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DAWN.com
April 3, 2018
MANSEHRA: The district and sessions judge on Monday visited the site of the New Balakot City housing project as part of inquiry into the alleged embezzlement in financial assistance offered by the international community to the 2005 earthquake survivors. Judge Mohammad Zeb Khan was appointed theÃâà...
Dallas News
April 3, 2018
He toured as a dancer with the Paul Taylor Dance Company before starting TAKE Dance in 2005. He will present the world premiere of "In the Sea of Heaven" on Friday and Saturday as part of the Dallas Black Dance Theatre's "Encore! Rising Excellence" series. Performances will be at 7:30 p.m. in MoodyÃâà...
Government Technology
March 31, 2018
A study in Washington state will look at how to make the highest-risk schools in the state safe from a major earthquake and ensuing tsunami. ... Of the 2,000 schools, about 232 of them were built after 2005 and had upgraded codes incorporated in the buildings, but about 1,700 were built prior to 2005.
The Express Tribune
March 26, 2018
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Monday sought a report from a Mansehra district and sessions judge on the rehabilitation of 2005 earthquake victims. Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Saqib Nisar took suo motu notice after Balakot residents approached the top court. They claimed internationalÃâà...
Pakistan Today
March 26, 2018
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday sought a report from a Mansehra district and sessions judge within the state of rehabilitation of 2005 earthquake victims. A suo moto notice was taken by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar after Balakot residents approached the top court andÃâà...
The News International (blog)
March 25, 2018
MANSEHRA: The residents of Balakot will move the Supreme Court to become a party to the case about alleged embezzlement of $5 billion financial assistance donated by the international community for the rehabilitation of the 2005 earthquake survivors. Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Mian Saqib NisarÃâà...
Daily Pakistan
March 19, 2018
MANSEHRA – Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar has taken suo motu notice of alleged embezzlement in over $5 billion funds donated by the international community for rehabilitation after the deadly earthquake of 2005. Sheraz Mehmood Qureshi, a social activist from Mansehra had moved anÃâà...
DAWN.com
March 10, 2018
The document show that the 2005 earthquake partially or completely damaged a total of 3,700 government schools in the five districts and the Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority (Erra) took over around 2,490 destroyed ones as strategy schools and left more than 760 damaged ones asÃâà...
Los Angeles Times
March 10, 2018
In a major earthquake, buildings could be so badly damaged that they are uninhabitable for months — or altogether beyond repair. ... a densely populated part of the Bay Area) could displace enough people to replicate the kind of exodus that happened in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
The News International (blog)
March 9, 2018
MANSEHRA: The government would soon allot plots to 2005 earthquake survivors in New Balakot City Housing project. "The district administration in collaboration with Earthquake Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Authority has finalised allotment letters. Soon these would be given away to familiesÃâà...
The Guardian
March 8, 2018
Naoya Hatakeyama's home town in Iwate, Japan, was almost completely swept away by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, along with his family home, ... The series Untitled (1989-2005) tracks the changes in the Tokyo-Yokohama area over 16 years, telling a visual story of areas of the city that have beenÃâà...
Eos
March 7, 2018
These maps are used to prepare for earthquakes, notably via building codes that prescribe earthquake-resistant construction. .... an older building can cost between 25% and 70% of the building's value, we recommend this approach for only the most critical structures [Arikan et al., 2005; McMonies, 2016].
Futurity: Research News
February 27, 2018
Previous research has shown that wastewater injected as a step in hydraulic fracturing (fracking) underlies an increase in seismic activity in parts of the central and eastern US, particularly in Oklahoma, starting in 2005. While none of these small-to-moderate earthquakes has yet caused significant propertyÃâà...
Homer News
February 15, 2018
23 when a 7.9 earthquake rattled Alaska and the Tsunami Warning Center issued a warning to evacuate low-lying areas, Homer Police sent out officers urging ... With insight gained from the 2011 Japanese Tohoku quake, scientists have been revising the 2005 Homer tsunami inundation zone maps.
Enid News & Eagle
December 31, 1999
Two magnitude 4.2 earthquakes were recorded near Enid Sunday afternoon and evening, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The first quake, at 5:17 p.m., was centered 10 miles east-northeast of Enid, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. It was 1 mile deep. A second magnitude 4.2 earthquakeÃâà...