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
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/
