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JAKARTA (AFP) Jan 24, 2004 An earthquake measuring 4.5 on the Richter scale shook Indonesia's Central Sulawesi province but there were no immediate reports of casualties, an official said Saturday. Canada donating 191,000 dollars to help Iran quake victims OTTAWA (AFP) Jan 23, 2004 Canada will contribute 250,000 Canadian dollars (191,000 US dollars) to the United Nations World Food Program to help Iran's earthquake victims, a Canadian official announced Friday. |
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Earthquake causes power cuts but no casualties in Chile SANTIAGO (AFP) Jan 23, 2004 A moderate earthquake measuring 5.6 degrees on the Richter scale shook northern Chile early Friday, causing power outages but no immediate reports of injuries or damage, the National Emergency Office said. Moderate quake jolts southern Iran TEHRAN (AFP) Jan 23, 2004 A moderate earthquake measuring 4.5 on the open-ended Richter scale jolted an area near the city of Kazerun, in Iran's southern Fars province early Friday, the state IRNA news agency said. Strong quake jolts northern Japan TOKYO (AFP) Jan 23, 2004 An earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale struck northern Japan Friday, the meteorological agency said. Reservoir breach in northwest China brought under control BEIJING (AFP) Jan 22, 2004 Soldiers and police have fixed a dyke in northwest China that had burst and was threatening thousands of trapped residents with flooding, state media reported Thursday. Portugal's mid-Atlantic Azores islands jolted by wave of small quakes LISBON (AFP) Jan 22, 2004 The main island of Portugal's mid-Atlantic Azores archipelago was jolted overnight by eight small earthquakes and some 300 aftershocks, officials said Thursday. Thousands threatened by breached reservoir in northwest China BEIJING (AFP) Jan 22, 2004 A breached reservoir spewed out water in northwest China on Thursday, endangering thousands of trapped residents who, unable to evacuate, were left praying the reservoir would hold, state media said. |
Cautious mountain goat shuns fresh snow to avoid avalanches: researchers GENEVA (AFP) Jan 21, 2004 Mountain goats or ibex roaming the Alps rarely get caught in avalanches because they keep away from areas where fresh snow has fallen, Swiss researchers revealed Wednesday. Moderate quake jolts area near Iran's destroyed city of Bam TEHRAN (AFP) Jan 21, 2004 A moderate earthquake measuring 4.9 on the open-ended Richter scale jolted an area near the quake-devastated city of Bam in southeast Iran early Wednesday, the state news agency IRNA reported. Earthquake rocks eastern Romania BUCHAREST (AFP) Jan 21, 2004 An earthquake measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale rocked the district of Vrancea in eastern Romania Wednesday but left neither victims nor material damage, the National Institute for Earth Sciences said in Bucharest. Court awards two-million-euro damages to Greek earthquake victims ATHENS (AFP) Jan 20, 2004 A Greek appeals court on Tuesday ordered the owners of an Athens factory that collapsed and killed 39 employees during a 1999 earthquake to pay a total two million euros (2.5 million dollars) in damages to the families of six victims. Quake jolts China: felt in Beijing BEIJING (AFP) Jan 20, 2004 An earthquake measuring 4.2 on the Richter scale rumbled through northern China Tuesday, close to the scene of the most devastating tremor in Chinese history, seismological officials said. Iranians spend night outdoors as more quakes hit TEHRAN (AFP) Jan 19, 2004 Three strong earthquakes shook mountainous areas in central and southern Iran early Monday, causing fearful residents to spend a freezing night outdoors, the official IRNA news agency reported. |
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