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DC area shaken by minor earthquake
July 16, 2010 8:36 AM
The Washington, D.C., area was shaken by a minor earthquake. The quake hit at 3:04 a.m. MDT with a magnitude of 3.6. A physicist with U.S. Geological Survey's National Earthquake Information Center says the quake was centered in the Rockville, Maryland, area. There were no immediate reports of... more » -
Scientists: Gulf spill now far bigger than Valdez
May 27, 2010 12:42 PM
Scientists say the Gulf of Mexico spill has now leaked far more oil than the Exxon Valdez disaster - maybe even three-and-a-half times as much. That makes the Gulf spill by far the worst in U.S. history. U.S. Geological Survey Director Dr. Marcia McNutt said Thursday that a government... more » -
6.0 quake hits Guatemala coast
January 18, 2010 2:27 PM
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake hit Guatemala's Pacific coast near the border with El Salvador on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. It said the quake, 64.2 miles deep, was centered 60 miles southeast of Guatemala City. The temblor was strongly felt in the capital, according to Spanish-language network... more » -
'Substantial' casualties feared after 7.0 Haiti quake
January 12, 2010 5:25 PM
A powerful earthquake hit the impoverished country of Haiti on Tuesday, collapsing a hospital and other buildings and raising fears of "substantial" casualties. A reporter for the Reuters news agency in Port-au-Prince, the capital, said he saw dozens of dead and injured people in the rubble, which blocked streets... more » -
5.8 earthquake shakes San Diego area
December 30, 2009 3:51 PM
A magnitude-5.8 earthquake in northern Baja California rocked the U.S.-Mexico border region Wednesday, causing buildings to sway more than 100 miles to the west in downtown San Diego and southwestern Arizona. The main quake was centered about 20 miles southeast of the Mexican border city of Mexicali, according to... more »
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