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USGS: 3.0 magnitude earthquake shakes area between Ridgecrest and California City
A 3.0 magnitude earthquake struck between Ridgecrest and California City Thursday afternoon, according to the USGS.The tremor ...
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First earthquake, then fire: UC San Diego researchers test steel building
The goal is to see whether it’s safe to build taller buildings out of cold-formed steel, a strong, lightweight recycled ...
Android Phones Can Detect Earthquakes Before the Ground Starts Shaking
Since their first implementation in Mexico and Japan, earthquake early-warning (EEW) systems have provided critical advance ...
4.3-magnitude earthquake — then dozens more — rattles California lake, USGS says
A 4.3-magnitude earthquake jolted a lake shoreline Friday, July 11, in Southern California, the U.S. Geological Survey ...
Maps: Minor Quakes Strike Southern California
A minor, 3.7-magnitude earthquake struck in Southern California on Thursday. It was followed by a larger, 4.3-magnitude quake ...
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Billions of phones can detect and warn about nearby earthquakes
Google’s Android Earthquake Alerts program is a globe-spanning earthquake early-warning system that uses billions of phone ...
New Stretch of Creeping California Fault Line Discovered
The fault has moved the curbs as much as a handspan, around 18 centimeters, since the time they were installed, up to 60 ...
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Cascadia earthquake tsunami threat may not be quite as bad as we thought (but it’s still bad)
New evidence suggests current estimates about tsunami size and how quickly waves make it to shore may be too high and too ...
Alaska Is the Most Earthquake-Prone State. Here Is Why Wednesday's Earthquake Was Notable
Wednesday’s magnitude 7.3 earthquake off Alaska’s Aleutian Islands chain struck in a region that has experienced a handful of ...