4.0 Bay Area earthquake on Hayward Fault, overdue for big rupture

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — The East Bay Municipal Utility District announced Tuesday, following Monday's 4.0 earthquake in Piedmont, that nine water main lines were broken. Most have already been repaired, but questions are being asked about what  COLUMBIA — New data point to an unsettling reality: South Carolina has the sixth-largest number of people exposed … Read more

USGS: Piedmont-based earthquake was shallow

Monica Stevens who lives in Harvey Crossing, in Gluckstadt, says she felt her whole house shake about 2 or 3 seconds, just before 1:30. Her nephew lives two miles away on North Old Canton Road. He also felt his home shake. She felt the previous quake Rather, small sections of rock sometimes get stuck — … Read more

Earthquake strikes San Francisco Bay Area

By Mission Local StaffPosted 1 minute ago. Oh yes that was an earthquake at 6:49 a.m. Here are the basics and here is a link to the same. Screen Shot 2015-08-17 at 6.56.06 AM  A magnitude 4.0 earthquake was reported Monday morning in Piedmont, Calif., near Oakland, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor … Read more

Earthquake jolts Rhode Island in early morning hours

(Another earthquake business also is doing well. Erik Jackson, co-owner of Sound Seismic, which retrofits homes for quakes, said his firm had a 3½-month wait. Since Monday, he says, “It's now six months. … We always get spikes after natural disasters. An earthquake jolted Rhode Island early Wednesday morning, with residents reporting they heard rumbles … Read more

4.0-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Near Fremont | NBC Bay Area

PLYMOUTH, New Hampshire —A very small earthquake was centered near Plymouth, New Hampshire, just before 8 a.m. Tuesday. The quake, with a magnitude of 1.5, was centered 3 kilometers southeast of Plymouth, the U.S. Geological Service said. The USGS reported an earthquake in Fremont, followed by at least eight aftershocks, early Tuesday morning. Image: USGS. … Read more