Space Industry and Business News  
Strong earthquake strikes deep under Bolivia

File image Andes mountains.
by Staff Writers
Washington (AFP) Oct 12, 2008
A strong, 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck deep under the southern Andean mountains in Bolivia Sunday, the US Geological Survey reported. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.

The quake occurred at 4:55 pm (2055 GMT) in the Chuquisaca region, 515 kilometers (320 miles) southeast of La Paz, at a depth of 356 kilomters (221 miles), the Virginia-based USGS said in its report.

Related Links
Bringing Order To A World Of Disasters
When the Earth Quakes
A world of storm and tempest



Memory Foam Mattress Review
Newsletters :: SpaceDaily :: SpaceWar :: TerraDaily :: Energy Daily
XML Feeds :: Space News :: Earth News :: War News :: Solar Energy News


Quake kills at least 13 in Chechnya
Moscow (AFP) Oct 11, 2008
A strong earthquake centred in the restive Russian region of Chechnya killed at least 13 people, injured more than 100 others and caused widespread havoc on Saturday, officials said.







  • Free US wireless network a step closer
  • Google adds computer games to online advertising kingdom
  • Web traffic jam as people search for financial news
  • Apple to unveil new laptop computers

  • New ASTRA 1M Satellite To Be Launched On 31 October
  • Ariane 5 Is Readied For A Dual-Payload Mission
  • India To Have New Launchpad For Proposed Manned Mission
  • Arianespace Flight 186 Set For End Of November

  • Researchers Scientists Perform High Altitude Experiments
  • Airbus expecting 'large' China order by early 2009: CEO
  • Airbus globalises production with China plant
  • Safer Skies For The Flying Public

  • Boeing JTRS GMR Engineering Model Enters New Test Phase
  • Raytheon Reaches Milestone On Critical Communications Capability
  • Raytheon Awarded First Phase Of Integrated Battle Command System
  • Airman Provides Air Support For Army Battlespace

  • MSV Awarded Patents For Next-Gen Satellite-Terrestrial Comms Network
  • Youngsters Flying High After Winning Top UK Space Competition
  • Theory Explains Mysterious Nature Of Glass
  • Coating may mean sleeker planes

  • Berndt Feuerbacher New President Of IAU
  • Orbital Appoints Frank Culbertson And Mark Pieczynski To Management
  • Chris Smith Named Director Of Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory
  • AsiaSat Appoints New General Manager China

  • GeoEye Releases First Image Collected By GeoEye-1
  • Maps Shed Light On CO2's Global Nature
  • 2008 Ozone Hole Larger Than Last Year
  • Smog Blog For Central America And Caribbean Debuts

  • Garmin Enhances Functionality Of Fleet Management Interface
  • Trapster Launches Speed Trap Alert System On iPhone And BlackBerry
  • Mobile Navigation Services Taking Off In North America And Europe
  • TriQuint Releases Smallest, Most Integrated GPS Front-End Module

  • The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright Space.TV Corporation. AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by Space.TV Corp on any Web page published or hosted by Space.TV Corp. Privacy Statement