International Business News - Earthquake http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif A minor earthquake rattled the San Francisco Bay area Friday night. The U.S. Geological Survey's preliminary report put the quake at a 4.0-magnitude. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080906/minor-earthquake-rattles-san-francisco-bay-area.htm Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:33:11 EDT A minor earthquake rattled the San Francisco Bay area Friday night. The U.S. Geological Survey's preliminary report put the quake at a 4.0-magnitude. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080906/minor-earthquake-rattles-san-francisco-bay-area.htm Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:39:22 EDT Nearly four months after China's devastating earthquake, a government scientist acknowledged Thursday that a rush to build schools in recent years likely led to construction flaws causing so many of them to collapse. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080904/china-says-flaws-caused-quake-schools-to-collapse.htm Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:52:37 EDT A strong but deep earthquake has shaken northern Argentina, but officials say there are no reports of damage or injuries. The U.S. Geological Survey measures Wednesday's quake at magnitude-6.3. But it was centered 340 miles (547 kilometers) below the surface. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080903/earthquake-shakes-northern-argentine-province.htm Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:42:55 EDT Workers reopened a major highway in southwestern China that was destroyed by a massive earthquake in May, speeding up rebuilding efforts, state media said Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080903/china-reopens-major-highway-destroyed-by-quake.htm Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:29:19 EDT Rescuers appealed for temporary housing and tents Monday after a weekend earthquake in southwest China killed at least 36 people, injured hundreds and left tens of thousands of homes in ruins. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/120061-china-earthquake.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080901/rescuers-appeal-for-tents-after-deadly-china-quake.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080901/rescuers-appeal-for-tents-after-deadly-china-quake.htm Mon, 01 Sep 2008 06:04:29 EDT Chinese rescue teams carrying tents, quilts and sacks of rice rushed to reach survivors of an earthquake that killed at least 32 people, turned tens of thousands of homes into rubble and cracked reservoirs. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/119937-china-earthquake.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080831/6-1-magnitude-earthquake-leaves-22-dead-in-china.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080831/6-1-magnitude-earthquake-leaves-22-dead-in-china.htm Sun, 31 Aug 2008 21:28:22 EDT A 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck China's southwestern Sichuan province Saturday, killing 22 people and injuring more than 100, state media said. Rescue teams were headed to the quake-hit area but heavy rains and the region's rugged terrain hampered their efforts, the official Xinhua News Agency said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080830/earthquake-hits-china-no-casulaties-reported.htm Sat, 30 Aug 2008 22:35:40 EDT A magnitude 5 earthquake struck Tibet on Friday near the border with Nepal, close to an area hit earlier in the week by a stronger quake that damaged hundreds of homes. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080829/magnitude-5-quake-hits-tibet-no-damage-reported.htm Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:29:54 EDT A strong earthquake has shaken central Peru, causing people to flee buildings in the jungle city of Pucallpa but inflicting no major damage. The U.S. Geological Survey is reporting that Tuesday's quake had a magnitude of 6.3 and its epicenter was 58 miles (93 kilometers) north of Pucallpa, the capital of Ucayali province. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080826/strong-earthquake-hits-central-peru.htm Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:19:28 EDT A strong earthquake shook central Indonesia on Tuesday, causing tall buildings in the capital to sway and briefly prompting a tsunami alert, authorities and witnesses said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080826/quake-shakes-central-indonesia-buildings-sway.htm Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:20:38 EDT Indonesia's meteorological agency says a strong undersea earthquake has shaken west Java and has issued a tsunami alert. The quake, with a preliminary magnitude of 6.6, struck at a depth of roughly 12 miles in the Sunda Strait, about 155 miles northeast of the capital Jakarta, said Fauzi, a government geologist. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080825/quake-shakes-indonesia-tsunami-alert-issued.htm Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:40:43 EDT A 6.3-magnitude earthquake shook China's western region of Tibet Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage after the temblor, which struck Zhongba county, 3,200 kilometers (2,000 miles) west of Beijing, according to the official Xinhua News Agency. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080825/usgs-6-3-magnitude-earthquake-hits-tibet.htm Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:33:00 EDT A 5.9-magnitude earthquake jolted southern China near the border with Myanmar Thursday, killing a woman--one day after another quake damaged homes in the same area, state media reported. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080821/state-media-5-9-magnitude-quake-kills-1-in-china.htm Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:21:19 EDT A report says about 1,200 people have evacuated their homes after a 5.3-magnitude earthquake hit southern China near its border with Myanmar. The state-run Xinhua News Agency says no deaths were reported in Wednesday morning's quake, but many homes collapsed. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080820/report-1-200-flee-as-quake-hits-southern-china.htm Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:42:47 EDT Peruvians flooded the streets Friday to protest the slow pace of reconstruction a year after a magnitude-8.0 earthquake left tens of thousands homeless. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080815/protests-in-peru-a-year-after-major-quake.htm Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:33:46 EDT The repair bill from the massive earthquake that struck central China this year will be almost $150 billion, including the cost of rebuilding thousands of wrecked schools, the government said according to state media. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080814/china-earthquake-rebuilding-to-cost-147-billion.htm Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:11:05 EDT China's government estimates it will cost $147 billion to rebuild from the massive earthquake that struck the central part of the country in May, according to state media. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080814/china-quake-rebuilding-to-cost-147-billion.htm Thu, 14 Aug 2008 08:26:50 EDT From cracked oil and natural gas pipelines to contaminated public water supplies, the nation's economy could be the biggest casualty of the next major Midwest earthquake, an earthquake expert warned Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080813/expert-warns-of-economic-damage-from-earthquake.htm Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:15:55 EDT A strong earthquake has struck near the South Pacific nation of Vanuatu, but there were no immediate reports of damage and no tsunami warning was issued. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080812/sharp-6-2-quake-shakes-sea-floor-near-vanuatu.htm Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:45:21 EDT