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A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck Taiwan at a depth of 10 kilometers on Wednesday, rattling the island and prompting swift ...
A single minor injury was reported when a panicked visitor fell and injured their hand while fleeing outdoors. Alkiviadis ...
NEW JERSEY - The discovery of a new fault line ... s magnitude 4.8 earthquake that struck the heart of New Jersey, yet was felt the strongest miles away from the epicenter, a new research study ...
California was hit by an earthquake on Wednesday. Dozens of people reported shaking within 100 miles of the epicenter, which included San Diego.
MANILA, Philippines — The magnitude 4.6 earthquake that struck General Nakar, Quezon, and was felt in several areas, including Metro Manila, was not triggered by the West Valley Fault ...
IT SAID THE EARTHQUAKE’S EPICENTER WAS JUST UNDER TWO MILE A 1.6 magnitude earthquake was reported on New Hampshire's Seacoast Sunday, according to the USGS. The earthquake epicenter was 1.9 ...
An earthquake has struck California's Bay Area right along a fault line experts now fear may be the surprise cause of the long-awaited 'Big One.' The US Geological Survey (USGS) said the 3.2 ...
LOS ANGELES -- Could a monster earthquake sink a portion of Northern California? A new study calculates the risk of where and how much land could sink. The Cascadia fault line is the focus of the ...
The Cascadia fault line is the focus of the new study conducted by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. It breaks down the flooding potential a 9.0 earthquake could bring to the ...
A 2.9 magnitude earthquake was recorded at 4:38 p.m. near Highway 41 just west of Atascadero on Monday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The epicenter appears to be close to the ...
and what the most likely scenarios are for tsunami hazards in the aftermath of a catastrophic earthquake. "One splay fault that runs the whole length (of the subduction zone) that just produces a ...
Great earthquakes, he says, are associated with major faults (cracks) in the crust. When the faults are locked tightly together, the strain accumulates without producing earthquakes. When the ...