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The first tremor was detected about 200 miles west-southwest of Pistol River, Oregon, near the Oregon-California border. The next eight were recorded within a few miles of the first and the 10th was only 62 miles west-southwest of Brookings.
Earthquakes
The first tremor was detected about 200 miles west-southwest of Pistol River, Oregon, near the Oregon-California border. The next eight were recorded within a few miles of the first and the 10th was only 62 miles west-southwest of Brookings.
"Up to now, we have had reports of 25 injured and fortunately no fatalities," Houshang Bazvand, Governor of Kermanshah, told Iranian state media, adding that the injuries sustained were not severe enough to require hospitalization.
Local reports also noted that the two other quakes, with magnitudes of 4.7 and 5.7, had damaged buildings in a few villages without causing casualties.
The Kermanshan quake, which hit near the border with Iraq, was felt throughout different cities in the Kurdistan Region, including Halabja, Sulaimani, Erbil, Soran, and the Raparrin areas.
Comment: The Associated Press reports that the series of 3 quakes were all at a shallow depth of under 10kms (and therefore more likely to cause structural damage to buildings).
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A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck to the south of the Alaska peninsula about 100 kilometres south-southwest of Sand Point, Alaska.
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck to the south of the Alaska peninsula about 100 kilometres south-southwest of Sand Point, Alaska.
No tsunami warning issued, says National Weather Service
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck to the south of the Alaska peninsula early on Thursday, but the National Weather Service said no tsunami warning has been issued.
The quake was centred about 100 kilometres south-southwest of Sand Point, Alaska, at a depth of 17 kilometres according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
"No tsunami warning, advisory, watch or threat," said officials from the National Weather Service, a unit of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Most important Earthquake Data:
Magnitude : 6
Local Time (conversion only below land) : Unknown
GMT/UTC Time : 2018-07-19 18:30:31
Depth (Hypocenter) : 54 km
This graph shows the same two stations recorded a quake at 2.33pm with a magnitude of 2
The first quake to hit Newdigate, near Dorking, Surrey, was recorded at 4.49am with a magnitude of 1.7, before the second one came at 2.33pm with a magnitude of 2.
It comes a fortnight after a magnitude 3 quake was recorded locally, with six quakes now observed in just a month in the area around London Gatwick Airport.
Stephen Hicks from the University of Southampton and David Hawthorn from the British Geological Survey install a monitoring station in Surrey this week to meisure seismic activity
Special monitoring equipment was installed only a few days ago at Horse Hill in Horley to better understand what is happening beneath the surface of the area.
Comment: Volcanic and seismic activity around the world are on the increase and it seems nowhere can be considered safe: Geologists discover London sitting on two serious fault lines, capital at risk of dangerous earthquake
Other recent quakes of note in the UK:
- 3rd earthquake in less than 14 days hits Surrey, UK - Same area as April's quakes (5th July 2018)
- Second quake in 2 days strikes Surrey, UK - M2.4 rattles houses (29th June 2018)
- North of England hit by 3.9 magnitude earthquake (10 June 2018)
- UK struck by 21 earthquakes in 50 DAYS including biggest in 10 years (24 February 2018)
- Earthquake recorded off Shetland was largest in UK for nine years (4th July 2017)
Earthquakes of that magnitude are felt up to hundreds of miles from the epicentre
The quake struck 213 km northwest of Socotra island in the Gulf of Aden. There was no immediate no tsunami warning.
Earthquakes registering between 6.0-6.9 on the Richter Scale are expected to result in moderate damage to a number of well-built structures.
It is felt in wider areas, up to hundreds of miles from the epicentre.
The epicenter, with a depth of 169.16 km, was initially determined to be at 18.9332 degrees south latitude and 169.0224 degrees east longitude.
The temblor, which occurred at 8:23 p.m. local time, was centered off the coast of Chiba prefecture, with the epicenter at a latitude of 35.1 degrees north and a longitude of 140.6 degrees east, and at depth of 50 km.
The earthquake logged lower 5 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale which peaks at 7 in some areas of Chiba prefecture and could be felt in Tokyo.
So far, no major damage or injuries were reported, and no tsunami warning has been issued.
Her son, Aaron, complained about going to school. He brought home poor grades. Then, while they were working on homework together, Aaron told his mother that he was a bad boy.
"I said, 'Why do you say something like that?' " Escotto said. "He said, 'That's what the teacher tells me when I don't do my work.' "
Escotto said she complained to Banyan Elementary School Principal Cheri Davis about Rosalba Suarez, a 33-year veteran teacher who was named teacher of the year this year at the school in Westchester. She said the principal told her she needed proof that Suarez was bullying her son.
There has been no reports of damage or injuries.
No tsunami warning was issued.
Comment: Our planet is experiencing an ominous rise in seismic and volcanic activity, along with a variety of other phenomena such as fissures, landslides and sinkholes: