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Quake shakes Turkey; 57 killed
OKCULAR, Turkey, (AFP) - A powerful earthquake in eastern Turkey on Monday buried villagers as they slept in mud-brick houses, killing at least 57 and injuring dozens more, officials said.The quake, which measured 6.0 on the Richter scale,
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Strong quake strikes off Indonesia
JAKARTA (AFP) - A 6.5-magnitude quake struck late Friday off the coast of Sumatra in Indonesia, seismologists said, but no tsunami alert was issued and there were no reports of damage or injuries.The quake’s epicentre was at a depth of 22
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Chile quake moved Earth’s axis, shortened days: NASA
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The powerful earthquake that shook Chile on Saturday probably shifted the Earth’s axis and made days slightly shorter, a NASA scientist said. Richard Gross, a research scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in
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