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ANOTHER Earthquake in East Texas?

Jen Austin — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 15:43:07 +0000

This makes three in one week. An earthquake with a magnitude of 2.7 rattled East Texas Thursday afternoon.

Shelby County has seen a lot of tremors in the past several months, and it has some wondering if this is the new norm in Shelby County, and across East Texas.

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Oklahoma Cleans Up After Weekend Earthquakes [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 17:50:26 +0000

A series of earthquakes and aftershocks — some felt as far away as Wisconsin — shook Oklahoma this weekend, startling people more accustomed to tornadoes than temblors.

Early Saturday, a magnitude 4.7 earthquake affected areas from Texas to Missouri, followed by a 5.6 quake later that night — Oklahoma’s strongest in history — and more than 10 aftershocks.

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East Coast Rocked by Earthquake, Pentagon Evacuated

Shauna Wright — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 18:31:49 +0000

An earthquake epicentered in Virginia occurred Tuesday afternoon, with people in Washington, DC, New York, Ohio, North Carolina, Massachusetts and Toronto reporting they felt the tremors, as well.

Reports thus far indicate the quake registered a 5.9 on the Richter scale, and the USGS says it’s the most powerful quake to hit Virginia since 1897.

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Radiation Leaks In Japan; 140,000 People Forced To Stay Indoors [VIDEO]

Andree Valentine — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 13:28:17 +0000

Dangerous levels of radiation leaking from a crippled nuclear plant forced Japan to order 140,000 people to seal themselves indoors Tuesday after an explosion and a fire dramatically escalated the crisis spawned by a deadly quake and tsunami.

The international nuclear agency said a fire in a storage pond for spent nuclear fuel at the Fukushima Dai-ichi complex had released radioactivity "directly into the atmosphere".

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Obama Live: Addresses Earthquake In Japan And Oil Crisis [VIDEO]

Andree Valentine — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 17:42:52 +0000

Click here to watch Obama address the nation

8.9 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Japan; Hawaii Under Tsunami Watch [VIDEO]

Andree Valentine — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 15:07:28 +0000

Hundreds have been found or are presumed dead after a massive earthquake and ensuing tsunami tore through Japan's northeast coast. Some are already declaring the 8.9 magnitude quake the largest ever recorded and after-effects are expected to hit the west coast of the US, the Phillippines, Indonesia and other vulnerable spots. The Internet has sped into action, using Twitter to report updates and Google's crisis response page to report missing persons.

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Haiti's Devastating Earthquake – One Year Later

Andree Valentine — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 13:35:03 +0000

It’s hard to believe that a year has passed since the horrific earthquake that shook Haiti. After the tragedy, Americans pledged over 1 billion dollars – 32 million dollars by text messages alone. But has it made a difference? You decide.

In this series of compelling composite photos, here are

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