Small quake reported between Concord, Pittsburg
Contra Costa Times - Thu Dec 3, 9:48 am ETA magnitude 2.4 earthquake was reported early this morning between Concord and Pittsburg, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
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The Washington Times - Mon Nov 23, 6:39 am ETCALIFORNIA Magnitude 3.7 quake hits Big Bear Lake 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 said the first earthquake struck at 7:55 a.m. Sunday, about seven miles north of Big Bear City. The same area was rocked by a magnitude-2.4 aftershock 2.5 minutes later. A San Bernardino County ...
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3.9 earthquake lightly felt in O.C.
Orange County Register - Tue Nov 24, 3:27 pm ETA magnitude 3.9 earthquake occurred 9.3 miles beneath the seafloor roughly 50 miles south-southwest of Dana Point at 6:43 a.m., generating seismic energy that was lightly felt in about a half dozen local cities, the U.S. Geological Survey says.
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Critic Of China's Response To Quake Gets 3 Years
NPR - Mon Nov 23, 10:36 pm ETHuang Qi, founder of a human rights Web site, had been charged with illegally possessing state secrets. The veteran dissident cast a spotlight on poorly built schools that collapsed and killed thousands of children during China's massive earthquake last year.
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Powerful quake off Tonga but no tsunami threat
EARTHtimes.org - Tue Nov 24, 1:56 pm ETWellington - A powerful earthquake of magnitude 6.8 on the Richter scale shook the Pacific island state of Tonga early Wednesday but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there was no threat ...
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Earthquake Off the San Diego Coast
San Diego 6 - Tue Nov 24, 11:23 am ET3.9 magnitude quake rattles off shore.
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6.8-magnitude underwater quake off Tonga
KARE 11 Minneapolis-St. Paul - Tue Nov 24, 8:53 am ETU.S. Geological Survey is reporting a 6.8-magnitude underwater earthquake off the Pacific island nation of Tonga. There was no
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China 'sentences quake activist to three years'
AFP via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 23, 8:00 am ETA Chinese dissident who campaigned for the parents of children killed in last year's Sichuan earthquake was sentenced Monday to three years in jail on a state secrets charge, his wife said.
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Earthquake epicenter near Lucerne Valley
The Lucerne Valley Leader - Tue Nov 24, 5:44 pm ETBy KATHERINE ROSENBERG, Editor LUCERNE VALLEY - A magnitude 3.6 earthquake rattled Lucerne Valley and Big Bear Sunday morning. read more
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3.4 earthquake hits near Geysers
The Santa Rosa Press Democrat - Tue Nov 24, 11:21 am ETA 3.4 magnitude earthquake struck near The Geysers, a region prone to minor seismic activity. The U.S. Geological Survey reported that the earthquake hit about 3:59 a.m., with an epicenter about two miles northeast of The Geysers and 26 miles north of Santa Rosa. It was centered about 0.1 miles deep, according to the report.
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Chinese Quake Activist Sentenced To Three Years In Prison
INO News - Mon Nov 23, 7:41 pm ET(RTTNews) - A court in the Chinese city of Chengdu on Monday sentenced Huang Qi, an activist who tried to help parents of children killed in last year's devastating Sichuan earthquake, to three years in prison for "illegally holding state secrets".
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Scientists Find 11 Times More Aftershocks For 2004 Quake
redOrbit - Mon Nov 23, 11:18 am ETUsing a technique normally used for detecting weak tremors, 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. The research appears online in Nature Geoscience and will appear in print in a forthcoming edition.“We found almost 11 ...
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China sentences activist to 3 years
Los Angeles Times - Tue Nov 24, 3:26 am ETHuang Qi was investigating the role shoddy school construction may have played in the deaths of thousands of children in the Sichuan quake last year. An activist who was investigating the role shoddy school construction played in the deaths of more than 5,000 children in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake was given a three-year prison sentence Monday on charges of possessing state secrets.
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Scientists Find 11 Times More Aftershocks for 2004 Quake
Newswise - Mon Nov 23, 10:34 am ETUsing a technique normally used for detecting weak tremors, 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.
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Oregon couple gives thanks despite tsunami ruin
KATU Portland - Thu Nov 26, 12:02 pm ETJack Batchelor and his wife Carol returned home to the Eugene-Springfield area a week ago for a two-week respite and to spend Thanksgiving with family after living through the 8.3-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami that hit Samoa on Sept. 29. They say they have much to be thankful for.
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China activist who spoke out on quake gets 3 years
San Francisco Chronicle - Mon Nov 23, 12:39 am ETA 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... Chengdu - Chinese language - District court - Huang Qi - United States
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