CALIFORNIA — Two rare oarfish have washed up on California beaches. A dead 18-foot-long oarfish was found off Catalina Island on October. 13. A 14-foot-long oarfish carcass was found on Oct. 18 in Oceanside, CA. Oarfish can grow to more than 50 feet in length and are considered the longest fish. Their appearance has led […]
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Sea Serpents Washing Ashore
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Also tagged beached, California, fish, Japan, oarfish, oceans, sea serpents
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Northeastern Earthquakes
Philadelphia, PA — There was an earthquake in Camden, NJ. In the past several years, the region has become aware of earthquakes. The USGS says: Tectonic Summary EARTHQUAKES IN THE NEW YORK – PHILADELPHIA – WILMINGTON URBAN CORRIDOR Since colonial times people in the New York – Philadelphia – Wilmington urban corridor have felt small […]
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Also tagged Camden, earthquake maps, fault line maps, fault lines, new jersey, Northeastern United States, Pennsylvania
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Christchurch Earthquake
NASA writes about the religion of earthquakes: It is a modern human tendency to focus on the number of an earthquake—specifically, the magnitude, or what people used to call the “Richter scale.” But the destruction from a quake usually has more to do with location and timing. Such was the case with the earthquake in […]
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Also tagged Christchurch, deaths, disaster, magnitude, Richter scale
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