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1+ hour, 1+ min ago   (938+ words) Home - Science - University of New Mexico scientists turned up to 70 percent of the iron oxide in dry, melted basalt into iron and water within 3 hours, a hint that Earth’s water may have formed this way Garai, who did the work…...

4+ hour, 40+ min ago   (271+ words) Sacramento Bee PERSHING COUNTY, NV - A 2.3 magnitude quake shook near Burning Man Earth on Monday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The tremor struck at 6:40 a.m., with its epicenter approximately 3 miles west-southwest of Burning Man Earth and a depth of 5 miles....

1+ hour, 42+ min ago   (308+ words) On 9 October at 12:56 p.m., a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck 39 km north-west of Tonosí, in the south-central province of Los Santos, at a depth of 4 km, according to the University of Panama’s Institute of Geosciences (IGC-UP). Aftershocks are ongoing, with 56 aftershocks recorded up…...

3+ hour, 48+ min ago   (244+ words) Thursday's stop at 1549 El Prado isn't a one-off. It caps a four-city sweep that began in San Francisco on Oct. 12, rolled through Sacramento on Oct. 13 and hit Los Angeles on Oct. 14 before arriving in San Diego, the final stop on…...

14+ hour, 57+ min ago   (1145+ words) A magnitude 7.7 earthquake rocked southern Panama on Oct. 9, leading Florida State University's Republic of Panama campus in Panama City to evacuate and temporarily close its building in the Ciudad del Saber, or the City of Knowledge. Compared to the damage…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (169+ words) The earthquake was centered six miles west-southwest of Pitaloza Arriba, at a depth of six miles, becoming the strongest to hit this part of Panama in over 35 years. Buildings shook as far away as Panama City and people have evacuated…...

3+ hour, 22+ min ago   (382+ words) A magnitude 4.4 earthquake shook Caltech's campus around 12:20 p.m. on Monday, August 12, and was felt across the greater Los Angeles area. The earthquake's epicenter was pinpointed near the border of South Pasadena and the Highland Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, roughly 5 miles…...

8+ hour, 26+ min ago   (835+ words) In an earthquake, falling and flying objects injure far more people than collapsing buildings do. Ahead of the Great California ShakeOut on Oct. 15, this room-by-room checklist covers what tends to fall, from bookcases and top closet shelves to china cabinets…...

3+ hour, 22+ min ago   (220+ words) Additionally, Cal OES hosted the Great California Shakeout Tour, traveling to seven locations around the golden state to educate people about earthquake preparedness and safety. This tour allowed participants to experience simulated shaking intensity akin to a magnitude 7.0 earthquake. Stops…...

4+ hour, 27+ min ago   (361+ words) According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the San Andreas Fault is not a lone operator—it’s part of a much broader and more complex system of interconnected faults running up and down America’s Pacific coast. The stages of an earthquake…...