The biggest earthquake ever recorded in Oklahoma struck on November 5, a magnitude 5.6 temblor that buckled a highway and ruptured water pipes. This quake is part of a skyrocketing rise in seismic activity the state has seen in the past three years, leading many to wonder--and worry--about its cause
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* Quake was magnitude 7.2, Turkish observatory says * Up to 1,000 may have been killed [More]
Read More »Magnitude 6.8 Quake Hits India, Several Dead
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.8 earthquake hit a remote Himalayan region in northern India on Sunday evening, killing at least four people and five in neighboring Nepal as well as damaging buildings and blocking roads, officials said. Two people, including a child, died in Sikkim state, the epicenter of the earthquake, and two others died in Bihar state in a stampede sparked by the quake, CNN-IBN broadcaster said.
Read More »Check How Intense the East Coast Earthquake Was in Your Zip Code
Text updated 7:52 p.m. ET | Tuesday afternoon's earthquake was a shared experience for millions of Americans along the East Coast, but how intense was it where you live?
Read More »Is Safe Nuclear Power Possible?
If the recent events in Japan were a movie, we'd say that the plot was too outlandishly catastrophic to be true--first an earthquake, then a tsunami, then a nuclear accident. Watching footage of entire neighborhoods being shoveled inland by roiling water, and knowing that those buildings and vehicles contained people, was horrifying.But while the citizens of Japan continue to struggle with their own personal hell, many
Read More »Huge tsunami kills hundreds in Japan, sweeps across Pacific
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Read More »Huge tsunami kills hundreds in Japan, sweeps across Pacific
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