What caused the three months of earthquakes swarms in Yellowstone
If you recall reports last summer of the Yellowstone National Park’s active super volcano. David Shelley a seismologist from the [...]
Will an earthquake hit in the Midwest, South?
People assume its not a matter of if a “big one” will hit border the Mississippi but a matter of [...]
Soon, Oakland may have a soft story retrofit ordinance
The ordinance will apply to soft story apartment buildings built before 1991. The main reason they are doing this is [...]
Glenwood Springs hit by 2 earthquakes
Aspen, Colorado was woken up by one earthquake and then a follow up earthquake. The first one was around Glenwood [...]
a 7.1 earthquake near Antarctica
On Monday the 7.1 earthquake struck on southern Pacific Ocean. The U.S. Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said in an advisory [...]
Oregon has a new playbook for preparing and responding to a major earthquake
Oregon faces the threat of a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami that would hot the 700-mile Cascadia Subduction Zone. [...]
A 3.2 quake strikes Castle Rock Springs
Residents of Castle Rock springs were going to bed, not before a 3.2 magnitude hit at 11:38 p.m. So, [...]
How do you compare earthquakes?
Magnitude, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, “is a number that characterizes the relative size of an earthquake." To [...]