EarthQuake News and Current Events

Group decries saturated fat in movie popcorn (AP) AP - Forget the apocalyptic earthquakes and alien abductions on the screen, the real movie horror is the fat-saturated popcorn sold by some theater chains, a nutrition advocacy group claims.

Smoke rises from Japan nuclear plant (AFP)

View of Tokyo Electric Power's Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata prefecture. Smoke rose from the world's largest nuclear power plant in Japan, which was shut down by an earthquake two years ago, but the operator said no-one was injured and there was no radiation leak.(AFP/File/Kazuhiro Nogi) AFP - Smoke rose on Thursday from the world's largest nuclear power plant in Japan, which was shut down by an earthquake two years ago, but the operator said no-one was injured and there was no radiation leak.

6.6 magnitude quake rattles west coast (Reuters) Reuters - A 6.6 magnitude earthquake rattled residents on the west coast of Canada on Tuesday, but did not cause damage or trigger a tsunami, U.S. and Canadian officials said.

Large quake strikes off Canada's Pacific coast (AFP)

A quake reading on a seismograph. A 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck Tuesday off Canada's Pacific coast in the remote Queen Charlotte Islands region, experts from the US Geological Survey said, but no casualties were reported.(AFP/File/Nicolas Asfouri) AFP - A 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck Tuesday off Canada's Pacific coast in the remote Queen Charlotte Islands region, experts from the US Geological Survey said, but no casualties were reported.

Magnitude 6.6 quake off Canada's pacific coast (AP) AP - Seismologists say a earthquake struck off Canada's pacific coast province of British Columbia.

6.6 earthquake hits off British Columbia coast (Reuters) Reuters - A 6.6 magnitude earthquake struck in the Queen Charlotte Islands region off the coast of British Columbia, Canada, on Tuesday at 7:30 a.m. local time (1530 GMT), the U.S. Geological Survey reported.

4.6-magnitude quake shakes California desert (AP) AP - The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude-4.6 earthquake has shaken a remote area of the Mojave Desert in Southern California.

Taiwan to boost quake warning system (AFP)

This file photo shows Wu Chang Gong temple in Taiwan which was partially levelled by a powerful earthquake ten years ago. Taiwan plans to build its first undersea seismic station, designed to improve the island's early warning system and save valuable seconds when earthquakes strike, according to officials.(AFP/File/Sam Yeh) AFP - Taiwan plans to build its first undersea seismic station, designed to improve the island's early warning system and save valuable seconds when earthquakes strike, officials said.

Underwater robot probes depths for Istanbul quake clues (AFP)

French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea (IFREMER) team prepares to put in water the robot BOB (Bubbles OBservatory module) to observe and study the link between gas bubble expulsion and earthquakes along the North-Anatolian fault in the Marmara sea, south of Istanbul in November 7. The robot may hold the key to protect people against earthquakes.(AFP/File/Michel Sailhan) AFP - A state-of-the-art underwater robot called BOB may hold the key to protecting millions of people around Turkey's biggest city against a massive earthquake scientists say is all but inevitable.

Earthquake shakes northern Chile (AP) AP - A strong earthquake struck northern Chile early Friday, briefly knocking out power to a city but otherwise causing no major damages, authorities said.

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