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Moderate quake rattles Gifu Pref., vicinity (Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News)

Sat, 18 Feb 2006 07:47:06 GMT

_ An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.3 jolted Gifu Prefecture and its vicinity on Saturday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

Your periodic Update on Disasters

Sat, 18 Feb 2006 01:10:09 GMT

Dear Annunziato Alessandro:

The following Disaster information has been received in GLIDEnumber.net in the last period (up to 2006-02-18, 01:10):

Glide Number	Event	Country	Comment
MS-2006-000026-PHL	Mud Slide	Philippines	Hundreds of people were feared dead in the central Philippines after mudslides triggered by heavy rains buried houses and an elementary school packed with children on Friday, officials and witnesses said.

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Fri, 17 Feb 2006 23:09:44 GMT

Dear Annunziato Alessandro:

The following information has just been received in GLIDEnumber.net (2006-02-17, 23:09):

Glide Number	Event	Country	Comment
MS-2006-000026-PHL	Mud Slide	Philippines	Hundreds of people were feared dead in the central Philippines after mudslides triggered by heavy rains buried houses and an elementary school packed with children on Friday, officials and witnesses said.

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Ayumi Shirasaka - Asian Disaster Reduction Center

Safety-conscious condo buyers demanding earthquake-safe buildings (Daily Yomiuri Online)

Fri, 17 Feb 2006 18:45:25 GMT

Interest has been growing in condominiums protected by seismic isolation or absorption since a strong earthquake occurred off Fukuoka Prefecture and the scandal that arose when it was discovered in November that condominiums and hotels had been built using fabricated earthquake-resistance data.