Earthquakes around the world

Andre' said:

On RT's page you will find Live updates of this tragic event so far there have been found 1,130 people dead, and it's not over yet, the searching is ongoing.

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casper said:

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A strong earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale has hit southeast Ecuador causing chaos, though there were no immediate reports of injuries or property damage.

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MusicMan said:

It's amazing what they will come up with to try to 'prove' their 'climate change' theories.
You don't hear of loads of earthquakes coming from the Amazon delta.
Or the Nile Delta.
Or the Mississippi delta.

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Captainmurphy said:

Just felt a rare quake in west Michigan. When it happened I guessed it was about a 4 pointer. Was actually a 4.2 just outside of Kalamazoo.

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The headline in the Nepali Times said it all: “Langtang is gone.” The small village, which was located along a popular trekking route near the base of Mount Langtang, was completely buried by an avalanche. The ice and rocks were shaken loose by the earthquake that struck central Nepal on April 25, 2015. At least 200 people perished in the disaster.

While cloudy conditions have hampered satellite observations of Nepal since the earthquake, the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8 captured a clear view on April 30, 2015. A mixture of snow, ice, and debris—which originated in snowfields on the slopes above Langtang—slid toward the Langtang River and buried the village.

Walter Immerzeel and Philip Kraaijenbrink, members of a group of volunteer scientists with expertise in remote sensing, were the first to identify and analyze the landslide using Landsat 8. “The Langtang River was completely covered by the deposit that buried Langtang Village, but there is no evidence yet of a lake forming behind the blockage,” the scientists noted on their Mountain Hydrology website. “This may indicate that the water has found its way through the debris, snow, and ice.” This is significant because rivers damned with landslide debris can back up and lead to destructive downstream floods if the natural dam fails.

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_http://m.lasvegassun.com/news/2015/may/22/54-magnitude-earthquake-felt-across-las-vegas-vall/ said:

A Las Vegas freeway ramp has been closed because of possible structural damage after a 5.3 magnitude earthquake hit about 125 miles north near Caliente, where the temblor rattled windows and dishes.

The quake, which struck at 11:47 a.m., was centered about 24 miles south-southwest of Caliente in Lincoln County but was felt across the Las Vegas Valley.

There were no immediate reports of serious damage or injury.

The freeway transition ramp from U.S. 95 South to Interstate 15 South in Las Vegas was closed after the quake, according to the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada. Drivers were being asked to use alternate routes.

"We are currently inspecting for any potential damage following the recent 5.0 earthquake in Caliente, including the U.S. 95 southbound ramp to I-15 southbound that is currently closed due to possible structural damage," Nevada Department of Transportation spokesman Tony Illa said in a statement.

Victor Jones, who runs an auto repair shop in Caliente, said when he felt the earthquake he thought it was from a “sonic boom.”


“I looked at my front doors in my shop, and they were moving back and forth about six inches. All of my glass was just shaking,” he said.

Jones said his shop suffered no damage and nothing was broken.

Cheri Carrington, a cook at Pioneer Pizza in Caliente, said she heard dishes rattling as the quake shook the restaurant.

“It felt like one of those big heavy trucks that shake everything when they drive past,” she said.

The quake didn’t interrupt business.

Robert Mull was at the Midway Motel, which his wife owns, at the time. He said the motel didn’t suffer any major damage, but a guest reported a cracked window.

People have remained calm, he said. “There hasn’t been a siren that’s gone off. There’s just nothing crazy. Everyone’s pretty chill,” he said.

Guests even gathered in the parking lot after the shaking to get “a little laugh out of it,” Mull said.

Four smaller quakes ranging from magnitude 2.5 to 3.8 were reported in the same area after the initial earthquake.

Aftershocks can be expected after an earthquake of this magnitude, said Ken Smith of the Nevada Seismological Laboratory. As far as damage from an earthquake of this magnitude, "If you're local, some stuff will certainly get knocked off walls," he said.

A dispatcher at the Lincoln County sheriff's office in Pioche said calls came in from people who felt the initial temblor in small Nevada towns including Alamo, Caliente and Panaca.

Dispatcher Shannon Miller said there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.

Twitter immediately began blowing up with reports of the quake.

Metro Police said they had not received calls about the quake or damage. Las Vegas Fire & Rescue tweeted about 12:30 p.m. that it had not received any fire or medical calls related to the quake.

Officials at McCarran International Airport said flight operations were running normally.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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