Earthquake

Tauranga Hospital has four earthquake-prone buildings, including the theatre block and main ward, the district health board has revealed. An earthquake-pro.

The building would need to be vacated before the work could start. But the long-term plan is that the building will be replaced by a proposed new Clinical Services Building; To bring the main ward and clinical services block and the theatre block buildings up to code, the primary structure, floor and foundations would need strengthening, but the health board already hopes to build a new Clinical Services Building.

An earthquake-prone building is more likely to be damaged after a moderate earthquake so it would be a higher risk to public and staff safety. Tauranga is a ...

The building would need to be vacated before the work could start. But the long-term plan is that the building will be replaced by a proposed new clinical services building. To bring the main ward and clinical services block and the theatre block buildings up to code, the primary structure, floor and foundations would need strengthening, but the health board already hopes to build a new clinical services building.

Houses were damaged and rail service partially suspended after a magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Wednesday in southwestern China's Sichuan province.

The Southwest Railway Authority said some sections of track had been closed, causing delays to passenger trains. The Sichuan fire department said some houses had been damaged and more than 1,400 rescuers were headed to the area. BEIJING — Houses were damaged and rail service partially suspended after a magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Wednesday in southwestern China’s Sichuan province, authorities said.

The quake struck a sparsely populated area in Lushan county of Ya'an city at a depth of 17km. . Read more at straitstimes.com.

And a magnitude 8.0 quake in 2008 in Sichuan’s Wenchuan county caused enormous damage and cost tens of thousands of lives. The quake struck a sparsely populated area in Lushan County of Ya’an City, about 100km west of the provincial capital Chengdu. BEIJING (AFP) - A shallow 6.1 magnitude quake struck the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan on Wednesday (June 1), China’s earthquake agency reported, with no immediate reports of damage.

An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan on Wednesday, state media reported.

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A 6.1-magnitude earthquake has hit southwestern China, triggering a landslide, officials say. The epicentre was in Lushan County...

Sichuan province was hit by a devastating 8.0-magnitude earthquake in 2008, killing about 80,000 people. Authorities launched an emergency response plan, dispatching personnel to the earthquake zone, along with members of the People's Liberation Army forces, according to witnesses. The epicentre was in Lushan County near Ya'an City in Sichuan Province, the Chinese Earthquake Bureau reported on Wednesday.

Houses were damaged and rail service partially suspended after a magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Wednesday in southwestern China's Sichuan province.

The Southwest Railway Authority said some sections of track were closed, causing delays to passenger trains. State broadcaster CCTV said one person died and six others were injured, including one seriously, in Baoxing county in Sichuan province. The Sichuan fire department said some houses were damaged and more than 1,400 rescuers were headed to the area.

State broadcaster CCTV said one person died and six others were injured, including one seriously, in Baoxing county in Sichuan province. Other state media said ...

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A magnitude 6.1 earthquake damaged houses and killed at least one person in southwestern China on Wednesday, authorities and state media said.

A magnitude 4.5 quake, also in Ya'an, followed three minutes later, the official Xinhua News Agency said. The Southwest Railway Authority said some sections of track were closed, causing delays to passenger trains. Fourteen others were injured, at least one seriously, state broadcaster CCTV said in an online report.

In May 2020, LKAB's iron ore mine in Kiruna, Sweden was hit by a powerful earthquake. As previously reported by High North News, the quake and subsequent ...

This is a complex issue that is still on top of the agenda and thus has to be allowed some time. This applies to production area 22, right in the center of the mine. As previously reported by High North News, the quake and subsequent rockslides have led to reduced production capacity in the mine.

A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck China's Sichuan province on Wednesday, killing four people and injuring 14.

A work team has been dispatched to guide and assist the local emergency rescue efforts, the ministry said. The Ministry of Emergency Management said an A level-III national emergency response has been activated to conduct the relief operations. Ya'an has activated the second-highest level of emergency response for the earthquake and is conducting damage assessments.

A 6.1-magnitude earthquake has hit southwestern China, triggering a landslide, officials say. The epicentre was in Lushan County...

Roads were blocked and houses were damaged. The tremors are aftershocks from a magnitude-7 quake in the area in 2013, according to a seismologist from the command centre on state television. There were also images of roads blocked by boulders.

The Ya'an city, where the earthquake struck, has activated the second-highest level of emergency response and is assessing damage.

It added a work team has been dispatched to guide and assist the local emergency rescue efforts. The city has activated the second-highest level of emergency response for the earthquake and is conducting damage assessments. The Ya'an city, where the earthquake struck, has activated the second-highest level of emergency response and is assessing damage.

More than 200 people reported feeling the shake to GeoNet. It follows a magnitude 3.8 earthquake about 1am just outside Lee Stream last Tuesday. Mark Stirling.

Across the wider New Zealand area there were 20 shallow earthquakes magnitude 3.5 or greater in May and over a thousand earthquakes of magnitude 1 or greater. A similar, but slightly smaller pair of earthquakes occurred in July 2020 near the same area as the recent two. The prompt comes after the second earthquake in the Dunedin area in just over a week.

A 6.1-magnitude earthquake has hit southwestern China, triggering a landslide, officials say. The epicentre was in Lushan County...

Roads were blocked and houses were damaged. The tremors are aftershocks from a magnitude-7 quake in the area in 2013, according to a seismologist from the command centre on state television. There were also images of roads blocked by boulders.

The Hutt Valley DHB's having an urgent meeting today about the future of Hutt Hospital's earthquake-prone Heretaunga Building.

A 6.1-magnitude earthquake rattled Lushan County of Ya'an in Sichuan, at 5 p.m. Wednesday Beijing Time, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC) ...

Photo taken on June 1, 2022 shows a view inside a damaged post office after an earthquake in Baoxing County of Ya'an, southwest China's Sichuan Province. Four people have been confirmed dead and 14 others are injured after an earthquake jolted the city of Ya'an in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Wednesday afternoon, according to the city's earthquake relief headquarters. Photo taken on June 1, 2022 shows a view inside a damaged post office after an earthquake in Baoxing County of Ya'an, southwest China's Sichuan Province. Four people have been confirmed dead and 14 others are injured after an earthquake jolted the city of Ya'an in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Wednesday afternoon, according to the city's earthquake relief headquarters. The four people who died were hit by falling rocks, while the injured have been sent to hospital for treatment. The four people who died were hit by falling rocks, while the injured have been sent to hospital for treatment. As of 7:40 p.m. Wednesday, all the casualties were reported in Baoxing County, the city's earthquake relief headquarters said, adding that the four people who died were hit by falling rocks, while the injured have been sent to hospital for treatment. CHENGDU, June 1 (Xinhua) -- Four people have been confirmed dead and 14 others are injured after an earthquake jolted the city of Ya'an in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Wednesday afternoon, according to the city's earthquake relief headquarters.

A 6.1-magnitude earthquake in Ya'an, a city in southwest China's Sichuan province, has killed four and injured 14 others as of 7.40 pm on Wednesday, ...

According to experts, the earthquake in Ya'an was an aftershock from the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that killed more than 100 people and injured thousands in 2013. A tour guide working in and around Ya'an said that after a check, the roads and landscape inside Niubei Mountain, a famous local tourist attraction at 3,666 meters above sea level, were undamaged. "The students were rather scared because one wave of quakes ended and then another round came," he said. "But this time everyone was more experienced and ran to a calmer area before observing and contacting their families." Over 1,400 firefighters from the rescue team in Sichuan Province have rushed to help. "I was in a classroom on the fourth floor of a school building, and the level of shaking I felt was several times that of the magnitude-3.0 or -4.0 quakes that have occurred recently," the teacher, surnamed Jiu, said.

CHENGDU, June 2 (Xinhua) -- Rescue operations are being carried out in an orderly manner after a 6.1-magnitude earthquake rattled Lushan County in Ya'an, Sichuan, at 5 p.m. Wednesday Beijing Time, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center ...

After running out of the building, they were guided to a temporary shelter in the county stadium, about 10 minutes' walk away. The provincial earthquake administration said that the 6.1-magnitude earthquake of Lushan was an aftershock of a 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit the county in 2013. "The cabinets toppled over and we were terrified," said Xu Shuhua, a 70-year-old resident in Baoxing. The family of four lived in a high-rise apartment and the building shook heavily during the earthquake.