All posts tagged "earthquakes"

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  4 quakes shake Italy, isolating towns blanketed under snow

  ROME – Four strong earthquakes on Wednesday shook the same region of central Italy that suffered deadly temblors last year, sending quake-rattled residents into panic and further isolating towns that have been buried under more than a...

  • Posted January 18, 2017
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  Frantic Rescue Underway in Indonesia as Quake Kills Scores

  MEUREUDU, Indonesia — A strong earthquake rocked Indonesia’s Aceh province early Wednesday, killing nearly 100 people and sparking a frantic rescue effort in the rubble of dozens of collapsed and damaged buildings. Maj. Gen. Tatang Sulaiman, chief...

  • Posted December 7, 2016
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  Italy Investigates Quake Buildings, Checking for Code Fraud

  AMATRICE, Italy – Italian authorities are vowing to investigate whether negligence or fraud in adhering to building codes played a role in the high death toll in last week’s earthquake in Italy. They also called for efforts...

  • Posted August 28, 2016
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  Grief Erupts in Italy as Nation Honors, Buries Quake Dead

  ASCOLI PICENO, Italy – Mourners in Italy prayed, hugged, wept and even applauded as coffins carrying victims of the country’s devastating earthquake passed by at a state funeral Saturday, grieving as one nation after three desperate days...

  • Posted August 27, 2016
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  Shallow Quake in Peru Kills at Least 4, Including US Tourist

  LIMA, Peru – A shallow magnitude 5.4 earthquake centered in southern Peru’s picturesque Colca Valley killed at least four people, including a 65-year-old U.S. tourist, and left some 30 injured as it toppled adobe homes, authorities said...

  • Posted August 15, 2016