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The 8.2 magnitude earthquake that struck off Alaska's coast Wednesday night was the strongest one since 1964, an official told CNN.The very strong quake was located about 56 miles (91 kilometers) east southeast of Perryville, Alaska, and happened ...
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COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Icelanders are yearning for some undisturbed shut-eye after tremors from tens of thousands of earthquakes have rattled their sleep for weeks in what scientists call an unprecedented seismic event, which might well end in a spectacular ...
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The epicentre of the quake, about 240 km (149 miles) south-west of Greece's Methoni region, was at a depth of 10 km, according to the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC). EMSC said. EMSC tweeted: "M6.2 #earthquake (#σεισμός) ...
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A strong earthquake has struck near northern Canterbury early this morning.The 5.1 magnitude quake hit just before 4.30am, about 10km north-west of Culverden.GeoNet, who initially said it was a 4.9 magnitude event, said it happened at a depth ...
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An earthquake of magnitude 6.0 has struck the Tanimbar region in Indonesia, the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) says.The Indonesia Geophysics Agency and the BoM said there was no tsunami potential from the quake.Northern Territory residents told ...
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Japan was rattled by a 5.2-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Fukushima province today. The quake struck just over 50 miles from the city of Fukushima where the nuclear disaster occurred in 2011. Witnesses said they had felt a 10-second ...
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Mail Online
04 February 2020
Puerto Rico
A magnitude 5.0 aftershock rattled southern Puerto Rico on Tuesday, causing some cracks but no reported injuries in a region that has been shaken by continuing quakes for more than a month.Officials in the southwest coastal town of Guayanilla reported ...
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A 6.2 magnitude earthquake has struck 50 miles west of the city of Adak in Alaska at 7:53 p.m. Alaska Standard Time, the U.S. Geological Survey said on Thursday.
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Space.com
14 January 2020
Puerto Rico
The swarm of earthquakes that have rocked Puerto Rico recently left marks that are visible from space.About 2,000 quakes have shaken Puerto Rico since late December, with the most powerful a 6.4-magnitude temblor that took place last Tuesday (Jan. 7), ...
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MANILA (REUTERS) - A powerful earthquake struck near the Philippine city of Davao on Sunday (Dec 15), damaging buildings and causing several injuries, officials said, the latest in a series of tremors to strike the southern part of the country in recent ...
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