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After Haiti, Worries About Other Big Quakes

In the last several days, while the attention of the world has been focused on the human toll of Tuesday's earthquake in Haiti, scientists have begun to look at the quake's geological toll. What is the danger ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 18, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

USGS monitoring Twitter for earthquake details

(AP) -- OMG! Earthquake!

Technology / Internet

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Excavation unravels mysteries of men's gymnasium's demise during 1906 earthquake

More than a year into an excavation project of the men's gymnasium that was destroyed by the 1906 earthquake, Stanford university archaeologist Laura Jones' team has unearthed evidence suggesting why the newly ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Colossal quake may hit Sumatra in 30 years: geologist

A colossal earthquake may hit Indonesia's Sumatra island within 30 years, triggering a tsunami and making last month's deadly temblor look tiny by comparison, a geologist has warned.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Strong earthquake jolts Anchorage, Alaska

(AP) -- A strong earthquake jolted a swath of southern Alaska on Monday, sending people diving under desks and huddling in doorways but causing little damage.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jun 22, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Small aftershock rattles downtown Los Angeles

(AP) -- A small but widely felt aftershock jolted the Los Angeles region Tuesday, two days after a magnitude-4.7 earthquake struck. An apartment building in Long Beach was evacuated due to roof damage but there were no reports ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 20, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Latest quake highlights Los Angeles seismic danger

(AP) -- The latest earthquake to hit the nation's second-largest city was a garden-variety temblor by California standards, rumbling through on a Sunday evening when most residents were home eating dinner ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 19, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Mountain spine is a quake hotspot

Scientists said a killer earthquake that struck central Italy on Monday occurred in a notorious trouble spot and warned further powerful shocks in the coming months could not be ruled out.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 06, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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