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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.
I was in the Mentawaiis the day the quake hit. I was traveling throughout Indonesia surfing and doing humanitarian work. As with so many surfers who volunteer every year, the first part of my trip was to consist of a standard boat charter trip with friends through the Mentawaii Islands.
A minor earthquake rattled the remote Mojave Desert this morning in the general area of Trona on the northern border of San Bernardino County, according to U.S. Geological Survey seismometers. The magnitude 3.0 quake struck at 5:21 a.m. 16 miles south-southeast of Trona and 23 miles east of Ridgecrest - the same region that was rocked by a magnitude 4.6 temblor at 1:21 p.m. Monday.
Nobody was injured when a small earthquake struck the Coalville area early Thursday morning."It seemed like it lasted only seconds but my whole house
COALVILLE, Utah (AP) - A small earthquake has struck in Summit County but no damage has been reported. Seismic officials at the University of Utah say the magnitude 2.9 temblor rattled the area at 5:24 a.m. Thursday. The epicenter was eight miles west-southwest of Coalville and 20 miles north-northeast of Salt Lake City. Residents in Park City, Bountiful, Coalville and Salt Lake City reported on ...
The new terminal at Istanbul's Sabiha Gökçen Airport is the world's largest earthquake-safe building. You're looking at the over two million square feet of scaffolding that support it, all resting on...
Although the big news is the 6.8 magnitude earthquake that rocked the coast of British Columbia at 7:30 a.m., the Inland Empire received another minor quake as well. Likely an aftershock, a minor 3.0 shaker struck at 5:21 a.m. in the same spot as yesterday's light 4.6 quake. It was located in Searles Valley, some 23 miles southeast of Ridgecrest. It is the fifth earthquake 3.0 or stronger in the ...
Seismologists said Tuesday an earthquake struck off Canada's Pacific coast province of British Columbia. The U.S. Geological Survey said the 6.6-magnitude quake's epicenter is 414 miles northwest of Vancouver, British Columbia. It was followed by a 5.7 magnitude aftershock seven minutes later.
BANGKOK, 19 November 2009 (IRIN) - Indonesia's West Sumatra province, recently hit by a deadly 7.9 magnitude earthquake, is likely to experience an even bigger quake, and buildings need to be constructed to withstand this, experts say.
RUMFORD — The New England Seismic Network says a small earthquake shook parts of western Maine early Thursday morning. According to Weston Observatory at Boston College, the earthquake happened at 2 a.m. and had a magnitude of 2.5. "I felt it," said Newry Ass...
VELMA, Okla. (AP) — Authorities say a small earthquake shook parts of southern Oklahoma, but no damage was reported. The U.S. Geological Survey says a 3.1-magnitude quake struck about 10 p.m. Monday near Velma in northern Stephens County.
If you felt or heard something on Monday that resembled a test on base, it wasn’t. It was an earthquake. The quake, which hit at 1:21 p.m., registered 4.6 on the Richter scale and was located in the Garlock fault region, 23 miles east-southeast of Ridgecrest.
Some north Alabama residents awoke to a shaky start of the new week. A small earthquake rattled the northern part of the state Monday morning. The 1.4 magnitude quake centered around the Fort ...
A 6.6 magnitude earthquake struck off Canada's Pacific coast in the Queen Charlotte Islands region, the US Geological Survey said Tuesday, revising down its initial assessment of a 6.8 quake.
Oklahoma City, OK (AHN) – Oklahoma was rattled by an early morning earthquake Monday making it the second quake within 48 hours. The tremors were registered in eastern Oklahoma County. The latest temblor occurred at 5:12 a.m. Monday. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the quake registered 2.5 on the Richter scale and it was centered [...]
ASHLAND — If you feel the earth move under your feet and you wonder if there's been an earthquake, there's a seismograph at Southern Oregon University that can tell you what really happened.
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