7.5-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes South Atlantic Ocean
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SHASTA COUNTY, CA - According to the U.S. Geological Survey, a preliminary 2.1 magnitude quake struck close to Shingletown Saturday morning.
The epicenter of the 7.5-magnitude quake was in the Drake Passage, a body of water between the southernmost tip of South America and Antarctica.
SHELBY COUNTY, Texas (KTRE) - The USGS is reporting a third earthquake, this one the strongest, in the past 24 hours in Deep East Texas. A magnitude 3.2 was recorded 3.5 miles west-southwest of Huxley and 43.5 miles east-northeast of Nacogdoches at 9:02 p.m. Thursday.
HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) - Today is the 14-year anniversary of the Mineral earthquake that rocked much of the East Coast. According to the USGS, the 5.8 magnitude quake occurred just east of our viewing area, creating thousands of aftershock reports.
The magnitude 6.0 tremor occurred at 4:14am local time, according to a US Geological Survey report. The quake was recorded at a shallow depth of about 10 kilometres (6 miles). Its epicentre was 81 kilometres (about 50 miles) southwest of Acajutla,
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Ancient artifacts of sunken city likely destroyed by earthquake or tsunami plucked from seafloor
Ancient 2,000-year-old artifacts were recovered from the Mediterranean Sea near Alexandria, Egypt, possibly from the sunken city of Canopus.
SHASTA COUNTY, CA - Friday afternoon, a preliminary 2.1 magnitude quake was recorded close to Dunsmuir, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
SOUTHEAST Mo. (KFVS) - A magnitude 2.3 earthquake was recorded near Caruthersville on Friday morning, August 22. According to the USGS preliminary report, it was recorded around 8:33 a.m. about 1.4 miles east of Caruthersville and 17.5 miles northwest of Dyersburg, Tenn. The earthquake had a depth of about 4 kilometers.