Blogs Posts in Earthquake category; 516 blog posts

Missouri earthquake shakes nine states

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Just days after the 200th anniversary of a series of massive earthquakes in southeast Missouri, residents woke up Tuesday to a rumbling reminder that they live in one of the continent's most active seismic areas [...]

Posted On : Feb, 22 2012 | Comments : 0

New Zealand earthquake: final victims laid to rest as countr...

In a simple, private ceremony the four, whose identities are known but who could not be formally identified, were interred in a single coffin in the city's Avonhead cemetery. They had all been in the city centre CTV building when it c [...]

Posted On : Feb, 21 2012 | Comments : 0

‘Cloaking’ against earthquakes

While the idea of an invisible cloak reminds us of Harry Potter, “cloaking” technology actually exists in real life as well. Recently scientists have demonstrated various experimental cloaking systems that prevent small object [...]

Posted On : Feb, 20 2012 | Comments : 0

Earthquake: 3.7 quake strikes near San Francisco Bay

A shallow magnitude 3.7 earthquake was reported Thursday morning two miles from Crockett, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 9:13 a.m. Pacific time at a depth of 5.6 miles. According to the USGS, the [...]

Posted On : Feb, 17 2012 | Comments : 0

Strong 6.0 earthquake strikes off Oregon coast

The quake struck at 7:31 p.m. Pacific time at a depth of 6.2 miles in the Pacific Ocean 159 miles west of Coos Bay, Oregon. It was felt as far away as San Francisco, California, according to the USGS. A spokesman for the Portland police s [...]

Posted On : Feb, 15 2012 | Comments : 0

Japan piano sales jump post-earthquake

TOKYO — Sales of pianos in Japan jumped 11 percent last year, the first rise in 17 years, as people replaced instruments damaged in the country's devastating earthquake, a trade body said on Monday. Takahiro Ito of the Shizuoka [...]

Posted On : Feb, 13 2012 | Comments : 0

Philippines earthquake kills dozens

Rescuers dug through debris and mud in the central Philippines Tuesday in search of nearly 100 missing people a day after a 6.9-magnitude earthquake triggered landslides, collapsed houses and killed at least 48 people. More than 400 so [...]

Posted On : Feb, 08 2012 | Comments : 0

Philippines earthquake toll rises as dig continues for lands...

Rescuers have found only bodies while digging for survivors among dozens of people buried by landslides on a central Philippine island after an earthquake. The death toll has climbed to 15, with more than 70 people missing. The 6.9-m [...]

Posted On : Feb, 07 2012 | Comments : 0

Magnitude 6.8 earthquake shakes central Philippines, kills c...

MANILA, Philippines — A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck the central Philippines on Monday, killing a child and triggering a local tsunami alert. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology issued the tsunami alert for the [...]

Posted On : Feb, 06 2012 | Comments : 0

Magnitude 5.7 earthquake strikes off Vancouver Island

A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck off Vancouver Island on Saturday, some 209 miles west of Victoria, the capital of the Canadian province of British Columbia, the U.S. Geological Survey said. There was a report on the USGS website of the [...]

Posted On : Feb, 05 2012 | Comments : 0

Earthquake protection at Oconee Nuclear under new review

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has asked Oconee Nuclear Station and all nuclear power plants in the eastern and central states to re-evaluate protection against earthquakes using new seismic calculations that could place some reactors [...]

Posted On : Feb, 03 2012 | Comments : 0

3.8-magnitude earthquake hits early Tuesday near Clearlake O...

CLEARLAKE OAKS, Calif. – Residents around the county reported feeling an early morning earthquake that was centered near Clearlake Oaks. The U.S. Geological Survey said the 3.8-magnitude quake occurred at 4:11 a.m. at a depth of 1.9 [...]

Posted On : Jan, 25 2012 | Comments : 0

Study warns of big Tokyo earthquake

The Tokyo region of Japan has a 70% chance of being hit by a powerful earthquake within four years, a new study has warned. University of Tokyo seismologists based their estimate on an increase in earthquake activity in the region since l [...]

Posted On : Jan, 24 2012 | Comments : 0

Iran earthquake pushes the wounded to 238

TEHRAN (ISNA)-Iran's recent earthquake pushed the number of the injured to 238 individuals. A relatively powerful earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale has shaken Iranian northeastern province of Khorasan Razavi at 4:00 pm loc [...]