Showing posts with label earthquakes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label earthquakes. Show all posts

Thursday, February 4, 2010

California is Falling into the Sea!



The earthquake struck approximately 35 miles off the northern California coast.
Credit: USGS


A 6.5 Richter magnitude "rolling earthquake" has struck Northern Cali and its affects have not gone unnoticed. The 20-25 second long tremors have some people wondering if Armageddon is in fact here. Get the story here:

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Does Geothermal Drilling Cause Earthquakes?






Can engineered geothermal system drilling cause earthquakes? According to some engineers, it can. But other believe that the seismic events caused by the fracturing of rock deep beneath the Earth's surface will only cause seismic events too small for anyone to notice. But what happens when one of these small events chain reacts into something larger and catastrophic? Get the true story here.