earthquake

It's been a couple of years since Michigan experienced an earthquake, but a mining explosion on Drummond Island came close. The explosion registered 2.7 on the Richter scale.

The Tama Zoological Park located in Hino Tokyo takes drastic measures to ensure no animals escape the zoo. They're creative tactic? Role play.  The zoo simulated an escaped chimpanzee as a result of an earthquake. A brave zookeeper dressed in a chimp suit pretended to be the escapee while police and fire rescue chased after him in an attempt to catch and secure the primate...

Where were you around 12:25p.m. Saturday? Did you feel a weird rumbling/ quaking? I've heard some interesting tales of what people thought it was-- a car accident, odd thunder on an otherwise gorgeous and sunny day, houseguests wrestling in another room (this comes from my little brother who's 24, for which that would be a totally normal thing). Turns out, it was an actual earthquake here in West

Residents of the San Francisco Bay Area and Napa Valley were shaken awake by a 6.0 magnitude earthquake on Sunday morning.  The earthquake hit around 3:30am local time and was centered just south of Napa, California. This was the strongest earthquake to hit California since 1989 when a 6...

An earthquake near LA on Friday night. Reports of out of California tonight that a series of earthquakes, the strongest at 5.1, struck near Los Angeles at 9:09pm California time (12:09am Saturday in Michigan). The US Geological Survey says the 5...

Everyone in the office is chattering about feeling the earthquake that rattled Virginia this afternoon. It happened about a half hour ago or just before two and according to WZZM 13 it registered at a 5.9 in Mineral, Virginia. Click here for the full story...

Another earthquake hit just off the coast of Japan today, prompting the Japan Meteorological Agency to issue a tsunami warning. Japanese officials are saying it was a 7.4 magnitude quake, while the US Geological Survey said it was a 7.1.

Relief efforts from the musical community couldn't have come at a more crucial time as Japan braces for a second tsunami following a 6.5 earthquake that hit the coastline earlier today! Several of Channel 957's most talented artists have come together to donate their tunes to help raise money for earthquake and tsunami survivors.

Tsunami alert ... Japan is shaken by another earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale! If I'm not mistaken, geologists have recorded more than a hundred aftershocks since Japan was rocked by the 8.9 quake earlier this month.

My heart aches for anyone who suffers -- for any reason. Sometimes suffering is for our own good, but this survivor is a testament to the will to live so he can tell us about it! For three days, a Japanese man floated at sea aboard a piece of roofing from his former household  that was destroyed when a magnitude 8...

It's been three very long, very scary days for the people of Japan. Attempts to dig their cities out from under the rubble and debris left in the wake of Friday's earthquake and subsequent tsunami have been hindered by fear of nuclear meltdowns and more tsunamis. It's estimated that after the original earthquake, more than 150 aftershocks, the latest one being a 6.2 magnitude one that had many fea

Hundreds have been found or are presumed dead after a massive earthquake and ensuing tsunami tore through Japan's northeast coast. Some are already declaring the 8.9 magnitude quake the largest ever recorded and after-effects are expected to hit the west coast of the US, the Phillippines, Indonesia and other vulnerable spots. The Internet has sped into action, using Twitter to report updates and G