A Canadian-German research team discovered a new kind of earthquake in an injection setting in British Columbia, Canada. The newly-discovered quake is slower, lasting longer than conventional earthquakes of the same magnitude. The events are a new form of induced earthquake which hydraulic fracturing triggers.
Over the years, local evidence of the disaster has disappeared. But Douglas firs in Oregon may have caught hints deep in their tree rings. A night when January 1700 was about to end, two tectonic plates moving along the Pacific Northwest coast freed the tension they had piled up during a conversation lasting for centuries. An earthquake of roughly 9.0 magnitude clattered the whole region with the coastline dropping and tsunamis washed over the whole Northwest coast.
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According to the US Geological Survey, a magnitude 2.6 earthquake centered approximately east of Anaheim rattled Orange County and other portions of Southern California on Thursday, May 27.
Cali Earthquake
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Around 5:07 p.m., the quake struck. According to the USGS, the epicenter was roughly two and a half miles east of Anaheim. It was estimated to be approximately 3.3 miles deep.
According to the USGS, it was a class four earthquake, meaning minor shaking but no damage.
Where it Struck
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Earthquake
An earthquake (also called a quake, tremor, or temblor) is the shaking of the Earth s surface caused by a rapid release of energy in the lithosphere, which results in seismic waves. Earthquakes can range in size from those that are too little to be felt to powerful enough to throw things and people into the air and destroy entire towns. The number, kind, and size of earthquakes experienced th
An earthquake in the boundaries between Rwanda and Congo pulled down buildings in the city of Goma on Tuesday and increased fears that the volcano close by would erupt again three days after dozens of lives were taken and 17 villages were destroyed by lava.
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The 5.3 Magnitude Earthquake
The quake was measured at 5.3 magnitude, the measurement was taken by the Rwandan Seismic Monitor, and was the largest of several tremors that accompanied the eruption on Saturday of Congo s Mount Nyiragongo volcano, one of the most active and dangerous in the world. The United Nations children s agency said: We are aware that children got injured when a building collapsed on Tuesday just some steps from the in Goma s UNICEF office.
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