An earthquake registering 4.4 Magnitude shook Southern California on St. Patrick’s Day. Time: 2014-03-17 09:25:36 UTC-04:00 Location: 34.135°N 118.486°W (9km NNW of Westwood, California) Depth: 9.9km Nearby Cities 9km (6mi) NNW of Westwood, California 10km (6mi) NW of Beverly Hills, California 12km (7mi) W of Universal City, California 12km (7mi) N of Santa Monica, California […]
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4.4 Earthquake Shakes California
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Northeastern United States Earthquake
Magnitude 5.9 – VIRGINIA 2011 August 23 17:51:03 UTC U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Details This event has been reviewed by a seismologist. Magnitude 5.9 Date-Time Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at 17:51:03 UTC Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at 01:51:03 PM at epicenter Location 37.975°N, 77.969°W Depth 1 km (~0.6 mile) (poorly constrained) Region VIRGINIA Distances 6 […]
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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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