Earthquake Singapore

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  6.9 Earthquake Strikes Near Singapore

  An earthquake of magnitude 6.9 was reported near Singapore on Wednesday morning, according to India's National Center for Seismology.

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  Powerful Earthquake Hits Eastern Indonesia, Reports of Minor Damage

  A powerful 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Indonesia today, US seismologists said, with some reports of minor property damage but no casualties recorded so far.

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  Last 2 Missing in Malaysian Earthquake Confirmed Dead

  The death toll following a strong earthquake that jolted Malaysia's Mount Kinabalu last week has risen to 18 after the final two remaining victims who were unaccounted for were confirmed dead today.

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  Missing Indian-Origin Student's Body Found in Malaysia

  The bodies of an Indian-origin student from Singapore and his school teacher, who were killed in a powerful earthquake during an excursion, were recovered today from Mount Kinabalu, the highest peak in Malaysia.

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  5 Singapore Students Among 16 Killed on Malaysia Peak

  Five Singapore primary school students and one teacher were among 16 people so far confirmed killed by an earthquake that rocked Malaysia's Mount Kinabalu, government authorities said today.

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  3 Indian-Origin Students Killed in Malaysia Earthquake

  At least three Indian-origin students are among the 13 people who were killed in Malaysia's deadly earthquake while they were on an excursion at the country's highest peak.

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  Amid Mass Cremations in Nepal, a Village Comes Out for 6 of a Family from Singapore

  Among hundreds of earthquake victims cremated today in the ghats near the famous Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu, were six of a family who lived in Singapore and had come visiting their village in Nepal. The entire village turned up for the last rites.

• Magnitude 6.9 Earthquake Strikes Off Indonesia

  A shallow 6.9 magnitude earthquake struck at sea 96 miles northwest of Ternate in the Indonesian Moluccas on Friday, the US Geological Survey said.

• In the hunt for invisibility, other benefits seen

  A new way of assembling things, called metamaterials, may in the not too distant future help to protect a building from earthquakes by bending seismic waves around it.

• Strong earthquake strikes off Papua New Guinea: USGS

  An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 struck off the coast of Papua New Guinea on Wednesday, the United States Geological Survey reported.

• Tremors, tsunami scare for India: 10 big facts

  A little after 2 pm, a powerful 8.6 magnitude earthquake struck the Aceh province in Indonesia today. Tremors were felt in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and India.

• Quake strikes off Indonesia, tsunami warning across Indian Ocean

  The earthquake, which measured 8.7, was felt as far away as Singapore, Thailand and India.

• Singapore finds radiation in some food from Japan

  Singapore has detected radioactive contamination in vegetables grown near Japan's tsunami-damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant.The Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority said in a statement late Thursday that it found small levels of contamination in samples of Japanese mustard, parsley and two other plants imported from the prefectures of To...