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Category Archives: earthquakes
California Overdue for ‘the Big One,’ Geologists Say
Source: FOXNews.com
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The effects of a magnitude 7.8 earthquake striking the San Andreas fault, modeled here, could cause 1,800 deaths and $213 billion of economic losses, the USGS said. Warmer colors representing areas of greater damage.
Gigantic, devastating earthquakes have happened more frequently at the San Andreas fault than previously thought — and we’re overdue for [...]
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Strong 7.7 quake hits ocean west of Indian islands
Source: Reuters AlertNet
A very strong earthquake of 7.7 magnitude struck near India’s Nicobar Islands and northwest of the tip of Indonesia’s Sumatra island on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
A regional tsunami watch was in effect for all areas of the Indian Ocean, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said on its website.
The epicenter [...]
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Quake in western China kills 400, buries more
Lots of newsworthy earthquakes lately.
A series of strong earthquakes struck a far western Tibetan area of China on Wednesday, killing at least 400 people and injuring more than 10,000 as houses made of mud and wood collapsed, trapping many more, officials said.
The largest quake was recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey as magnitude 6.9. In [...]
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Magnitude 6.2 earthquake hits southern Spain
A MAGNITUDE 6.2 quake hit southern Spain today about 25km to the southeast of the city of Granada.
The quake occurred at 12.08am local time (9.08am AEST) at a depth of about 616km near the Sierra Nevada mountain range, the US Geological Survey said. There were no immediate report of [...]
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At *Least* 41 Killed as Quake Strikes Eastern Turkey
Turkish officials say an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 has destroyed homes in several villages in the country’s east, killing at least 41 people and injuring 50 others.
Turkey’s Kandilli Observatory says the quake struck the province of Elazig early Monday at 4:32 a.m. local time and was centered near the town of Karakocan. The [...]
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Hundreds of Mostly Tiny Quakes Are Rattling Yellowstone Park
In the last two weeks, more than 100 mostly tiny earthquakes a day, on average, have rattled a remote area of Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, putting scientists who monitor the park’s strange and volatile geology on alert.
Researchers say that for now, the earthquake cluster, or swarm — the second-largest ever recorded in the park [...]
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Another Strong quake hits Haiti, sends people into streets
A strong earthquake struck Haiti on Wednesday morning, shaking buildings and sending screaming people running into the streets only eight days after the country’s capital was devastated by a previous quake.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the 6.1 magnitude quake hit at 6:03 a.m. (1103 GMT) about 35 miles (56 kilometers) northwest of the capital of [...]
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Desperation and Anger in Haiti as Aid Is Snarled
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Aid workers hoping to distribute food, water and other supplies to a shattered Port-au-Prince are warning their efforts may need more security Friday as Haitians grow increasingly desperate and impatient for help.
United Nations peacekeepers patrolling the capital said people’s anger is rising that aid hasn’t been distributed quickly, and the Brazilian military warned [...]
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Fierce Quake Devastates Haitian Capital
A fierce earthquake struck Haiti late Tuesday afternoon, causing a crowded hospital to collapse, leveling countless shantytown dwellings and bringing even more suffering to a nation that was already the hemisphere’s poorest and most disaster-prone.
The earthquake, the worst in the region in more than 200 years, left the country in a shambles. As night fell [...]
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USGS: 7.4 magnitude quake hits near New Zealand