Strong quakes strike off Canada’s west coast

Strong quakes strike off Canada’s west coast
No immediate reports of damages or injuries after three temblors

updated 7:30 a.m. CT, Sat., Jan. 5, 2008
WASHINGTON - Two strong 6.5-magnitude earthquakes struck off Canada’s west coast early Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The quakes were both at a depth of 6.2 miles in the Queen Charlotte Islands region, and followed a smaller earlier 5.3-magnitude temblor in the area. The larger quakes were 137 and 146 miles west north-west of Port Hardy, British Columbia, the USGS said on its Web site.

There were no immediate reports of damage, or warnings from the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii.

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Matthew 24:6-8 (King James Version)
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6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.

7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.

8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.

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Luke 21:10-12 (King James Version)
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10 Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:

11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.

12 But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake.

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Quake Rocks Southern Greece

Jan 6, 1:41 AM (ET)


ATHENS, Greece (AP) - A strong earthquake rattled southern Greece early Sunday and was felt in the capital, Athens. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage, police said.

The Athens Geodynamic Institute said the 6.5 magnitude quake occurred at 7:14 a.m. and was centered 77 miles southwest of Athens in the southern Peloponnese region, near the city of Sparta. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake had a preliminary magnitude of 6.1.

"This earthquake occurred deep under land ... and these types of earthquakes have certain characteristics. So it appears the danger from this event is over," said Gerasimos Papadopoulos, the institute's director of research.

Earthquakes are common in Greece and neighboring Turkey, which are both riddled with faultlines.

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