Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Earthquake

  • 4.0 earthquake centered in Maine rattles New England

    A magnitude 4.0 earthquake likened to an off-balance washing machine shook New England as far south as Connecticut on Tuesday evening.

    www.latimes.com

  • Regional earthquake drill scheduled for Thursday

    Those are the instructions given during an earthquake, and people across five states, including Maryland, and the District of Columbia will be practicing them on Thursday.

    www.baltimoresun.com

  • 4.6-magnitude earthquake felt throughout New England

    The U.S. Geological Survey website reported the 7:12 p.m. earthquake occurred about 3 miles west of Hollis Center and 13 miles northwest of Saco and Biddeford.

    www.sunjournal.com

  • Preparation provides the key

    As the director of the city's Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute puts it, each year Istanbul's residents put 48 white balls and two red balls in a fictional bowl and pick one.

    www.ft.com

  • 4.0 earthquake rocks Northeast

    Both ladies immediately suspected they just felt an earthquake and signed online to confirm. "A few minutes later I checked on Facebook and people were talking about it," said Pyfferon with a laugh.

    www.wcax.com

  • Brookline feels earthquake, tweets about feeling it

    So if you aren't in the middle of rehanging awkward family photos, you've at least heard that a 4.6 magnitude earthquake hit Maine around 7:15 p.m., and people around Boston could feel it. There's a decent chance you heard about it on Twitter, which ...

    blogs.wickedlocal.com

  • 5.5 earthquake hits near Taupo

    A magnitude 5.5 earthquake has struck near Taupo and was felt along the East Coast of the North Island. The quake struck at 12:42pm, and was centred 10 km north-east of Taupo at a depth of 108km.

    www.nzherald.co.nz

  • Can We Escape the Million-Death Earthquake?

    Predicting earthquakes in the sense that it's normally used—saying, well there's going to be an earthquake in this particular place next month—that sort of approach was something that was thought about 50 years ago to be something that would become ...

    www.popularmechanics.com

  • Weston Observatory busy after 4.0-M earthquake

    WESTON, Mass. (WHDH) -- Seismographs stayed busy at the Weston Observatory where scientists are calling Tuesday night's earthquake moderate sized. The tremors were felt all across New England and even some places in eastern New York. Experts at ...

    www1.whdh.com

  • Brockton area gets tremors from earthquake

    Tremors were felt around the Brockton region and elsewhere in southern New England at about 7:15 p.m. Tuesday in what was confirmed to be a 4.5 magnitude earthquake that hit about 20 miles west of Portland, Maine. The Enterprise building at 1324 ...

    www.enterprisenews.com

  • 4.0-magnitude earthquake hits New England

    The earthquake hit about three miles west of Hollis Center, Maine, which borders New Hampshire, at 7:12 p.m., according to Susan Hoover, geophysicist at the United States Geological Survey National Information Center.

    dailycollegian.com

  • What is the Chance of a Big Earthquake in New England?

    New Englanders from Maine to Massachusetts and perhaps as far away as Rhode Island felt the 4.6 magnitude earthquake that centered in Lake Arrowhead, Maine early Tuesday night.

    marblehead.patch.com

  • Gloucester shakes with 4.6 Maine earthquake - 3 Hours Ago

    An earthquake, reportedly with a magnitude of 4.6 on the Richter scale and centered on Lake Arrowhead, Maine, was widely felt across Gloucester tonight with several reports of a brief shaking but no signs of any damage.

    www.gloucestertimes.com

  • Are we ready for a repeat of the 1868 earthquake?

    It is a sobering endeavor to remember the 1868 Hayward Fault earthquake, the last major eruption on our local fault. The USGS states that major, destructive earthquakes occur along the Hayward Fault, on average, every 138 years. This means that, since ...

    blog.sfgate.com

  • Earthquake rattles through Tri-Towns

    If you felt the earthquake and/or your home suffered any damages, send an email to tritown@wickedlocal.com. An earthquake registering 4.5 on the richter scale rattled through the Tri-Town area at 7:12 p.m.. Channel 7 reported that the epiceter of the ...

    www.wickedlocal.com

  • Small earthquake felt in the region

    UNITED STATES -- Well, did you feel it? We're talking about a magnitude 4.0 earthquake that rattled southern Maine, but was also felt in our area.

    hudsonvalley.ynn.com

  • 4.5 earthquake hits 100 miles north of Plymouth

    At 7:12 p.m. this evening a 4.5 earthquake occured, with its epicenter just north of Waterboro, in Southern Maine. The quake was felt by residents in Plymouth, which is just over 100 miles from the epicenter.

    www.wickedlocal.com

  • South Windsor Earthquake or Ground-Shimmy? Inland Wetlands, CCC X ...

    So, maybe the Mayans had something about the end of days taking place in the last part of 2012, what with the Tropical Storm Irene, the October snowstorm, and yesterday's earthquake all taking place within the last calendar year (OK Irene happened in ...

    southwindsor.patch.com

  • Himalayan Earthquakes and Seismic Activity in Eastern Canada

    The week of 10-16 October saw a total of 32 earthquakes of equal to or greater than magnitude 5 (≥M5.0) across the globe.

    decodedscience.com

  • Haitian amputees find support in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake

    Coralie Brutus, 7, born with deformed feet at the end of kneeless legs, is learning to use prosthetic legs at a rehabilitation center in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

    www.washingtonpost.com

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