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Powerful 7.1 quake hits New Zealand’s South Island (AP)

September 3rd, 2010

A police officer is seen on a street blocked by rubble from a damaged building following a 7.4-magnitude earthquake in central Christchurch, New Zealand, early Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010. A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck much of New Zealand's South Island early Saturday. No tsunami alert was issued and there were no reports of injuries, but looters broke into some damaged shops in Christchurch, police said. (AP Photo/NZPA, David Alexander) ** NEW ZEALAND OUT **AP - A powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck much of New Zealand’s South Island early Saturday and caused widespread damage, but there were just two reports of serious injuries. Looters broke…

Chile, divided by quake, unites around miners (AP)

August 28th, 2010

Relatives of trapped miners Renan and Florencio Avalo raise a tattered Chilean flag on a hill overlooking the camp where the families of 33 trapped miners wait outside the collapsed San Jose mine in Copiapo, Chile, Saturday Aug. 28, 2010. This flag was transformed into a symbol of resilience in Chile when an earthquake survivor was photographed pulling it from the wreckage of the Feb. 27 earthquake and tsunami.  (AP Photo/Roberto Candia)AP - Just six months ago, one of the largest earthquakes in a century tore Chile apart, physically ripping the ground, triggering a deadly tsunami and leaving in the wreckage…

Chilean family survives quake, faces mine collapse (AP)

August 27th, 2010

Carola Narvaez, wife of Raul Bustos, one of 33 miners trapped in the collapsed San Jose mine, stands in a shelter for relatives outside the mine in Copiapo, Chile, Thursday Aug. 26, 2010.  Narvaez and her husband survived Chile's massive February earthquake. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)AP - Carola Narvaez breathed in the Atacama Desert’s cold dawn air and slowly began to exhale the story of how her family survived a devastating earthquake and worked to…

Haitian children turn to begging in DR after quake (AP)

August 9th, 2010

In this photo taken July 31, 2010, a Haitian child holds a Dominican Republic peso as he begs with other children in the streets of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. More Haitian children are begging on the streets of the Dominican Republic, a sign that the economic gulf between the neighboring nations has grown wider since the Jan. 12 earthquake. (AP Photo/Manuel Diaz)AP - From the white-sand beaches at the edge of all-inclusive resorts to the gritty streets of the capital, more Haitian children are begging on the streets of the Dominican…

Powerful quake hits eastern Indonesia (AP)

August 3rd, 2010

AP - The U.S. Geological Survey says a powerful earthquake has hit waters off Indonesia’s eastern coast.

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5.7 quake shakes Iran (AP)

July 30th, 2010

AP - A 5.7-magnitude earthquake rattled the northeast Iranian city of Torbat-e Heydariyeh on Friday, injuring at least 110 people.

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Haiti, Still Affected by Quake, Preps for Hurrican Season (Time.com)

July 20th, 2010

A nurse (L) hands medicines to patients in Port-au-Prince in 2008. As Haiti struggles to rebuild itself after a devastating earthquake, people with AIDS are still waiting for aid promised to them before the catastrophe, activists here said Tuesday.(AFP/File/Thony Belizaire)Time.com - The quake-devastated nation is bracing for the coming storms, looking fearfully up at deforested hills. But some plans are in place to mitigate suffering


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Quake troubles wash away in sacred Haiti waterfall (AP)

July 16th, 2010

Voodoo pilgrims bathe in a waterfall believed to have purifying powers during the annual celebration in Saut d' Eau, Haiti, Friday July 16, 2010. The annual pilgrimage to Saut d'Eau venerates the site where believers say the Virgin Mary, whom many here revere as the goddess of love, Ezili Danto, once appeared. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)AP - Pilgrims, partiers and profit-seekers flocked to a sacred Haitian waterfall Friday where Voodoo and Christian faithful prayed for a better life after six grueling months of post-earthquake trouble.


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Magnitude-6.2 quake hits southern Mexico (AP)

June 30th, 2010

Map locates Oaxaca, Mexico, where a 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck nearbyAP - A strong earthquake rattled southern Mexico on Wednesday, sending people fleeing into the streets in Pacific coast towns and in the nation’s capital.


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Police nab 30 in pre-dawn raid on Haiti quake camp (AP)

June 18th, 2010

AP - U.N. and Haitian police raided a crowded earthquake survivor camp on Friday to capture 30 criminal suspects in the biggest law-enforcement operation since the Jan. 12 earthquake.

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