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SF Gate
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Chinese soldiers Monday moved in to explode earthquake debris blocking a river where quickly rising waters threatened to flood disaster victims.
Two weeks after the magnitude 7.9 earthquake hit central Sichuan province, lakes formed by obstructed river..
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BBC News
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The death toll from last week's devastating earthquake in south-west China has risen to 40,075, senior government officials have said.
Tens of thousands more are still missing, and hopes are fading of finding many people still alive.
Foreign medical..
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SF Gate
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The battle for survival here is as stark as anywhere in the earthquake zone.
Wang Guofei and his younger brother drove Tuesday morning to look for their mother in the rugged county of Beichuan, where at least 5,000 people have died as a result of Monda..
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MSNBC
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A powerful earthquake buried 900 students in central China on Monday and killed at least 107 people, as several schools and a water tower collapsed in the tremor, state media reported.
The 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck central China, but sent thousan..
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CNN
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A powerful earthquake hit off the coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island Monday afternoon, the U.S. Geological Survey's Web site reported. The quake was centered about 160 kilometers (100 miles) south-southwest of Padang and had a magnitude of 7.0, making it..
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CNN
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A major earthquake shook western Indonesia on Wednesday afternoon, killing at least three and injuring 25 others, officials in the country told CNN.
The magnitude 7.5 quake's epicenter was about 195 miles (315 km), south-southeast of Banda Aceh, on the..
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CNN
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An earthquake on Friday rattled Indonesia's resort island of Bali, where thousands of people were gathering for a U.N. climate change conference. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
The 5.4-magnitude tremor was centered 150 miles sou..
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CNN
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A strong earthquake measuring 7.9 in magnitude struck Wednesday near southern Indonesia, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
A tsunami watch was immediately issued for the area.
The earthquake, which struck at 1810 local time (1110 GMT) Bengkulu provin..
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BBC News
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Peruvian officials say they have run out of tents and urgently need at least 40,000 more to house victims of the devastating earthquake two weeks ago.
Aid agencies said many survivors in the Ica region were living on the streets in unhygienic condition..
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CNN
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A 7.9-magnitude earthquake centered off Peru's coast killed at least 337 people and left another 1,350 hurt, the nation's Health Ministry said Thursday. The two-minute quake struck Wednesday evening and was followed by a tiny, 1-foot tsunami and strong af..
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USA Today
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A powerful earthquake toppled drums of nuclear waste and triggered other problems at the world's biggest nuclear plant, raising the possibility of a second radioactive leak there, Japanese officials said Tuesday.
The earthquake Monday off the Japanes..
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CNN
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A strong earthquake struck northwestern Japan on Monday, causing a radioactive water leak and fire at one of the world's most powerful nuclear power plants and turning buildings into piles of lumber. At least eight people were killed and hundreds injured...
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SF Gate
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A bone-rattling undersea earthquake sparked a tsunami that sent 10-foot-high waves crashing into parts of the Solomon Islands on Monday, wiping out one village and killing at least 13 people. The death toll was expected to rise.
Large waves struck the..
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ABC News
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A tsunami alert has been issued for the far north-east coast of Queensland after a earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale hit the Solomon Islands this morning.
The Bureau of Meterology says there is a possible tsunami threat to Willis and Barrie..
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unmadeinchina.org
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China earthquake, terrible disaster, there is a mistery about it? What is happened? What can we think?..
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BBC News
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Troops in China are trying to clear a river blocked during the recent earthquake, amid fears millions could be at risk of flooding.
About 1,800 soldiers took explosives to the newly formed "quake lake" to try to blast away debris, state media said...
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BBC News
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The death toll from the massive earthquake in south-west China rose again, as an official said more than five million buildings had collapsed.
The vice-governor of Sichuan province said 55,239 people were now known to have died in the 12 May quake...
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MSNBC
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The true number of earthquake orphans will take a long time to know, with an estimated 5 million homeless and more than 29,000 missing in the mountainous region.
Officials are first hurrying to sort out actual orphans, trying to reunite children with r..
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BBC News
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Chinese regulators have warned that any corrupt practices linked to relief supplies for the Sichuan earthquake will be severely punished.
Officials are working to get tents and supplies to the five million people made homeless by the 12 May quake.
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