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Magnitude 3.7 earthquake strikes near The Geysers, CA
The United States Geological Survey reports a preliminary magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck near The Geysers, CA on Saturday.
Monster earthquake could sink swath of California, dramatically heightening flood risk, study says
A long-feared monster earthquake off the coast of California, Oregon and Washington could cause some areas to sink by more ...
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Scientists find rare evidence that Earth's crust is peeling
Scientists have discovered evidence that the Earth's crust is peeling away beneath California's Sierra Nevada mountain range. After analyzing earthquake ... that this geological process was ...
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Scientists stumble across rare evidence that Earth is peeling underneath the Sierra Nevada
Seismologist Deborah Kilb was wading through California earthquake ... of geological sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder. Schulte-Pelkum was already studying the Sierra Nevada's ...
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Are You in an Earthquake “Danger Zone?” Concerning New Research Challenges Past Data on Earthquake Faults
According to researchers Christie Rowe of the University of Nevada, Reno, and Alex Hatem of the U.S. Geological Survey ... data from regions like California, Turkey, and others that experience regular ...
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Hot springs at risk? A plan for Colorado’s first geothermal power plant runs into heated opposition
Located in northern California, the complex ... Utah, Idaho, Oregon, Nevada and Utah, producing less than half of 1 percent of utility-scale power generated in the U.S. There’s now a rare ...
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You Could Be at Risk: Earthquake Fault Zones Far Wider Than Previously Thought
Christie Rowe of the Nevada Seismological Laboratory at the University of Nevada, Reno, and Alex Hatem of the U.S. Geological Survey ... based on recent earthquake observations from regions like ...