by Ken Jorgustin | Updated Feb 27, 2017 | earthquakes
Earthquakes trigger more earthquakes. ———- UPDATE: Magnitude 6.3 NOV-8 Earthquake At Cascadia Raises More Concern Scroll down for more… ———- At the Seismology Lab at the University of Washington, there is concern that the 7.7...
by Ken Jorgustin | Updated Dec 27, 2012 | earthquakes
Source: Icelandic Met Office Northern Iceland has suddenly become extremely active with swarms of earthquakes, many of them of sufficient magnitude to shake up the region. The earthquakes actually began yesterday, Sunday....
by Ken Jorgustin | Updated Oct 17, 2012 | earthquakes
Felt intensely in New England, a magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck near Hollis, Maine at 7:12 PM local time, October 16, about 85 miles north of Boston. The earthquake rippled out from the epicenter, which was very shallow at 5km (about 3 miles under the earth’s...
by Ken Jorgustin | Oct 12, 2012 | earthquakes
“The Great SouthEast ShakeOut” …do they know something? The Department of Emergency Management of six southeastern states are coordinating and participating in the largest earthquake drill, ever, in the southeast United States. October 18, 10:18 AM....
by Ken Jorgustin | Updated Sep 5, 2012 | earthquakes
For those of you who have been reading this site for awhile know that one of my interests and curiosities is the geophysical going’s on of our planet, including earthquakes. Well, it is interesting to notice that there have been a curious number of earthquakes...
by Ken Jorgustin | Jun 24, 2012 | earthquakes
Whenever we see new earthquakes along or near the New Madrid Fault Zone in the south central United States, we are reminded of the historical record-breaking earthquakes that have occurred there and the danger that still exists. Recently, beginning June 17 there have...