GENEVA - Switzerland has ended a pioneering geothermal project, authorities said Thursday, three years after the deep drilling into the ground caused a series of earthquakes, scaring residents of the northwestern city of Basel. Full Story »
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BLANTYRE (AFP) - A one-year-old boy was killed and 12 people were injured Tuesday as a series of moderate earthquakes struck Malawi and Tanzania, collapsing homes in a region near a new uranium mine, officials said. Full Story »
BLANTYRE, Malawi - A police official says a 1-year-old child has died in Malawi following a series of earthquakes in the southern African country. Full Story »
BLANTYRE (Reuters) - A child was killed and more houses collapsed in Malawi's northern district of Karonga on Tuesday when tremors shook the southern African country for a third day. Full Story »
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WASHINGTON (AFP) - The International Monetary Fund announced Monday it would provide a 9.3-million-dollar lifeline to Samoa to help the country recover from a September earthquake and tsunami disaster. Full Story »
BLANTYRE (Reuters) - Several tremors hit the Karonga district north of Malawi on Sunday injuring at least two people and forcing many on to the streets, officials said. Full Story »
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ISLAMABAD (AFP) - A moderate 5.6-magnitude earthquake jolted parts of northwest Pakistan on Sunday, but there were no reports of casualties or damage, officials said. Full Story »
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - The tsunami that killed more than 200 people in the Samoan islands and Tonga earlier this year towered up to 46 feet (14 meters) high — more then twice as tall as most of the buildings it slammed into, scientists said Friday. Full Story »
CARACAS (Reuters) - An earthquake of 5.6 magnitude shook western Venezuela early on Friday, panicking residents and damaging some buildings, officials said. Full Story »
SAN SALVADOR, EL Salvador - A strong earthquake struck off El Salvador's Pacific coast Thursday, sending people running from buildings in this Central American nation and in neighboring Guatemala. Full Story »
CALEXICO, Calif. - Earthquakes continue to rattle the California-Mexico border, but there are no reports of damage or injuries. Full Story »
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NUKU'ALOFA (AFP) - A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 hit off the Pacific island nation of Tonga on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said. Full Story »
NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga - A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the Pacific island nation of Tonga, sending panicked residents into the streets at night, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. Full Story »
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A powerful earthquake of magnitude 6.8 struck northeast of the South Pacific island nation of Tonga on Tuesday, the United States Geological Survey said, but a destructive tsunami was not expected. Full Story »
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BEIJING - A veteran dissident was sentenced to three years in prison after casting a spotlight on poorly built schools that collapsed and killed thousands of children during China's massive earthquake last year — an apparent government attempt to squelch such information. Full Story »
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BEIJING (AFP) - A Chinese dissident who campaigned for the parents of children killed in last year's Sichuan earthquake was sentenced Monday to three years in jail on a state secrets charge, his wife said. Full Story »
BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese dissident who tried to help victims of last year's Sichuan earthquake was jailed for three years on Monday on charges of illegally possessing state secrets, his wife said, decrying the sentence as "revenge." Full Story »
LOS ANGELES - A magnitude 3.7 earthquake has rattled Southern California's Big Bear Lake area, followed by a sharp aftershock. Full Story »
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