A 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck the North California coast today, in the Humboldt country region. The quake which occured at 12:20 PM, happened 35 miles from northwest of Petolia and 50 miles west of Eureka. Powerful Earthquake ...
An earthquake (also known as a tremor or temblor) is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves. Earthquakes are recorded with a seismometer, also known as a seismograph. The moment magnitude (or the related and mostly obsolete Richter magnitude) of an ...
For example during the Southern California Fire Siege of 2003, the largest wildland fire in California history, the Cedar Fire in San Diego County, was named after the Cedar Creek Falls area where it started. The destructive Old Fire, ...
Earthquake of 7.1 hit Honduras A powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit the northern part of Honduras at a depth of 10 km on May 28, 2009 at 2.24 am Six people were killed and 40 people were injured in this bizarre earthquake at the ...