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• 2.7 Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Nelson & Amherst Counties : 11.25.09 : Updated 8 PM EST

  
  Nelson County Life Magazine : — Authority: 442
  Screen grab courtesy of WSET-TV in Lynchburg, VA : Click to enlarge. Nelson/Amherst County, Virginia Update 8PM : USGS Data here giving center of quake, etc. Thanks to ABC-13 WSET in Lynchburg for this info. Their story reads: A small earth quake has been reported in Nelson and Amherst Counties. Our ...
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• The Environmental Issues – Appropriate conservation and sustainable development strategies attempt to recognize this as being integral to any approach.

  
  WERI CHANNEL — Authority: 123
  Nature and Animal Conservation        Preserving species and their habitats is important for ecosystems to self-sustain themselves. Yet, the pressures to destroy habitat for logging, illegal hunting, and other challenges are making conservation a struggle. Visit : http://www.globalissues.org/article/1… ...
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• Powerful Earthquake Strikes Tonga

  
  Fire Earth — Authority: 137
  Earthquake Measuring Up to M 7.1 Strikes Near NUKU’ALOFA, TongaA powerful earthquake measuring up to 7.1 Mw struck  about 135 km (85 miles) ENE of NUKU’ALOFA, Tonga at a depth of 10 km on  November 24, 2009 at 12:47 UTC.The quake was followed by at least two aftershocks, the stronger of which measured up to [...]
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• Is this disaster day?

  
  Homepaddock — Authority: 550
  When compling the day in history post I don’t always include natural disasters but I did today because there were so many: 1343 A tsunami , caused by the earthquake in the Tyrrhenian Sea . 1703 The Great Storm of 1703 , Britain’s biggest windstorm. 1759 An  earthquake hit the Mediterranean destryoing ...
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• 3.9 offshore earthquake lightly shakes O.C.

  
  Sciencedude — Authority: 129
  A magnitude 3.9 earthquake occurred 9.3 miles beneath the seafloor roughly 50 miles south-southwest of Dana Point at 6:43 a.m., generating seismic energy that was lightly felt in about a half dozen local cities, the U.S. Geological Survey says. The agency’s online “Did you Feel it?” feature says the quake, which ...
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• We Were Walking Among Angels; On-The-Ground Insight Into Samoa’s Aid & Relief Work

  
  pacificEyeWitness.org — Authority: 145
  Along the South Coast of Upolu, on Tuesday 29th September 2009, over 140 people lost their lives, over 300 injured, crops ruined, villages, schools, clinics, fales and some resorts destroyed leaving thousands homeless, hungry and destitute after an 8.3 earthquake triggered a destructive tsunami. American Samoa and ...
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• Earthquake - 3.4 M - San Clemente Is, Dana Point, CA

  
  California Fire News - Structure, Wildland, EMS — Authority: 121
  Version #2: This report supersedes any earlier reports of this event. This event has been reviewed by a seismologist. A minor earthquake occurred at 6:34:25 AM (PST) on Tuesday, November 24, 2009. The magnitude 3.9 event occurred 37 km (23 miles) SE of San Clemente Is., CA (NW tip). The hypocentral depth is ...
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• Earthquake

  
  Authspot — Authority: 560
  Iuanmage via Wikipedia “Thanks for being here, Captain. I know these are difficult circumstances for you and your men.” “The best way the men can help their families is to help you. What do you want us to do?” “Our team has been assigned these two blocks. Your job is to remove anyone we don’t ...
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• November 25 in history

  
  Homepaddock — Authority: 550
  On November 25: 1491 The siege of Granada , the last Moorish stronghold in Spain , began. 1343 A tsunami , caused by the earthquake in the Tyrrhenian Sea , devastated Naples   and the Maritime Republic of Amalfi , among other places. 1703 The Great Storm of 1703 , the greatest windstorm ever ...
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• Scientists find 11 times more aftershocks for 2004 San Andreas fault quake

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 719
  Washington, November 24 (ANI): Using a technique normally used for detecting weak tremors, scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology, US, discovered that the 2004 magnitude 6 earthquake along the Parkfield section of the San Andreas fault exhibited almost 11 times more aftershocks than previously thought. ...
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• World’s Largest Earthquake-Proof Building Completed in Istanbul

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 741
  Istanbul’s brand new Sabiha Gökçen International Airport airport terminal opened on October 31st of this year and is now the world’s largest earthquake-proof building. Named after the world’s first woman combat pilot, the new 2 million square-foot structure is capable of not only withstanding a magnitude ...
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• China: Sham Trial of Veteran Human Rights Activist

  
  http://www.hrw.org/en/news — Authority: 682
  (New York) - The conviction of veteran human rights activist Huang Qi on state secrets charges on November 23, 2009, demonstrates the Chinese governments intent to use the judicial apparatus to crush whistleblowers without regard to minimum standards of fairness, Human Rights Watch said today. read more
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• Minister reaffirms China ties to N Korea - Sydney Morning Herald

  
  Beijing 2008 Stadium — Authority: 145
  The Chosun Ilbo Minister reaffirms China ties to N Korea Sydney Morning Herald BEIJING : Chinas Defence Minister, Liang Guanglie, has reaffirmed Beijings military alliance with Pyongyang, and he has been quoted as saying the … US rebuff as Beijing backs Pyongyang The Age ...
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• Cry The Beloved Country; On-The-Ground Insight into Samoa’s Aid & Relief Work

  
  pacificEyeWitness.org — Authority: 145
  Welcome to our latest writer at pacificEyeWitness.org: Malia Tua’i Manuleleua. She’s recently returned from Samoa after volunteering as part of the Psycho-Social Response teams working in tsunami-affected villages along the South Coast of Upolu. One of about 70 or so local and overseas volunteers, Malia was part ...
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• China jails earthquake activist

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Veteran dissident Huang Qi given three years for critical website articles about regimes response to Sichuan disaster A Chinese court has sentenced a veteran dissident convicted of spying to three years in prison. Huang Qi was convicted of illegally possessing state secrets by the Wuhou district court in the western ...
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• China quake activist jailed for three years

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 725
  Source: Reuters (Adds Amnesty International, lawyer, paragraphs 10-11, 15) By Chris Buckley BEIJING, Nov 23 (Reuters) - A Chinese dissident who tried to help victims of last years Sichuan earthquake was jailed ...
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• China Quake Dissident Jailed for 3 Years

  
  China Digital Times (CDT) — Authority: 638
  Huang Qi, an activist who investigated shoddy school construction after the 5.12 Sichuan earthquake in 2008, has been sentenced to three years in jail. From Washington Post : Chinese dissident Huang Qi was sentenced to three years’ jail on Monday on charges of illegally possessing state secrets, his wife said, ...
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• Earthquake - 3.7 M - Lucerne Valley, CA

  
  California Fire News - Structure, Wildland, EMS — Authority: 121
  == PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE REPORT == California Integrated Seismic Net USGS / Caltech / CGS / UCB / UCSD / UNR Version #2: This report supersedes any earlier reports of this ...
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• Tsunami 2004

  
  Authspot — Authority: 560
  It was a nice, hot, sunny day on the beach of Phuket. Children were building sandcastles, teenagers playing beach ball, and adults relaxing under brightly coloured beach umbrellas. The water was clear blue and reflected the suns rays in all directions. The sky was blue with only a few white clouds irregularly spread ...
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• Strong Quake Strikes Fiji Region

  
  Fire Earth — Authority: 137
  Earthquake measuring up to 6.5 Mw strikes Fiji Region A strong earthquake measuring up to M 6.5 struck offshore Fiji Region at 17.789°S, 178.435°W at a depth  of about 520 km November 22, 2009 at 07:48 UTC.The event occurred about 195 km SE of Taveuni volcano which last erupted about 1550 ± 100 yrs.Taveuni, [...]
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