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US: 4.0 earthquake in Missouri shakes 9 states

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East Prairie - Residents got an early morning jolt Tuesday after an earthquake rumbled at least nine states, causing minor damage and a big stir in the town of East Prairie, near the quake's epicenter.

"I live on a main highway and five miles from the reported epicenter," Rhonda Brack, a manager at Tasters Restaurant in East Prairie, told msnbc.com. "It sounded like a semi-truck and it rattled my windows and it rattled my house."

She said the magnitude 4.0 earthquake has been the hot topic of conversation since the popular breakfast and coffee house opened up at 5:30 a.m. Tuesday.

"We're no strangers to quakes, but this one was different," Brack said. "We had one four years ago and that one rolled. This one was straight underneath us and lasted for 30 seconds or so. It reminded you of lightning."

U.S. Geological Survey geophysicist John Bellini said the rural farming community of East Prairie is known for its seismic activity.

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US: Earthquake Magnitude 4.0 - Southeastern Missouri

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Date-Time:
Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 09:58:43 UTC
Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 03:58:43 AM at epicenter

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Location:
36.850°N, 89.409°W

Depth:
5 km (3.1 miles)

Region:
SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI

Distances:
16 km (9 miles) ESE of Sikeston, Missouri

27 km (16 miles) SW of Cairo, Illinois

197 km (122 miles) NNE of Memphis, Tennessee

310 km (192 miles) SE of JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri

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US: Oregon's Offshore Earthquake of February 2012: One of the Largest Recorded in the State

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The Earth moved for many over this Valentine's Day, but not due to romance - a magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck around 250 km off the west coast of Oregon on February 14, 2012. The Valentine's Day quake is notable not only for its size (it is one of the largest ever to have occurred in the state or off its coast) but also in terms of the complex tectonic setting in which it occurred.

The Oregon Earthquake of February 2012

The Oregon earthquake occurred on an ocean ridge, at a divergent boundary - where new crust is created by upward movement of hot and buoyant rock from the earth's interior - between two of the large slabs of crust (tectonic plates) which make up the surface of the earth. Preliminary information from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) shows that the quake occurred at a depth of 10km on the fracture zone associated with the Juan de Fuca Ridge, which marks the western boundary of the Juan de Fuca microplate.

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Peru: Earthquake Magnitude 4.8 Earthquake - Lima

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The USGS has reported a 4.8 magnitude earthquake has struck LIMA, Peru on Monday, February 13, 2012 at 11:42:20 PM . The epicenter was located approximately:

37 km (23 miles) SSE (161°) from LIMA, Peru
145 km (90 miles) NW (323°) from Chincha Alta, Peru
163 km (102 miles) SSE (153°) from Huacho, Peru

At a depth of 42.4 km (26.3 miles). There were no significant injuries or damage reported at this point, Friendly Forecast will update this report as events unfold. You can read the full LIMA, Peru earthquake details here.

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US: Earthquake Magnitude 6.0 - Off Coast of Oregon

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Date-Time:
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at 03:31:20 UTC

Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at 07:31:20 PM at epicenter

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Location:
43.536°N, 127.381°W

Depth:
10 km (6.2 miles)

Region:
OFF THE COAST OF OREGON

Distances:
256 km (159 miles) W of Coos Bay, Oregon

293 km (182 miles) WSW of Newport, Oregon

302 km (187 miles) NW of Brookings, Oregon

380 km (236 miles) WSW of SALEM, Oregon

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Japan: Earthquake Magnitude 6.0 - Near East Coast of Honshu

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Date-Time:
Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at 06:21:58 UTC
Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at 03:21:58 PM at epicenter

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Location:
36.154°N, 141.494°E

Depth:
10 km (6.2 miles)

Region:
NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

Distances:
93 km (57 miles) ESE of Mito, Honshu, Japan

113 km (70 miles) SSE of Iwaki, Honshu, Japan

151 km (93 miles) ESE of Utsunomiya, Honshu, Japan

165 km (102 miles) ENE of TOKYO, Japan

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Solomon Islands - Earthquake Magnitude 6.4

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Date-Time
Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at 08:19:58 UTC

Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at 07:19:58 PM at epicenter

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Location
10.387°S, 161.262°E

Depth
54.7 km (34.0 miles)

Region
SOLOMON ISLANDS

Distances
72 km (44 miles) W of Kira Kira, San Cristobal, Solomon Isl.

178 km (110 miles) SE of HONIARA, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

189 km (117 miles) SSE of Auki, Malaita, Solomon Islands

2082 km (1293 miles) NNE of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia

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Quake Hits Eastern Japan: Nuclear Plant Stable

Tokyo - A powerful earthquake rocked eastern Japan Tuesday, but no tsunami warning was issued and no damage was reported at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant.

The US Geological Survey said the 6.0 magnitude quake, with an epicentre 10 kilometres (six miles) deep, was centred 166 kilometres east-northeast of Tokyo, where correspondents said buildings swayed.

Japan's meteorological agency also located the quake off the coast of Ibaraki prefecture, south of the stricken plant.

A very small change of tidal level was forecast but was not expected to cause any damage.

Nuclear plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) said the stricken Fukushima Daiichi plant remained stable.

Office buildings in Tokyo swayed for around a minute when the quake struck at 3.21pm (0621 GMT), but there was no sign of panic in a city well accustomed to tremors.

A 9.0-magnitude earthquake in March 2011 triggered a monster tsunami that killed more than 19,000 people and crippled the cooling systems at the Fukushima plant, causing meltdowns in some of its reactors.

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Costa Rica: Earthquake Magnitude 5.8 - South of San Jose

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Date-Time:
Monday, February 13, 2012 at 10:55:11 UTC
Monday, February 13, 2012 at 04:55:11 AM at epicenter

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Location:
9.227°N, 83.980°W

Depth:
27.9 km (17.3 miles)

Region:
COSTA RICA

Distances:
75 km (46 miles) S of SAN JOSE, Costa Rica

115 km (71 miles) NW of Golfito, Costa Rica

120 km (74 miles) SE of Puntarenas, Costa Rica

135 km (83 miles) SW of Limon, Costa Rica

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US: California - Earthquake Magnitude 5.6 - Northern California

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Date-Time:
Monday, February 13, 2012 at 21:07:02 UTC
Monday, February 13, 2012 at 01:07:02 PM at epicenter

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Location:
41.153°N, 123.817°W

Depth:
32.9 km (20.4 miles)

Region:
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

Distances:
10 km (6 miles) WSW (247°) from Weitchpec, CA

28 km (17 miles) ENE (63°) from Westhaven-Moonstone, CA

29 km (18 miles) ENE (70°) from Trinidad, CA

50 km (31 miles) NE (36°) from Eureka, CA

352 km (218 miles) NW (326°) from Sacramento, CA