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 [...]

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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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Cue up the R.E.M. ’cause “it’s the end of the world as we know it.”  Yet another strong earthquake has struck, this time in Peru. A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck South America on Wednesday near Bolivia’s capital of La Paz.  This quake, however, was not felt by many residents and mines in the area. At [...]

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UPDATE: A witness told Radio New Zealand that villages on the south-east coast of Samoa’s Upolu had been flattened by the earthquake and that police were moving people to higher ground. Shaking near the epicenter reportedly lasted up to three minutes. A number of aftershocks also hit the area after the initial earthquake. “We are [...]

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The U.S. Geological Survey has reported a massive 7.6 magnitude earthquake in the Indian Ocean, about 160 miles north of Port Blair in India’s Andaman Islands. A tsunami watch is now in effect for India, Myanmar, Indonesia, Thailand and Bangladesh. The Andaman Islands earthquake is said to have occurred about 20.6 miles deep, the U.S. [...]

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An earthquake registering 6.9 on the Richter Scale shook Baja, California late Monday morning and could be felt in the San Diego area, prompting the evacuation of a downtown office tower. The quake struck approximately 360 miles south of the California border, according to the USGS earthquake center.  Local news reports showed office workers milling [...]

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The Los Angeles area was shaken by a small but powerful earthquake on May 19, 2009. The 4.1 earthquake was an aftershock to the magnitude-4.7 earthquake that hit the region less than two days ago. So far, there are no reports of damage or injuries. The quake hit at 3:49pm, local time, 6:49pm EDT, and [...]

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