4.6-magnitude earthquake shakes Northern California awake

Los Angeles

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake shook a wide swath of Southern California on March 11, 2013. The Queenstown Lakes District Council says it has decided against adopting an ''alarmist approach'' to the Government's consultation over earthquake-prone buildings and believes more work needs to be done on details about assessment, risk and A magnitude 4.6 earthquake shook [...]

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LA Now Live: Monday's earthquake tested early warning system

Los Angeles

Monday's earthquake in Riverside County offered scientists one of their first opportunities to match data from an earthquake early warning pilot program to what they could actually feel. According to Caltech and U.S. Geological Survey seismologists Some might believe that the 4.7 magnitude Riverside County temblor that rattled windows and swayed skyscrapers across Southern California [...]

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LA Now Live: Monday's earthquake tested early warning system

Los Angeles

Sunday, March 10, 2013 at 22:51:51 UTC; Monday, March 11, 2013 at 08:51:51 AM at epicenter; Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones · Location, 6.653°S, 148.155°E. Depth, 28.9 km (18.0 miles). Region, NEW BRITAIN INDIAN WELLS, Calif . — An earthquake registering a magnitude of 4.7 on the Richter scale hit the Coachella Valley [...]

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Magnitude 4.7 earthquake is Monday morning's shake-up call

Los Angeles

Burleson, Joshua and other residents living near the Johnson County-Tarrant County line told the U.S. Geological Survey they felt the 2.7-magnitude earthquake that rolled through this morning. According to the USGS, the The Great East Japan Earthquake devastated Japan and triggered a terrible Nuclear Power plant disaster. Two years later, the results from a survey [...]

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Magnitude 4.7 earthquake is Monday morning's shake-up call

Los Angeles

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. – The scariest moment of Rafael Nadal's day didn't happen on the tennis court. The Spaniard experienced his first earthquake Monday morning at the BNP Paribas Open. The 9:55 a.m. quake had an estimated magnitude of 4.7, The Great East Japan Earthquake devastated Japan and triggered a terrible Nuclear Power plant disaster. [...]

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Magnitude 4.7 earthquake is Monday morning's shake-up call

Los Angeles

On March 11th, 2011, at 14:46 JST, the Pacific Plate. When it moved the entire Island of Honshu, Japan moved up and eight feet eastward. The Earthquake registered 9.0 on the Richter scale and was the fifth largest On March 11th, 2011, at 14:46 JST, the Pacific Plate. When it moved the entire Island of [...]

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California earthquake packed unusually wide punch, experts say

Los Angeles

Two years ago today Japan suffered its most powerful known earthquake, which rattled the country, unleashed a tsunami of up to 100 feet, and resulted in the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl. More than 18,000 people died as a result of the disaster. SAN DIEGO (KSWB) — A moderate earthquake centered in the Southern California [...]

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California earthquake packed unusually wide punch, experts say

Los Angeles

earthquake Click on the image to enlarge. A 4.6 magnitude earthquake and a 4.7 magnitude earthquake hit early this afternoon 65 miles northeast of San Diego. One of the quakes was a shallow quake. Preliminary readings At the BNP Paribas Open, tennis star Rafael Nadal felt the shaking while he was on the massage table [...]

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Southern California earthquake brings jolt but little damage

Los Angeles

An earthquake with a 4.7 magnitude hit Southern California on Mar. 11 and now celebs are tweeting in the midst of the aftermath! Paula Abdul is just one of the celebrities who are taking to Twitter to express their concern over The Great East Japan Earthquake devastated Japan and triggered a terrible Nuclear Power plant [...]

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Earthquake shakes wide area of S. California

CBS News

I was on vacation in Thailand, but the overnight crew only knew I was somewhere in that part of the world–and started to worry that I might have been caught up in Japan's earthquake and tsunami. In fact, I was completely "When the ground stops shaking after a major earthquake, the damage may have just [...]

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