Earthquake hits Austria

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Austria was shaken by an earthquake measuring 4.2 on the Richter Scale last night (Weds) at 19.17 PM. The epicentre of the earthquake was Ebreichsdorf  in Lower Austria. A few days previously another earthquake hit there too. The earthquake was also felt in the Austrian capital of Vienna. According to the Austrian Earthquake Service at […]

Slight quake hits Wachau

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A minor earthquake shook the Wachau region in Lower Austria last night (Mon).Experts at the Centre for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG) in Vienna announced today the eruptions near the town of Melk reached 2.5 on the Richter scale.They pointed out it was unlikely that the quake, which occurred shortly past 9pm, caused any damage to […]

Minor quake churns Tyrol

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Experts said they expected no damage reports after a minor quake rattled a Tyrolean valley this morning (Fri).A spokesman for Vienna’s Centre for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG) said the earthquake – felt by many in the town of Imst – reached 3.4 on the Richter scale around 8.30am.He added it was unlikely that the quake […]

Austrian women artists for Haiti

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By John MorrisAn exhibition and auction by a leading Austrian artist raised 4,500 Euros for female victims of the Haiti earthquake.Mara Stamenkovic opened an exhibition at Vienna’s Palais Coburg on Monday, International Women’s Day, and used the occasion as an opportunity to help the victims of the disaster, which claimed almost 200,000 lives.The exhibition, entitled […]

US military behind Haiti quake, says Innsbruck scientist

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Innsbruck political scientist Claudia von Werlhof has accused the USA of being behind the Haitian earthquake in January, it emerged today (Tues).According to a report on tirol.orf.at, Werlhof said that machines at a military research centre in Alaska used to detect deposits of crude oil by causing artificial earthquakes might have been intentionally set off […]

No Austrians injured in Chilean earthquake, say agencies

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Vienna travel agency Siesta IT-Reisen and Vienna’s so-called “jumbo group” of travel agencies reported today (Mon) that no Austrians had been hurt in the Chilean earthquake.An earthquake measuring 8.8 on the Richter scale occurred off shore of Concepcion, Chile, early Saturday morning.Two Austrians were stranded on Easter Island in the Pacific Ocean because of the […]