Earthquake
August 23, 2011: 5.9 magnitude earthquake hits Virginia, Washington, DC area
August 23, 2011On August 23, 2011, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reports that a 5.9 magnitude on the Richter scale earthquake (later downgraded to 5.8) in Central Virginia took place at 1:51 PM EDT. The earthquake was felt in the Northern Virginia and Washington...
After the recent earthquake Alaska faces a new threat - tsunami
June 24, 2011Elena Vnorovscaia / Chişinău / Moldova.ORG / -- Earthquakes and tsunami again threaten Alaska. This Thursday evening there had occurred an earthquake of magnitude 7.4 points in the Pacific Ocean off Alaska's remote Aleutian Islands. As announced, scientists...
June 23, 2011Elena Vnorovscaia/ Chişinău / Moldova.ORG/ -- This Thursday a strong earthquake has occurred with magnitude 6.7 Richter scale in Near East Coast of Honshu, Japan at 5.50am on 23 June 2011. The earthquake epicenter is located at 39.9 North latitude...
Judgment Day is almost here – 21 May 2011 (VIDEO)
May 18, 2011Chisinau / Moldova.ORG/ -- Judgement Day will be on Saturday, said Harold Camping, on 21st of May 2011, when Christianity marks 7000 years after the Noah's flood. After long studies of the Bible and using numerology, Harold made an aprediction after...
Japan moves people beyond bigger Fukushima no-go zone
May 16, 2011Residents have been moved further away from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant as the no-go zone is extended and repair works are halted. People left their homes in the two towns of Kawamata and Iitate to spend their first night in evacuation centres...
Twitter 'vital' link to patients, say doctors in Japan
May 14, 2011In the aftermath of the earthquake in Japan, Twitter is proving "an excellent system" for communicating with chronically-ill patients, say doctors. In letters written to The Lancet, Japanese doctors say social networking sites have been vital...
Grieving Spain mourns Lorca earthquake victims
May 13, 2011The earthquake-stricken town of Lorca, Spain, has held a funeral Mass for four victims of Wednesday's disaster. Nine people were killed when a magnitude-5.1 quake struck the town, just two hours after one measuring 4.4. Spanish PM Jose Luis Rodriguez...
Spain earthquake: Lorca residents assess damage
May 12, 2011Residents in the Spanish town of Lorca are assessing the damage from quakes that killed nine people and forced thousands to spend the night outdoors. The mayor of the historic town, with a population of 90,000, said: "Almost no-one slept in their...
Rome braces for 'prophet-predicted quake'
May 11, 2011Thousands of people are reported to be staying out of Rome for the next few days, over fears the city will be hit by a huge earthquake. The panic was sparked by rumours that seismologist Raffaele Bendandi, who died in 1979, predicted the city would be...
Japan passes budget for emergency earthquake relief
May 02, 2011Japan's parliament has passed a 4tn yen ($49bn, £30bn) emergency budget for reconstruction following the 11 March earthquake and tsunami. The bill, unveiled last month, passed the lower house on Saturday and was approved unanimously by the upper...