Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2076 science Earthquakes & Volcanoes en-us Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:39:12 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2076 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/earthquakes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/wl_afp/usquakemexico afp/20090703/usquakemexico AFP world Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:39:12 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/earthquakes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/wl_afp/usquakemexico"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1236442342509-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=XHoIFfLNkBh0No1JtPPyaA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A scientist points to a seismograph. An earthquake measuring 6.0 in magnitude shook northwestern Mexico but caused no damage.(AFP/File/Olivier Morin)" border="0" /></a>AFP - An earthquake measuring 6.0 in magnitude shook northwestern Mexico early Friday but caused no damage.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/earthquakes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/wl_afp/usquakemexico"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1236442342509-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=XHoIFfLNkBh0No1JtPPyaA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A scientist points to a seismograph. An earthquake measuring 6.0 in magnitude shook northwestern Mexico but caused no damage.(AFP/File/Olivier Morin)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/earthquakes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090703/wl_nm/us_g8_summit_earthquake nm/20090703/us_g8_summit_earthquake Reuters world Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:52:50 GMT Reuters - A strong tremor struck on Friday the Italian town that will host next week's G8 summit of world leaders, shaking buildings, setting off car alarms and startling residents who lived through April's deadly quake. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/earthquakes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_eu/eu_italy_g8_monuments ap/20090702/eu_italy_g8_monuments AP world Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:55:16 GMT AP - Italy is using the upcoming Group of Eight summit in quake-devastated central Italy to encourage participating countries to adopt monuments damaged in the temblor and pledge to help restore them. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/earthquakes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090630/wl_nm/us_china_quake nm/20090630/us_china_quake Reuters world Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:24:40 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/earthquakes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090630/wl_nm/us_china_quake"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090618/capt.photo_1245295678076-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=sj1u9CEw8Ep3vj9PAAK2_w--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="A builder works on the roof of a new house in China's earthquake-ravaged Sichuan province in May 2009. The World Bank raised its forecast Thursday for 2009 growth in China, citing a massive public spending drive that offset weak exports, but warned it was too soon to declare an end to the crisis.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A small earthquake on Tuesday damaged thousands of houses in China's Sichuan province, where an 8.0 magnitude quake last year killed more than 80,000 people.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/earthquakes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090630/wl_nm/us_china_quake"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090618/capt.photo_1245295678076-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=sj1u9CEw8Ep3vj9PAAK2_w--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="A builder works on the roof of a new house in China's earthquake-ravaged Sichuan province in May 2009. The World Bank raised its forecast Thursday for 2009 growth in China, citing a massive public spending drive that offset weak exports, but warned it was too soon to declare an end to the crisis.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/earthquakes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090628/wl_asia_afp/taiwanquake afp/20090628/taiwanquake AFP world Sun, 28 Jun 2009 11:43:26 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/earthquakes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090628/wl_asia_afp/taiwanquake"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090629/capt.photo_1236442342509-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=VuOztO6l2xQeaY3C78Z.tA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A scientist points to a seismograph. A series of earthquakes including one with a magnitude of 5.6 rocked Taiwan, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.(AFP/File/Olivier Morin)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A series of earthquakes including one with a magnitude of 5.6 rocked Taiwan on Sunday, the Seismology Centre said, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/earthquakes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090628/wl_asia_afp/taiwanquake"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090629/capt.photo_1236442342509-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=VuOztO6l2xQeaY3C78Z.tA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A scientist points to a seismograph. A series of earthquakes including one with a magnitude of 5.6 rocked Taiwan, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.(AFP/File/Olivier Morin)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/earthquakes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090623/wl_asia_afp/pngquake afp/20090623/pngquake AFP world Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:31:16 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/earthquakes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090623/wl_asia_afp/pngquake"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090623/capt.photo_1245772045678-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=Ij7sulSVESepRSHigvCVLw--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="A scientist points to a seismograph in 2006. An undersea earthquake with a magnitude of 6.7 struck off the remote New Ireland area of Papua New Guinea on Wednesday, triggering a local tsunami warning, US scientists said.(AFP/File/Sam Yeh)" border="0" /></a>AFP - An undersea earthquake with a magnitude of 6.7 struck off the remote New Ireland area of Papua New Guinea on Wednesday, triggering a local tsunami warning, US scientists said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/earthquakes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090623/wl_asia_afp/pngquake"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090623/capt.photo_1245772045678-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=Ij7sulSVESepRSHigvCVLw--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="photo" title="A scientist points to a seismograph in 2006. An undersea earthquake with a magnitude of 6.7 struck off the remote New Ireland area of Papua New Guinea on Wednesday, triggering a local tsunami warning, US scientists said.(AFP/File/Sam Yeh)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/earthquakes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090623/wl_nm/us_quake_papua nm/20090623/us_quake_papua Reuters world Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:42:06 GMT Reuters - A magnitude 6.7 quake hit off Papua New Guinea's island of New Ireland, the U.S. Geological Survey reported on Tuesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/earthquakes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090623/wl_asia_afp/japanquake afp/20090623/japanquake AFP world Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:16:27 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/earthquakes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090623/wl_asia_afp/japanquake"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090623/capt.photo_1236442342509-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=OHBPgFWML9KoP_PtNzpKSA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A scientist points to a seismograph. A 5.5-magnitude earthquake has struck off northern Japan. There was no immediate reports of damage or casualties and no tsunami alert was issued.(AFP/File/Olivier Morin)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A 5.5-magnitude earthquake struck off northern Japan on Tuesday, the meteorological agency said. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties and no tsunami alert was issued. seismograph</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/earthquakes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090623/wl_asia_afp/japanquake"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090623/capt.photo_1236442342509-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=OHBPgFWML9KoP_PtNzpKSA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A scientist points to a seismograph. A 5.5-magnitude earthquake has struck off northern Japan. There was no immediate reports of damage or casualties and no tsunami alert was issued.(AFP/File/Olivier Morin)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/earthquakes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090623/ap_on_re_us/us_alaska_quake ap/20090623/us_alaska_quake AP us Tue, 23 Jun 2009 06:53:19 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/earthquakes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090623/ap_on_re_us/us_alaska_quake"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090622/capt.e0d9d2a3549d476f872b2005d65ca76a.alaska_quake_2_gfx219.jpg?x=78&y=130&q=85&sig=ztNdr7kwYWV3xap6tg7pUw--" align="left" height="130" width="78" alt="UPDATES magnitude to 5.4 from 5.7 Map locates earthquake epicenter near Willow, Alaska" border="0" /></a>AP - A strong earthquake jolted Alaska's most populous region Monday, sending residents and office workers diving under desks and huddling in doorways but causing almost no damage.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/earthquakes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090623/ap_on_re_us/us_alaska_quake"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090622/capt.e0d9d2a3549d476f872b2005d65ca76a.alaska_quake_2_gfx219.jpg?x=78&y=130&q=85&sig=ztNdr7kwYWV3xap6tg7pUw--" align="left" height="130" width="78" alt="photo" title="UPDATES magnitude to 5.4 from 5.7 Map locates earthquake epicenter near Willow, Alaska" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/earthquakes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090622/ap_on_re_eu/eu_italy_earthquake ap/20090622/eu_italy_earthquake AP world Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:51:25 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/earthquakes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090622/ap_on_re_eu/eu_italy_earthquake"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090703/i/ra2272809164.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=rmfPZCvHxIthVD4RwfMU4w--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="Collapsed houses are seen in Onna, on the outskirts of L'Aquila June 24, 2009. A strong tremor struck on Friday the Italian town that will host next week's G8 summit of world leaders, shaking buildings, setting off car alarms and startling residents who lived through April's deadly quake. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/Files" border="0" /></a>AP - A powerful aftershock hit the quake-struck areas of central Italy on Monday, rattling buildings as far away as Rome. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/earthquakes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090622/ap_on_re_eu/eu_italy_earthquake"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090703/i/ra2272809164.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=rmfPZCvHxIthVD4RwfMU4w--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="photo" title="Collapsed houses are seen in Onna, on the outskirts of L'Aquila June 24, 2009. A strong tremor struck on Friday the Italian town that will host next week's G8 summit of world leaders, shaking buildings, setting off car alarms and startling residents who lived through April's deadly quake. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/Files" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/earthquakes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090622/ap_on_re_us/us_apnewsalert ap/20090622/us_apnewsalert AP us Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:18:22 GMT AP - DC Metro official says one train stopped, second train plowed into it from rear. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/earthquakes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090620/ap_on_re_us/us_california_quake ap/20090620/us_california_quake AP us Sat, 20 Jun 2009 13:28:14 GMT AP - A moderate earthquake has jolted part of central California's San Luis Obispo County. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/earthquakes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090616/wl_nm/us_italy_quake_protest nm/20090616/us_italy_quake_protest Reuters world Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:52:11 GMT Reuters - Hundreds of survivors of Italy's April earthquake protested outside parliament Tuesday as lawmakers debated a bill authorizing Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's reconstruction plan. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/earthquakes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090614/wl_asia_afp/philippinesquake afp/20090614/philippinesquake AFP world Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:14:08 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/earthquakes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090614/wl_asia_afp/philippinesquake"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090614/capt.photo_1236442342509-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=VL84zqc6QXoOttCi8nFxEA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="The southern Philippines was rattled early Monday by a strong aftershock of 5.3 magnitude, seismologists said, a day after a powerful quake hit the same area.(AFP/File/Olivier Morin)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The southern Philippines was rattled early Monday by a strong aftershock of 5.3 magnitude, seismologists said, a day after a powerful quake hit the same area.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/earthquakes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090614/wl_asia_afp/philippinesquake"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090614/capt.photo_1236442342509-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=VL84zqc6QXoOttCi8nFxEA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="The southern Philippines was rattled early Monday by a strong aftershock of 5.3 magnitude, seismologists said, a day after a powerful quake hit the same area.(AFP/File/Olivier Morin)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/earthquakes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090613/ap_on_re_us/us_texas_earthquakes_drilling ap/20090613/us_texas_earthquakes_drilling AP us Sat, 13 Jun 2009 16:02:41 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/earthquakes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090613/ap_on_re_us/us_texas_earthquakes_drilling"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090612/capt.0d8cc56345d04735b057c7de5c1282b3.texas_earthquakes_drilling_txmr104.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=3PBWUo4D4n6obSwI9pzcCA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A gas pipeline is pictured south of Lake Pat Cleburne, Texas, Thursday afternoon, June 11, 2009. There have been four small earthquakes in the area since June 2, leading some to wonder if natural gas drilling is causing the quakes. (AP Photo/Mark Rogers)" border="0" /></a>AP - The earth moved here on June 2. It was the first recorded earthquake in this Texas town's 140-year history — but not the last.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/earthquakes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090613/ap_on_re_us/us_texas_earthquakes_drilling"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090612/capt.0d8cc56345d04735b057c7de5c1282b3.texas_earthquakes_drilling_txmr104.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=3PBWUo4D4n6obSwI9pzcCA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A gas pipeline is pictured south of Lake Pat Cleburne, Texas, Thursday afternoon, June 11, 2009. There have been four small earthquakes in the area since June 2, leading some to wonder if natural gas drilling is causing the quakes. (AP Photo/Mark Rogers)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/earthquakes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090612/wl_asia_afp/vanuatuquake afp/20090612/vanuatuquake AFP world Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:27:07 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/earthquakes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090612/wl_asia_afp/vanuatuquake"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090612/capt.photo_1236442342509-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=QgpkafGZWoIal7F6vIjt1Q--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="The US Geological Survey has said a strong 6.3-magnitude quake shook Vanuatu in the South Pacific.(AFP/File/Olivier Morin)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A strong 6.3-magnitude quake shook Vanuatu in the South Pacific Friday, the US Geological Survey said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/earthquakes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090612/wl_asia_afp/vanuatuquake"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090612/capt.photo_1236442342509-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=QgpkafGZWoIal7F6vIjt1Q--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="The US Geological Survey has said a strong 6.3-magnitude quake shook Vanuatu in the South Pacific.(AFP/File/Olivier Morin)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/earthquakes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090610/wl_asia_afp/sciencequakestaiwan afp/20090610/sciencequakestaiwan AFP world Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:14:27 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/earthquakes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090610/wl_asia_afp/sciencequakestaiwan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090610/capt.photo_1244657530746-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=100&q=85&sig=gpJwImuHGmrRnE3LE3oY4Q--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="A man covers himself with a raincoat while struggling against strong winds and heavy rains brought by powerful Typhoon Jangmi in Taipei in 2008. Surprised scientists say that typhoons which hit Taiwan unleash long, slow earthquakes, a phenomenon that may save the island from devastating temblors.(AFP/File/Patrick Lin)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Surprised scientists say that typhoons which hit Taiwan unleash long, slow earthquakes, a phenomenon that may save the island from devastating temblors.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/earthquakes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090610/wl_asia_afp/sciencequakestaiwan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090610/capt.photo_1244657530746-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=100&q=85&sig=gpJwImuHGmrRnE3LE3oY4Q--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="photo" title="A man covers himself with a raincoat while struggling against strong winds and heavy rains brought by powerful Typhoon Jangmi in Taipei in 2008. Surprised scientists say that typhoons which hit Taiwan unleash long, slow earthquakes, a phenomenon that may save the island from devastating temblors.(AFP/File/Patrick Lin)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/earthquakes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090608/ap_on_re_us/us_texas_earthquakes ap/20090608/us_texas_earthquakes AP us Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:38:27 GMT AP - Residents of a town in north-central Texas have reported hearing a clap of thunder that turned out to be an earthquake rather than stormy weather.