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Massive 7.6 Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Caribbean, Tsunami Warning Issued
New York Post - Sun Feb 9, 2025
The US Geological Survey said the earthquake was reported just after 6:30 p. More»

7.3 magnitude quake hits north Japan
Associated Press - Wed Mar 16, 2022
TOKYO — A powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Fukushima in northern Japan on Wednesday evening, triggering a tsunami advisory and plunging more than 2 million homes in the Tokyo area into darkness. More»

First Came A Quake In Mexico, Then Strange Blue Lights
NPR - Thu Sep 9, 2021
Mexicans are sharing spectacular videos of bursts of blue lights seen streaking across the skies as a strong earthquake rocked the country's Pacific coast city of Acapulco on Wednesday. More»

Haiti hospitals overwhelmed by quake victims as death toll hits 1,297
Reuters - Sun Aug 15, 2021
PORT-AU-PRINCE - Haiti's hospitals were swamped on Sunday by thousands of injured residents after a devastating earthquake the day before killed at least 1,297 people as authorities raced to bring doctors to the worst-hit areas before a major storm hits. More»

Six Earthquakes Rattle Lake Tahoe, Carson City and Reno in a Day
New York Times - Fri May 28, 2021
At least six earthquakes, including one with a preliminary magnitude of 4.2, shook the Lake Tahoe, Reno and Carson City area early on Friday, according to the US Geological Survey. More»

'Do not stay at home': Tsunami warning for parts of New Zealand after 8.1-magnitude earthquake
CNN - Thu Mar 4, 2021
New Zealand's emergency agency has told residents in some areas to head for higher ground after a powerful earthquake struck the Kermadec Islands region early Friday, sparking fears of a tsunami. More»

Tsunami warning issued following 7.4 magnitude earthquake near Sand Point
Anchorage Daily News - Mon Oct 19, 2020
A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck in the North Pacific Ocean Monday afternoon, triggering a tsunami warning along the Alaska Peninsula Coast. More»

Mystery of Weird Hum Heard Around the World Solved
Live Science - Thu Jan 9, 2020
Mysterious seismic hums detected around the world were likely caused by an unusual geologic event - the rumblings of a magma-filled reservoir deep under the Indian Ocean, a new study finds. More»

Magnitude 5.0 earthquake hits Alaska, felt in capital city
Daily Mail - Sun Sep 1, 2019
The Alaska Earthquake Center reports that a magnitude 5.0 earthquake hit southern Alaska. More»

$Photo: Blackpool is hit by fourth earthquake in six days amid fracking row as residents report being woken by their houses shaking$ Blackpool is hit by fourth earthquake in six days amid fracking row as residents report being woken by their houses shaking
Daily Mail - Mon Aug 26, 2019
An earthquake measuring 2.9 on the Richter scale has struck in Blackpool in what is the largest tremor to strike the region in recent days. More»

8 Dead, 60 Hurt As Quakes Shake Northern Philippine Isles
Associated Press - Sat Jul 27, 2019
MANILA, Philippines - Two strong earthquakes hours apart struck a group of sparsely populated islands in the Luzon Strait in the northern Philippines early Saturday, killing at least eight people, injuring about 60 and damaging ancestral houses famous among tourists. More»

Earthquakes rattle the Bay Area
Los Angeles Times - Tue Jul 16, 2019
The Bay Area was rattled Tuesday by a magnitude 4.3 earthquake and a 3.5 aftershock that hit in the East Bay near Livermore, California, on Tuesday, according to the US Geological Survey. More»

More than 30 small earthquakes on Oregon's Mount Hood since Monday
KING-TV - Wed Jul 10, 2019
MOUNT HOOD, Oregon - There's been some minor seismic activity at Mount Hood since Monday afternoon, according to the US Geological Survey. More»

Fires Break Out After 7.1 Earthquake Strikes in Southern California
CNN - Sat Jul 6, 2019
A 7.1 magnitude earthquake rocked Southern California on Friday night - the second temblor to hit near Ridgecrest in less than two days. More»

6.4 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Southern California And Is Felt From Los Angeles To Las Vegas
Daily Mail - Thu Jul 4, 2019
A 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck Southern California amid Fourth of July celebrations. More»

Four dead, hundreds injured in Taiwan after 6.4-magnitude earthquake strikes
New York Daily News - Tue Feb 6, 2018
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Rescuers were working Wednesday to try to reach people who were trapped after a strong earthquake near Taiwan's east coast caused several buildings to cave in and tilt dangerously. More»

Oklahoma Earthquakes: Oil Industry Took State from Seismic Dead Zone to Hotspot in a Decade
Newsweek - Thu Feb 1, 2018
"There are better ways we can be doing things," says Erin Brockovich, the environmental activist portrayed in the Oscar-winning 2000 film, who has become one of the latest people to draw attention to the frequent man-made earthquakes plaguing the US state of Oklahoma. More»

New Zealand earthquake: Tsunami follows powerful tremor
BBC - Sat Nov 12, 2016
The US Geological Survey said the magnitude-7.8 quake hit just after midnight (11:02 GMT on Sunday), some 95km (59 miles) from Christchurch. More»

Taxi drivers in tsunami disaster zone report 'ghost passengers'
The Telegraph - Thu Feb 4, 2016
As Japan prepares to mark fifth anniversary of magnitude-9 earthquake and tsunami, local people report spectral sightings across Tohoku. More»

Govt. Scientists Admit They Deceived the Public About Fracking's Impact on Drinking Water
AlterNet - Tue Jan 12, 2016
Five years ago, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was commissioned by Congress to undertake a study on the impacts of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) on drinking water. More»

'Urgent Attention' Needed On Spike In Earthquakes Possibly Related To Oil And Gas Activity
Raw Story - Mon Sep 28, 2015
A coalition of US states warned on Monday that a spike in earthquakes potentially tied to oil and gas activity in places not typically prone to them needs urgent attention from regulators and others to protect public safety. More»

Nepal Quake Toll Passes 4,000
Reuters - Mon Apr 27, 2015
Hundreds of Nepalis, angered and frustrated by the government's slow response, were digging through rubble themselves on Tuesday to find remains of their loved ones after a devastating earthquake three days ago killed more than 4,000 people. More»

Powerful Magnitude-7.8 Earthquake Rocks Nepal, Death Toll Exceeds 1,200
Wall Street Journal - Fri Apr 24, 2015
NEW DELHI - Rescuers worked into the night Saturday searching for survivors of a powerful 7. More»

Radioactive bluefin tuna crossed the Pacific to US
Associated Press - Tue May 29, 2012
LOS ANGELES - Across the vast Pacific, the mighty bluefin tuna carried radioactive contamination that leaked from Japan's crippled nuclear plant to the shores of the United States 6,000 miles away - the first time a huge migrating fish has been shown to carry radioactivity such a distance. More»

Contaminated water found leaking at Japanese nuclear plant
CNN - Sun Dec 4, 2011
Workers at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear facility have discovered a leak of 45 metric tons of radioactive water, operator Tokyo Electric Power Company said in a statement Monday. More»

English earthquakes blamed on shale 'fracking'
Associated Press - Tue Nov 1, 2011
LONDON - The only company in Britain using hydraulic fracturing to release natural gas from shale rock said Wednesday that the controversial technique probably did trigger earth tremors in April and May. More»

Magnitude 7.1 earthquake hits South Pacific
Associated Press - Mon May 9, 2011
PARIS - Geological monitoring services say a magnitude 7.1 earthquake has hit in the South Pacific off the French territory of New Caledonia. More»

Japan equates nuclear crisis severity to Chernobyl
Associated Press - Mon Apr 11, 2011
TOKYO - Japan ranked its nuclear crisis at the highest possible severity on an international scale - the same level as the 1986 Chernobyl disaster - even as it insisted Tuesday that radiation leaks are declining at its tsunami-crippled nuclear plant. More»

More radioactive water spills at Japan nuke plant
Associated Press - Sun Mar 27, 2011
TOKYO - Workers discovered new pools of radioactive water leaking from Japan's crippled nuclear complex, officials said Monday, as emergency crews struggled to pump out hundreds of tons of contaminated water and bring the plant back under control. More»

Breach suspected at troubled Japanese power plant
Associated Press - Thu Mar 24, 2011
TOKYO - Two weeks after an earthquake and tsunami triggered a crisis at a nuclear plant, the facility is still not under control, and the government said Friday there is a suspected breach at a reactor. More»

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