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(Reuters) – A strong earthquake that jolted residents of California’s Napa Valley wine country from their beds on Sunday caused insured property damage likely in the hundreds of millions of dollars, but the region’s total economic losses will be several times that, experts said on Monday. The magnitude 6.0 quake, the biggest to hit California’s Bay Area in 25 years, struck before dawn on Sunday near Napa, injuring more than 200 people and damaging dozens of buildings […]
(Reuters) – A 6.0 magnitude earthquake rocked wine country north of San Francisco early on Sunday, injuring more than 100 people, damaging historic buildings, setting some homes on fire and causing power outages around the picturesque town of Napa. The quake, the biggest in the region in 25 years, jolted many residents out of bed when it hit at 3:20 a.m.. It was centered 6 miles (10 km) south of the city of Napa, which is located […]
(Reuters) – An earthquake of 6.0 magnitude shook the San Francisco Bay Area early on Sunday, waking residents but not causing major damage, according to initial reports. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake’s epicenter was eight km (five miles) northwest of the town of American Canyon, on the northern edge of San Francisco Bay. Police dispatchers in San Francisco and Oakland said there were no reports of reports of major damage. Several people on […]
Reuters) – An earthquake of magnitude 6.3 struck western Iran on Monday, near the provincial capital of Dezful, about 300 miles (480 km) from Tehran, the capital, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake, at a depth of 6 miles (10 km), hit at 0232 GMT (22:32 EST). There were no immediate reports of casualties.
By Alexandra Valencia QUITO Tue Aug 12, 2014 7:59pm EDT (Reuters) – Two people were killed in Ecuador on Tuesday after a 5.1 magnitude earthquake struck near the capital of Quito, with eight others wounded and rescue workers still seeking to free others trapped after the tremor. The National Risk Control Agency said the earthquake triggered a landslide at a quarry in the Quito area that killed two people who worked there, adding that firemen […]
A magnitude 5.4 tectonic earthquake hit Davao del Oriental last night, according to PHIVOLCS.
At least 55 people were buried and 49 others missing due to fresh landslides in earthquake-stricken southwest China.
Chinese media release footage of earthquake-stricken Yunnan province.
At least 381 were killed as a magnitude 6.5 earthquake hits the Chinese province of Yunnan.
According to the PHIVOLCS, a magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck southern Leyte. PHIVOLCS warns against possible aftershock.
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake that was centered 22 kilometers south of Calatagan, Batangas struck around 7:52 PM Wednesday, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). Initial reports from Phivolcs geologist Isabel Abiga stated that the earthquake has a depth of 36 kilometers. A magnitude 5 was felt in Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro and Batangas City. No major damages or injuries were reported, but the shaking was felt as far as Metro […]
A 4.5 earthquake hit the town of Jose Abad Santos in Davao Occidental.
