After the 6.5 magnitude earthquake that his Nevada last week on May 15, hundreds of aftershocks have followed. A dozen aftershocks of 4.5 aftershocks of 4.5 and above and 500 quakes of 2.5 and above have been recorded near Tonopah since the 6.5 quake.
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The quake was felt at 4:03 a.m. It was about 225 miles northwest of Las Vegas near the California border, the US Geological Survey says.
For more info, please read the original article by CNN:
https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/15/us/nevada-earthquake/index.html
A 4.2 magnitude earthquake hit South Australia at 3:25 pm (ACST). It struck near Burra, north of Adelaide, at a depth of 3km.
For more info, please read the original article by 9News:
https://www.9news.com.au/national/earthquake-burra-south-australia-42-richter-scale/52d7bee5-6c79-4948-8f4d-433c0cceeaec
A 4.5 magnitude earthquake hit Ocotillo Wells yesterday at 3:07 p.m. The USGS says tremors from the earthquake were felt throughout San Diego County. No reports of injury or damage.
For more info, please read the original article by Fox5:
https://fox5sandiego.com/news/earthquakes/4-5-magnitude-earthquake-recorded-in-southern-calif/
Optimum Seismic, Inc – May 2020 Newsletter
Famed seismologist Dr. Lucy Jones has called the COVID-19 pandemic one of “the great disasters of modern times.” (See her article below.) It’s heartening to […]
An earthquake of 6.9 magnitude hit the Banda Sea off the coast of Indonesia. The Indonesia Tsunami Service Provider has said the earthquake is not capable of generating a tsunami effect in the Indian Ocean region
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Reaction to last month’s 4.9-magnitude earthquake in Anza was the same for just about everybody who felt it: That’s the LAST thing we need right now.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has us all thinking differently about what it means to be prepared for widespread calamity.
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Orange County’s response to the novel coronavirus pandemic was like much of the rest of California: lives lost, businesses closed, social distancing enforced, and most everyone told to wait it out in the isolation of their homes.
These have been unprecedented times, and in many ways the experience has heightened our […]
All of us by now have experienced the widespread economic impacts of the novel coronavirus pandemic, whether from business closures, confinement to our homes, unemployment, working remotely, or unavailability of services we have come to depend on. Disruption has been extensive.
And it’s likely that most of us know someone who […]
