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...other side of the Pacific, an earthquake with a 6.5 preliminary magnitude struck the eastern part of Colombia. At least one person was reported killed but the quake damaged buildings in several cities. Since it struck in relatively sparsely populated areas, casualties aren't expected to be high...
...powerful earthquake struck western Japan this afternoon, killing an estimated 75 people, injuring hundreds and trapping hundreds more in collapsed buildings. The quake, which measured 7.2 on the Richter scale and was followed by at least 17 aftershocks, hardest in the major port city of Kobe, where fires burned out of control, trains derailed and a major elevated expressway toppled, spilling about 50 vehicles onto the street below. The shaking, which began at 3:46 p.m. EST (5:46 a.m. in Japan) and lasted about 20 seconds, was also felt strongly 22 miles away in Osaka, Japan's second-largest...
This time, however, the strategy backfired. Despite the costs imposed by fighting the defense fund, developers persevered until a court struck down the zoning appeal and awarded them the right to build...
Boslough describes himself as "totally agnostic" on the existence of antipodal volcanism. J.P.L.'s Kevin Baines, however, isn't neutral when it comes to the NASA team's sulfuric acid theory. "If the asteroid had struck almost any other place on earth, it wouldn't have generated this tremendous amount of sulfur." he says. "Dinosaurs would still be roaming the earth...
...trouble comes in a little package. The virus, which varies in size from 26 to 34 nanometers, has caused illnesses from Hawaii to Japan to England. It was named after Norwalk, Ohio, where an outbreak struck an elementary school...