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  • 5.1 Earthquake 6km NW of Prague, Oklahoma

    02/02/2024 10:15:36 PM PST · by SaveFerris · 27 replies
    USGS ^ | 2/3/24 | USGS
    Felt it hundreds of miles away Depth 6.0 km - fairly shallow but not extremely shallow depth Still.....got my attention
  • One of world's most active volcanoes erupts after 3-month pause

    06/09/2023 12:07:59 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 17 replies
    KRCR-TV7 ^ | Wed, June 7th 2023, 11:54 AM CDT | by JESSICA A. BOTELHO | The National Desk
    WASHINGTON (TND) — Hawaii's second largest volcano -- Kilauea -- started erupting early Wednesday morning following a three-month pause, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, also known as USGS. "Klauea volcano IS erupting," USGS noted on Twitter, adding that the eruption started just before 4:45 a.m. HST. The agency shared video of "the west rim of the crater at approximately 6 a.m. HST. Telephoto view shows multiple active vent sources and lava flooding the crater floor" within Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park, which is located on Hawaii's Big Island. USGS said their Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) detected a glow in the...
  • Watchdog group files lawsuit against Interior Dept. seeking info on EcoHealth Alliance, Wuhan lab

    02/10/2023 4:58:15 PM PST · by E. Pluribus Unum · 2 replies
    Just the News ^ | Updated: February 10, 2023 - 3:49pm | Charlotte Hazard
    The conservative watchdog group Protect the People's Trust on Friday announced a lawsuit against the Interior Department over allegedly withholding documents in connection with its alleged involvement with EcoHealth Alliance and research by the Wuhan Institute of Virology. COVID-19 was first detected in the China city of Wuhan. Some people believe the virus leaked from the lab. The National Institutes of Health has given grant money to the nonprofit alliance, which has reportedly worked with the virology lab on bat coronavirus research. Public documents and published reports show evidence of possible connections between officials and actions of the U.S. Geological...
  • M 2.4 - 5 km W of Luna Pier, Michigan (earthquake)

    07/12/2022 8:12:54 AM PDT · by madison10 · 18 replies
    USGS ^ | July 11, 2022 | Monroe County Reporters- Ryan Mink/Shane ickel
    The USGS has confirmed there was an earthquake in Monroe County today. It registered as a 2.4 W of Luna Pier, Michigan, at 12:49 pm.
  • False Alarm: Second Earthquake Did Not Rattle San Diego County, USGS

    04/15/2022 12:08:43 PM PDT · by BenLurkin · 11 replies
    msn ^ | April 15, 2022 | Rafael Avitabile
    Anon-earthquake event triggered the USGS ShakeAlert system, which dozens of people across the county reported feeling, despite it not being an earthquake. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) issued a statement via Twitter: Hi everyone - #ShakeAlert detected a non-earthquake event which triggered our system. Fortunately, no public alerts were sent out. This is a bit of a first time for us because these events happen so rarely. Apologies for any confusion from our previous tweets. — USGS ShakeAlert (@USGS_ShakeAlert) April 15, 2022 The USGS said they are investigating the cause of the non-earthquake event, and also tweeted they're improving the...
  • USGS says there is a 1-in-300 chance that the current Salton Sea earthquake swarm will be followed by a magnitude 7 or higher

    10/03/2020 5:39:16 PM PDT · by Roman_War_Criminal · 35 replies
    SS ^ | 10/02/20 | ss
    The desert near the Salton Sea continue to tremble as a swarm of small earthquakes that started Wednesday continued into Thursday. The swarm slowed down Thursday, but at least four earthquakes of magnitude 3 or larger were recorded in the first seven hours of the day, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The swarm is taking place in the Brawley seismic zone, a predominantly extensional tectonic zone that connects the southern terminus of the San Andreas Fault with the Imperial Fault in Southern California. The area has seen swarms in the past in which they remain active for as many...
  • Earthquake Forecast for the Salton Sea Swarm of August 2020

    08/11/2020 11:34:01 AM PDT · by metmom · 37 replies
    USGS ^ | August 10, 2020
    A swarm of earthquakes beneath the Salton Sea began on August 10, 2020. The largest earthquake that has occurred, as of this release, is a magnitude 4.6 at 8:56 AM PDT on August 10. This earthquake and the associated swarm are located approximately 8 miles from the southern end of the San Andreas Fault. This area has also seen swarms in the past – most recently, in 2001, 2009, and 2016. Past swarms have remained active for 1 to 20 days, with an average duration of about a week. During this earthquake swarm, the probability of larger earthquakes in this...
  • 5.8-magnitude quake strikes Puerto Rico, damage reported

    01/06/2020 4:57:25 AM PST · by cll · 38 replies
    Fox 61 ^ | AP via Fox 61 | Danica Coto
    <p>A 5.8-magnitude quake has jolted Puerto Ricans out of their beds as the strongest quake yet to hit the U.S. territory that has been shaking for the past week.</p> <p>The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake struck Monday morning just south of the island at a relatively shallow depth of more than 6 miles. There was no tsunami threat.</p>
  • Earthquake Conspiracy Theorists Are Wreaking Havoc During Emergencies

    11/15/2019 5:56:58 AM PST · by BenLurkin · 11 replies
    vice/motherboard ^ | Nov 14 2019 | Anna Merlan
    Correct information about possible aftershocks was being conveyed inaccurately, or someone at Homeland Security was getting truly bad information and relaying it. Either way, it was a problem. An earthquake conspiracy theory forum was—or perhaps several of them were—clearly pushing out false and misleading information about what was going to happen next. Earthquake conspiracy theorists aren’t a huge group, but they do exist and have an immense amount of sway over their dedicated fans. They would say they are rogue scientists, unfairly reviled by their more mainstream colleagues for having mastered prediction, the ultimate goal of seismology. They say they’re...
  • Earthquake in Southern California Inland Empire

    09/10/2019 1:50:15 PM PDT · by rockinqsranch · 48 replies
    First hand experience ^ | 9-10-19 | Self
    I can't find anything on it yet other than it registered initially at 3.9 apparently at USGS. Will probably see some updates around later. Wife, and I were having lunch at 1:20 P.M. when we heard "THE SOUND" we hear often before the quake hits us. "THE SOUND" the quake makes traveling towards us, and then the inevitable WHAM, JUMP, SHAKE, and the "THE SOUND" as the quake moves on to surprise more unsuspecting luncheoneers across its path in Southern California. No damage. Just shook us up in the middle of egg salad sandwiches, and potato salad. Glad it wasn't...
  • A Magnitude-6.8 earthquake has hit off the coast of Yamagata Prefecture in northern Japan

    06/18/2019 6:55:07 AM PDT · by dynachrome · 16 replies
    NHK ^ | 6-18-19 | NHK
    A Magnitude-6.8 earthquake has hit off the coast of Yamagata Prefecture in northern Japan. Tsunami advisories are in place along coastal areas of Yamagata, Niigata and Ishikawa prefectures.
  • Is That the Pitter-Patter of Little (Seismic) Feet?

    11/09/2018 10:43:17 PM PST · by Oscar in Batangas · 14 replies
    Latest Earthquakes Updates ^ | Nov 10-11, 2018 | USGS staff
    Somewhere around 250 recorded tremors in the past 24 hours, according to the USGS in the CA-NV area. Nothing upsetting, but there is a lot of action along the more infamous fault lines. Put the USGS page setting to: 1 Day, All Magnitudes U.S. in order to see them all
  • Quake split a tectonic plate in two, and geologists are shaken

    10/29/2018 3:08:28 PM PDT · by ETL · 21 replies
    National Geographic ^ | Oct 24, 2018 | Robin George Andrews
    An intense temblor in Mexico was just the latest example of an enigmatic type of earthquake with highly destructive potential On September 7, 2017, a magnitude 8.2 earthquake struck southern Mexico, killing dozens and injuring hundreds. While earthquakes are common enough in the region, this powerful event wasn’t any run-of-the-mill tremor. That’s because part of the roughly 37-mile-thick tectonic plate responsible for the quake completely split apart, as revealed by a new study in Nature Geoscience. This event took place in a matter of tens of seconds, and it coincided with a gargantuan release of energy. “If you think of...
  • This Yellowstone Geyser Spat Out a Pacifier From 1930s—And Lots of Other Trash

    10/09/2018 5:12:01 AM PDT · by beaversmom · 13 replies
    Smithsonian ^ | October 8, 2018 | Brigit Katz
    In late September, the typically docile Ear Spring geyser in Yellowstone National Park erupted with a forceful blast that shot up to 30 feet of water into the air. Amidst the debris that spewed out of the geyser during the eruption were not only rocks and dirt, but pieces of human-made trash—some of which dates back several decades. Park officials discovered items like a cement block, aluminum cans, cigarette butts, a rubber heel insert, an 8-inch-long drinking straw, almost 100 coins and a baby pacifier from the 1930s, as Brandon Specktor reports for LiveScience. “The water had just washed out...
  • The US Geological Survey Is Getting Serious About Space Resources and Mining

    09/06/2018 9:36:42 AM PDT · by ETL · 11 replies
    Space.com ^ | Sept 4, 2018 | Leonard David, Space.com's Space Insider Columnist
    The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is starting to earnestly evaluate space resources for future mining.  Since its establishment in the 1870s, the USGS has focused pretty much solely on Earth. But now it's also investigating what benefits may or may not exist in tapping extraterrestrial water, minerals and metals. The agency seeks to portray accurately how humanity could exploit off-Earth assets — a no-nonsense approach that contrasts with the pie-in-the-sky estimates of trillions of dollars of profit proffered by some less scientifically minded space-mining advocates.Proven expertise This past June, several USGS experts took part in a Space Resources Roundtable held at...
  • The US Geological Survey Is Getting Serious About Space Resources and Mining

    09/04/2018 6:56:54 PM PDT · by BenLurkin · 21 replies
    space.com ^ | September 4, 2018 07:00am ET | Leonard David
    The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is starting to earnestly evaluate space resources for future mining. Since its establishment in the 1870s, the USGS has focused pretty much solely on Earth. But now it's also investigating what benefits may or may not exist in tapping extraterrestrial water, minerals and metals. The agency seeks to portray accurately how humanity could exploit off-Earth assets — a no-nonsense approach that contrasts with the pie-in-the-sky estimates of trillions of dollars of profit proffered by some less scientifically minded space-mining advocates. … ….Laszlo Kestay, a research geologist at the USGS Astrogeology Science Center in Flagstaff, Arizona....
  • Earthquake: 4.4 quake strikes near La Verne (LA)

    08/28/2018 7:52:26 PM PDT · by 11th_VA · 51 replies
    LA Times ^ | Aug 28, 2018
    A shallow magnitude 4.4 earthquake was reported Wednesday morning two miles from La Verne, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake occurred at 7:33 p.m. Pacific time at a depth of 3.7 miles.
  • 4.3 Magnitude Earthquake NW of Parachute

    08/24/2018 5:47:33 AM PDT · by dware · 60 replies
    WesternSlopeNow.com ^ | 08.23.2018 | Geoffrey Roth
    The United States Geological Survey is reporting a magnitude 4.3 earthquake occurred approximately 30 miles northwest of Parachute shortly after 4 a.m. Friday morning. The USGS is reporting the depth of the quake was about 3 miles. At this point, there are no reports of damage or injuries.
  • Magnitude 7.3 quake hits northern Venezuela coast: USGS

    08/21/2018 4:05:54 PM PDT · by SMGFan · 46 replies
    Reuters ^ | August 21, 2018
    A major earthquake of magnitude 7.3 struck the northern coast of Venezuela on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, and shook buildings as far away as the capital, Caracas, witnesses said. The quake, initially reported as a magnitude 6.7 and then 7.0, was centered near the town of Carupano. The U.S. Pacific Tsunami Center said the quake, which was fairly deep, could cause small tsunami waves along the coast near the epicenter, 23 miles (37 km) southwest of the town of Carupano.
  • USGS/Drudge: 5.6 Quake off Oregon-CA coast. At location of Future 9.0 Cascadia Subduction Quake.

    07/24/2018 7:57:45 PM PDT · by Robert A Cook PE · 110 replies
    Drudge Report, USGS, Oregon Live ^ | 24 July 2018 | RACookPE1978
    USGS reported 11 earthqaukes (the largest a magnitude 5.6) off the Oregon coastline today, right at the Oregon-CA border on the Juan de Fuca rise associated with the subduction zone of the Pacific plates and North American plates. This area, the Juan de Fuca fault subduction zone, has been quiet since 1700 - when a magnitude 9.0 quake occurred dropping land as much as 2 meters (9 feet) over the entire 800 mile Vancouver-Washington-Oregon coastline. That quake in 1700 caused documented 10 meter (30 foot) high tsunami's recorded in Japan that crushed many villages and towns. Many previous large earthquakes...