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Taiwan hit by 6.0-magnitude quake: govt (AFP)

A Taiwanese scientist points to a seismograph indicating an earthquake in Taipei. A strong, 6.0-magnitude earthquake hit central Taiwan with initial reports stating that one person had suffered minor injuries.(AFP/Sam Yeh)AFP - A strong, 6.0-magnitude earthquake hit central Taiwan on Thursday, the government said, with initial reports stating that one person had suffered minor injuries.





Water Concerns 1 Month After Indonesia Quake (OneWorld.net) OneWorld.net - JAKARTA, Nov 4 (IRIN) - Thousands of survivors of an earthquake that devastated Indonesia's West Sumatra Province are still grappling with a lack of clean water and adequate sanitation more than a month after the disaster, relief workers say.


Recent Midwest Quakes Called Aftershocks from 1800s (LiveScience.com)

File picture of a seismograph. A 4.9-scale earthquake struck the southern Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas early Wednesday injuring at least 209 people, according to the official news agency Irna(AFP/File/Nicolas Asfouri)LiveScience.com - The small earthquakes that sporadically rattle the central United States may actually be aftershocks from a few extremely large quakes that occurred in the region almost 200 years ago, according to a new study





State media: Quake injures 700 in southern Iran (AP)

Map locates Bandar Abbas, Iran, where an earthquake injured hundredsAP - An earthquake struck a key port city in southern Iran early Wednesday, injuring at least 700 people and cutting power and telephone lines, the state news agency reported.





Pair of earthquakes rattle US state of Oregon (AFP)

The western US state of Oregon was rattled early Wednesday by a pair of earthquakes, the US Geological Survey said. The first temblor off Oregon's coast struck at 1238 GMT and measured 5.0 on the moment magnitude scale, followed 30 seconds later by a quake measuring 5.3.(AFP/File/Nicolas Asfouri)AFP - The western US state of Oregon was rattled early Wednesday by a pair of earthquakes, the US Geological Survey said.





Quake hits south Iran, injuring 269 people: agency (Reuters) Reuters - An earthquake hit Iran's southern province of Hormozgan on Wednesday, injuring 269 people, the official news agency IRNA reported.


209 injured in Iran quake: report (AFP)

File picture of a seismograph. A 4.9-scale earthquake struck the southern Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas early Wednesday injuring at least 209 people, according to the official news agency Irna(AFP/File/Nicolas Asfouri)AFP - A 4.9-scale earthquake struck the southern Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas early Wednesday injuring at least 209 people, according to the official news agency Irna.





Magnitude 5.9 quake hits off Greece: USGS (Reuters) Reuters - A magnitude 5.9 quake struck off Greece on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.


Small quakes shake Calif.-Mexico border (AP) AP - A magnitude-4.0 earthquake has shaken part of the southeastern California region bordering Baja California.


4.8-magnitude quake rocks west Algeria (AFP)

A seismograph reading. An earthquake measuring 4.8 on the open-ended Richter scale has hit the Ain Defla region, about 150 kilometres west of Algiers.(AFP/DDP/File/Nigel Treblin)AFP - An earthquake measuring 4.8 on the open-ended Richter scale hit the Ain Defla region, about 150 kilometres west of Algiers, Monday, seismologists said.





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