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Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90851/6631712.htmlA 5.6-magnitude earthquake jolted eastern Indonesia's Maluku province on Tuesday evening at 22:29 local time (1329 GMT), but there is no immediate report of damage or casualty, according to the website of Indonesian Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMG). The epicenter of the quake was located at 7.2009-04-08T04:40+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-5e0af5eaa620cdb47520367174ca00f5NaturalDisasters20090408044000http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-04/07/content_11145391.htmJAKARTA, April 7 (Xinhua) -- A 5.6-magnitude earthquake jolted eastern Indonesia's Maluku province on Tuesday evening at 22:29 local time (1329 GMT), but there is no immediate report of damage or casualty, according to the website of Indonesian Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMG). The epicenter of the quake was located at 7.2009-04-07T17:10+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-2115d1ab10ad42fda9b5ec1264847c71NaturalDisasters20090407171000http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=7275020The World Health Organization called on governments Tuesday to make their hospitals disaster-proof, nearly a year after a massive earthquake devastated parts of southwest China — including scores of hospitals. The message was driven home by the situation in central Italy, where a powerful earthquake....2009-04-07T10:53+0200ABCnewsenABCnews-a87566dbfd0ca46a17c2264648c721b6NaturalDisasters20090407105300http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/local-news/beijing/2009/04/07/203354/WHO%2Dcalls.htm(ChinaPost.com.tw) - The World Health Organization called on governments Tuesday to make their hospitals disaster-proof, nearly a year after a massive earthquake devastated parts of southwest China — including scores of hospitals.2009-04-07T10:46+0200ChinaPostenChinaPost-89d8e39c2111121182cacd0aef3a9057EnvironmentClimateChangeNaturalDisasters20090407104600http://www.mg.co.za/article/2009-04-07-who-calls-for-disasterproof-hospitalsThe World Health Organisation called on governments on Tuesday to make their hospitals disaster-proof.2009-04-07T09:47+0200MailGuardianenMailGuardian-a35c8a7bdc0616a1be7fecd21678a3d0EnvironmentClimateChangeNaturalDisasters20090407094700http://www.kyivpost.com/world/39076BEIJING (Reuters) - The World Health Organisation on Tuesday launched a campaign to get countries, especially in disaster-prone areas, to spend more money on hospital safety to ensure buildings are not damaged when needed most.2009-04-07T09:20+0200kyivpostenkyivpost-7f367d1f8204332a274cb162f4aa5fdcNaturalDisasters20090407092000http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKTRE53610M20090407?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNewsBEIJING (Reuters) - The World Health Organisation on Tuesday launched a campaign to get countries, especially in disaster-prone areas, to spend more money on hospital safety to ensure buildings are not damaged when needed most.2009-04-07T09:15+0200reutersenreuters-480fd176c7636783e960ba3fc7f201d1NaturalDisasters20090407091500http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK302229.htm07 Apr 2009 06:22:15 GMT Source: Reuters BEIJING, April 7 (Reuters) - The World Health Organisation on Tuesday launched a campaign to get countries, especially in disaster-prone areas, to spend more money on hospital safety to ensure ...2009-04-07T08:38+0200alertnetenalertnet-081313a7e3835b45870e1f68f6d500c2NaturalDisasters20090407083800http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/EGUA-7QUKUR?OpenDocument&RSS20=18-PUN/ISDR 2009/03 Geneva - The 6.3-magnitude quake that struck Italy early this morning is confirmation, once again that Europe is not immune from powerful earthquakes. The intensity of the Italian earthquake was 6.3 on the Richter scale comparable to the May 2006 earthquake in Indonesia island of....2009-04-06T20:56+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-f4c0b88a29de88cb156add9874475303NaturalDisasters20090406205600http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/04/06/switzerland-hands-over-houses-acehnese.htmlIn recent years, Mother Nature was not kind to the Indonesian people, especially the people of Aceh, who lost everything in 2004's devastating tsunami. read more2009-04-06T10:30+0200JakartaPostenJakartaPost-f266435d70edbe8c18e341966476d4a6EchoNaturalDisasters20090406103000http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Asia/Story/A1Story20090404-133311.htmlThe quake measured 6.5 on the Richter scale but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. -Reuters2009-04-04T13:44+0200AsiaOneenAsiaOne-6dda80ba91bca646d53a378bb65fdc6aNaturalDisasters20090404134400http://www.javno.com/en-world/strong-quake-strikes-north-of-indonesias-sulawesi_248608Indonesia suffers frequent earthquakes, lying in an area of intense seismic activity straddling a number of tectonic plates.2009-04-04T13:31+0200javno-enenjavno-en-73dc2c51108277b63f359f705cc74165NaturalDisasters20090404133100http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25289025-12335,00.htmlA STRONG earthquake struck north of the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, although there was no tsunami warning issued or immediate reports of damage or casualties, the country's meteorological agency sa...2009-04-04T10:52+0200AfghanistanSunenAfghanistanSun-a7394e7c1bbb4bdf3326491498021ae4NaturalDisasters20090404105200http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90851/6629995.htmlA shallow earthquake measured 6.5 on the Richter scale rocked eastern parts of Indonesia on Sunday, but no tsunami warning was issued and no reports of damage or casualties, the country's meteorology and disaster management agencies said here. The quake struck at 12:31 Jakarta time (0541 GMT) with....2009-04-04T10:16+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-d68aa2c7adeb1974eac2ac8627f7806aNaturalDisasters20090404101600http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/breaking-news/world/asia/earthquake-hits-indonesia-14257768.html?r=RSSA powerful earthquake has hit Indonesia. The tremor, measuring 6.5, struck the North Sulawesi province near the Philippines just after midnight local time. It occurred approximately six miles under the sea. It is not yet known if anyone has been seriously injured.2009-04-04T09:35+0200belfasttelegraphenbelfasttelegraph-a9df82aa1471e7cb216345b0035e0d61NaturalDisasters20090404093500http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-04/04/content_11130774.htmJAKARTA, April 4 (Xinhua) -- A shallow earthquake measured 6.5 on the Richter scale rocked eastern parts of Indonesia on Sunday, but no tsunami warning was issued and no reports of damage or casualties, the country's meteorology and disaster management agencies said here.2009-04-04T08:41+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-9413bee1158f0aafe08afb945edc4bafNaturalDisasters20090404084100http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/JAK360134.htm04 Apr 2009 05:57:06 GMT Source: Reuters JAKARTA, April 4 (Reuters) - A strong earthquake struck north of the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, although there was no tsunami warning issued or immediate reports of damage or casualties, the ...2009-04-04T08:07+0200alertnetenalertnet-be41ae29479dce6be8ada4108ea0c2f4NaturalDisasters20090404080700