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South Asia
Samsung supports earthquake victims who lost their homes in Pakistan
Samsung Electronics is undertaking a generous humanitarian activity in Pakistan, to provide shelter to thousands of people, who lost their homes, properties and livelihood, due to the recent earthquake in northern parts of the country. Samsung has donated 300 water-proof and snow-proof tents to “Sarhad Rural Support Program” (SRSP)…
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[World Report] Scientists: Indo-Autralian plate boundary may be breaking up
Nature Journal on Wednesday (Sept 26) published three papers on scientists finding of hint of new tectonic plate boundary. A pair of earthquake that occurred in the Indian Ocean on 11 April 2012 signaled the latest step of the formation according to the Nature. Seismologists have suspected since 1980s that…
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Rail Tracks Damaged by Earthquake
Workers inspect the damaged rail tracks of the subway caused by an 7.6 magnitude earthquake at Mexico City, capital of Mexico on March 20, 2012. Despite the damage, there was no victims, according to the authorities. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said that an 7.6 magnitude earthquake hit Oaxaca on Mexico’s Pacific coast on…
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East Asia
Taiwan Experieces 6.1 Magnitute Earthquake
Passengers wait for the resumption of subway operation in a station of Kaohsiung, southeast China’s Taiwan, Feb. 26, 2012. A 6.0 magnitude earthquake hit Taiwan’s Pingtung at 10:34 Beijing Time (02:34 GMT) on Sunday, said the China Earthquake Network Center (CENC). Taiwan’s meteorological authorities said the epicenter of the quake,…
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World
Haitians Mark 2nd Anniversary of Catastrophe
A woman prays at the Notre Dame Cathedral in Port-au-Prince, capital of Haiti, on Jan. 12, 2012. Haitians on Thursday marked the second anniversary of the catastrophic earthquake that killed more than 222,000 people and left 1.5 million people homeless on January 12, 2010. <Photo: Xinhua/Andres Martinez Casares> news@theasian.asia
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New Zealand Christchurch, 5.9 Earthquake
A house is seen damaged after a swarm of earthquakes in Christchurch, New Zealand, Dec. 23, 2011. New Zealand’s earthquake- battered second city of Christchurch was shaken by a series of tremors Friday with four measuring at least magnitude 5 on the Richter scale. <Photo: Xinhua/Pam Johnson> news@theasian.asia
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