Pin Itemailprint A magnitude 7.3 quake struck west of Sumatra, Indonesia overnight causing locals to flee from their homes and prompting a brief tsunami warning. Fortunately, no one was injured and there was no damage reported. The quake struck at 12:37 a.m. local time about 260 miles southwest of Banda Aceh, according to the U.S. [...]
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A scientist in Ohio says that injecting drilling waste-water and other muck deep underground likely caused several earthquakes near Youngstown last year. The eastern Ohio area has had 11 earthquakes since March, and the pattern just isn’t normal for the region, said John Armbruster, a seismologist at Columbia University. Natural earthquakes usually tend to have [...]
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Quite a way to start the New Year, don’t you think? A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck under the sea south of Japan today, rocking buildings in the capital. No damage has been reported and there are no current tsunami warnings. The temblor struck near the island of Torishima in the Pacific Ocean, which is uninhabited and [...]
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What was it that shook Dalton County, Georgia yesterday? Residents don’t exactly know, and some of them were pretty scared. 911 phone lines lit up yesterday afternoon after a mysterious “boom” was heard in the southern county, followed by a shaking of the ground that experts are calling as “earthquake”. Officially, a 2.7-magnitude temblor rocked [...]
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Crews in the state of Oklahoma are assessing damaging this morning from the largest earthquake to hit the area since record-keeping began. The 5.6-magnitude quake hit near Lincoln County at 11:53 p.m. EDT Saturday night. The temblor caused at least three sections of U.S. Route 62 to buckle, said Aaron Bennett of the Lincoln County [...]
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Here are your top stories for this Monday, October 24, 2011: – Rescuers trying to reach victims of Turkey earthquake – Libya finally declares liberation – Nevada shifts GOP caucuses – French president’s new baby heads for home
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A major earthquake in eastern Turkey leveled several buildings on Sunday, trapping an unknown number of people under debris in Van province. The bulk of the damage occurred in central Van, in the village of Tabanli, according to reports. The U.S. Geological Survey reported the quake had a magnitude of 7.3, although Turkey’s National Earthquake [...]
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Twin earthquakes shook the San Francisco area yesterday. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 3.9 hit the area at 8:16 p.m. local time, about two miles east of Berkeley. The earthquake Thursday night followed a 4.0-magnitude quake that hit the same region about six hours earlier. So far, [...]
We like to talk about conspiracy theories and doomsday scenarios every once in a while here at Blippitt, and there seems to be some stuff going on later this month that will at least make you scratch your head and wonder. Maybe Harold Camping was right about all those doomsday predictions. Maybe he was just [...]
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Here are your top stories for this Wednesday, September 21, 2011: – “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” is officially repealed – At least 3 people killed in explosion in Turkish capital – Four earthquakes hit Guatemala within hours – NASA tracking falling satellite Related articles NASA UARS Satellite to Re-Enter Earth’s Atmosphere on Friday (VIDEO) (blippitt.com) [...]
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It’s been a while since we’ve talked about conspiracy theories here at Blippitt, and this one is a real whopper. Have you been wondering if last month’s Colorado and Virginia earthquakes were related? Some would say that they were. In fact, some would say they weren’t even earthquakes at all. Recently, professional lecturer, filmmaker, and [...]
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New footage has surfaced from the tsunami that struck Japan earlier this year. This video was uploaded back in June but only recently started going viral on Reddit. The clip looks like something out of a disaster movie as water can be seen rushing up the street as the villagers flee on foot to higher [...]
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