Tsunami warning comes as San Francisco sirens stay offline Thursday's tsunami warning was a real test for people living near the coast. Many did get an alert after the quake, but it turns out a critical warning system in San Francisco was not working. Amanda Hari reports. ...
About 50,000 earthquakes large enough to be noticed without the aid of instruments occur annually over the entire Earth. Of these, approximately 100 are of sufficient size to produce substantial damage if their centres are near areas of habitation. Very great earthquakes occur on average about onc...
Theelastic rebound theoryof earthquake sources allows rough prediction of the occurrence of large shallow earthquakes.Harry F. Reidgave, for example, a crude forecast of the next great earthquake nearSan Francisco. (The theory also predicted, of course, that the place would be along the San Andr...
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck in the San Francisco Bay Area on Tuesday morning, according to the USGS.SAN JOSE, Calif. -- A 3.6 magnitude aftershock struck near the same area where a magnitude 5.1 earthquake was felt across the San Francisco Bay Area on Tuesday morning. This latest ...
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake hit near Concord Thursday morning and was felt across the Bay Area from Antioch to Daly City.CONCORD, Calif. (KGO) -- A magnitude 3.8 earthquake hit near Concord Thursday morning and was felt across the Bay Area from Antioch to Daly City. The quake was centered...
PLA celebrates 79th birthday---The Chinese People's Liberation Army is 79 years old, and the Defense Ministry has held a reception to celebrate. Quake hits Indonesian island---A moderate earthquake has struck nearIndonesia's Nias island off northernSumatra. The quake, with a magni...
LOW 12 May 2018 5.7-mag strikes San Diego county area [ABC] LOW 10 May 2018 Series of quakes shake area near geothermal field in northern California [LA Times] LOW 09 May 2018 Strong 6.2-mag hits Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan [The Watchers] LOW 09 May 2018 Shallow 6.0-mag hits...
If you want to make local friends i n a country, stay near where the locals often visit. Keep as mall photo album in your bag when you travel. Ph otos of family, friends, and pets will allow you r new friends to learn more about who you are and give you to pics to talk about....
A significant aftershock that initially registered as a 5.8-magnitude quake hit minutes later near Cobb, California in Lake County, according to the USGS. It has now been downgraded to a 4.1. Dozens of aftershocks have also been recorded near the 7.0 and Cobb epicenters in the minutes follo...
The San Andreas fault is the most well known in the San Francisco area. It is a strike-slip fault, and is believed to have caused both the1906 Earthquake & Fireand the1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake. It runs under the Santa Cruz Mountains, up through the Peninsula, near the Golden Gate Brid...