Sizable Earthquake Hits the Los Angeles area

  The Southland gets the shakes once again, this time at 8:39 pm. windows trembled and the foundations rumbled, as a 5.0 quake hit the Los Angeles Basin. Small aftershocks were soon to follow. "I was in my...

Two quakes rock east Afghanistan:22 dead

There seems to be something terribly wrong with the Afghanistan.It is facing multiple threat, one from the political side, other from the side of economy, and nature is not showing any mercy on them.Today an...

China, M6+ earthquakes in 2008 more than total in last 5 years

Xinhua news agency reports that in 2008, China experienced more earthquakes with magnitude 6 or greater than the total of the previous 5 years combined.

Will Yellowstone Eruption Be Obama’s Katrina?

With earthquake swarms rattling Yellowstone National Park, seismologists speculating about whether a mega-eruption is imminent and Wyoming residents raising tough questions about the danger of such an event in...

Earthquake Japan. Fukushima-Ken Oki at 10:36 LJT.

An Earthquake with a force of 2.5 and magnitude of 4.8 has struck Fukushima-Ken. No further reports are in so far.Earthquake Information (Information about Seismic Intensity at each site)Issued at 10:44 JST 05 Jan...

Earthquake Japan.

Issued atOccurred atRegion NameMagnitudeMaximum Seismic Intensity(JMA Seismic Intensity)19:30 JST 14 Dec 200819:25 JST 14 Dec 2008Ibaraki-ken OkiM4.5314:35 JST 11 Dec 2008Okinawa-honto KinkaiM4.83"--" in the...

Massive Increase in Earthquakes From 2000 - 2008

Most Earthquakes occur around the Pacific Rim on what is known as The Ring Of Fire. From 2000 - 2008, there has been a true explosion or deadly quakes. There are initial deaths in a lager temblor, but...

Canadian Fireball Remains Found

"University of Calgary researchers reported last Friday that they have found the remains of the meteor that streaked through Canadian skies in November The remains of the 10-ton meteor were densely strewn over a...

Two earthquakes hit Dallas; an early Halloween scare

Two minor earthquakes hit Dallas and Irving, Texas this morning, in an early Halloween scare, but so far, no reports of injuries or damage. The first Texas earthquake hit at 11:25pm, and was a 2.5 magnitude, which...

Numerous Earthquakes Rock Central Asia

A number of earthquakes in Asia are making headlines today, and there's been some confusion as to whether the tremors originated from the same epicentre or if there were indeed numerous isolated quakes.  The...

5.9 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Afghanistan

A strong 5.9 magnitude earthquake struck central Afghanistan, near Kabul, early Monday morning.  So far no reports of damage or casualties; updates to come."The quake struck about 68 kilometres (42 miles)...

Vancouver Island Is On The Move

Vancouver Island sits on a small tectonic plate that is slowly burying itself under the continent.  Those of us who live here are quite used to the little jiggles that signal an earthquake.  We don't...

Indonesia sends medical team to China`s Gansu province

"A 20-strong Indonesian medical team was on Thursday sent to Lanzhao in China`s Gansu province to help local people injured in earthquakes that hit the region recently, an Indonesian embassy official said, "The dispatch of the medical team is part of Indonesia`s assistance to...

Lack of Earthquake Equipment : News and Opinion

The International Institute of Nonviolence. By Rev. Jermano According to the Guardian in this story we seem to be faced with no Real Heavy Earthquake Rescue Equipment to do relief operations for Earthquake...

Chinese wonder if animals can predict earthquakes

It is widely believed that Animals have strong senses and they get advance feeling before any disasters. Now many countries have sought to use animal behavior as an early warning sign. Now after...

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