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Light Earthquake Rattles Anchorage & Palmer
Channel 2 NewsAn earthquake occurred around 11:20 p.m. Tuesday near Anchorage. No tsunami danger has been reported. According to the National Weather Service, the quake had a preliminary magnitude of 4.1 and it was located about 35 miles deep. The earthquake was...Tags: National Weather Service, Natural Disasters, Earthquakes
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Japan finds highly toxic strontium in Fukushima groundwater
ReutersTOKYO (Reuters) - High levels of a toxic substance called strontium-90 have been found in groundwater at the devastated Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan, the utility that runs the facility said on Wednesday. Strontium-90 is a by-product of the...Tags: Natural Disasters, Environmental Issues, Environmental Politics, Tokyo (Japan), Pacific Ocean
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Tepco finds highly toxic strontium in Fukushima groundwater
ReutersTOKYO, June 19 (Reuters) - Tokyo Electric Power, the utility that operates the Japanese nuclear plant devastated two years ago by an earthquake and tsunami, said on Wednesday it had found high levels of toxic strontium in groundwater at the plant. The...Tags: Plant Openings, Natural Disasters, Environmental Issues, Earthquakes, Tokyo Electric Power Co.
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Magnitude 6.5 quake strikes in Pacific off Nicaragua; no damage
ReutersMANAGUA (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck on Saturday off the Pacific coast of the central American nation of Nicaragua, the U.S. Geological Survey said, but there were no immediate reports of damage. "Thank God, so far we haven't heard of...Tags: Natural Disasters, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Nicaragua, Earthquakes, U.S. Geological Survey
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Global Voices: Fukushima made ex-premier a 'no nukes' crusader
After the cascade of disasters that befell Japan 27 months ago, then-Prime Minister Naoto Kan took the brunt of withering criticism for shoddy nuclear safety standards at the crippled Fukushima reactor complex and the government’s chaotic...Tags: Government, Natural Disasters, Regulatory Policy and Organizations, Yoshihiko Noda, Politics
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In Theory: Do we bring tragedy on ourselves?
The recent tornado in Oklahoma that killed 24 people and destroyed or damaged 12,000 homes has stirred up a row on social networking site Twitter. The day after the disaster, popular evangelical speaker and author John Piper tweeted two references to...Tags: Tra Thomas, Human Interest, Disasters and Accidents, Natural Disasters, Judaism
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Father-son writing duo present student contest
Robert Watson, professor of American studies at Lynn University in Boca Raton, got a welcome surprise from his son a couple years ago. "One morning when I was still in bed, my son Alex made me sit upright in amazement when he said, 'I want to write a...Tags: Lynn University, Natural Disasters, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Earthquakes, Students
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Russia lifts tsunami warning on Russia's Sakhalin, Kurile islands
ReutersMOSCOW, May 24 (Reuters) - Russian emergency authorities lifted a tsunami warning on Friday several minutes after they announced one, following an earthquake in the Sea of Okhotsk off Russia's eastern coast. The main city of Kamchatka is home to a...Tags: Natural Disasters, Earthquakes, Russia
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Magnitude 7.4 quake strikes in sea off Tonga -USGS
ReutersLONDON, May 23 (Reuters) - A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck in the sea 177 (285 km) miles southwest of Tonga's capital Nuku'alofa, the U.S. Geological Survey reported on Thursday. It said the quake was recorded at a depth of 106 miles and had struck...Tags: Tonga, Natural Disasters, Earthquakes, U.S. Geological Survey
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GPS system can accurately predict post-quake tsunami, study finds
When the magnitude 9 earthquake struck Japan more than two years ago, there were 1,200 global positioning system stations recording ocean floor movement in real time. None was linked to that nation’s tsunami warning system, which underestimated...
Tags: Science and Technology, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Natural Disasters, Earthquakes, Indonesia
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Japanese boat first confirmed tsunami debris in California
A 20-foot boat that washed ashore earlier this month in Northern California has been confirmed as the first debris from the 2011 Japanese tsunami to reach the state. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, working with the Japanese...
Tags: Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Natural Disasters, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Google+, Earthquakes
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Alaska Marks 49 Years Since 1964 Earthquake and Tsunami
Channel 2 NewsWednesday marked the 49th anniversary of the 1964 earthquake that rocked Alaska, generating a deadly tsunami after the 9.2 magnitude temblor. Some 115 Alaskans died on that Good Friday, mostly due to waves, with another 15 deaths reported in Oregon...Tags: Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Disasters and Accidents, Natural Disasters, Earthquakes
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