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Tsunami warning issued for California coast after 8.7 quake near Russia
The National Weather Service issued a tsunami watch for the West Coast after an earthquake struck off Russia's Kamchatka ...
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USGS nearly doubles California's odds of massive, 8.0 earthquake
The chances that California will be rocked by a magnitude 8.0 earthquake or greater in the next 30 years was just bumped up to 7 percent, from 4.7 percent, the U.S. Geological Survey said on ...
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Earthquakes recorded close to geological faults in California
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) constantly records earthquakes in the United States, so that both experts and the population at large can know everything about current seismic activity ...
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USGS 'Closely Tracking' Earthquake Swarm In Mammoth Lakes Volcanic Area
The USGS said Friday it is "closely tracking" a swarm of hundreds of earthquakes that began Thursday in an area near the Sierra Nevada resort town of Mammoth Lakes.
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USGS finds vast salty groundwater reserves in California
The U.S. Geological Survey reports that the amount of brackish — or slightly salty — groundwater is more than 35 times the amount of fresh groundwater used in the United States each year.
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Risk of 8.0 earthquake in California rises, USGS says
Estimates of the chance of a magnitude 8.0 or greater earthquake hitting California in the next three decades have been raised from about 4.7% to 7%, the U.S. Geological Survey said Tuesday.
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Magnitude-3.5 earthquake rattles Rialto: USGS
A preliminary 3.5-magnitude earthquake rattled Rialto on Tuesday, according to the United States Geological Survey.