Earthquake
Tsunami advisory for the state of Hawaii after earthquake
October 07, 2009The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a tsunami advisory for the state of Hawaii effective at 12:17 pm HST: “An earthquake has occurred with these preliminary parameters (origin time - 1203 pm HST 07 Oct 2009; coordinates - 13.0 south 1...
- 7.8 earthquake struck off the Santa Cruz IslandsOctober 07, 2009
A magnitude-7.8 earthquake struck off the Santa Cruz Islands in the Pacific Ocean today, triggering a tsunami warning for several nations in the region. The quake hit at 9:03 a.m. local time at a depth of 35 kilometers (22 miles), about 260 kilometers...
- Earthquake of magnitude 5.5 shakes off Romania, Bulgaria
August 05, 2009A 5.5-magnitude earthquake struck off Romania and northeastern Bulgaria on 5 August 2009 around 10:45, Romanian National Institute for Earth Physics said. The quake's epicenter was off the Romanian and Bulgarian Black Sea coasts, and its estimated depth...
Dazed Giant Squid Wash Up On California Beach After Earthquake
July 14, 2009An earthquake wasn’t the only shock San Diego residents felt Saturday morning when dozens of dazed giant squid washed up on La Jolla’s sandy shores. The sea creatures measured up to four feet long and weighed around 40 pounds, appeared on...
- April 25: earthquake in Romania, felt in Moldova and Bulgaria
April 25, 2009An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 was recorded in eastern and central Romania on Saturday evening at 20:18. It was also felt in neighboring Moldova and northern Bulgaria. The epicenter was in the Vrancea area, where a major fault line caused dozens...
Five Richter degree earthquake registered in Moldova
May 07, 2008A seism of five degrees by Richter scale was registered on Wednesday morning, in Moldova. It was registered at about 11:10 and was felt mostly in Chisinau. The epicenter of the earthquake was in the Black Sea, Seismology Centre of Academy of Sciences...
Earthquake hits much of England
February 27, 2008The biggest earthquake in the UK for nearly 25 years has shaken homes across large parts of England. People in Newcastle, Yorkshire, London, Manchester, the Midlands and Norfolk and also parts of Wales, felt the tremor just before 0100 GMT. A man suffered...
Quake hits storm-battered Philippines
November 27, 2007A meeting in Manila to discuss emergency response to two typhoons buffeting the Philippines was evacuated Tuesday when a magnitude 4 earthquake hit. Filipino President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Cabinet ministers and civil defense officials were discussing...
'Moderate' quake hits California
October 31, 2007A 5.6 magnitude earthquake struck northeast of San Jose, Calif., Tuesday night. "At this point we haven't had any reports of damage or injuries," Rafael Abreu of the U.S. Geological Survey told CNN. The agency said the quake occurred...
Earthquake shakes San Francisco area
October 31, 2007Geologists were carefully watching the San Francisco Bay area Wednesday after a jolting 5.6 earthquake shook the area Tuesday night. There were no immediate reports of damage but geologists were concerned it had created new "stress changes"...