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  4 Northern California faults primed for big quakes

  World | October 14, 2014 7:50 IST

  San Francisco: Three fault segments running beneath Northern California and its roughly 15 million people are overdue for a major earthquake, including one section that lies near the dams and canals that supply much of

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  Magnitude-6.8 quake hits Japan

  World | July 12, 2014 6:58 IST

  Tokyo: A powerful quake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale jolted Fukushima prefecture in the northeast Japan early Saturday, Xinhua reported. There was no immediate news of any damage to property or injuries to anyone.The