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In this photo released by the Office of the Vice-President in Manila, residents check their damaged house at Guihulngan, Negros Oriental province in central Philippines Tuesday Feb. 7, 2012, a day after a magnitude 6.9 earthquake hit the province and at least four other central provinces killing at least 15 people and damaging homes and infrastructures. Rescuers dug with picks and shovels trying to reach dozens of people trapped under houses collapsed by the strong earthquake Monday that shook central Philippines and set off landslide. (AP Photo/Office of the Vice-President)

Rescuers continue search for missing in deadly Phillipines quake

Last updated Tuesday, February 7, 2012 - 1:29pm

MANILA, Philippines -- Rescuers dug through debris and mud in the central Philippines Tuesday in search of nearly 100 missing a day after a 6.9-magnitude earthquake triggered landslides, collapsed houses and killed at least 48 people.

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Residents rush to higher grounds following tsunami rumors due to a magnitude 6.9 earthquake which hit the island province of Cebu and other central Philippine provinces Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. Authorities said, over a dozen people were killed with rescuers digging with picks and shovels in trying to reach dozens of people trapped under houses collapsed by the strong earthquake Monday. (AP Photo)

Rescuers dig to reach trapped in Philippines quake

Jim Gomez, Teresa Cerojano The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, February 6, 2012 - 9:32am

MANILA, Philippines -- Rescuers dug with picks and shovels trying to reach dozens of people trapped under houses collapsed by a strong earthquake Monday that shook a central Philippine island and set off landslides.

At least 13 people were killed and 40 are believed missing, most of them along the shore near the epicenter of the 6.9-magnitude quake that struck in a narrow strait just off Negros Island.

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Minor earthquake shakes Utah Valley

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, February 4, 2012 - 7:47am

SALT LAKE CITY -- Scientists say a minor earthquake has shaken the Utah Valley, but apparently causing no injuries or property damage.

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The last earthquake. Wells was struck Feb. 21, 2008, by a magnitude 6.0 earthquake that officials say caused nearly $10 million in damage.

Quake passes nearly unnoticed in northeast Nev.

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, February 1, 2012 - 1:56pm

WELLS, Nev. -- A shallow earthquake rattled nearly unnoticed near a rural northeastern Nevada town that was badly damaged in a larger quake almost four years ago.

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Speaker: Utah on better quake footing than Ore.

Nancy Van Valkenburg Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, January 17, 2012 - 5:08pm

OGDEN -- Utah is famous as earthquake country, with the Wasatch Mountains serving as an obvious natural marker for the fault line that built them hundreds of millions of years ago.

The earthquake potential of western Oregon was a much better-kept secret until the past decade or two, said Scott F. Burns, a geology professor at Portland State University.

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FILE PHOTO A giant quake on Dec. 26, 2004, triggered a tsunami in the Indian Ocean that killed 230,000 people, half of them in Banda Aceh.

Powerful quake hits off western Indonesia

Fakhrurradzie Gade The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - 2:47pm

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia -- A powerful earthquake hit waters off western Indonesia early Wednesday, prompting officials to issue a tsunami warning. Panicked residents poured into the streets, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or serious damage.

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Public welcome to hear geologist speak at WSU

Nancy Van Valkenburg Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, January 9, 2012 - 11:18pm

OGDEN — Geologist Scott F. Burns will speak at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday in Room 124 of the Lind Lecture Hall at Weber State University, 3848 Harrison Blvd.

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FILE - This Nov. 12, 2011 photo shows a view of the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Japan. The tsunami-devastated nuclear power plant has reached a stable state of "cold shutdown" and is no longer leaking substantial amounts of radiation, Japan's prime minister announced Friday, Dec. 16, 2011, marking a milestone nine months after the March 11 tsunami sent three reactors at the plant into meltdowns in the worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder, Pool, File)

Japan's tsunami-hit nuclear plant called 'stable'

Mari Yamaguchi The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, December 16, 2011 - 9:35am

TOKYO -- Japan's prime minister announced Friday that the country's tsunami-damaged nuclear plant has achieved a stable state of "cold shutdown," a crucial step toward the eventual lifting of evacuation orders and closing of the plant.

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Small earthquake rumbles in Emery County

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, November 10, 2011 - 8:27am

SALT LAKE CITY -- No damage or injuries were reported after a small earthquake rumbled about 6 miles northwest of the Utah town of Orangeville.

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Maintenance workers inspect the damage to one of the spires on Benedictine Hall at St. Gregory's University in Shawnee, Okla., Sunday, Nov. 6, 2011. Two earthquakes in the area in less than 24 hours caused one of the towers to topple, and damaged the remaining three. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Big quake follows increase in Oklahoma rumblings

Justin Juozapavicius The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, November 7, 2011 - 10:43am

SPARKS, Okla. -- Clouds of dust belched from the corners of almost every room in Joe Reneau's house as the biggest earthquake in Oklahoma history rocked the two-story building.

A roar that sounded like a jumbo jet filled the air, and Reneau's red-brick chimney collapsed and fell into the roof above the living room. By the time the shaking stopped, a pantry worth of food had been strewn across the kitchen and shards of glass and pottery covered the floor.

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(The Associated Press) A doctor carries Azra Karaduman, a two-week-old baby girl saved by rescuers from under the debris of a collapsed building in Ercis, Van, eastern Turkey, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011. The baby’s mother, Semiha, was still alive, pinned next to a sofa inside the flattened building from where the child was rescued. A 7.2-magnitude earthquake toppled some 2,000 buildings in eastern Turkey, Sunday.

2-week old baby rescued after Turkish quake

Selcan Hacaoglu The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, October 25, 2011 - 9:07am

ERCIS, Turkey — A 2-week-old baby girl and her mother were pulled alive from the rubble of an apartment building on Tuesday in a dramatic rescue, nearly 48 hours after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake toppled some 2,000 buildings in eastern Turkey.

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Emergency crews work to rescue people from the debris and rubble of collapsed buildings in Ercis, eastern Turkey, Monday, Oct. 24, 2011. Dozens of people were trapped in mounds of concrete, twisted steel and construction debris after hundreds of buildings in two cities and mud-brick homes in nearby villages pancaked or partially collapsed in Sunday's 7.2-magnitude earthquake. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

5 quake survivors pulled out alive in Turkey

Selcan Hacaoglu, Suzan Frasier The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, October 24, 2011 - 8:46am

ERCIS, Turkey -- Five people were pulled alive from the rubble Monday when one managed to call for help on his cell phone after a 7.2-magnitude quake leveled buildings and killed some 272 people in eastern Turkey

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'Monster' earthquake may hit off California coast within 50 years.

David Perlman San Francisco Chronicle

Last updated Monday, October 10, 2011 - 1:44pm

SAN FRANCISCO -- The ocean floor off the coast of Northern California and southern Oregon reveals a record of massive earthquakes that have hit the region over the past 10,000 years -- and there's a 1-in-3 chance that another could strike again within the next 50 years, scientists say.

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Travel Briefs

Staff and wire services McClatchy Newspapers

Last updated Sunday, October 9, 2011 - 12:44pm

D.C. monument closed how long?

Q. The family is headed to Washington, D.C., next month. Any idea how long the Washington Monument will be closed?

A. Probably too long for you to visit this time. The famous monument sustained damage in August during a 5.8-magnitude earthquake recently. Last week, the National Park Service said it will remain closed indefinitely because needed repairs are more extensive than initially thought.

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