Early this morning, NASA launched a new Mars rover in the space of the Cape Canaveral of Florida. The car, called “Perseverance,” was designed and assembled at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), just outside Los Angeles, and 20 minutes before the elevator, when reports interviewed engineer MiMi Aung, an earthquake. …
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Do animals really see earthquakes? Sensors indicate that they do
Despite freezing temperatures, scores of snakes struck from their hibernation in the weeks before a major earthquake struck the 4th Chinese city of Haicheng on February 4, 1975. The behavior of the reptiles, along with other incidents, helped authorities convince the city to evacuate hours before the massive shaking. For …
Read More »Earthquake: Magnitude 3.1 shakes hits near San Jose
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake shook the Pacific Ocean less than a mile from San Jose at 5:40 a.m. Sunday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake struck four miles from Milpitas, California, eight miles from Fremont, California, and 10 miles from Santa Clara, California. In the last 10 …
Read More »New study detects thousands of earthquakes in BC Peace region, mostly linked to fracking
The BC peace region experiences about 1,500 small earthquakes a year and most of them are associated with fracking operations, according to a new study. Investigators set up 15 earthquake detectors across the region and recorded 5,757 small earthquakes that would not have been detected between 2017 and 2019. “The …
Read More »Earthquake: 3.5 quake shook Placentia, Orange County
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake was reported in Placenta at 3:18 a.m. Monday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake occurred less than a mile from Yorba Linda, less than a mile from Anaheim, one mile from Orange and two miles from Fullerton. In the past 10 days there have …
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