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Powerful 6.8-magnitude Earthquake Strikes Northern Chile

A powerful magnitude-6.8 earthquake struck northern Chile’s Antofagasta region Monday afternoon, Anadolu Ajansi reported. The National Seismological Centre at the University of Chile said the tremor ...

14 Refreshing Latin American Drinks Worth Trying At Least Once

The many rich cultures of Latin America have a few things in common, such as an appreciation for refreshing beverages. Have ...

Goodbye to cement? Recycled plastic houses go up in five days, and the construction industry now has a problem to explain

Colombia has a construction story that sounds almost too simple. Take discarded plastic, melt it into interlocking blocks, ...

A country is building houses from recycled plastic in just five days, and the trick could hit cement where construction hurts most

A Colombian company is turning plastic waste into modular homes in just five days. See how recycled bricks are shaking up ...
USA Today

'Earthquake swarm' rocks SoCal. It may not be as alarming as it sounds

An “earthquake swarm” erupted over the weekend in Southern California in which hundreds of earthquakes shook Imperial County — including a 4.7-magnitude tremor on Mother’s Day. While the numerous ...
Fox 5 San Diego

Southern California rattled by earthquake swarm

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Nearly 200,000 people in Southern California felt shaking as hundreds of earthquakes rattled the Imperial County desert over the weekend. The California Governor’s Office of ...
Phys.org

Why Kamchatka's magnitude 8.8 earthquake brought a smaller tsunami—and where risk may remain

On July 29, 2025, a magnitude 8.8 earthquake occurred near the Kamchatka Peninsula. It was so powerful that it ranks as the sixth-largest earthquake ever recorded by modern instruments. Using this ...
Reno Gazette-Journal

Nevada's Friday morning earthquake was second-largest in recent swarm

Two more earthquakes rattled northwestern Nevada in the early hours of Friday, the second-largest and seventh-largest of a swarm that has lasted for three weeks. A 4.1 quake hit at 1:15 a.m. about 18 ...
Los Angeles Times

Nevada’s hidden earthquake risk revealed as Las Vegas, Reno shake

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A recent series of earthquakes in Nevada has served as a jolting reminder of the state’s seismic risk. It started ...
Detroit Free Press

Why recent Lake Erie earthquakes don’t signal major risk for Michigan

A Magnitude 2.7 earthquake rattled Monroe County, Michigan, on Monday, May 4. This was the second minor earthquake in the western Lake Erie basin in less than two weeks. An expert from the University ...
NBC Los Angeles

Magnitude-3.4 earthquake reported in Redlands

Whether you feel shaking from an earthquake largely depends on three major factors -- magnitude, distance and local soil conditions. Magnitude refers to the strength of the quake. The closer your ...
kcra.com

2.8-magnitude earthquake hits near Granite Bay, USGS says

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck near Granite Bay on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.The quake hit at 6:35 p.m. about 2 miles west-southwest of Granite Bay. It had a depth of about 2.6 miles ...