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Washington Monument Springs a Leak

Hurricane Irene flooded quake-damaged landmark

(Newser) - The East Coast earthquake and Hurricane Irene have left the Washington Monument flooded. Engineers plugged cracks in the monument caused by last week's quake before the storm hit, but pools of water were found inside during a post-hurricane inspection, indicating that some cracks are still undiscovered.

DC Zoo Animals Sensed Quake
 DC Zoo Animals Sensed Quake  
Aug 25, 2011 3:43 AM CDT

DC Zoo Animals Sensed Quake

Apes starting climbing seconds before ground started shaking

(Newser) - In a mysterious phenomenon that has been observed since ancient times, animals at the National Zoo in Washington, DC, appear to have sensed Tuesday's earthquake before humans did. Seconds before the ground began to shake, gorillas and orangutans dropped their food, grabbed their young, and climbed as high as...

4.5 Aftershock Rattles Virginia
 4.5 Aftershock Rattles Virginia 
Aug 25, 2011 1:18 AM CDT

4.5 Aftershock Rattles Virginia

Restless night for East Coasters

(Newser) - Virginians were rocked in their sleep this morning when a 4.5 aftershock struck 9 miles south of the town of Mineral near Richmond at 1am, reports the Washington Post . The shaker, close to the site of Tuesday's 5.9 quake, was the strongest so far of five aftershocks...

6.8 Earthquake Rattles Peru
 6.8 Quake Rattles Peru 
Aug 24, 2011 2:03 PM CDT

6.8 Quake Rattles Peru

Quake was centered near Brazil, felt mildly in Lima

(Newser) - The US Geological Survey is reporting a strong, but deep, earthquake in a northern Peruvian jungle region near Brazil. There are no immediate reports of damage or injury in the quake, which was felt mildly in the capital of Lima. The Colorado-based USGS says the quake was centered just north...

Big Question of Yesterday's Quake: Why Virginia?

And will it happen again?

(Newser) - "Smack dab in the middle of Virginia" doesn't seem like the likeliest earthquake epicenter locale, and yesterday's quake has plenty of East Coasters wondering why it struck there—and if it'll happen again. The Christian Science Monitor tosses out the word "rare": USGS seismic hazard...

Quake Damaged Washington Monument, Natl. Cathedral

Both closed indefinitely after cracks found

(Newser) - Officials tallying up the damage from yesterday's shocking East Coast earthquake discovered hits on the Washington Monument and the National Cathedral. National Park Service workers found cracks near the top of the 91,000-ton marble monument, which has been closed indefinitely to protect the public, reports AP . Three of...

East Coasters to West: Let Us Wallow in Terror, OK?

Let us keep feeling sorry for ourselves after earthquake: East Coasters

(Newser) - Dudes, get over yourselves. You East Coasters think you're all that with your 5.8 shakers, but we eat those for breakfast, man. Like, "welcome to our world," tweeted San Francisco traffic guy Sal Castaneda, representing a horde of more-earthquake-than-thou Californians. But as Gawker responded: "Hey,...

Quake Raises Nuke Plant Worries

Time to review standards at nuclear plants, experts say

(Newser) - Yesterday's East Coast earthquake was the strongest to hit the region since the beginning of the nuclear age, and safety advocates say it should serve as a wake-up call to nuclear plants using outdated safety standards. At Virginia's North Anna nuclear plant, just a few miles away from...

Watch the Quake Interrupt This Commercial

Earthquake stops ad taping, Dominique Strauss-Kahn hearing

(Newser) - As you may have heard, the East Coast was rocked by a 5.9-magnitude earthquake today, generating much consternation, some property damage, and a lot of shaky videos. We've put some of the best of those videos below, starting with an ad taping for a Virginia auto shop that...

5.8-Magnitude Quake Hits Virginia
 5.9-Magnitude 
 Quake Hits Virginia 
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Aug 23, 2011 1:42 PM CDT

5.9-Magnitude Quake Hits Virginia

Quake rocks DC area, nuclear plant shut down

(Newser) - What a day for earthquakes: A 5.9-magnitude quake has hit Virginia, following this morning's historical temblor in Colorado. The USGS reports that it struck four miles south of Louisa, Virginia, which is about 30 miles from Charlottesville and about 80 miles from Washington, DC, at 1:51pm. Media...

Largest Quake Since 1973 Rocks Colorado

5.3-magnitude shaker rattles homes near New Mexico border

(Newser) - The strongest earthquake to hit Colorado in nearly 40 years has shaken homes near the New Mexico border and caused rockslides along highways—but there have been no immediate reports of injuries. The 5.3-magnitude quake struck close to midnight, centered some 180 miles south of Denver, AP reports. Two...

6.8 Quake Strikes Japan Coast

Tremblor hits 50 miles south of huge March shaker, tsunami alert lifted

(Newser) - A 6.8-magnitude earthquake jolted the northeast coast of Japan just 50 miles south of where the massive March shaker hit. A tsunami advisory was issued but withdrawn some 35 minutes later when waves did not materialize, reports Reuters . TEPCO officials said no new damage was detected at the Fukushima...

Japan Tries to Lure Back Scared Tourists

Numbers are way down, and hotel discounts are way up

(Newser) - Looking for an inexpensive vacation? Go to Japan. This is the country's unofficial message to a dwindling population of visitors scared away by the recent natural disasters and the threat of radiation exposure, the Global Post reports. To draw tourists back in, hotels are offering bargain-bin specials. Japan needs...

Japanese Earthquake: 6.4 Temblor Rattles Northeast
 6.4 Quake Rattles Japan 
Jul 23, 2011 5:55 AM CDT

6.4 Quake Rattles Japan

Northeast hit again, but no serious damage reported

(Newser) - A strong earthquake has jolted northeastern Japan, the same region devastated by March's massive quake and tsunami. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage from the quake, and no tsunami warning was issued. Japanese utility Tepco reported no damage at its Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant.

13 Killed by 6.1 Earthquake in Uzbekistan

Kyrgyzstan-centered earthquake rocked eastern Uzbek city

(Newser) - A powerful earthquake killed 13 people and injured dozens in a heavily populated part of Uzbekistan today, emergency officials said. The magnitude-6.1 temblor centered in neighboring Kyrgyzstan struck shortly after midnight in a mountainous area some 20 miles away from the eastern Uzbek city of Ferghana, which has a...

7.2 Quake Shakes Aleutians
 7.2 Quake Shakes Aleutians 
Jun 24, 2011 12:08 AM CDT

7.2 Quake Shakes Aleutians

Tsunami warning issued, canceled after Alaska quake

(Newser) - A massive 7.2 magnitude earthquake hit Alaska's remote Aleutian Islands late Thursday, but there were no reports of injuries or damage. A tsunami warning issued for some coastal areas of Alaska was canceled around an hour later. In the town of Dutch Harbor, hundreds of people climbed a...

Japan Earthquake: 6.7-Magnitude Quake Triggers Tsunami Warning
Another Big Earthquake
Rattles Japan
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Jun 22, 2011 5:53 PM CDT

Another Big Earthquake Rattles Japan

6.7-magnitude earthquake hits; tsunami warning canceled

(Newser) - A magnitude-6.7 earthquake rattled northeast Japan Thursday morning. It was the same area of the Pacific where a massive magnitude-9 quake hit on March 11, triggering a deadly tsunami. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami warning for Iwate Prefecture but canceled it about an hour later. There were...

Nicaragua Quake Survivors Get Homes—40 Years Later

Government relocates hundreds of refugees from 1972 quake

(Newser) - In the aftermath of a 1972 earthquake that leveled 50,000 buildings and killed 10,000 in Nicaragua's capital city of Managua, many of the country's poor had no place to go. While 250,000 of their middle- and upper-class counterparts migrated to safer, more habitable locales, the...

Quakes Rattle Christchurch
 Quakes Rattle Christchurch 
Jun 13, 2011 1:21 AM CDT

Quakes Rattle Christchurch

5.2, 6.0 shakers rock city already destroyed by massive quake

(Newser) - Two new serious earthquakes rattled tremblor-weary Christchurch today, sending boulders plunging down hillsides and injuring residents. The 5.2 and a 6.0 quakes struck just 20 minutes apart around lunch time, sending panicked New Zealanders into the streets. Two men were rescued from rubble that collapsed on top of...

Millions in Europe, Asia Face 'Unmapped' Quake Risk

'Interior zone' earthquakes can be the deadliest

(Newser) - We’re well aware of longstanding earthquake risks in places like California and Japan. But Europe, the Middle East, and Asia face potentially deadlier threats—and it’s time for scientists to take action, researchers say. So-called “interior zone” earthquakes have killed 1.4 million in the past century,...

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