Earthquake Shakes Whole World, Which place will be the NEXT
February 28, 2010 A massive magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck south-centralChile early on Saturday, killing at least 85 people, knocking down homes andhospitals, and triggering a tsunami.
February 28, 2010 A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.9rattled Japan's southern islands early Saturday, injuring two and initially promptingfears of a tsunami.There were no reports of serious damage from the quake, believed to be thestrongest in a century to hit Japan's southern Okinawa Island. Japan's Kyodo newsagency said two people were hurt, but there were no reports of any deaths.The only damage reported hours after the quake was ruptured water pipes in twolocations, Okinawa police official Noritomi Kikuzato said.
March 5,2010 A strong earthquake of Richter magnitude 6.4 struck southernTaiwan at 8:18 a.m. yesterday, reported the Seismology Center (SC) of the CentralWeather Bureau (CWB). The quake centered at 17 km southeast of JiasianTownship in Kaohsiung County. It was the most powerful earthquake in KaohsiungCounty since 1900. The energy released was equal to two Hiroshima nuclear bombs.
March 7, 2010JAKARTA, Indonesia -- A magnitude-6.5 undersea earthquakeshook the western shore of Indonesia's Sumatra island on Friday, causing panic butno casualties or damage, an official said.March 8, 2010 A strong earthquake, with a preliminary magnitude of 6, hit easternTurkey on Monday, killing at least 41 people and knocking down houses in at leastthree small villages
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You are making me nervous!
ReplyDeleteThe chances of being injured in an earthquake are vanishingly small, even in an earthquake prone country like Taiwan. The risks of serious illness and car accidents are much, much higher.
There were certainly unusual numbers of earthquakes occurring for the past few months! They said the next "super" earthquake might hit at some highly hazardous areas: California, Japan...and some developed countries!
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