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State

Quake ready: Utah's need for earthquake preparedness

By Lynnette Mcconkie
April 17, 2024 12:00 AM
April is Earthquake Awareness Month in Utah and experts remind us, though the Wasatch Fault seems calm, the threat of an earthquake remains.
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World

Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant starts 3rd round of wastewater release, potentially impacting seafood quality in U.S.

By Belle Lewis
November 14, 2023 12:00 AM
The Fukushima-Dachii nuclear plant started its third release of nuclear wastewater on Nov. 2 as scientists warn that seafood products from the Pacific Ocean could be contaminated.
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World

BYU students in Morocco weather the quake

By Lynnette Mcconkie
September 11, 2023 12:00 AM
BYU study abroad students in Morocco may have been a little shaken on Friday, Sept. 8, but they are alive, well and are doing what they can to help the community in the aftermath.
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Campus

Eye on the Y: BYU makeup department, Emergency Medical Services partner together for mass casualty simulation, DancEnsemble showcases the work of student choreographers

By Carly Ludlow
November 18, 2022 12:00 AM
BYU makeup department, Emergency Medical Services partner together for mass casualty simulation Many volunteers gathered together on Nov. 12 to decorate students in tear stains, red eyes, third degree burns, compound fractures and other injuries. The student volunteers participated in BYU’s mock mass casualty simulation.
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Video of the Day

Video of the Day: Mexico earthquake causes ‘Desert Tsunami’

By Carly Ludlow
September 22, 2022 12:00 AM
(Death Valley National Park via Facebook)
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Metro

Drop, cover and hold on: Utahns to practice earthquake safety

By Lindsey Reese
April 13, 2021 12:00 AM
Utahns will participate in an event designed to promote earthquake safety on Thursday, April 15.
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Breaking News

BYU reporting no damage after historic earthquake shakes Utah

By Jenny Goldsberry
March 18, 2020 12:00 AM
Utah continues to feel aftershocks after a 5.7 earthquake struck Wednesday morning. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the earthquakes following have been of smaller magnitudes. Their epicenter has been near Magna, Utah.
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Featured

Provo officials emphasize disaster preparation

By Erin Tapahe
October 29, 2018 12:00 AM
Community Emergency Response Team participants are practicing lift techniques for preparation in emergency situations. (Erin Tapahe)
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World

Muslims pray for strength in quake-hit Indonesian city

By Associated Press
October 05, 2018 12:00 AM
A man is silhouetted as he scavenges for usable items at a tsunami-ravaged area in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, Friday, Oct. 5, 2018. A 7.5 magnitude earthquake rocked the city on Sept. 28, triggering a tsunami and mud slides that killed a large number of people and displaced tens of thousands others. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
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World

Horror difficult to erase for Indonesians as toll tops 1,400

By Associated Press
October 03, 2018 12:00 AM
In this Wednesday, Oct. 3, photo, a child recovers after his left hand was amputated after being injured in the massive earthquake in Palu, Central Sulawesi Indonesia. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
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World

6 dead, 76 missing after strong quake hits Taiwan

By Associated Press
February 07, 2018 12:00 AM
In this photo released by the Taiwan Presidential Office, Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen, center back-facing, is briefed at the site of a collapsed building from an earthquake, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018, in Hualien, southeastern Taiwan. Rescuers continue to search for dozens of unaccounted people for in several buildings damaged by a strong earthquake near the island's eastern coast. (Taiwan Presidential Office via AP)
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World

LDS Church issues statement on Mexico earthquake

By Eric Baker
September 08, 2017 12:00 AM
A magnitude-8.1 earthquake struck the southern Pacific coast of Mexico just before midnight on Thursday, September 7 destroying hundreds of buildings and leaving at least 32 dead according to the Associated Press.
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Local

Older off-campus student housing may have greater earthquake risk

By Laura Spilsbury
August 14, 2017 12:00 AM
The Wasatch Front is overdue for a large earthquake — one that many campus buildings and student housing complexes might not be able to withstand, according to BYU geology professor Ron Harris.
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Campus Events

BYU professor addresses natural disaster mitigation in Indonesia

By Alicia Matsuura
December 02, 2016 12:00 AM
The Kennedy Center hosted a lecture on Wednesday, Nov. 30, on the integrated tsunami and earthquake disaster mitigation in Indonesia. The lecture also addressed how to work effectively to save lives through education.
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World

Ecuador's biggest quake in decades kills over 240

By Gianluca Cuestas
April 18, 2016 12:00 AM
Volunteers rescue a body from a destroyed building after an earthquake in Pedernales, Ecuador, Sunday, April 17, 2016. The strongest earthquake to hit Ecuador in decades flattened buildings and buckled highways along its Pacific coast, sending the Andean nation into a state of emergency. (Associated Press)
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World

2nd strong quake hits southern Japan; some reported trapped

By Gianluca Cuestas
April 15, 2016 12:00 AM
This aerial view shows damaged houses in Mashiki town, Kumamoto prefecture, southern Japan, Friday, April 15, 2016, a day after a magnitude-6.5 earthquake. More than 100 aftershocks from Thursday night's magnitude-6.5 earthquake continued to rattle the region as businesses and residents got a fuller look at the widespread damage from the unusually strong quake, which also injured about 800 people. (Koji Harada/Kyodo News via AP)
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World

7 dead, hundreds rescued and injured as quake rattles Taiwan

February 06, 2016 12:00 AM
Rescue workers search a collapsed building from an early morning earthquake in Tainan, Taiwan, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2016. A powerful, shallow earthquake struck southern Taiwan before dawn Saturday. (Associated Press)
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Campus Events

BYU EMTs and nursing students respond to catastrophic 'earthquake'

By Sofie Greenbaum
October 19, 2015 12:00 AM
Earthquake 'victim' waits to be rescued by EMTs. She was one volunteer in the mock earthquake. (Sofie Greenbaum)
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