M5.8 Earthquake: Northern Italy May 29, 2012 | Houston Chronicle A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck northern Italy at about 9:00 AM local time. At... M 7.4 Earthquake off Guatemala November 7, 2012 | USGS A magnitude 7.4 earthquake occurred off the Pacific coast of Guatemala at about 10:35 local... Landslides Triggered by the 2011 Virginia Earthquake November 12, 2012 | KQED.org The August 23, 2011 earthquake that occured near Louisa, Virginia triggered landslides over an area... Hyperspectral Mapping of Afghanistan July 19, 2012 | USGS "For the first time, about 70 percent of a country has been mapped using an... Impact Areas of East Coast Earthquakes November 6, 2012 | USGS "Earthquake shaking in the eastern United States can travel much farther and cause damage over... Looking for Gems in Afghanistan July 24, 2012 | Gemolocial Institute of America An article in the Gemological Institute of America Insider newsletter tells how Vincent Pardieu, supervisor... Deadly Landslide in the Philippines January 5, 2012 | ABC News Heavy rains in the Philippines triggered a landslide that swept over a gold-mining community burying... Mining Legislation in Afghanistan July 26, 2012 | New York Times Cabinet ministers in Afghanistan are debating potential mineral resource legislation. They want the economic... |