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Sichuan inspired more than 3,000 aftershocks
The Center for Chinese Earthquake Monitoring Networks announced on the social network Weibo that, as of 10 April 23, their devices recorded 3,407 aftershocks in Sichuan.
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Earthquake shakes the Pacific Ocean
According to the US Geological Survey, the earthquake occurred at 2:59 GMT, 158km from the Russian Poronaysk, with the epicenter at a depth of 625km. The agency released…
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Strong earthquake shook the Philippines
AFP quoted the US Geological Survey (USGS) as saying that the 6.1 magnitude earthquake occurred at a depth of 35km at 6h18 am through local time. The epicenter is about…
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Earthquake in Greece and Turkey
The Athens Institute of Geophysics in Greece announced that the magnitude 5.8 earthquake occurred yesterday at 1244 GMT. Its epicenter was under the Aegean Sea and about…
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The magnitude 6 earthquake shook Japan
According to AFP, an earthquake of magnitude 6 magnitude shook Aomori province and other areas in northeastern Japan. The Japan Meteorological Agency said the earthquake…
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4.7 Richter earthquake shook northern China
A strong 4.7-magnitude earthquake shook northern China in the morning of May 28, causing buildings in Beijing to be swayed, the US Geological Survey said.
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Italy shook again because of the earthquake
China Daily quoted the Italian Institute of Geophysics and Volcano (INGV) as saying that the earthquake occurred at 21h20 local time in the area that had been shaken by…
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Strong earthquake off the coast of Mexico
According to the US Geological Survey (USGS), the earthquake occurred on 22h43 GMT on May 1 (Vietnam time 5h5), with the epicenter at a depth of 44km, 90km from Tapichul…
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The Indonesian people panicked because of the strong earthquake
An earthquake struck Indonesia's Sumatra island, causing people working in the legislature of Aceh province to flee.
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A strong earthquake may occur in North Tokyo Bay
The east coast of Tokyo and northeastern Kanagawa Prefecture may experience a magnitude 7 earthquake on the Japanese scale once the epicenter is inside Tokyo Bay with an…
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Why doesn't the earthquake in Mexico cause disaster?
A magnitude 7.4 earthquake that occurred in the afternoon of March 20 in Mexico left only negligible consequences for people in the affected area, especially no dead, du…
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Chile shook by a powerful earthquake
The American Geological Agency announced the earthquake in Chile's Maule region on 18h37 on March 25 at local time (5:37 am Vietnamese time). The epicenter of the earthq…
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Mexico shook because of the earthquake of 7.4 Richter scale
On the morning of March 21, Vietnam time, a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck many cities in Mexico. The US Geological Survey (USGS) said the quake's epicenter was in the…
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Strong earthquake in northwest China
The magnitude 6 earthquake occurred in Lac Pho district (Lop), Hoa Dien district (Hotan), belonging to Xinjiang Uyghur ethnic group, at 6:50 am this morning in Beijing a…
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Earthquake magnifies 6.2 Richter off Mexico
On the night of January 21, a magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck the sea off the coast of southern Mexico. There have been no reports of casualties, damage or tsunami warni…