Earthquake

An 5.3M earthquake in the Pamir mountains of Tajikistan has destroyed hundreds of homes, leaving some 10,000 people without shelter in the dead of winter, officials said (03/01/10).

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Two days of sizable earth tremors were experienced from the evening of 6 December 2009 in the Karonga district in northern Malawi. The tremors, with a magnitude of 5.8 on the Richter scale, caused over eight earth tremors during the first day, affecting approximately 3,000 households and the patients at the Karonga district hospital. Although verification is incomplete, 1,929 affected cases have already been confirmed. Major damage has been triggered by the collapse of walls, rendering houses completely uninhabitable. According to reports received from the Karonga District Assembly, 15 people were injured, nine of whom have been hospitalised. The death of a year-old child, who died of serious injuries after a wall fell on him during the morning of 8 December 2009, has also been reported.

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An earthquake measuring 5 on the Richter scale shook southwest China's Yunnan Province on Nov. 2. More than 280,000 people were affected, 30,000 homes were damaged and more than 430 heads of livestock killed,according to a statement from the Yunnan Provincial Civil Affairs Department.

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On 9/30/2009 10:16:11 AM UTC an earthquake of magnitude 7.9 and depth 87km has struck an highly populated area in the Sumatera Barat Province (population: 4.3 million) in Indonesia. GDACS estimates the likelihood for need of international humanitarian intervention to be high (Red alert). It is likely that a tsunami was generated. The maximum tsunami wave height near the coast of Indonesia, Padang will be 3.9m

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A major earthquake struck Java on 3 September 2009. At least 57 people were killed, hundreds of people were injur d and thousands of houses were destroyed or damaged.

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A 5.5 magnitude earthquake in Yunnan province (southwestern China) injured more than 300 people and led to the collapse of thousands of homes.

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According to Panamenian Civil Protection (SINAPROC), an earthquake measuring a magnitudo of 6.0 hit the country later at night damaging 8 houses and affecting 32 people.

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There have been a series of earthquakes in the area over the past weeks, since May. Approximately 20000 people have been evacuated.

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A 5.7 magnitude earthquake hit the Island of Tongoa on 29 May, damaging infrastructure and causing landslides.

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Government of Belize reported 5 houses destroyed and other damages in infrastructures

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