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Topic: Earthquakes (page 5)

Associated Press

In this photo taken by a mobile phone, local people gather outside after being evacuated from buildings following an earthquake that hit the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Yushu, northwest China's Qinghai province, Wednesday, April 14, 2010. A series of strong earthquakes struck China's western Qinghai province Wednesday, toppling houses, killing scores of people and burying many others in a mountainous rural area, officials and state media said. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Zhang Hongshuan) NO SALES (AP)

Associated Press

Associated Press

This photo provided by Jorge Rivera aka "cimarron98" via Twitter shows structural damage to the Escomex business school building after an earthquake in Mexicali, Mexico, Sunday, April 4, 2010. The 7.2-magnitude quake struck at 3:40 p.m. in Baja California, Mexico, about 19 miles southeast of Mexicali, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. (AP Photo/Jorge Rivera) NO SALES. (AP)

Aftershocks shake Southern California

Christopher Weber

Associated Press

Associated Press

Firemen battle a blaze at a textile factory that started shortly after a strong earthquake jolted the island, Thursday, March 4, 2010, in the southern area of Tainan, Taiwan. A powerful 6.4-magnitude earthquake rocked southern Taiwan on Thursday morning, causing widespread damage, and disrupting communications around the island. (AP Photo) ** TAIWAN OUT ** (AP)

Associated Press

Michael Warren, Roberto Candia

Updated: Quake images from Chile

Associated Press

Associated Press

A dog stands in the debris of a collapsed wall on a street in central Santiago, early Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010. A powerful 8.8 magnitude earthquake hit 200 miles (325 kilometers) southwest of the capital and the epicenter was just 70 miles (115 kilometers) from Concepcion, Chile's second-largest city. ( AP Photo/Aliosha Marquez) (AP)

Santiago, Chile.

Associated Press

Time to abandon Port-au-Prince

Paul Haven, Michelle Faul

People sit at a park a day after the destructive earthquake in downtown Port-au-Prince, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010. The 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti on Tuesday flattened the president's palace, the cathedral, hospitals, schools, the main prison and whole neighborhoods. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) (Associated Press)

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