A look at the history of oil drilling in Los Angeles revealed that drilling was linked to mild earthquakes that occurred from 1935 and 1944. According to the Los Angeles Times, oil drilling may have been responsible for half of the mid-sized earthquakes that stuck in the early 20th century.
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The 5.7 earthquake hit Taiwanese at 1:21 p.m. No reports of damage or casualties were reported. The earthquake rocked buildings all over the island including the capital. Taiwan is located on the Ring of Fire.
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Citizens in the Redlands area were awakened by a 3.4 earthquake at 12 a.m. It had a depth of 9.9 miles.
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California’s Governor Gavin Newsom’s first budget includes $16.3 million to finish building California’s part of the project. The project is in partnership with USGS, it uses hundreds of seismic sensing stations placed throughout California, Oregon and Washington. Why it works is because they are getting data in real time from […]
The mayor of San Francisco has ordered the city to prepare for the next earthquake. Mayor London Breed said, “we should be working to prepare for it” she is ordering the city to “make our building safer now, but also a comprehensive plan.” A study by U.S. Geological Survey calculation […]
Oregon State University new study suggest; big earthquakes follow a brief episode of “shallow mantle creep” and “seismic swarms.” This explains the foreshocks observed before temblors. The research involved the Blanco Transform Fault off the coast of Oregon.
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On Tuesday night a 4.5 earthquake hit Southcentral Alaska. The earthquake was the latest of thousands of aftershocks after the big 7.0 on November 30. Seismologist says these after shocks will occur until the region returns to pre-Nov 30 levels of seismic activity.
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Did you know an earthquake has happened in every state in the U.S. and also occur on the moon. Or did you know the deadliest earthquake happened in central China in 1556. Many more fun facts like this.
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A powerful 6.4 earthquake hit Indonesia’s central island of Sumbawa but no tsunami warning has been issued and no reports of damage.
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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/01/strong-61-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-indonesia-190122031306188.html
At 1:13 a.m. a 2.1 magnitude earthquake hit Inglewood. Residents reported to being woken up by the quake. This serves as a reminder that the Newport-Inglewood fault has long been considered one of Southern California’s tope seismic danger zones.
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