All posts tagged "earthquake"

  • Moderate earthquake strikes Northern California coast

    EUREKA, Calif. (AP) — A moderate earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.7 has struck off the coast of Northern California. The U.S. Geological Survey reports the quake shook at 1:08 p.m. Wednesday about 40 miles southwest...

    • Posted January 28, 2015
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  • Nina Quidit cleans up the Dollar Plus and Party Supplies Store in American Canyon Calif. after an earthquake on Sunday Aug. 24, 2014. Quidit and her husband were woken up in the early morning hours by the store's alarm company and immediately drove in to begin clean up. The 6.0-magnitude quake caused six significant fires, including at four mobile homes, Napa Division Fire Chief Darren Drake said. (AP Photo/Alex Washburn)
    [CNN] Is the ‘Big One’ coming?

     – Northern California’s biggest earthquake in 25 years has people asking: Is the world seeing more tremors than usual? And is the long-dreaded “Big One” that could devastate California coming soon? Actually, experts say the world might not be...

    • Posted August 25, 2014
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  • A man photographs damage to a post office in Napa, Calif., following an earthquake Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014. A large earthquake caused significant damage and left at least three critically injured in California's northern Bay Area early Sunday, igniting fires, sending at least 87 people to a hospital, knocking out power to tens of thousands and sending residents running out of their homes in the darkness (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
    Magnitude 6.0 earthquake rocks Northern California

    NAPA, Calif. (AP) — The largest earthquake to hit the San Francisco Bay Area in 25 years struck before dawn on Sunday, sending scores of people to hospitals, igniting fires, damaging historic buildings and knocking out power...

    • Posted August 24, 2014
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  • No damage reported for magnitude-3.3 earthquake

    (CNS) -There were no reports of damage today from a magnitude-3.3 earthquake whose epicenter was in Cudahy and was felt in downtown Los Angeles. The temblor struck just before 11:40 p.m. Wednesday at a depth of about 10 miles,...

    • Posted May 8, 2014
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  • The magnitude 5.1 earthquake, centered about 100 km northwest of West Gyeongnyeolbi Archipelago off Taean, happened at around 4:48 a.m., according to the Daejeon Meteorological Office. (Yonhap)
    5.1 Earthquake hits Korea

    S. Korea’s third-strongest quake hits Taean area DAEJEON (Yonhap) — South Korea’s third-strongest earthquake since 1978 shook the Taean area in the western part of the country on Tuesday (KST), but there were no immediate reports of...

    • Posted April 1, 2014
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  • A woman walks her dog past a broken block wall in Fullerton, Calif., on Saturday, March 29, 2014, after an earthquake hit Orange County Friday night. More than 100 aftershocks have rattled Orange County south of Los Angeles where a magnitude-5.1 earthquake struck Friday. Despite the relatively minor damage, no injuries have been reported. (AP Photo/The Orange County Register, Ken Steinhardt)
    Earthquake displaces 73 Fullerton residents

      FULLERTON (CNS) – Firefighters in Fullerton on Saturday red-tagged 20 units in a large apartment complex and six homes that were damaged in Friday’s magnitude 5.1 earthquake, displacing 73 people, while the nerves of Southern California residents continued...

    • Posted March 29, 2014
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  • A car sits overturned on a highway in the Carbon Canyon area of Brea, Calif., Friday night, March 28, 2014, after hitting a rock slide caused by an earthquake. The people inside the car sustained minor injuries. A magnitude-5.1 earthquake centered in the area near Los Angeles caused no major damage but jittered nerves throughout the region as dozens of aftershocks struck into the night. (AP Photo/Kevin Warn)
    5.1 earthquake rattles L.A. area

    Rattles Los Angeles area LA HABRA (CNS) – A magnitude-5.1 earthquake struck at 9:09 p.m. Friday night, centered one mile east of La Habra, the U.S. Geological Survey reported, causing some water main breaks in Fullerton, but little significant...

    • Posted March 29, 2014
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