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VENTURA COUNTY, CA - the U.S. Geological Survey reported that a preliminary 2.7 magnitude quake shook near Ojai on Saturday around midday.
A powerful, magnitude-7.0 earthquake has struck in a remote area near the border between Alaska and the Canadian territory of Yukon on Saturday
The federal government and earthquake experts blamed a technical glitch for the alert that sent warnings hundreds of miles away last week.
The clusters of earthquakes have all been underneath the East Bay suburb of San Ramon, which is close to the Calaveras fault. There were at least 19 earthquakes of magnitude 2 or greater on Monday alone.
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2.9 earthquake shakes East Bay
An earthquake of magnitude 2.9 shook the East Bay on Saturday afternoon, according to the United States Geological Survey.
A minor, 3.1-magnitude earthquake struck in Southern California on Thursday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The temblor happened at 10:27 a.m. Pacific time about 8 miles northwest of Fillmore, Calif., data from the agency shows.
After a magnitude 7 earthquake ripped under Hubbard Glacier earlier this month, scientists believe a “connector fault” may exist between established cuts in the thick planetary crust.
Adelaide sits on the most active seismic zone in Australia and has more than its fair share of tremors below magnitude-4, but it's been 71 years since it was rocked by a serious earthquake. Now, it's a matter of if,