Report of a 6.5 magnitude earthquake 70 miles off the coast of Taipei are coming in. "The following is a release by the United States Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center: An earthquake occurred...
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"Indonesia's Sumatra island was rocked by two powerful aftershocks in the early hours of Tuesday morning, with local tsunami alerts being issued on both occasions, the US Geological Survey said.
A strong 6.7-magnitude aftershock struck at 1:06 am (1806 GMT) at a depth of 35...
At 7:57AM PST an earthquake measuring 6.8 on the richter scale hit the South Sandwich Islands near New Georgia, which is part of the Solomon Islands.Click here to read the United States Geological Survey report
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"Far from the public eye, lava from Kilauea Volcano continues its creep toward civilization. The eruption that began July 21 is supplying lava to a channel now almost a mile long on the northeast flank of the...
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Some 50 to 60 seismic stations have been
installed along Indonesia`s 4,400 kilimeters areas, according to an
E-mail dispatch of the US Embassy received by ANTARA here on Wednesday.
It said...
Hopefully this turns out to be a very boring story, without any news-friendly deaths or leveled buildings. Coverage update:"
The magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck at 1:29 p.m. local time (3:29
p.m. EDT) and was centered 70 miles southwest of Guatemala City off the
Pacific...
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An earthquake in Laos was as far south as Bangkok and as far east as Hanoi, measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale at its epicenter. So far, no reports of casualties or major damage. We are just beginning to get images...
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" Singapore - A strong earthquake was recorded off Papua New Guinea at 1.25am on Tuesday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said on Tuesday. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties after the magnitude 6.5 earthquake, whose epicentre was under the sea...
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Over 200 streets in Virginia and Maryland where closed Wednesday as governor Tim Kaine declared a state of Emergency. The District of Columbia removed it's emergency mode on Thursday, since rains had largely stopped....
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Mount St. Helens is sending a plume of steam and ash 25,000+ feet (7,600 metres) into the air. See the U.S. Geological Survey site for more updates and be sure to check out the Mount St. Helens VolcanoCam. According to the USGS, "
A small, short-lived explosive event at...
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