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What triggers an earthquake and how are they measured? A California physicist answers
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 12 months agoOn Thursday afternoon, a 5.5-magnitude earthquake rattled Northern California, its epicenter at Lake...
An earthquake shook Northern California. Here’s why some people felt it and others didn’t
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 12 months agoSome residents felt the moderate earthquake Thursday that jolted parts of Northern California while...
How strong is a 4.8 earthquake? Quake magnitudes explained.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 month agoThe 4.8 magnitude earthquake that struck New Jersey on Friday generated shaking that could be felt...
A 4.8 magnitude earthquake rattled New Jersey, NYC. Could the next quake happen in Florida?
Palm Beach Daily News via Yahoo News· 1 month agoNew Jersey was shook Friday morning with the strongest earthquake the Garden State has felt in 50...
Fiber optics take the pulse of the planet
Knowable Magazine via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIt’s like radar, but with light. Distributed acoustic sensing — DAS — picks up tremors from volcanoes, quaking ice and deep-sea faults, as well as...