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Elvis Lives! ‘A Whole Lotta Shakin’ Still Going On as Quakes Strike Alaska, Chile, China, Indonesia, New Zealand, Solomon Islands …

06/21/2011 Leave a comment
Here’s a list of some of the moderate to strong quakes reported in the last 48 hours.  Fortunately, no reports of major damage or injuries so far …
Magnitude 6.1 Shakes Solomon Islands
Magnitude 5.1 Rattles New Zealand
Magnitude 5.1 Rolls Indonesia
Magnitude 6.5 Rocks Chile
Magnitude 5.0 Shimmys Tajikistan
Magnitude 5.0 Rumbles Alaska
Magnitude 5.3 Sways China
Magnitude 5.4 Swings Japan
Magnitude 5.0 Hits Fiji
Magnitude 5.5 Twists Vanuatu
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Magnitude 6.0 Earthquake Rattles Southern Peru

06/08/2011 Leave a comment
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Peculiar Earthquake Touches Southern Illinois

06/08/2011 Leave a comment

JACKSON COUNTY– Experts are studying an early morning earthquake that rattled some people awake in eastern Missouri and southern Illinois. Some of you may have felt the tremor just after three o’clock Tuesday morning, it was a magnitude 4.2 earthquake

The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake was centered near Sullivan, Missouri, about fifty miles southwest of St. Louis. People felt the rumbling as far west as Columbia, Missouri, and as far east as Carbondale.

When SIU geology professor James Conder checked overnight readings from the university’s seismograph Tuesday morning, he was a little shocked.

‘I thought well, that’s rather interesting,’ he said.

The equipment in Carbondale registered activity from the 4 earthquake near Sullivan. What surprises him is that it happened nowhere near the New Madrid Fault line, the area’s most active fault.” Read more.

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Magnitude 6.2 Earthquake Strikes Off West Coast of Chile

06/01/2011 Leave a comment
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Magnitude 6.1 Earthquake Hits Kermadec Islands, New Zealand

05/21/2011 Leave a comment
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Magnitude 6.0 Earthquake Strikes East Coast of Japan near Tokyo

05/19/2011 Leave a comment

Earthquake magnitude 6.0 – NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Friday, May 20, 2011 at 09:46:16 AM
35.736°N, 140.981°E
Depth: 26.2 km (16.3 miles)

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Shallow Magnitude 5.8 Earthquake Strikes Western Turkey, Numerous Aftershocks Reported

05/19/2011 Leave a comment
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Earthquakes Recorded Under Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts

05/17/2011 Leave a comment

“People in several Southeastern Massachusetts communities reported feeling a small earthquake Sunday night that experts say was centered under Buzzards Bay.

The 2.1-magnitude temblor was recorded at 8:39 p.m. under the bay, 12 miles off Woods Hole and 11 miles from Bliss Corner in Dartmouth, according to the US Geological Survey website.

The USGS collected 10 reports on its website from people who felt the quake. Reports came in from Dracut, Abington, Randolph, Falmouth, Pocasset, Fairhaven, Fall River, Raynham, as well as Little Compton and Providence, R.I.”  Read more.

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Philippines: 15 Quakes Recorded at Mayon Volcano in Last 24 Hours

05/15/2011 Leave a comment

“Restive Mayon Volcano in Albay showed signs of increased activity with 15 volcanic quakes in the last 24 hours, state volcanologists said Sunday.

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) also noted one rockfall-related event and moderate steam emission in the same time period.

‘Mayon Volcano’s seismic network recorded 15 volcanic earthquakes and one rockfall-related event during the past 24 hours. Moderate emission of white steam that reached a maximum height of 400 meters above the summit crater was observed drifting west–southwest and southwest,’ it said in its Sunday update.

Phivolcs also said a crater glow was observed at Intensity II (can be seen by the naked eye) Saturday night.”  Read more.

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Magnitude 6.5 Earthquake Strikes Papua, New Guinea

05/15/2011 Leave a comment
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Magnitude 6.2 Earthquake Strikes East Coast of Japan

05/13/2011 Leave a comment
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Magnitude 6.0 Earthquake Hits Costa Rica

05/13/2011 Leave a comment
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