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(UPDATE) Imminent Magnitude 9 Earthquake?

by Ken Jorgustin | Nov 8, 2012 | 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...

Earthquakes Swarming Northern Iceland

by Ken Jorgustin | Oct 22, 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....

East Coast Earthquake: Magnitude 4.6

by Ken Jorgustin | Oct 16, 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...

HUGE SouthEast Earthquake Drill

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....

Earthquakes Bristling At Tectonic Plate Boundaries

by Ken Jorgustin | Sep 3, 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...

New Earthquakes on New Madrid Fault Zone

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...