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An Earthquake’s Impact Can Be Predicted – But Only After it Hits

Over the next week, Southern California has only a 27% chance of experiencing a third earthquake greater than magnitude 6, but a 96% chance of going through a tremor of magnitude 5 or higher. Those precise probabilities were generated by …

5 Earthquakes Recorded in Oklahoma Last Week

The U.S. Geological Survey reports five earthquakes – including one of magnitude 4.0 – in Oklahoma. Authorities say there are no reports of injury or damage from the Friday quakes. The 4.0 quake was recorded at 5:35 p.m. near Medford …

Small South Carolina Quake Felt Hundreds of Miles Away

The snow and ice dumped by an unusually severe winter storm were melting, once-frigid temperatures were rising and residents of South Carolina and Georgia finally had begun to relax. Then the earth shuddered. A small earthquake shook both states late …