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Japanese seismologists warn seismic tension is building on a tectonic plate east of Tokyo


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Update: Italy Hit by 2nd Deadly Quake in Days; Death Toll at 16

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© Luca Bruno / The Associated PressRescue teams and search dogs look for three workers reported missing at a factory in Medolla, Italy, devastated by the area's second quake in nine days.
San Felice Sul Panaro, Italy - Workers at the small machinery company had just returned for their first shift following Italy's powerful and deadly quake earlier this month when another one struck Tuesday morning, collapsing the roof.

At least three employees at the factory - two immigrants and an Italian engineer checking the building's stability - were among those killed in the second deadly quake in nine days to strike a region of Italy that hadn't considered itself particularly quake prone.

By late Tuesday, the death toll stood at 16, with one person missing: a worker at the machinery factory in the small town of San Felice Sul Panaro. An estimated 350 people also were injured in the 5.8 magnitude quake north of Bologna in Emilia Romagna, one of Italy's more productive regions, agriculturally and industrially.

Factories, barns and churches fell, dealing a second blow to a region where thousands remained homeless from the May 20 temblor, much stronger in intensity, at 6.0 magnitude.

Comment: One has to wonder if the oil and gas drilling in this exact area of Italy, the gas drilling having begun late last year, has anything to do with these earthquakes...

Why Italy's Earthquake Was Weird

Then there were the recent strong earthquakes in Bulgaria and Norway. Things be rockin' and rollin'!

5.6 earthquake which jolted Bulgaria was strongest since 1858, and the aftershocks continue

USGS: Earthquake Magnitude 6.2 - Norwegian Sea


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Second earthquake in ten days shakes northern Italy, leaving ten dead


A new earthquake has struck the Emilia region in northern Italy, killing at least 10 people and burying several others under rubble, local media say.

All the deaths were in the Modena area.

Three were killed when an industrial shed collapsed in Medolla, three died in San Felice, two in Mirandola and one in Cavezzo.

Tuesday's tremor, estimated at 5.8 magnitude, hit the same region where a quake 10 days ago killed seven people and destroyed many buildings.

Milan and Bologna were shaken too.

Some people fled from buildings when they felt the tremor, which struck at 09:03 local time (07:03 GMT).

Comment: One has to wonder if the oil and gas drilling in this exact area of Italy, the gas drilling having begun late last year, has anything to do with these earthquakes...

Why Italy's Earthquake Was Weird

Then there were the recent strong earthquakes in Bulgaria and Norway. Things be rockin' and rollin'!

5.6 earthquake which jolted Bulgaria was strongest since 1858, and the aftershocks continue

USGS: Earthquake Magnitude 6.2 - Norwegian Sea


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USGS: Earthquake Magnitude 5.8 - Northern Italy (aftershocks included)

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© USGS
Date-Time
Tuesday, May 29, 2012 at 07:00:03 UTC
Tuesday, May 29, 2012 at 09:00:03 AM at epicenterTime of Earthquake in other Time Zones Location
44.814°N, 11.079°E Depth
9.6 km (6.0 miles)

Region
NORTHERN ITALY Distances
40 km (24 miles) NNW of Bologna, Italy
59 km (36 miles) E of Parma, Italy
70 km (43 miles) S of Verona, Italy
343 km (213 miles) NNW of ROME, Italy

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USGS: Earthquake Magnitude 6.7 - Santiago Del Estero, Argentina

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© USGS
Date-Time
Monday, May 28, 2012 at 05:07:23 UTC

Monday, May 28, 2012 at 02:07:23 AM at epicenterTime of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location

28.060°S, 63.109°W

Depth

589.3 km (366.2 miles)

Region
SANTIAGO DEL ESTERO, ARGENTINA

Distances
52 km (32 miles) NNW of Anatuya, Santiago del Estero, Argentina

117 km (72 miles) ESE of Santiago del Estero, Argentina

249 km (154 miles) SE of San Miguel de Tucuman, Tuc., Argentina

838 km (520 miles) NNW of BUENOS AIRES, D.F., Argentina

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Fourth earthquake rocks East Texas

The fourth earthquake in 16 days hit East Texas early Saturday.

No injuries or significant damage were reported from the preliminary magnitude 2.5 temblor that hit about 1:30 a.m., said Larry Burns, emergency management coordinator in Timpson.

The quake was centered about seven miles southeast of town, near FM 1645 and Texas 87, according to information from the U.S. Geological Survey.

"One of the guys I work with, he told me it shook but it wasn't like any of the others we've had," said Burns, who was not in town when the latest quake occurred. "We're up to four of them so far."

There perhaps have been more than that, according to accounts collected by the Timpson and Teneha News, Mayor Debra Smith said Saturday.

"I think they've determined we are up to seven in the last 12 months," the mayor said, dating the first reports to July. "But some of them were smaller than the (Geological Survey) keeps up."

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USGS: Earthquake Magnitude 6.0 - Bonin Islands, Japan Region

Japan Quake_260512
© USGS
Date-Time
Saturday, May 26, 2012 at 21:48:09 UTC

Sunday, May 27, 2012 at 07:48:09 AM at epicenterTime of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location

26.876°N, 140.214°E

Depth

472.6 km (293.7 miles)

Region
BONIN ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION

Distances
201 km (124 miles) W of Chichi-shima, Bonin Islands, Japan

255 km (158 miles) NNW of Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands, Japan

694 km (431 miles) S of Hachijo-jima, Izu Islands, Japan

979 km (608 miles) S of TOKYO, Japan

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5.6 earthquake which jolted Bulgaria was strongest since 1858, and the aftershocks continue

The earthquake that the Bulgarian capital Sofia experienced at 3 am on Tuesday has been the strongest in its history since 1858, i.e. in 154 years, historical records indicate.
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© Lost BulgariaA file photo shows destruction from the 1928 earthquake in Chirpan; the small Bulgarian town was hit by another quake in 1942.
On Tuesday, Bulgaria's territory saw over 60 weak aftershocks after the 5.8-5.9-magnitude it experienced early Tuesday morning, according to the Geophysics Institute of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.

All of the 60 aftershocks had magnitudes of over 1 on the Richter scale, and their epicenters were around the western Bulgarian city of Pernik, where the initial earthquake hit at about 2:58 am on Tuesday. Some of the major aftershocks had a magnitude of 4.2-4.7, and were felt in Pernik and Sofia.

On September 30, 1858, when the future Bulgarian capital was still only a provincial town in the Ottoman Empire, it suffered an earthquake that had an estimated magnitude of 6.6-7.0 on the Richter Scale, damaging some 80% of its buildings.

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Earthquake Magnitude 4.8 shakes nervous Christchurch, sending shoppers fleeing into the streets

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Nervous shoppers fled into the streets when a 4.7-magnitude earthquake rattled the New Zealand city of Christchurch, halting rebuilding work following last year's tremor that killed 185.

These were no immediate reports of damage or injuries and police and ambulance services said they had received no calls for assistance.

The quake struck at 12.44pm (AEST) at a shallow depth of eight kilometres about 25 kilometres east of New Zealand's second largest city, the US Geological Survey said.

The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority, which is overseeing reconstruction after the deadly 6.3 tremor in February last year, said it suspended demolition work in the city centre as a precaution.

Christchurch has experienced thousands of aftershocks in the past 18 months, delaying efforts to rebuild and further unsettling residents.

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USGS: Earthquake Magnitude 6.2 - Norwegian Sea

Norwegian Quake_240512
© USGSEarthquake Location
Date-Time
Thursday, May 24, 2012 at 22:47:46 UTC

Thursday, May 24, 2012 at 10:47:46 PM at epicenterTime of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location

72.994°N, 5.651°E

Depth
8.8 km (5.5 miles)

Region
NORWEGIAN SEA

Distances
601 km (373 miles) NW of Tromso, Norway

676 km (420 miles) WNW of Hammerfest, Norway

716 km (444 miles) NNW of Bodo, Norway

1472 km (914 miles) NE of REYKJAVIK, Iceland