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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A magnitude 6.7 earthquake hit Chile yesterday. It caused some building to shake. The pacific tsunami warning center announce there was no threat of a tsunami. Later that day things went back to normal.
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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/chile-earthquake-tsunami-magnitude-latest-a8737146.html
On January 17, 1995 a 7.2 earthquake hit Kobe, Japan. Killing more than 6,000 people and damaging the city. It was Japan’s worst earthquake since the Great Kanto earthquake in 1923.
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https://missoulian.com/news/archives/photos-anniversary-of-the-great-hanshin-earthquake-in-japan/collection_f27c0f8a-5061-51d0-844e-737391d63b34.html#1
With over 25 year since the last major earthquake in California. Many have taken significant steps to make buildings safer by retrofitting, many others have ignored the seismic threat. State government has left the city and county government decided on whether to mandate earthquake retrofits. For that reason, many people […]
Today the citizens of Piedmont, California were just woken up by a 3.7 earthquake. This comes a day before the 25th anniversary of 1994 Northridge earthquake, that displaced thousands of people and caused billions in damages. This is a reminder the “big one” can happen at any time.
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Almost 25 years ago southern Californians were awoken by a strong earthquake, that in a matter of seconds killed dozens of people, misplaced thousands of people, caused billions in damages and left people scared for life. This day is when Californians learned about soft story apartments and the danger they […]
