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
For more info, please read the original article by The Independent:
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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.
Striking in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, and felt throughout San Diego, Orange and western Riverside counties, the quake jolted us into realizing the […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has us all thinking differently about what it means to be prepared for widespread calamity.
The virus raged into our communities somewhat unexpectedly, much like an earthquake or other natural catastrophe might, and the impacts under these real and projected scenarios are the same: lives lost, hundreds hospitalized, […]
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 […]
The European Mediterranean Seismological Centre said, an earthquake of 6.6 magnitude hit the south-east of Baracoa region in Cuba.
For more info, please read the original article by Universal News:
https://universalnews.org/6-6-magnitude-earthquake-rocks-baracoa/
A 5.6 magnitude earthquake hit New Zealand at 10:52 a.m. local time with over 3000 people reported to have felt it. Police have not received any reports of damage from the quake, Stuff.co.nz reported.
For more info, please read the original article by The Epoch Timess:
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A 3.7 magnitude earthquake hit Los Angeles at 12:03 am. The earthquake occurred less than a mile from View Park-Windsor Hills, less than a mile from Inglewood.
For more info, please read the original article by KTLA:
https://ktla.com/news/earthquakes/a-magnitude-3-8-earthquake-struck-los-angeles/
A 6.4 magnitude earthquake hit off the east coast of Japan early Monday morning. No tsunami warning has been issued, according to the US Geological Survey.
For more info, please read the original article by News18:
https://www.news18.com/news/world/6-4-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-off-japan-coast-us-geological-survey-2584835.html
