News tagged with temblor
Excavation unravels mysteries of men's gymnasium's demise during 1906 earthquake
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Nov 10, 2009 |
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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 ...
Colossal quake may hit Sumatra in 30 years: geologist
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 15, 2009 |
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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.
Strong earthquake jolts Anchorage, Alaska
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 22, 2009 |
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(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.
Small aftershock rattles downtown Los Angeles
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 20, 2009 |
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(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 ...
Latest quake highlights Los Angeles seismic danger
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 19, 2009 |
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(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 ...
Mountain spine is a quake hotspot
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 06, 2009 |
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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.
