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Great = > 8

Major = 7 to 7.9

Strong = 6 to 6.9

Moderate = 5 to 5.9

Light = 4 to 4.9

Minor = Less than 3.9

Northern California rocked by magnitude 6.0 earthquake

Aug. 24, 2014 -

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake hit northern California’s San Francisco Bay area Sunday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

It is the largest tremor to shake the Bay Area since the 1989 6.9 magnitude Loma Prieta quake, and it has caused significant damage, but so far, no reports of injuries.

Source: Fox

Update: 6.0 quake rattles Bay Area, sending about 170 people to hospitals - Los Angeles Times

Prophetic Significance of Earthquakes

April Had a Record Number of Big Earthquakes

May 1, 2014 - Instead of the typical one or two medium-to-large earthquakes per month, April records showed an incredible 13 quakes of magnitudes 6.5 or higher. Five of them were powerful enough to generate tsunami warnings. See an animation that shows the pattern of earthquakes during the month.

Source: The Atlantic Cities

Powerful earthquake strikes off Chile, triggers tsunami

Apr. 1, 2014 - An 8.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred approximately 60 miles northwest of Iquique, Chile. The depth of the quake was 12.5 miles.

Tsunami waves of more than 6 feet generated by the earthquake washed ashore on the coast of Pisagua... Iquique, with a population of more than 200,000, saw waves 7 feet high.

Tsunami watches for the west coasts of North and South America have now been cancelled.

Source: CNN

8.2-magnitude earthquake hits near northern Chile; 5 dead - ABC7 - Los Angeles

Real-time Coverage - Google

What Would An Eruption Of The Yellowstone Supervolcano Look Like? - The Truth Wins

Update: Apr. 2, 2014 - Chile lifts tsunami warning after quake kills 6 - Business Week

Earthquake: 5.1 quake shakes Los Angeles, Southern California

Mar. 28, 2014 -

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake was reported Friday evening one mile from La Habra, California, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 9:09 p.m. Pacific time at a depth of 0.6 miles.

Source: Los Angeles Times

Realtime Coverage - Google

Mar. 29, 2014- Second Earthquake Hits Southern California - NewsMax

Mar. 31, 2014 - 7.5 quake on California fault could be disastrous - The Puente Hills thrust fault ... stretches from northern Orange County under downtown Los Angeles into Hollywood ...could prove more catastrophic than one along the San Andreas - Associated Press

4.4 earthquake hits L.A.; experts were warned ahead of quake

Mar. 17, 2014 - A 4.4 magnitude earthquake struck the Los Angeles area this morning about five miles from Westwood. Seismologist Robert Graves said that it was the most significant shake in this Southern California area since the magnitude 5.5 earthquake in Chino Hills in 2008. He also said that the affected area has not been seismically active recently.

Nancy King, geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey, said: "We live in earthquake country and we can expect earthquakes frequently and the big one, one day. We don’t know when that one’s coming.”

An early earthquake warning system being tested by scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey in Pasadena was successful in giving an alert a few seconds before the quake.

Source: Los Angeles Times

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