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Geotimes March 2006 Kathryn Hansen	Earthquake Jostles Iran After an evening of precursory tremors, a magnitude-6.1 earthquake struck western Iran today.
Geotimes March 2007 Kathryn Hansen	Deadly Quake Shakes Sumatra A shallow, magnitude-6.4 temblor shook Sumatra, killing at least 70 people.
Geotimes June 2005 Megan Sever	Quake Shakes Chile A magnitude-7.8 temblor rocked northern Chile and was felt throughout parts of Peru and Bolivia, including in the capital city of La Paz, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The quake was centered in the remote and mostly unpopulated northern Andes region of Tarapaca.
Geotimes November 2005 Naomi Lubick	Bolivian Earthquake Strikes Deep A magnitude-6.9 earthquake rumbled through Bolivia and northern Chile yesterday. No immediate deaths or damage were reported, although people evacuated their homes.
Geotimes May 2006 Kathryn Hansen	Earthquake Sends Tonga Trembling Strong shaking awoke residents of Tonga when a magnitude-7.9 earthquake rocked the region today. Although Tonga is seismically active, seismologists say that such a large-magnitude event is unusual for the region.
Geotimes December 2005 Kathryn Hansen	Earthquake Shakes East Africa A magnitude 6.8 earthquake shook the Lake Tanganyika region in Africa today.
Geotimes October 2004 Megan Sever	Deadly quakes shake Japan This weekend marks the deadliest spate of quakes in Japan since the 1995 Kobe quake, which killed more than 6,000 people.
Geotimes August 2005 Kathryn Hansen	Earthquake Shakes Japanese Coast The shaking originated 52.7 kilometers below sea level, off the eastern Japanese coast, about 95 kilometers east of Honshu and 350 kilometers northeast of Tokyo.
Geotimes March 2005 Naomi Lubick	Magnitude-8.7 Earthquake Hits Sumatra, Small Tsunami Wave Detected An earthquake that was quite close the site of December's catastrophic quake has prompted warning bulletins from NOAA's Pacific Tsunami Warning system suggesting the evacuation of coastlines within 1,000 kilometers of the epicenter.
Geotimes February 2006 Kathryn Hansen	Earthquake Rocks East Africa The East African Rift Zone experienced a damaging magnitude-7.4 earthquake Thursday in Mozambique, centered about 215 kilometers southwest of Beira.
Geotimes April 2003 Lisa M. Pinsker	Shaking in the South This morning, a magnitude-4.9 earthquake struck just east of Fort Payne, Ala. Felt from North Carolina to Mississippi, the quake awoke confused southerners from their sleep just before 5:00 a.m.
Geotimes November 2005 Naomi Lubick	Large Quake, Small Tsunami for Japan A large earthquake several hundred kilometers offshore Japan triggered a tsunami warning and a subsequent small tsunami. Three or four large events have occurred on this subduction fault over the past several centuries, as the Pacific plate slowly presses westward under Japan.
Geotimes February 2005 Laura Stafford	Earthquake Rattles Iran A magnitude-6.4 earthquake struck central Iran early on the morning of Feb. 22, killing almost 400 people, injuring many more and devastating the mountainous region.
Geotimes February 2004	Earthquake rocks Morocco At 2:27 a.m. local time today, a magnitude-6.5 earthquake struck the northern coast of Morocco. Preliminary reports suggest at least 300 people have died and many more have been injured, according to the Associated Press.
Geotimes June 2004 Megan Sever	Midwest Shaking An earthquake rattled northwestern Illinois and points across the Midwest this morning Monday, June 28 at about 1:10 a.m. local time, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Geotimes October 2006 Carolyn Gramling	Strong Earthquake Shakes up Hawaii A magnitude-6.7 earthquake rumbled through the island chain of Hawaii, originating near Hawaii island, known as the "Big Island," according to the USGS. An aftershock with a magnitude of 6.0 followed seven minutes later.
Geotimes April 2004 Megan Sever	Powerful earthquake strikes Afghanistan At 1:54 a.m. local time today (April 6, 2004), a magnitude-6.6 earthquake struck the eastern province of Afghanistan.
CIO September 1, 2005 Allan Holmes	What's Shakin'? A service launched by the U.S. Geological Survey provides companies with real-time earthquake data that they can use to make disaster recovery decisions more quickly and corral the costs of future earthquake damage.
Geotimes February 2004 Naomi Lubick	Irian Jaya quakes Several large earthquakes have slammed Papua, the easternmost part of Indonesia formerly known as Irian Jaya, over the past two days. Immediate reports of the dead and injured are in the tens, with the latest estimate from the Associated Press at 26 people killed.
Geotimes September 2004 Megan Sever	Quake strikes Central California The U.S. Geological Survey received more than 9,000 reports from people who felt the quake, from Sacramento to Los Angeles.
Geotimes December 2003 Naomi Lubick	San Simeon Earthquake Seismologists have tentatively pegged the source of December 22's 6.5-magnitude earthquake that destroyed the landmark building in the town of Paso Robles and killed at least two people.
Geotimes December 2004 Megan Sever	Devastation in the Indian Ocean A magnitude-9.0 earthquake struck off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, on Sunday morning, followed by dozens of powerful aftershocks and large tsunamis that reached as far as the east coast of Africa, some 4,800 kilometers away.
Popular Mechanics May 13, 2008 Erik Sofge	3 Frontiers in Earthquake Tech to Aid China--and Help the U.S. Can a network of GPS sensors store enough data online to scout the Bay Area's looming quake? And could the rig work in the Chinese countryside?
Geotimes July 2004 Jay Chapman	Squishy plates Using groundbreaking satellite techniques, new research suggests continental crust reacts to strain more like toothpaste than rigid blocks of rock.
Geotimes July 2007 Susan Hough	Sizing up Earthquake Damage: Differing Points of View Journalists and scientists may share interest in catastrophic events, but they have very different missions.
Geotimes October 2005 Naomi Lubick	Kashmir Earthquake A magnitude-7.6 earthquake shook Pakistan, killing more than 20,000 people. Aftershocks followed, including one magnitude 6.2 and many larger than magnitude 5. The region is extremely tectonically active.
Geotimes May 2006 Carolyn Gramling	Indonesian Quake Linked to Volcanic Activity? A powerful earthquake rocked through Indonesia's district of Bantul early Saturday morning, leaving thousands dead and hundreds of thousands homeless. The quake could spell trouble for nearby Mount Merapi volcano, now on high alert for eruption.
Geotimes November 2006 Megan Sever	Earthquakes, Tsunamis Strike Japan A magnitude-8.3 earthquake struck off the Kuril Islands between Japan and Russia, followed by a series of strong aftershocks, at least four of which were above magnitude 6.0, according to the USGS.
Geotimes November 2005 Naomi Lubick	Earthquakes Hit China and Iran Two earthquakes killed dozens of people over the weekend, in southern China and a continent away in southern Iran.
Geotimes May 2004 Naomi Lubick	New New Madrid Findings New research has moved a historical earthquake off the New Madrid faults, possibly changing the hazard conditions for the region and across the eastern United States.
Geotimes May 2006 Naomi Lubick	Measuring the Sumatra Quake The motions on the fault that set off the Dec. 26, 2004, earthquake that sent a tsunami across the Indian Ocean continue to puzzle seismologists.
Geotimes March 2004 Mark Zoback	Earthquake Prediction and the Developing World The toll from the Iranian earthquake in December -- at least 30,000 dead and an estimated 40,000 homeless in just a few seconds -- is difficult to comprehend. Unfortunately, we can predict with reasonable certainty that sometime in the next few years, in a country with buildings unprepared to withstand disaster, a catastrophic quake will happen again
Geotimes April 2006 Kathryn Hansen	Deep Sediments, Strong Quakes The surprising strength of the earthquake that triggered the 2004 Sumatran tsunami urged seismologists to discover triggers that lead up to these events. New models show responsibility may rest on sediments than can collect kilometers deep at the junctions of tectonic plates.
Geotimes November 2005 Naomi Lubick	Shift in Chile's Seismic History New research documenting tsunami deposits in the Nazca plate region is resetting the seismic clock.
Popular Mechanics July 30, 2008 Erik Sofge	L.A. Quake Was Minor, but Is America Ready for the Big One? The quake preparedness of Los Angeles was put to the test yesterday, but only barely.
Geotimes June 2005 Naomi Lubick	California Earthquake Roundup Several significant earthquakes have struck California this week, ranging from 4.9 to 7.2 in magnitude, with two off the coast of Northern California and two in the Los Angeles basin. Scientists say that they are mostly unrelated.
Geotimes September 2003 Megan Sever	Giant earthquake hits Japan A magnitude-8.1 earthquake struck off the southeastern coast of Hokkaido, Japan, before dawn on Friday. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the Japanese quake is the strongest to hit anywhere in the world this year.
Geotimes November 2004 Laura Stafford	Earthquake strikes Indonesia again A magnitude-7.2 earthquake that struck Papua, Indonesia, was followed by multiple aftershocks, one of which registered magnitude-6.1. The main pulse and the aftershocks resulted in 19 deaths, more than 180 people reported injured and at least 300 buildings destroyed.
Science News August 12, 2006	Science Safari: Earthquake Hazards To keep up with the latest rumblings around the globe, the U.S. Geological Service offers a Web site with current earthquake data.
Geotimes January 2006 Naomi Lubick	Seismic Warnings Researchers suggest that the first few seconds of an earthquake have the potential to reveal the final size that an earthquake will grow to be -- with implications for how earthquakes physically unfold.
Geotimes June 2004 Naomi Lubick	Super-Size Quake California fell into the sea during a television miniseries aired by NBC. In addition to the other faulty geologic premises of the melodrama, one elemental error is the size of the earthquake that spawned the miniseries' disasters.
Geotimes June 2005 Naomi Lubick	California Earthquake Spawns Tsunami Worry The epicenter of a magnitude-7.2 earthquake that struck off northern California set off a tsunami warning for the entire West Coast, leading to an evacuation from Crescent City, Calif.
Geotimes March 2005 Sara Pratt	Quake Uplifted Japan A large 17th-century earthquake comparable in size to the Dec. 26 Sumatra quake was responsible for pushing up land in Japan, according to new research based on the sediment record of a large tsunami.
Chemistry World June 18, 2008 Hepeng Jia	China assesses Sichuan earthquake's environmental costs China has begun to count the environmental costs of the earthquake that hit the southwestern province of Sichuan on 12 May.
Geotimes August 2006 Megan Sever	Faster Tsunami Warnings with GPS Time is of the essence when a giant earthquake strikes, especially underwater. Now, a team of researchers says that they have found a new way -- using GPS -- to more quickly determine if the quake is large enough to produce an ocean-wide tsunami.
Geotimes March 2005 Susan E. Hough	Earthquakes: Predicting the Unpredictable? Seismologists are quite good at identifying where large earthquakes are likely to occur on time scales of several decades to centuries, but still unable to identify regions where earthquakes will happen tomorrow, next week, or even within the next few years.
Geotimes March 2003 Robert M. Hamilton	Milestones in Earthquake Research This year, the first national program for earthquake research turns 25. More importantly, Congress will consider its reauthorization in the upcoming session. As we look to its future incarnation, it is worth keeping in mind what led to the program in the first place.
Popular Mechanics February 15, 2009 Karen Rowan	Predicting Earthquakes: Scientists Use Satellites and Drills to Follow a Force of Nature The awesome energy unleashed by earthquakes is something geologists still struggle to understand. To gather information on how the Earth moves, scientists use drills and GPS satellites.
Insurance & Technology January 21, 2010 Anthony O'Donnell	Catastrophe Risk Models Show January 12 Haiti Quake Presages Future Caribbean Earthquakes This time the insurance industry responded with charity, but the next Caribbean earthquake could require a massive claims response, given the region's seismic hazard.
Geotimes July 2006 Jennifer Yauck	Quake Triggers Deadly Tsunami Off Java A major undersea earthquake occurred south of Indonesia, triggering a local tsunami that hit the island of Java. At least 80 people are dead after a 6-foot-high wave crashed ashore on the island's southern coast.