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LOS ANGELES - A magnitude 3.7 earthquake has rattled Southern California's Big Bear Lake area, followed by a sharp aftershock. The U.S. Geological Survey says the first quake struck at 7:55 a.m. Sunday, about seven miles north of Big Bear City.
Using a technique normally used for detecting weak tremor, scientists have discovered that the 2004 magnitude 6 earthquake along the Parkfield section of the San Andreas fault exhibited almost 11 times more aftershocks than previously thought.
A small earthquake was reported late Sunday near Oklahoma City, the third quake reported near the metro in the last nine days.The temblor, measuring 2.6 on the Richter scale , struck about 11:45 p.m. about two miles east-northeast of Choctaw, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. A magnitude-2.5 quake struck nearby Nov. 16, and a 3.0-magnitude quake struck the same area Nov. 14.The epicenter of ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A magnitude 3.7 earthquake has rattled the Big Bear Lake area, followed by a sharp aftershock. The U.S. Geological Survey says the first quake struck at 7:55 a.m. Sunday, about seven miles north of Big Bear City. The same area was rocked by a 2.4 magnitude aftershock two-and-a-half minutes later. A San Bernardino County Sheriff's dispatcher says there have been no reports of ...
An earthquake rattled Tonga shortly before 3:00 a.m. Hawaii time on Tuesday. The 6.8-magnitude quake was centered in...
NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga (AP) — A weather official in the Pacific island nation of Tonga says there's no indication of earthquake damage following an offshore quake.
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake has rattled Southern California's Big Bear Lake area, followed by a sharp aftershock.
( Georgia Institute of Technology ) Using a technique normally used for detecting weak tremor, scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology discovered that the 2004 magnitude 6 earthquake along the Parkfield section of the San Andreas fault exhibited almost 11 times more aftershocks than previously thought.
DEVELOPING: A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck 126 miles east-northeast of Tonga, a Pacific island nation, Reuters reported. The quake hit 38.5 miles deep. There have been no reports of injury, Reuters reported.
A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the Pacific island nation of Tonga, sending panicked residents into the streets at night, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
A powerful earthquake of magnitude 6.8 struck northeast of the South Pacific island nation of Tonga on Tuesday, the United States Geological Survey said, but a destructive tsunami was not expected.
A strong quake with a magnitude of 6.8 hit off the Pacific island nation of Tonga early Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said, although there was no threat of a widespread destructive tsunami.
CHOCTAW, Okla. (AP) — The U.S. Geological Survey has recorded a small earthquake near Choctaw — just east of Oklahoma City. The 2.6 magnitude tremor struck about 11:45 p.m. Sunday about two miles northeast of Choctaw and is the third earthquake recorded in the area in the past nine days.
A veteran dissident was sentenced to three years in prison after casting a spotlight on poorly built schools that collapsed and killed thousands of children during China's massive earthquake last year — an apparent government attempt to squelch such information.
NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga - A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the Pacific island nation of Tonga, sending panicked residents into the streets at night, but there were no...
A small earthquake struck the Gulf of Santa Catalina Tuesday, according to a preliminary report from the U.S. Geological Survey.
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