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Category: Earthquake
Mount Rainier (14,410 ft) has lately attracted a small amount of attention because of what is considered by some an increase in seismic activity there, so I thought it might be nice to get a baseline description of this volcano for those of you interested...
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Category: Earthquake
Updated" The USGS gives details of two earthquakes in the Baja region, Mexico. At UTC 18:33 a 5.0 quake seems to have occurred at 28.931°N, 113.022°W, which is in the Gulf of California (a.k.a. Sea of Cortez) near and south of the island Angel de...
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Category: Earth Science
I just got this massive continental plate sized press release from JPL. Below the fold. - - - - - the fold - - - -...
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Category: Earthquake
While you are waiting for the easter bunny:...
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Category: Earth Science
A quick note for those of you interested in mud volcanoes (and I know there are many of you). From an article titled "Earthquake Triggering of Mud Volcanoes" by Magna et al we learn that ... Mud volcanoes sometimes erupt within days after nearby earthquakes....
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Category: Earth Science
Just as unexpectedly as when the last swarm started, and just as unexpectedly as when the last swarm stopped, there is a new swarm. Verifying my initial statement: At least at some levels, the experts don't have much of a clue about these things. Not...
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Category: Yellowstone
You have already heard that there has been increased seismic activity at Yellowstone National Park over the last few days. Since December 26th, there have been several earthquakes a day, some jut over 3.0 magnitude, in the vicinity of the north side of Yellowstone's lake....
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Category: Earthquake
It is estimated that between 3 and 5 thousand people have been killed by an earthquake in Beichuan County, Sichuan Province, China. That is about one in ten residence of this county. ADDED: This number is increasing quickly. In at least three cases, schools appear...
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