Earthquake News

Ask many Bay Area officials how the new Bay Bridge will fare when the Big One strikes and their answers may be shaky.

The Columbian reports the 2.5 magnitude quake hit at about 9:40 a.m., three miles northeast of Battle Ground.

Something was happening, according to UNR'S Seismology Lab, an earthquake centered near Lake Almanor measuring 5.7 . It moved a boulder onto highway 70 through the Feather River Canyon.

Scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey may find themselves headed to Lake Almanor to determine which fault line triggered the 5.7-magnitude earthquake that shook the region Thursday night.

The earthquake that occurred in Uzbekistan on Saturday night at 3.18 caused no casualties or damage, Ministry of Emergency Situations told Trend.

An earthquake near Lake Almanor dam on Thursday night did not injure anyone but did cause moderate damage and shook people all the way down to the valley.

A 8.2-magnitude earthquake jolted Sea of Okhotsk from a depth of 601.80 km at 0544 GMT Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

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An earthquake in far northeastern California was felt by thousands of people as far away as San Francisco and in two other states, but there have been no reports of injury or serious damage.

A jarring 5.7-magnitude earthquake was recorded about 6 miles northwest of Greenville, near Lake Almanor, at about 8:47 p.m. Thursday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Craft breweries from around the country are teaming up to raise money for military families by selling a beer aged on baseball bats.

A massive undersea earthquake on Friday in Russia's Far East prompted a tsunami warning and was felt in cities including Moscow far to the west, but there were no immediate reports of casualties.

Tremors are felt from 4,000 miles away as two earthquakes strike in the turbulent Ring Of Fire region, in Russia and the US.

A magnitude 5.7 earthquake was widely felt as it rattled Northern California Thursday night, breaking dishes and shaking mirrors off walls.

A magnitude 8.2 earthquake struck off Russia's eastern coast on Friday, briefly prompting a tsunami scare but causing no casualties or substantial damage, Russian emergency authorities said.

Marina Kolomiyets, spokeswoman for Obninsk's seismic station of the Russian Academy of Sciences, said Friday the epicenter was in the Sea of Okhotsk, east of the Russian coast and north of Japan.

The epicenter for the extremely powerful quake was located in the Sea of Okhotsk, just to the west of the Kamchatka Peninsula, and about 600 kilometers underground.

Rafael Abreau, a geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey's National Earthquake Center, says the temblor struck at 8:47 p.m. and was centred 10 kilometres west northwest of Greenville, and about 40 kilometres southwest of Susanville.

Rafael Abreau, a geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey's National Earthquake Center, says the temblor struck at 8:47 p.m. and was centered six miles west northwest of Greenville, and 26 miles southwest of Susanville.

The epicenter of the magnitude 5.9 quake was near Greenville, or about halfway between Redding, California, and Reno, Nevada.