New Earthquakes

Study changes picture of U.S. quake hazards

Friday 30th of July 2010 09:28:31 AM
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The risk of earthquakes in the U.S. Midwest may be more widespread than geologists have believed, but a "big one" may be less likely at Missouri's New Madrid fault, researchers said on Wednesday.||They found that...

Magnitude 2.6 - MAINE

Friday 30th of July 2010 09:28:31 AM
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Most of North America east of the Rocky Mountains has infrequent earthquakes. Here and there earthquakes are more numerous, for example in the New Madrid seismic zone centered on southeastern Missouri, in the Charlevoix-Kamouraska ...

Chile earthquake is testament that preparedness is key to...

Friday 30th of July 2010 09:28:31 AM
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