An earthquake in El Salvador hit early Thursday morning with residents running out of their homes. The earthquake was a preliminary magnitude of 6.6. Authorities said, a small tsunami was possible but didn’t occur. No reports of serious damage of injuries.
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On early Sunday morning northern Peru was hit with an 8.0 magnitude earthquake killing one man and causing several injuries. The earthquake was centered in the remote area of the amazon jungle.
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https://gizmodo.com/powerful-earthquake-strikes-miles-below-amazon-rainfore-1835049463
According to a study published in Geophysical Research Letters by University of Utah Guanning Pang and Keith Koper the earthquake that happen in 1959 had aftershocks in Yellowstone between 2017 and 2018. They also mentioned that these kinds of earthquake are very common.
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Many tiny tremors are a reminder to people in Ocean Shores that a big earthquake can cause a tsunami. A lot pf people who live there and visit there say they have that in mine, what would they do if a tsunami happens? A big earthquake off the coast could […]
Newly Passed Earthquake Retrofitting Ordinance in Beverly Hills to be Discussed
Los Angeles, California — May 16, 2019 — The Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles (AAGLA, www.aagla.org) and The Beverly Hills/ Greater Los Angeles Association of Realtors (GLAAR,www.bhglaar.com) in cooperation with Optimum […]
A judge in Oregon will decide if the ordinance is legal as early as this week. The ordinance will force property owners to put up a sign saying their building is unsafe in case of a major earthquake in the city of Oregon. Jim Atwood, a property manager said, “The […]
A massive 7.5 magnitude earthquake hit Papua New Guinea. It caused a tsunami alert that was later cancelled. Many residents reported their homes shaking, rattled furniture, and knocked items off the shelves. This comes after the 7.2 earthquake that hit Papua New Guinea on May 7th.
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An earthquake hit near Miyazaki, Japan at 8:48 a.m. Friday morning. The Japan Times reported that Kyushu Electric Power Co. says no abnormalities were reported. No tsunami warning has been issued.
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https://www.foxnews.com/world/magnitude-6-3-earthquake-hits-city-in-southwest-japan
Fifty years ago, a giant earthquake hit off the coast of Portugal that caused a tsunami that killed over a dozen people. Two hundred years before that an earthquake hit the same spot, killing more than 100,000 people and destroying Lisbon. The interesting thing about the earthquakes is they were […]
May 2019 Newsletter.
To many of us, the 1990s don’t seem all that long ago, but 30 years can make a lot of difference when it comes to the seismic safety of our buildings.
Case in point: The […]
