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Japan leads the world in responding to earthquakes. Here’s why

December 9 News Duration 2:46 The latest earthquake in Japan on Dec. 8, which triggered widespread shaking and tsunami alerts, served as another clear example of the nation’s world-leading earthquake response efforts. CBC’s Johanna Wagstaffe explores the factors that make Japan stand out and the lessons other earthquake-prone countries can …

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The fracking frenzy in B.C and Texas is leading to record-breaking earthquakes

Standing in his living room, Richard Kabzems brandishes a thick binder stuffed with letters and notes of his two-year fight to stop fracking wells near his home in Farmington, B.C. Ovintiv, a multinational oil and gas company, announced two years ago that it would expand fracking for gas at a …

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Canada will send an ‘initial’ $10M in help for Turkey, Syria earthquakes – National

Canada is sending $10 million in aid to help with the response to the devastating earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria on Monday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says. At least 5,000 people have died and thousands more injured after the magnitude 7.8 earthquake — and a subsequent earthquake of nearly …

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