earthquakeSan Francisco and San Antonio earthquakes on same dayThe first one took place in Texas, the epicenter of the quake being near rural Karnes County, 47 miles southwest of San Antonio. The quake was a 4.8 magnitude, which was eye-opening because it was a record breaker.  Earthquake of 7.8 in New ZealandNew Zealand civil defence authorities cancelled a tsunami warning on Thursday but warned of possible stronger than normal ocean currents around the east coast of the country after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck in the Pacific Ocean north east of the country.
Nuclear reactors in Japan will run “stress tests”Japan has said it will run “stress tests” on all its nuclear reactors in the wake of the Fukushima Daiichi atomic accident sparked by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster.
Spanish city hit by deadly erthquake at nightResidents in the Spanish town of Lorca are assessing the damage from quakes that killed nine people and forced thousands to spend the night outdoors. Who cares about Pakistan?Donations have been sluggish to the Pakistan floods appeals, as they were back in 2005 when the part of Kashmir the country administers was torn apart by an earthquake. The BBC News website asked some experts to comment on possible reasons why. Shared Hopes for Haiti Tore Them ApartHusband and wife tried not to let tension seep into their last days together. On Jan. 4, he would leave the family home in Queens for Haiti, where he was working to reduce deaths from natural disasters – not just the hurricanes that Haitians have come to expect, but also a threat he believed was bigger, if not as well known: earthquakes. She begged him not to go. UN Haiti donor pledges surpass targets at almost $10bnThe $5.3bn (£3.5bn) of support over the next two years exceeds the $4bn requested by the Haitian government to rebuild infrastructure. “This is the down-payment Haiti needs for wholesale national renewal,” UN chief Ban Ki-moon said in New York. The 12 January quake killed 200,000 and left one million more homeless. Massive earthquake hits Chile, over 300 deadCONCEPCION – One of the world’s most powerful earthquakes in a century pounded Chile on Saturday, killing more than 300 people as it toppled buildings and triggered tsunamis that ravaged a port town and threatened Pacific coastlines as far away as Japan. Buildings caught fire, others crumbled and bridges collapsed across swathes of central Chile, but the initial death toll was relatively low from a quake many times stronger than the one that devastated Haiti last month. An apartment block with up to 200 people inside collapsed in Concepcion, the closest major city to the epicenter, and rescue officials said they were unsure how many escaped. Overturned cars lay scattered below a fallen overpass in the capital Santiago and telephone and power lines went down across the narrow country, making it difficult to assess the full extent of the damage and loss of life. Haiti protesters denounce aid corruption, hoardingPORT-AU-PRINCE – Hundreds of Haitian earthquake survivors protested in a suburb of the wrecked capital on Sunday, accusing a district mayor of corruption and hoarding food aid provided by relief groups, witnesses said. The protest in the Petionville neighborhood of Port-au-Prince was one of the largest since the January 12 quake that killed more than 200,000 people and left over 1 million homeless. It reflected still simmering anger among survivors over problems in the massive international relief effort. Social Web’s true impact on China, HaitiWe’ve seen some major world events unfold on the social media stage in the past week, the biggest being Google’s threat to pull out of China and the Haiti earthquake.
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