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  • 23
    Apr
    2013
    10:42am, EDT

    Under darkness, earthquake victims seek food, shelter and power

    Jianan Yu / Reuters

    Tents outside a hospital light up at night after Saturday's earthquake hit Lushan county, Ya'an, Sichuan province, on April 22. Hundreds of survivors of an earthquake that killed nearly 200 people in southwest China pushed into traffic on a main road on Monday, waving protest signs, demanding help and shouting at police. The Chinese characters on the tent read "Disaster relief".

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    Medical personnel work with a flashlight in a temporary settlement in Lingguan Middle School in Baoxing county of Yaan, southwest China's Sichuan province, on April 21.

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    Chinese soldiers cook breakfast in a rescue camp in Taiping town, Lushan County, Sichuan Province, China, on April 23.

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    Residents gather around a fire outside damaged homes in Taiping town, Lushan County, Sichuan Province, China, on April 23.

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    People gather at a power supply station in a temporary settlement in Lingguan Middle School in Baoxing county of Yaan, southwest China's Sichuan province, on April 21.

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    A man works in a shed at a temporary settlement in Lingguan Middle School in Baoxing county of Yaan, southwest China's Sichuan province, on April 21.

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    People fall asleep at the power supply station at a temporary settlement in Lingguan Middle School in Baoxing county of Yaan, southwest China's Sichuan province on April 22.

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    Seems like China can help there people faster than America can during a natural disaster.

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  • 22
    Apr
    2013
    1:29pm, EDT

    Residents and rescuers find nourishment after powerful earthquake in China

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    Medical personnel take a break to eat in disaster-hit Ya'an, southwest China's Sichuan province, on April 21. Clogged roads, debris and landslides impeded rescuers as they battled to find survivors of a powerful earthquake in mountainous southwest China that has left at least 188 dead.

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    Earthquake survivors queue for free water on April 22, in Lushan of Ya An, Sichuan Province of China.

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    Two earthquake survivors eat instant noodles outside the tent in a middle school on April 22, in Baoxing county of Ya An, China.

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    Earthquake victims queue up for food supplies in the disaster-hit area in Ya'an, southwest China's Sichuan province, April 21.

    By John Ruwitch, Reuters

    Hundreds of survivors of a 6.6-magnitude earthquake that hit southwest China, killing nearly 200 people, pushed into traffic along a main road on Monday, waving protest signs, demanding help and shouting at police.

    "We are in the open air here. No place to sleep, nothing to eat. No one is paying any attention to us," said Peng Qiong, 45, a farmer in Chaoyang village on the outskirts of Lushan, near the epicenter.

    China has poured resources into Sichuan since Saturday's quake, including 1 billion yuan ($161.9 million) from central coffers for disaster relief and compensation. About 18,000 troops are in the area. Continue reading.

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    Two girls hold boxes of food at a temporary settlement in the disaster-hit area in Ya'an, southwest China's Sichuan province, on April 21.

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    An earthquake survivor sits outside a tent in a middle school on April 22 in Baoxing county of Ya An, China.

    Slideshow: Earthquake in China

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    A strong 6.6 magnitude earthquake hit a remote, mostly rural and mountainous area of southwestern China's Sichuan province on Saturday, killing scores of people and injuring thousands close to where a big quake killed almost 70,000 people in 2008.

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  • 9
    Apr
    2013
    6:45pm, EDT

    Magnitude 6.1 earthquake kills at least 37 in Iran

    Mohammad Fatemi / Fars News via AFP - Getty Images

    An Iranian woman receives medical treatment from aid workers in the town of Shonbeh, southeast of Bushehr, on April 9, after a powerful earthquake struck near the Gulf port city of Bushehr.

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    Vehicles make their way along structures destroyed by an earthquake which struck southern Iran in the city of Shonbeh, Iran, on April 9.

    Mohammad Fatemi / EPA

    An Iranian woman sits on the rubble in the Shonbeh Twon in Bushehr province in southern Iran, on April 9.

    By Nasser Karimi, The Associated Press

    A 6.1 magnitude earthquake killed at least 37 and injured hundreds more in a sparsely populated area in southern Iran on Tuesday, Iranian officials said, adding that it did not damage a nuclear plant in the region.

    The report said the earthquake struck the town of Kaki some 96 kilometers (60 miles) southeast of Bushehr, a town on the Persian Gulf that is home of Iran's first nuclear power plant, built with Russian help.

    "No damage was done to Bushehr power plant," Bushehr provincial governor Fereidoun Hasanvand told state TV. He said 37 people had died so far and 850 were injured, including 100 who were hospitalized. Continue reading.

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    Iranians walk past the ruins of a destroyed house in the town of Shonbeh, southeast of Bushehr, on April 9, after a powerful earthquake struck near the Gulf port city of Bushehr.

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  • 22
    Jan
    2013
    7:37am, EST

    Heri Juanda / AP

    Indonesians flee as strong quake rocks Aceh

    People on motorcycles flee after a strong earthquake hit in Aceh, Indonesia, on Jan. 22, 2013. A strong, shallow earthquake rocked parts of western Indonesia early Tuesday, killing a 9-year-old girl, panicking residents and ruining homes. Several other people were injured.

    -- The Associated Press

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  • 12
    Jan
    2013
    9:54pm, EST

    Three years later, Haiti honors earthquake victims

    Dieu Nalio Chery / AP

    A man sweeps an exposed tiled area of the earthquake-damaged Santa Ana Catholic church, where he now lives, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 12. Haitians recalled on Saturday the tens of thousands of people who lost their lives in the devastating earthquake three years ago. Most of the rubble created by the quake has since been carted away, but more than 350,000 people still live in displacement camps.

    Former President Bill Clinton was in Haiti Saturday to honor the third anniversary of the massive and devastating quake that killed more than 250,000 people.

    Orlando Barría / EPA

    Haitian Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe, left, Haiti's President Michel Martelly, former U.S. President Bill Clinton, and Haitian first lady Sophia Martelly attend a ceremony in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, to commerate the third anniversary of 2010 earthquake.

    Rebuilding looks promising, particularly in the bustling city of Port-au-Prince, but unemployment hovers at 70 percent and 350,000 people displaced by the quake remain homeless, living in a sprawling tent city. Cholera, too, has had devastating effects.

    Clinton, the United Nations special envoy for Haiti, joined the country’s president Michel Martelly for a quiet ceremony at a mass burial site on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince. The Clinton Foundation reports spending $28 million in Haiti.

    "I'm encouraged by the work that's being done on the airports, some of the road construction that's been built, but we still need a lot more infrastructure work," Clinton told Reuters.

    Rebuilding looks like 80 schools built by the Jamaica-based cellphone company, Digicel. It looks like a modern teaching hospital built by Partners in Health, a global nonprofit, and like an airport expansion to accommodate international flights.

    But how money is being spent has triggered controversy. Canada’s international cooperation minister made controversial remarks about freezing its $1 billion annual contribution to Haiti. Officials backtracked although said they are reviewing how the aid is spent, according to Canada’s CBC.ca. 

    Martelly says that progress is slow because relief money has gone to aid groups.

    “We’re not lobbying for Haiti to get all of the money, but we are lobbying for Haiti to get enough money where our institutions are not weakened,” he said.

    --NBC’s Mark Potter and Isolde Raftery and Reuters’ Susana Ferreira contributed reporting.

    Slideshow: Earthquake devastates Haiti in 2010

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    Images of the aftermath of the 7.0 earthquake that struck Haiti on Jan. 12, 2010.

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  • 12
    Nov
    2012
    8:09am, EST

    Deadly quake collapses bridge, mine in Myanmar

    Nyein Chan Naing / EPA

    A Buddhist monk and others search through rubble near a Buddha statue in an earthquake-damaged monastery in KhuLe village, SintKu township, Mandalay Division, Myanmar on Nov. 12, 2012.

    Nyein Chan Naing / EPA

    The collapsed Yadanatheinkha bridge, which had been under construction in Kyauk Myaung, Sagaing Division, before an earthquake struck on Nov. 11, 2012.

    The Associated Press reports from Yangon, Myanmar — A strong earthquake collapsed a bridge and damaged ancient Buddhist pagodas in northern Myanmar, and piecemeal reports from the underdeveloped mining region said mines collapsed and as many as 12 people were feared dead.

    Myanmar's Vice President Sai Mauk Hkam visited the damaged sites Monday, while authorities resumed their search for four missing workers near the collapsed bridge over the Irrawaddy River in Kyaukmyaung.

    Strong earthquake strikes central Myanmar

    A slow release of official information left the actual extent of the damage unclear after Sunday morning's magnitude-6.8 quake. Read the full story.

    Soe Than Win / AFP - Getty Images

    An injured woman sits in a chair outside Kyauk Myaung hospital, east of Shwebo on November 11, 2012. The shallow 6.8-magnitude quake struck in a rural area 72 miles north of Mandalay followed by a series of aftershocks, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.

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    Up to a dozen people were killed by a magnitude 6.8 earthquake that struck Myanmar on Sunday. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.

     

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    So much needless suffering.

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  • 9
    Nov
    2012
    3:59pm, EST

    Villagers mourn family; Guatemala quake toll at 52

    Moises Castillo / AP

    A man helps carry a coffin during the funeral procession for 10 members of the Vasquez family in San Cristobal Cucho, Guatemala, Nov. 9, 2012. The family died when a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck on Wednesday, collapsing their home and burying them, including a 4-year-old child, in the rubble.

    Associated Press reports — The 10 members of the Vasquez family were found together under the rubble of the rock quarry that had been their livelihood, some in a desperate final embrace, others clinging to the faintest of dying pulses.

    As Guatemala tried to recover Thursday from a 7.4-magnitude quake, the country mourned a disaster that killed at least 52 people; left thousands of others without homes, electricity or water; and emotionally devastated one small town by wiping out almost an entire family seeing the first signs of success in a tireless effort to claw itself out of poverty.

    Neighbors filed past 10 wooden caskets lined up in two rows in the Vasquez living room, remembering a family reduced to a single survivor, the eldest son about to graduate with an accounting degree. Full story…

    Moises Castillo / AP

    People carry the coffins with the remains of 10 members of the Vasquez family in San Cristobal Cucho, Guatemala, Nov. 9.

    Jorge Dan Lopez / Reuters

    A woman reacts as she looks into the coffin of one of the 10 members of the Vasquez Gomez family, who died during the earthquake that struck on Wednesday, in the cemetery of San Cristobal Cucho, Guatemala, Nov. 9. Rescue workers on Thursday carted out dead bodies found under rubble in the aftermath of Guatemala's most powerful earthquake in decades, while others cleared wrecked cars and collapsed buildings as they searched for survivors.

    Moises Castillo / AP

    Berta Miguelina Miranda holds flowers during the funeral procession for the Vasquez family in San Cristobal Cucho, Guatemala, Nov. 9.

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    Please stop the Face Book stuff.

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  • 8
    Nov
    2012
    3:15pm, EST

    Desperate search continues for quake survivors in Guatemala

    Saul Martinez / EPA

    Members of a rescue team help a relative of a missing person as authorities continue the search for victims & survivors of an earthquake in San Marcos, Guatemala, on Nov. 8, 2012.

    By NBC News wire services:

    Crews worked through the night in San Marcos, Guatemala, searching rubble for survivors and more dead following the magnitude 7.4 quake that struck Wednesday near Guatemala's border with Mexico.

    Local Red Cross chief Carlos Enrique Alvarado told Reuters 75 homes were destroyed in San Marcos alone and authorities said damage to the prison forced them to transfer 101 inmates to another jail. Officials told The Associated Press that most of 100 missing were from San Marcos. Full Story

    Johan Ordonez / AFP - Getty Images

    Firefighters use heavy equipment to search for people feared buried at a sand mine in San Marcos, Guatemala, on Nov. 8.

    Jorge Dan Lopez / Reuters

    A woman looks at one of the coffins of the ten members of the Vazquez Gomez family killed in the earthquake in San Cristobal Cucho, about 155 miles south of Guatemala City on Nov. 8, 2012.

    Saul Martinez / EPA

    A man walks past debris on Nov. 8, the day after earthquake in San Marcos, Guatemala.

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  • 14
    Sep
    2012
    5:04am, EDT

    Dieu Nalio Chery / AP

    A flag is lowered as Haiti's earthquake-damaged palace is demolished at last

    Band members pose for a picture in front of the rubble of Haiti's earthquake-damaged National Palace after taking down a flag that stood on the lawn in front of the building in Port-au-Prince on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012.

    The J/P HRO non-profit aid group founded by Hollywood star Sean Penn is demolishing the palace, which was destroyed in Haiti's powerful 2010 earthquake. The wreckage of the palace came to symbolize the scale of devastation brought by the disaster. Read more about the razing of the palace in The New York Times.

    Slideshow: Amid devastation, Haiti family nurtures hope

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    Haven't we enough going on in our world without some fool looking for fifteen minuits of fame causing our children who volunteered to our countries armed foresees and other posts getting killed.

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  • 10
    Sep
    2012
    8:23am, EDT

    China quake survivors await shelter, expect rain

    Jason Lee / Reuters

    Local residents run past a landslide in Luozehe town on September 10, 2012 after two earthquakes hit Yiliang, in China's Yunnan province on Friday.

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    Earthquake survivors rest at an emergency relief center in Yiliang on September 9, 2012.

    Jason Lee / Reuters

    Deng Shuai, 14, holds a portrait of his father, who died in one of the earthquakes, after a burial ceremony on September 10, 2012.

    The Associated Press reports — Survivors of multiple earthquakes in southwestern China waited for shelter and other supplies on Monday amid forecasts of heavy rains that are likely to hinder ongoing search efforts.

    The earthquakes on Friday in a mountainous area toppled thousands of homes and sent boulders tumbling down slopes, killing 81 people and injuring more than 800. Read the full story.

    Previously on PhotoBlog: Quakes kill at least 64 in mountainous SW China

    Video: Earthquake rattles rural China

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    An elderly man arrives to seek medical attention at a makeshift emergency relief center in Yiliang on September 9, 2012.

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    Zhou Zhanchang, a 12-year-old survivor, rests after receiving medical treatment in a tent outside a hospital on September 10, 2012.

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    A wall showing the Chinese characters for countryside, pictured on September 9, 2012. It was damaged by a large rock after a series of earthquakes Friday.

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    Villagers watch a TV news report in a temporary settlement for victims of the earthquakes in Yiliang county on September 9, 2012.

     

    35 comments

    China, maybe you should spend some of your money on your citizens and their living environment instead of trying to buy everything in the world.

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  • 7
    Sep
    2012
    2:30pm, EDT

    Quakes kill at least 64 in mountainous SW China

    Reuters

    Soldiers carry children as locals follow towards a safer area after two earthquakes hit Zhaotong, Yunnan province, Sept. 7, 2012.

    BEIJING — A series of earthquakes collapsed houses and triggered landslides Friday in a remote mountainous part of southwestern China where damage was preventing rescues and communications were disrupted. At least 64 deaths have been reported. Full story…

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    Chinese paramilitary police carry an injured victim evacuated from an earthquake hit Zhaotong town, in southwest China's Yunnan Province, Sept. 7.

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  • 5
    Sep
    2012
    2:33pm, EDT

    Major earthquake hits Costa Rica

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    Patients of the Hospital Calderon Guardia in San Jose are evacuated after a powerful 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck near the Pacific coast of Costa Rica on Sept. 5. briefly knocking out power and communications and triggering tsunami warnings.

    Juan Carlos Ulate / Reuters

    People gather in front of the Supreme Court, after being evacuated from their buildings following an earthquake in San Jose, Costa Rica on Sept. 5.. A 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck northwestern Costa Rica according to the U.S. Geological Survey said.

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    A handout picture provided by the Red Cross on Sept. 5 shows damage on the church in Nandayure, Costa Rica, near the epicenter of the earthquake of magnitude 6.7 on the Richter scale that rocked Costa Rica at 08.42 local time (1442 GMT). A strong earthquake off the west coast of Costa Rica has prompted a tsunami warning, US officials said. The US Geological Survey later downgraded the strength of the earthquake to 7.6 magnitude from an earlier estimate of 7.9. The quake occurred at 1442 GMT about eight kilometres north-east of Samara and 151 kilometres west of the capital San Jose. No one was immediately reported injured, the Red Cross said, and damage caused by the quake in Costa Rica was believed to be relatively minor.

    Updated at 4.41 a.m. ET, Thursday

    NBC News reports — At least 20 people were injured Wednesday when a major earthquake hit northwestern Costa Rica, authorities said. The Red Cross said those numbers could rise as damage assessment teams reached more areas.

    Reports earlier in the day said three people had died -- two from heart attacks -- but Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla said the deaths were not caused by the quake. Read the full story.

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    I know that there will be some ignorant people who feel the need to criticize but one thing I know as of recently is the onslaught of earthquakes happening throughout the world. Lets not forget the start of volcanic eruptions either. From a Biblical standpoint which is where many people are starting …

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