Haitians bound for Brazil languish in Peru's Amazon (Reuters) Reuters - Nearly 300 Haitians fleeing the poverty of their earthquake-ravaged homeland have been stuck for a month in the Peruvian Amazon, where a gate to what they saw as a better life in Brazil has abruptly closed. Negros earthquake: President Aquino criticizes shoddy road building (The Christian Science M... The Christian Science Monitor - Philippine officials conceded Wednesday that there was little hope of finding any survivors among 71 people still buried in landslides set off by a powerful earthquake, as jittery residents stayed away from their homes amid a flurry of aftershocks. Hopes fade for dozens buried in Philippines quake (AP)
Rescuers search for missing after Philippine quake (Reuters) Reuters - Philippine rescuers searched on Tuesday for 29 residents of a mountainside community feared dead after a landslide triggered by an earthquake engulfed their homes. 6.7 Magnitude Earthquake Leaves More Than 40 Dead in the Philippines (ContributorNetwork) ContributorNetwork - The U.S. Geological Survey registered a 6.7 magnitude earthquake that shook the Negros-Cebu area of the Philippines today. More than 40 people died from landslides and building collapses, according to Earthquake-Report.com. This earthquake was followed by several sizable aftershocks. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and ...... Children among 12 dead as quake hits Philippines (Reuters) Reuters - A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck the central Philippine island of Negros on Monday, triggering landslides that toppled houses and killing at least 12 people, including two children, officials said. Island nation of Vanuatu jolted by several quakes (AP) AP - The South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu continues to be jolted by several moderate to strong earthquakes after a magnitude 7.1 temblor hit last week. Magnitude 5.7 earthquake strikes off Vancouver Island (Reuters) Reuters - A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck off Vancouver Island on Saturday, some 209 miles west of Victoria, the capital of the Canadian province of British Columbia, the U.S. Geological Survey said. 5.7 quake recorded off BC, no tsunami (AP) AP - A magnitude 5.7 earthquake has been recorded about 105 miles west of Ucluelet off the coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. You can save this news page by submitting it to your favorite sites:
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AP - A six-story building that collapsed and killed 115 people in last year's New Zealand earthquake was made of weak columns and concrete and did not meet standards when it was built, the government said Thursday.
AP - Philippine officials conceded Wednesday that there was little hope of finding any survivors among 71 people still buried in landslides set off by a powerful earthquake, as jittery residents stayed away from their homes amid a flurry of aftershocks.
