our sentences from this morning’s Liberal Party missive on the budget sum up the attack to come.
Earthquake
PHOTO GALLERY: The earthquake that killed over 2,200 people
Two weeks ago a 6.9 magnitude earthquake shook the overwhelming Tibetan area of Yushu, China. Now children huddle under cardboard boxes, dead horses are stuck under rubble and mass cremations are being held.
Crikey Clarifier: Typhoons, tsunamis and earthquakes — a timeline
The Australian media predictably focused on the local angle, but which earthquake or tsunami happened first, where and why? And are they all connected? Elly Keating spells it out.
Two earthquakes in 24 hours. Coincidence?
American Samoa and Indonesia have both had earthquakes in 24 hours and both lie on the so-called Ring of Fire. But is some relationship between the two events? asks Tim Edwards.
Screams of panic as the earth moves in Jakarta
Journalist Ashlee Betteridge watches while Jakarta trembles with their latest earthquake, which hit 7.0 on the Richter scale.
Shaking all over: Supershear earthquakes faster and more powerful
‘Supershear’ earthquakes — the “earthquake equivalent of a sonic boom” — don’t follow traditional fault lines and may occur in normally safe areas.
Quake brings Australia and NZ closer. Literally.
Australia is now 300mm closer to New Zealand, after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake stretched the nose of NZ’s South Island ever so slightly. Choice, bro.
