Thursday, June 14, 2012

Earthquake

  • A 4.1 earthquake in Yorba Linda that shook parts of Southern California on Wednesday evening added a little extra excitement to the star-studded red carpet opening of the new Cars Land at the Disneyland Resort.
  • (Los Angeles Times)
  • KABUL, Afghanistan — As many as 100 people are feared dead in an earthquake and landslide that buried more than 20 houses in northern Afghanistan on Monday, officials said.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • ANKARA, Turkey - A moderate earthquake shook southeastern Turkey on Thursday, damaging a mosques minarets and injuring a handful of people who jumped off buildings in panic, authorities said. The Kandilli Observatory seismology centre said a magnitude 5.
  • (Winnipeg Free Press)
  • An earthquake that triggered a series of aftershocks in Orange County on Wednesday night wasnt quite as strong as initially thought. Originally reported as a magnitude 4.1 temblor that hit about 8:17 p.m. near Yorba Linda, the U.S.
  • (Los Angeles Times)
  • BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 14 (UPI) -- Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, is at risk of a devastating earthquake similar to one that leveled the countrys previous capital in 1859, researchers say.
  • (United Press International)
  • This article was taken from the July 2012 issue of Wired magazine. Be the first to read Wireds articles in print before theyre posted online, and get your hands on loads of additional content by subscribing online.
  • (Wired.co.uk)
  • KABUL, Afghanistan -- As many as 50 people are feared entombed under tons of rock and stone that buried a village in a landslide after two earthquakes in northern Afghanistan, authorities said Tuesday.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • Disneyland celebrated the grand opening of its newest attraction Cars Land, a themed land based on the movie Cars, last night in Anaheim and on hand to walk the red carpet and enjoy the celebration was Brad Paisley.
  • (NashvilleGab)
  • The 2008 Sichuan earthquake or the Great Sichuan Earthquake was a deadly earthquake that measured at 8.0 M s and 7.9 M w occurred at 14:28:01 CST (06:28 UTC) on Monday, May 12, 2008 in Sichuan province of China, killing an estimated 68,000 people.
  • (Radio Egypt)
  • The town no longer exists.
  • (The Christian Science Monitor)

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