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Uncertain Future for School on Four Fault LinesParents found out more Thursday night about a problem facing one of the city's oldest schools, San Rafael Elementary in Pasadena, which was recently discovered to sit atop four earthquake fault lines.
Topix.net | 18-May-2012 12:03
6.2-magnitude earthquake strikes far off Chile's coast; no chance of tsunami
SANTIAGO, Chile - A strong 6.2-magnitude earthquake has struck off Chile's southern coast, but the authorities say it wasn't felt on land and discounted the possibility of a tsunami.
Topix.net | 18-May-2012 07:58
Geologist says fault line, not fracking, to blame for East Texas earthquakes
"You'll notice the area here. Here's Rusk, Panola, and Shelby Counties. These are the locations of the two most recent earthquakes.The one to the west was the first earthquake and you see it occurs right on this fault line, and then the most recent earthquake is a little further east." John Carr is a geologist with Carr Enterprises, and he's been ... (more)
Topix.net | 18-May-2012 04:43
Mystery earthquake near McCall, ID puzzles scientists
MCCALL, Idaho -- You could call it a mystery earthquake, a sonic boom, or maybe nothing at all.
Topix.net | 18-May-2012 00:34
32nd anniversary of Mount St. Helens eruption on Friday
Aerial view of eruption of Mount St. Helens. Skamania County, Washington. May 18, 1980.
Topix.net | 17-May-2012 23:29
Earthquake confirmed in East Texas
The U.S. Geological Survey is reporting this morning that a 4.3 magnitude earthquake struck three miles East of the city of Timpson this morning at 3:12. So far, there are no reports of any serious damage, but we are getting multiple phone calls and e-mails in to the KLTV newsroom describing the quake.
Topix.net | 17-May-2012 19:20
Fracking bill advances in N.C. legislature
The state's prospects for fracking gained speed Wednesday with the advance of a bill that would legalize the natural gas drilling method within two years.
Topix.net | 17-May-2012 15:10
First Indian Shale Seen Four Years Off as China Output Nears
Oil & Natural Gas Corp. of India and competitors may drill for at least four years before producing the first commercial shale gas in the nation as China expects to commence output next month and Australia boosts reserves.
Topix.net | 17-May-2012 11:05
Geology: OSU researchers look at volcanic history, eruption risk in Sumatra
The early April earthquake of magnitude 8.6 that shook Sumatra was a grim reminder of the devastating earthquakes and tsunami that killed tens of thousands of people in 2004 and 2005.
Topix.net | 17-May-2012 07:05
USGS in Menlo Park holds free, family-friendly open house May 19 and 20
Education and entertainment await visitors of all ages at the U.S. Geological Survey's Open House in Menlo Park on Saturday, May 19 and Sunday, May 20, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free.
Topix.net | 17-May-2012 02:56
Alaska earthquake 2012: 4.8 quake strikes near Anchorage
According to the U.S. Geological Survey , the temblor struck at 7:02 a.m. local time , with the epicenter located 7 miles south of Anchorage.
Topix.net | 16-May-2012 22:41
Geology geeks: Time for a shopping spree
"How can you be serious?" Not by wearing this T-shirt! The classic Mark Pawson T-shirt , updated for 2012.
Topix.net | 16-May-2012 18:32
How You Can Profit From The Market's Next Big Collapse
And if you know what's going on here, you can use this coming decline to make huge capital gains over the next 12 months.
Topix.net | 16-May-2012 14:17
Magnitude 6.0 earthquake hits PNG
The quake hit the remote New Britain region at a depth of 154 kilometres, 512km northeast of Port Moresby, the US Geological Survey said.
Topix.net | 16-May-2012 10:03
Magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes Papua New Guinea
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake shook Papua New Guinea on Wednesday morning, the US Geological survey reported.
Topix.net | 16-May-2012 05:43
Coastal Coos County to practice tsunami escape
Communities in coastal Coos County will host a voluntary Tsunami Evacuation Drill Thursday, May 31 at 2 p.m. The drills, to be held in Coos Bay, North Bend, Barview, Charleston and Empire, will follow new evacuation routes recently released by the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries .
Topix.net | 16-May-2012 01:39
IBM helps oil companies manage gusher of data
An IBM Central Processor Unit is seen on a Hard Disk Drive controller in Kiev, March 5, 2012.
Topix.net | 16-May-2012 01:39
ND becomes nation's second-leading oil producer
North Dakota oil drillers pumped 17.8 million barrels in March, with a daily average of 575,490 barrels, Assistant State Mineral Resources Director Bruce Hicks.
Topix.net | 16-May-2012 00:34
New Findings From to Vesta
The giant asteroid Vesta is shown here as the smallest body among other similar bodies in the solar system: Mars, Mercury, Earth's moon and the dwarf planet Ceres.
Topix.net | 15-May-2012 20:25
Climate Change Worsening At Faster Rate?
Human beings are on the cusp of entering a new epic geologic era due to our effect on the climate, and time is running out-in fact it may be too late-to do anything about it, said environmental reporter Elizabeth Colbert at a Peninsula Open Space Trust lecture Monday night.
Topix.net | 15-May-2012 16:15
Shoreline Park Gets a New Walkway After a Landslide
Santa Barbara's Shoreline Park is getting a new walkway and lighting after a landslide back in 2008 left some of the scenic coastal bluff in the ocean.
Topix.net | 15-May-2012 13:10
Earthquake faults found under local elementary school halt upgrade plans
In a recentA story in the Pasadena Star News , it was revealed that as many as four earthquake faults were found directly under the San Rafael Elementary School in Pasadena.
Topix.net | 15-May-2012 08:55
Earthquake Recap: Six Quakes Jostle Santa Clara County
Six earthquakes rang through Santa Clara County over the last week, with the strongest coming out of San Martin early Sunday morning.
Topix.net | 15-May-2012 04:51
Castleberry's Jordan Creek is full of life
While most anglers would bemoan a day spent catching nothing but tiny fish, the group fishing in a tributary of Murder Creek was ebullient.
Topix.net | 15-May-2012 00:33
6.2 earthquake shakes Chile
A magnitude-6.2 magnitude earthquake damaged walls, shattered windows and knocked out electricity in parts of far-northern Chile and the Peruvian city of Tacna but no injuries or major damage were reported.
Topix.net | 15-May-2012 00:33
Moderate earthquake in Tajikistan kills 1, destroys buildings
DUSHANBE, TAJIKISTAN : A moderate earthquake which struck remote towns in a mountainous region of Tajikistan on early Sunday morning has killed at least one person and buried dozens of animals, officials said.
Topix.net | 15-May-2012 00:33
Date for mining meetings in flux again
At an Oneida County Board meeting in February, the board charged the then-Oneida County Mining Oversight/Local Impact Committee with looking into holding public hearings to gauge public support from around the county on the issue of mining in the town of Lynne.
Topix.net | 13-May-2012 17:05
Drilling prospects bring land rush to Illinois
McLEANSBORO, Ill. -- It's not a festival or the 19th century architecture that's drawing the late-model cars from Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Pennsylvania to the downtown square in this tiny, southern Illinois community.
Topix.net | 13-May-2012 12:55
Greater Insight Into Earthquake Cycles
For those who study earthquakes, one major challenge has been trying to understand all the physics of a fault -- both during an earthquake and at times of "rest" -- in order to know more about how a particular region may behave in the future.
Topix.net | 13-May-2012 08:46
Boulder Water Festival celebrates 20 years
Fabian Valencia, left, and Natalie Schuler listen to a lecture on flooding safety on May 10, 2012.
Topix.net | 13-May-2012 04:41
Underwater Search Reveals Coral Communities Harmed by Gulf Oil Spill
The Deep Submergence Vehicle Alvin is shown working at the coral site found to be impacted by the oil spill from the Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico.
Topix.net | 13-May-2012 00:27
Expert trying to determine cause of E. Texas 'quake
The earth's movement was quiet today in East Texas following Thursday's earthquake.
Topix.net | 12-May-2012 20:17
Earthquake felt across the easterm Mediterranean
An earthquake was felt across the eastern Mediterranean region on Friday night, although no casualties or damage was reported.
Topix.net | 12-May-2012 16:12
Pasadena School on Four Quake Faults
The future of Pasadena's San Rafael Elementary School is shaky after a report on new seismic findings indicated the presence of four earthquake faults passing through the campus.
Topix.net | 12-May-2012 12:08
5.5 magnitude earthquake shakes Israel, Lebanon
A Richter scale 5.5 magnitude earthquake shook the eastern Mediterranean on Friday night, with locals in countries throughout the Levant reporting the quake.
Topix.net | 12-May-2012 07:54
Gold! Haiti hopes ore find will spur mining boom
In this April 10, 2012 photo, workers load samples of rock drilled from the mountains to a mobile laboratory where they will be examined by geologists for minerals and metals as part of the SOMINE mine exploration camp in the department of Trou Du Nord, Haiti.
Topix.net | 12-May-2012 03:49
Disaster-Struck Haiti Could Literally Be Sitting On A Goldmine
Its capital is blighted with earthquake rubble. Its countryside is shorn of trees, chopped down for fuel.
Topix.net | 11-May-2012 23:44
Rotary Club has program about tsunami education
More than a year has passed since an earthquake struck off the coast of Japan, sending a tsunami toward the island nation, killing 20,000 people, destroying homes and property and causing one of the worst nuclear disasters in history at the Fukushima Daiichi generating station.
Topix.net | 11-May-2012 19:25
2 small earthquakes rattle part of Southwestern Indiana
The U.S. Geological Survey says both of Thursday evening's earthquakes were centered near the Knox County town of Bicknell about midway between Evansville and Terre Haute.
Topix.net | 11-May-2012 15:05
M 3.1, Indiana
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Topix.net | 11-May-2012 13:00
3.9-magnitude earthquake reported in central Okla.
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the quake was recorded at 4:14 p.m. Thursday, about 5 miles southeast of Sparks in Lincoln County.
Topix.net | 11-May-2012 08:51
Earthquake forecasts: Ready for the 'big one,' Utah?
Fourteen scientists are quietly working on a Utah earthquake forecasting project that will provide the most specific estimates ever of when and where major temblors are expected along the Wasatch Front.
Topix.net | 11-May-2012 06:51
Murder conviction upheld in death of 2-year-old
In a preliminary earthquake report, the United States Geological Survey says a magnitude 3.1 earthquake occurred at about 6:54 pm Thursday.
Topix.net | 11-May-2012 02:52
USGS: 3.7 Earthquake Shakes East Texas 5/10/12
Authorities say a 3.7 earthquake has shaken parts of East Texas. The U.S. Geological Survey says the tremor struck Thursday morning in an area between Garrison and Timpson, about 24 miles northeast of Nacogdoches.
Topix.net | 10-May-2012 22:36
Cascades Volcano Observatory watches more than NW
The Cascades Volcano Observatory was created because of the 1980 eruption of Mount St.
Topix.net | 10-May-2012 19:37
Water Runs Through Us: Natural forces collide to create the uniqueness of Muskegon Lake
The history of Muskegon can be told through the geological "freak of nature" that is Muskegon Lake.
Topix.net | 10-May-2012 15:27