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Friday, May 17, 2013  An earthquake was felt across Central New York on Friday morning. USGS reports a 4.4-magnitude earthquake at 9:43 a.m in Shawville, Canada, which is roughly 250 miles from Syracuse.

Tuesday, February 05, 2013  A tsunami of .9 meters (3 feet) has been measured in the Solomon Islands after a strong earthquake in the South Pacific.

Saturday, August 27, 2011  New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has ordered the inspection of a hydro-power dam west of Albany after a mild earthquake.

Tuesday, August 23, 2011  The CNY Central phone lines and Facebook page lit up around 2:00 p.m. as viewers from across Central New York reported feeling tremors from an earthquake.

Tuesday, May 03, 2011  U.S. nuclear power plants may need to upgrade their flood protection plans to avoid a crisis like Japan has faced since a massive earthquake unleashed a tsunami, the top U.S. nuclear regulator said Monday.

Tuesday, April 12, 2011  Japan raised the crisis level at its crippled nuclear plant Tuesday to a severity on par with the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, citing high overall radiation leaks that have contaminated the air, tap water, vegetables and seawater.

Friday, April 08, 2011  Only one-quarter of Americans are confident the U.S. government is prepared to respond to a nuclear emergency similar to the one in Japan.

Thursday, April 07, 2011  Students at Lyncourt School are using their artistic talent to help people who are suffering in Japan.

Wednesday, April 06, 2011  Wegmans says its 77 stores collected $471,194 in donations from customers and employees during its checkout donation program that ran from March 16th through April 2nd.

Wednesday, March 30, 2011  New York officials say traces of radioactive iodine likely from the damaged nuclear power station in Japan have been found at monitoring stations in the state.

Monday, March 28, 2011  6-Year-Old Gavin Isgar from Marcellus loves collecting and building Legos, but his world of spaceships and ninjas faded when Gavin saw the pictures of devastation from Japan on the news.

Tuesday, March 22, 2011  In light of the recent horrific events in Japan and accompanying warnings for Hawaii, Alaska and the west coast of the United States, I think it’s safe to say we’re now all a little more aware of tsunamis.

Saturday, March 19, 2011  Last time, the blizzard of 1993 occurred 4 days later!

Thursday, March 17, 2011  A magnitude 4.7 earthquake in east-central Canada was felt as far south as New York's Adirondack Mountains.

Thursday, March 17, 2011  Japan deployed military helicopters, high-pressure water cannons and fire trucks in an increasingly desperate attempt to cool an overheated nuclear complex as U.S. officials warned the situation was deteriorating.