Reuters - A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck off Vancouver Island on Saturday, some 209 miles west of Victoria, the capital of the Canadian province of British Columbia, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
AP - A magnitude 5.7 earthquake has been recorded about 105 miles west of Ucluelet off the coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia.
ContributorNetwork - The South Pacific Ocean has continued to shake and rattle with earthquakes near the island chain of Vanuatu. The United States Geological Survey has registered several earthquakes of varying magnitude in the past two days with the largest being a 7.1 magnitude that struck at 12:34 a.m. local time on Friday, February 3. These earthquakes have epicenters offshore, about 77 miles west of Port-Vila on the island of Efate in Vanuatu.
LiveScience.com - Last October more than 8.6 million Californians practiced the "Drop, Cover and Hold On" drill in the Great California ShakeOut. The exercise was designed to help residents prepare for the next "big one," a potential magnitude-7.8 earthquake along the southern San Andreas Fault.
AP - For an emerging generation of Japanese innovators, the dream isn't a job for life at a big company. They have new ambitions, and they're determined to go places. Especially Silicon Valley.
AP - A U.S. man died Thursday from gunshot wounds he suffered a week ago during a robbery in Haiti where he was working on an orphanage he and his wife were building through their charity, officials said.
AP - A shallow earthquake rattled nearly unnoticed near a rural northeastern Nevada town that was badly damaged in a larger quake almost four years ago.
ContributorNetwork - A 4.4 magnitude earthquake was registered in southern Spain on Tuesday afternoon. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the quake struck near Granada, Spain, at 3:36 p.m. local time.
ContributorNetwork - The Electric Power Research Institute, in cooperation with the Department of Energy and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, has released a seismic study to help U.S. nuclear facilities to assess seismic hazards. Here are the details.
ContributorNetwork - An early-morning earthquake near the coast of central Peru has left more than 100 injured and some damage in Ica. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the 6.3 magnitude quake struck about nine miles southeast of Ica at 12:11 a.m. today.
AP - Peruvian authorities say 112 people have been treated for injuries after a magnitude-6.3 earthquake struck the country's central coast. They say none of the injuries are life-threatening.
Reuters - A earthquake of 6.3 magnitude rattled the coast of Peru early on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
AP - Greek authorities say an earthquake with preliminary 4.9-magnitude has shaken the country's southern Aegean islands, including Crete. No injuries or damage were immediately reported in the quake, which was the third in three days in the area.
Reuters - A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.5 jolted eastern Japan on Saturday morning, but there were no immediate reports of injury or damage and no tsunami warning was issued.
AP - A magnitude-5.5 earthquake rattled Yamanashi prefecture in central Japan on Saturday morning, the Japan Meteorological Agency reported. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries, and no tsunami warning was issued.
AP - Two hundred years ago, the first steamboat meandered down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, taking more than four months to reach New Orleans. The journey was marked by Indians chasing the paddle-wheeled boat, a baby's birth and an earthquake that made the Mississippi flow in the opposite direction for 45 miles.
LiveScience.com - The tsunami triggered by last year's devastating earthquake in Japan produced an estimated 25 million tons of debris. Much of this debris was swept into the Pacific Ocean. Where it will go is what scientists want to know.
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