A 7.4 magnitude earthquake has struck in southwestern Pakistan, according to the U.S. Geological Service. The quake struck 6.2 miles underground and took place 25 miles west of Dalbandin, Pakistan. The earthquake did not trigger a tsunami warning for the Indian Ocean. In Dalbandin, several residents were hurt when the roofs of their homes collapsed, [...]
As if birds and fish dying off by the thousands wasn’t enough to scare the bejeezus out of us, a group of more than 100 scientists and experts have issued a new report guaranteed to get people worked up into a 2012-like frenzy. According to this new report, experts say that the state of California [...]
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A 4.1-magnitude earthquake near Milpitas shook the San Francisco Bay Area in California this evening, according to the United States Geological Survey. The earthquake was centered 6 miles east-northeast of Milpitas along the Calaveres Fault. The USGS says it was relatively shallow, occurring 6 miles underground. The temblor was also felt in San Jose, Oakland, [...]
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A massive 7.1-magnitude earthquake has struck in Chile, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The epicenter of the quake was located about 45 miles northwest of Temuco (370 miles southwest of Santiago). Officials at the airport in Temuco felt the temblor, but so far, no damage has been reported. No tsunami warning has been issued [...]
Good morning, Indiana. This is your 3.8-magnitude wake-up call calling. An Indiana earthquake measuring 3.8 on the Richter Scale shook the region Thursday morning. The U.S. Geological Survey has already lowered its initial estimate of a magnitude-4.2 quake. The USGS says that the temblor was approximately three miles deep and struck at 7:55 a.m. EST [...]
A hefty 6.9-magnitude earthquake hit Mexico’s Pacific Coast early on Thursday, killing on person and rattling buildings as far away as Mexico City. The U.S. Geological Survey says the strong earthquake struck near the town of Pinotepa Nacional, which is located about 80 miles to the southwest of the city of Oaxaca. So far, there [...]
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An earthquake rattled the Oklahoma area at 9:06 a.m. Wednesday, local time. The Oklahoma Geological Survey says the quake had a magnitude of 4.5, while the U.S. Geological Survey reports that the temblor registered a magnitude of 4.3 on the Richter Scale. The earthquake in Oklahoma hit just six miles east of Norman, six miles [...]
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UPDATE: The quake has opened a new faultline in the Earth. New Zealand has been struck by a massive 7.2-magnitude earthquake, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The earthquake hit New Zealand’s second-largest city of Christchurch early on Saturday morning, local time. There have been no immediate reports of damage or injuries and the [...]
Now that’s an unusually large quake. A whopping 7.2-magnitude earthquake has his just south of the Mariana Islands, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The Mariana Islands consist mainly of two U.S. territories, Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. The islands are located in between Hawaii and the Philippines. The Pacific Tsunami [...]
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Just our luck. Our home state of Maryland gets hit with an earthquake and all of us here at Blippitt slept right through it. Granted, it was nothing to write home about – just a minor temblor, but it would have been interesting. A 3.6-magnitude earthquake with an epicenter near Gaithersburg was reported around 5 [...]
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A 4.9-magnitude earthquake hit Utah tonight, the biggest quake in that state in the last 18 years. The temblor took place in a relatively shallow depth of about a quarter mile and was centered about five miles northeast of Randolph, according to the University of Utah. Only minor damage was reported. The U.S. Geological Survey [...]
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Just what the people of Haiti did not need. There was another earthquake in Haiti yesterday, an aftershock which measured 6.1 on the Richter scale. This was the strongest aftershock yet from last week’s devastating 7.0-magnitude quake. More here: Haiti Earthquake The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake was centered about 35 miles (56 kilometers) [...]
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