirmed today in Monterrey, commenting on the 7.8 earthquake in the Richter scale with epicenter in the borders of the state of Guerrero and that was felt in Mexico City and several other states.

In view of the scale of the event and because there have not been any lost lives, it is noteworthy that the government of the state of Chiapas had prepared precisely for today at 12:00 a massive drill ("mega simulacro") of the earthquake - something that is being actively discussed in social media networks.

Comment: A three-minute difference and almost the same intensity? It is too much coincidence to let it pass unnoticed.

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7.4 quake shakes Mexico, 100s of homes damaged

Katherine Corcoran
Associated Press
Tue, 20 Mar 2012 22:58 UTC
A woman comforts her children outside a school at the Roma neighborhood after a earthquake felt in Mexico City
© AP Photo/Alexandre MeneghiniA woman comforts her children outside a school at the Roma neighborhood after a earthquake felt in Mexico City Tuesday March 20, 2012. A strong, long earthquake with epicenter in Guerrero state shook central southern Mexico on Tuesday, swaying buildings in Mexico City and sending frightened workers and residents into the streets..
Mexico City -- A strong 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit southern Mexico on Tuesday, damaging some 800 homes near the epicenter and swaying tall buildings and spreading fear and panic hundreds of miles away in the capital of Mexico City.

One of the strongest to shake Mexico since the deadly 1985 temblor that killed thousands in Mexico City, Tuesday's earthquake hit hardest in border area of southern Oaxaca and Guerrero states. In Guerrero, officials confirmed that some 800 homes had been damaged, with another 60 having collapsed.

Hours after the shaking at noon local time (18:02 GMT), there were still no reports of death or serious injury, even after a less powerful, magnitude-5.1 aftershock was felt in the capital and several other aftershocks near the epicenter in a mountainous rural region.

"It was very strong, very substantial," said Campos Benitez, hospital director in Ometepec, about 15 miles (25 kilometers) from the epicenter.
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Big Earthquake Hits Mexico, No Major Damage Reported

Cyntia Barrera and Dave Graham
Reuters
Tue, 20 Mar 2012 00:00 UTC
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© Reuters/Edgard GarridoMexico City residents stand outside their buildings after feeling the tremors from an earthquake in the southern state of Guerrero, in Mexico City March 20, 2012.
Mexico City - A major earthquake struck Mexico on Tuesday, unleashing panic as it damaged hundreds of buildings and caused homes in the capital to bounce like "trampolines".

Office workers fled into the street when the 7.4-magnitude quake shook Mexico City for more than a minute. Cell phone lines went down, building were evacuated, traffic snarled and the stock exchange had to suspend trading early.

The governor of the southwestern state of Guerrero, Angel Aguirre, said he had received reports of 500 homes damaged, with some of them knocked down, but he gave no more details.

The tremor was one of the strongest since the devastating 8.1-magnitude earthquake of 1985, which killed thousands in Mexico City.

No deaths were reported on Tuesday and the quake caused no major disruptions to air travel or to oil installations, but it scared many residents.

Martha Suarez, an Argentine living in the capital's Roma neighborhood said she had never known anything like it.

"My TV set fell over, the building felt like it was on a trampoline. This one was like no other I have felt before," Suarez said, holding her little dog close.

Emergency services said 800 houses were damaged in Guerrero state, many of them in Ometepec, near the epicenter of the quake. Officials in Guerrero, which is home of popular Pacific beach resort Acapulco, could not say if buildings had collapsed.
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Strange noise: Something's rattling small Wisconsin town


CNN
Mon, 19 Mar 2012 19:44 UTC
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Mysterious explosions. Unexplained shaking. Something's going on in Clintonville, Wisconsin, but nobody seems to know what it is.

The sounds -- variously described as rattling pipes, clanging metal, thunder or firecrackers -- have continued on and off since early Sunday night in just one part of the small town of 4,600, located about 180 miles northeast of Madison.

Accompanying the sounds are vibrations that have shaken homes and household objects in the northeast corner of town, city manager Lisa Kuss said.

The sounds were loud enough Monday morning that a CNN journalist could hear them during a cell phone conversation with Kuss.
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