KHON2 on MSN6h
‘Light shaking’ reported following 4.0-magnitude earthquake off Volcano
Hawaii Island residents felt what they described as “light shaking” after a 4.0-magnitude earthquake occurred 11 miles west-northwest of Volcano.
Hikurangi Subduction Zone: What overseas quakes just revealed about NZ’s biggest natural hazard
The giant plate boundary that is the Hikurangi Subduction Zone has the potential to cause magnitude-8.0 “megathrust” ...
Cayman Compass9d
How big is the risk? Amid earthquake murmurs, experts warn against alarmism
Earthquakes are sometimes more challenging to prepare for than other hazards, because they happen infrequently.
Landslides and earthquakes could soon be predictable thanks to UT partnership
Landslides cause more than a billion dollars in damage in the United States each year, according to the American Geoscience ...
The Middletown Press10d
Earthquake rattles East Haddam residents: 'It sounded like a bomb went off'
EAST HADDAM — Diana Jacome Dutch was behind the counter at Moodus Package Store Wednesday night when "all of a sudden, there ...
Los Angeles Times7d
Despite active quake year, some California suburbs refuse to fix vulnerable buildings
In all, the earthquake seriously damaged or destroyed ... owners on what could happen if nothing is done before the next big earthquake. The exact number is unclear, but there could be close ...
Lexington Herald Leader8d
3.8-magnitude quake shakes Southern California, experts say. ‘Felt it Big Time’
“Felt it Big Time Malibu ... Magnitude measures the energy released at the source of the earthquake, the USGS says. It replaces the old Richter scale. Quakes between 2.5 and 5.4 magnitude ...
Alaska Dispatch News6d
After studying earthquakes in Alaska for 30 years, a seismologist moving on to a big new job
Starting next month, Natalia Ruppert will begin working for the U.S. Geological Survey’s ShakeAlert program in the Pacific ...
Alaska Dispatch News8d
After studying earthquakes in Alaska for 30 years, seismologist is moving on to a big new job
The 2002 Denali Fault Earthquake would have a profound effect ... the shake alerts for the entire Pacific Northwest. “It’s a big, important program, and it’s also a chance for me to do ...