Earthquakes

According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), a 7.7 magnitude major earthquake struck at 2:10 pm E.T on Jan. 28 in the Caribbean Sea and specifically in the area south of Cuba and northwest of Jamaica. The earthquake was felt by people in Jamaica, Cuba, the Cayman Islands, and Miami, Florida. A…

The increasing rates of earthquakes along the Ridgecrest area is believed to be a factor in the recent movements on the Garlock fault, rejecting the U.S. Geological Survey’s previous prediction that the Ridgecrest earthquakes were unlikely to affect other area faults. This is an important reminder…

On October 17th, the 30th anniversary of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake,  California Governor Gavin Newsom introduces the launch of the first statewide earthquake early warning app, MyShake. Like ShakeAlertLA, a Los Angeles-exclusive app, MyShake gathers information from a network of seismic…

According to an analysis of the recent earthquakes in Southern California by seismologists,another earthquake is expected to hit Southern California in the next 2 weeks.This third earthquake is expected to be of a larger magnitude and bring more destruction relative to the prior ones. To read…