The quake happened around 10:15 p.m. Tuesday night, according to clocks in Alaska. A tsunami warning along coastal Alaska – which was later rescinded – sent some residents to higher ground. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/7-8-magnitude-quake-alaska-july-21-2020…
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Planetary alignment? Increase in volcanoes?
The book called “The Jupiter Effect” suggested an alignment of planets in 1982 would cause earthly catastrophes, including a great earthquake on California’s San Andreas Fault. There’s another planetary alignment, of sorts, going on now. Will it cause volcanic eruptions? Charts, and info, from Guy Ottewell. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/planetary-alignment-increase-in-volcanoes-july-2020…
An Earthquake With a Preliminary Magnitude of 7.8 Struck Off the Coast of Alaska Early Wednesday Morning.
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.8 struck off the coast of Alaska early Wednesday morning. From a report: The earthquake was centered 60 miles, or 98 kilometers, south-southeast, of Perryville, Alaska, according to the US Geological Survey. The quake is considered shallow at about six miles, or 10 kilometers, deep. “Anything below 70 kilometers is considered a shallow quake,”…
Weird, Z-shaped faults could trigger a large earthquake on California’s San Andreas Fault
A big earthquake at Ridgecrest could trigger the Garlock fault, which would in turn trigger the San Andreas. Source: https://www.livescience.com/weird-faults-trigger-san-andreas-earthquake.html
Desert Quakes May Have Boosted Chances of ‘Big One’ Striking California
sciencehabit shares a report from Science Magazine: A pair of earthquakes that struck the remote California desert 1 year ago have raised the risk of ‘the big one’ hitting Southern California, according to a new study. The research finds that the 2019 Ridgecrest, California, quakes shifted underground stresses, making the San Andreas fault — the state’s longest and most dangerous fault…
Emergency Preparedness: How Much Food & Water Per Person
Dr. Michael Beach is an assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, who teaches and practices disaster preparation and response. He’s a member of disaster medical assistance teams and has helped respond to Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Sandy, and the 2010 earthquake in Haiti—and most recently, those on cruise ships during the COVID-19 […]
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Powerful 7.4 earthquake rocks southern Mexico, killing 1
A powerful magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck the southern coast of Oaxaca, Mexico this morning, killing at least one person. Source: https://www.livescience.com/oaxaca-mexico-earthquake-june-2020.html
Magnitude-6.5 earthquake in Nevada has a long history of temblors
A magnitude-6.5 earthquake rattled western Nevada just before sunrise today (May 15), waking up people at 4:03 a.m. local time (11:03 UTC), well before their morning alarms went off, according to news reports. Source: https://www.livescience.com/nevada-earthquake-and-aftershocks.html
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake just slammed Utah, the state’s largest in nearly 30 years
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck northern Utah this morning. It was the state’s largest quake since 1992. Source: https://www.livescience.com/magna-utah-earthquake-2020.html
Marsquakes: InSight lander shows active faults in planet’s crust
The results from its NASA’s Mars InSight lander’s first 10 months on the martian surface have been published in a series of papers. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/mars-quakes-insight-lander-shows-active-faults…