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Subduction zones, where one plate dives under another, are the regions where major quakes occur. But they are hardly monitored The 9 magnitude Tohoku-Oki megathrust earthquake that rocked Japan on March 11 was caused by a sudden slip of the plate interface of a relatively small area of 400 km...

March 25, 2011 Powerful quake in NE Myanmar kills more than 70 AYE AYE WIN, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: March 25, 2011 8:52 a.m. Last modified: March 25, 2011 8:57 a.m. YANGON, Myanmar - A powerful earthquake that toppled homes in northeastern Myanmar has killed more than...

As we share and suffer with people in Japan, let us bring some peace in these difficult times in our own ways. From Sikhism, I start with the following from Sri Guru Granth Sahib ji, our Holy Book and teacher embodiment, YouTube - gurbani Please post based on religion or...

March 13, 2011 Quake Moves Japan Closer to U.S. and Alters Earth’s Spin By KENNETH CHANG - New York Times The magnitude-8.9 earthquake that struck northern Japan on Friday not only violently shook the ground and generated a devastating tsunami, it also moved the coastline and changed...

LATEST NEWS: Over 1,000 people dead & hundreds missing! 60 killed in major tsunami after 8.9 Japan quake AP | Mar 11, 2011, 06.34pm IST TOKYO: A ferocious tsunami spawned by one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded slammed Japan's eastern coast on Friday, killing at least 60 people...

Haiti: One Year on from Quake As around a million and a half people camp out in squalor, rape is a daily occurrence, food is stolen, and most of the rubble from 330,000 wrecked homes is still piled high. By Nina Lakhani, Sunday, 9 January 2011 On Tuesday 12 January 2010, Haiti was...

Magnitude-7.2 quake strikes near U.S.-Mexico border The Hindu : News / International : Magnitude-7.2 quake strikes near U.S.-Mexico border One of the strongest earthquakes to hit Southern California in decades shook tens of millions of people in two countries and three States on Sunday...

Chile Quake in 'Elite Class' Like 2004 Asian Quake Chile Quake in 'Elite Class' Like 2004 Asian Quake - ABC News The huge earthquake that struck off the coast of Chile belongs to an "elite class" of mega earthquakes, experts said, and is similar to the 2004 Indian Ocean temblor that...

When Media Is the Disaster (the Haiti Quake) www.outlookindia.com | When The Media Is The Disaster Soon after almost every disaster the crimes begin: ruthless, selfish, indifferent to human suffering, and generating far more suffering. The perpetrators go unpunished and live to commit further...

Sikh delegation from US visits quake victims (The Pakistan Link) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/sikh/SIG=11pbj30o7/*http%3A//www.pakistanlink.com/Headlines/Nov05/10/07.htm Array Thu, 10 Nov 2005 16:01:09 GMT ISLAMABAD, Nov 10 : Relation between India and Pakistan will become...

Sikh delegation from US visits quake victims (The Pakistan Link) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/sikh/SIG=11pbj30o7/*http%3A//www.pakistanlink.com/Headlines/Nov05/10/07.htm Array Thu, 10 Nov 2005 16:01:09 GMT ISLAMABAD, Nov 10 : Relation between India and Pakistan will become...

Quake unites Sikhs, Hindus, Christians as Pakistanis (Daily Times) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/sikh/SIG=12q69kekg/*http%3A//www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2005%5c10%5c14%5cstory_14-10-2005_pg7_39 Array Thu, 13 Oct 2005 22:18:49 GMT MANSEHRA: Radesh Singh, a Pakistani...

“You hear a lot of strange things about tithing ( dasvandh in Sikhism ). Some say it is a church ( religious ) tax, and they expect me to pay it and that is the end of it. Others say that when I give God one-tenth of my income, He blesses the nine-tenths that is left to the extent that the...

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/10/08/quake.pakistan/index.html Death toll in Asian quake tops 700 Official says number of dead could reach into the thousands (CNN) -- At least 746 people were killed and hundreds more injured when a magnitude 7.6 earthquake -- estimated to be the...

washingtonpost.com - MEDAN, Indonesia, March 29 -- A major underwater earthquake struck Indonesia's Sumatran coast late Monday, killing hundreds of people and crushing buildings on a nearby resort island, according to Indonesian police...