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VIDEO: Christchurch earthquake four years on

2015-02-23 07:58:44| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

The New Zealand city of Christchurch prepares for major sporting events four years after a deadly earthquake destroyed much of the city.

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OPB: Will Portland look like Christchurch after earthquake?

2015-02-20 16:20:15| PortlandOnline

News story posted to opb.org February 20, 2015.

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6.8 earthquake hits off Japanese coast

2015-02-17 03:02:09| Energy - Topix.net

It was 10 kilometers deep and occurred at 6:06 a.m. Tuesday in Japan . The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there was no tsunami threat from the quake.

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Canada: Did Alberta Just Break Fracking Earthquake World Record?

2015-01-29 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Tyee: Hydraulic fracturing, a technology used to crack open difficult oil and gas formations, appears to have set off a swarm of earthquakes near Fox Creek, Alberta, including a record-breaking tremor with a felt magnitude of 4.4 last week. That would likely make it the largest felt earthquake ever caused by fracking, a development that experts swore couldn't happen a few years ago. Fracking operations in British Columbia's Montney shale generated similar seismic activity of that magnitude last year,...

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