CAPE ELIZABETH (AP) — A minor earthquake is being blamed for a small boom and tremor in a southern Maine community. The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude 2.0 earthquake at midday Thursday was centered 3.7 miles, or 6 kilometers, southeast of Portland. Geophysicist Don Blakeman told the Portland Press Herald that people who reported […]
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Magnitude-2.5 earthquake felt in Rangeley area
RANGELEY — People in the Rangeley area felt a magnitude 2.5 earthquake early Thursday morning, Fire Chief Tim Pellerin said. The department responded to four calls at about 1:13 a.m. with people reporting explosions, building collapses and furnace problems, but they did not turn out to be that, he said. The epicenter of the earthquake […]
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Magnitude 3.3 earthquake wakes Eastport
EASTPORT — Folks who awakened to a rumble or boom weren’t hearing things in eastern Maine. The U.S. Geological Survey says a Magnitude 3.3 earthquake was recorded Tuesday morning about nine miles northeast of Eastport, Maine. Some people reported hearing a boom, while others heard a rumble. Bonita Jones of Pembroke said she thought someone […]
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Magnitude-2.4 earthquake measured 17 miles off Bar Harbor
BAR HARBOR — The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude-2.4 earthquake has been measured 17 miles off Bar Harbor. Officials say they’ve only heard from one person in Scituate, Massachusetts, who claimed to feel the earthquake at 5:20 p.m. Sunday. Officials say the quake was the strongest recorded in Maine since a magnitude-2.5 quake near […]
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Death toll rises from earthquake on Malaysia mountain
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The death toll from an earthquake that trapped scores of climbers on Malaysia’s highest peak rose to 16 Monday as rescuers searched for two Singaporean climbers still missing. A magnitude-5.9 earthquake on Friday sent rocks and boulders raining down the trekking routes on 13,435-foot Mount Kinabalu in eastern Sabah state […]
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Maine woman hopes mother missing in Nepal can return
PORTLAND — Survivors of the devastating Nepal earthquake and family members of a number of Americans missing in the country are holding out hope that their loved ones will return home. A U.S. official familiar with the cases, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly about them, said federal […]
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Nepalese hospitals coping well, reporting no outbreaks
3:15 p.m. (0930 GMT) The World Health Organization says a quick assessment of Nepal’s worst-hit districts has found some hospitals damaged or destroyed but most are coping well with no extra staff or beds required. However, they are in need of essential medicines, equipment and materials. The WHO says the Nepalese health system took measures […]
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Videos: Nepal teen rescued after trapped in rubble for 5 days
KATHMANDU, Nepal — A long-absent noise — cheers — rang out in Nepal’s capital Thursday as rescuers pulled a teenager alive from the earthquake rubble he had been trapped in for five days. The joy interrupted a dreary and still fearful day in which thousands worried about aftershocks lined up to board free buses to […]
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Video: Aid reaching remote areas of Nepal
Unlike in Nepal’s capital, where most buildings were spared complete collapse, the tiny hamlets clinging to the remote mountainsides of Gorkha District have been ravaged. Entire clusters of homes were reduced to piles of stone and splintered wood. Orange plastic tarps used for shelter now dot the cliff sides and terraced rice paddies carved into […]
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Video: Nepal says earthquake rebuilding cost to exceed $10 billion
Right now the government is struggling to save those who may still be trapped more than 72 hours after the 7.8 magnitude temblor struck the Himalayan nation. The death toll has already exceeded 4,300 and could climb beyond 6,000, Mahat said in an interview on Tuesday. “We have reason to believe that there are survivors […]