Earthquakes
Earthquake fault heightens California tsunami threat, experts say
04/21/2015 07:07
The earthquake fault cuts through the heart of Ventura’s quaint downtown, past the ornate hilltop City Hall and historic Spanish-era mission before heading into the Pacific Ocean.
For decades, some seismic experts believed the Ventura fault posed only a moderate threat and was incapable of...
Monster earthquake could hit Britain as new ‘super deep’ fault lines discovered
04/20/2015 07:24
Danger: London and the Home Counties could be headed for a major quake following the discovery of some new fault lines
Britain could be headed for an earthquake strong enough to topple buildings as new “super deep” fault lines have been discovered under the Home Counties.
The fractures in the...
Mysterious blazing sinkhole shocks Chinese village
04/17/2015 07:28
CHINA – A blazing sinkhole in northwest China terrified locals, attracting tourists as well as researchers and prompting questions about its origin. The temperature on top of the burning crater was estimated to be 792 degrees Celsius (1,457 degrees Fahrenheit). Due to the deadly heat, scientists...
Earth’s interior hotter than previously believed
03/25/2015 07:36
By crushing minerals between diamonds, a University of Utah study suggests the existence of an unknown layer inside Earth: part of the lower mantle where the rock gets three times stiffer. The discovery may explain a mystery: why slabs of Earth’s sinking tectonic plates sometimes stall and thicken...
New Zealand community told to prepare for major quake
03/25/2015 07:31
NEW ZEALAND - A West Coast community will need to consider drastic changes to its town to prepare for an inevitable Alpine Fault earthquake. The fault runs diagonally through Franz Josef Township and geologists have recommended a “fault avoidance zone” 100 meters either side to protect buildings....
Massive Sinkholes Break Open As Dead Sea Shrivels
03/19/2015 07:32
There are more than 3,000 sinkholes on the banks of the Dead Sea -- and they're multiplying exponentially, according to environmentalists, as the body of water dries up.
"It's nature's revenge," said Gidon Bromberg, the Israeli Director at EcoPeace Middle East, an organization that brings...
More Big Earthquakes Coming to California, Forecast Says
03/12/2015 21:01
A new view of California's earthquake risk slightly raises the likelihood of big earthquakes in the Golden State, but lowers the chance that people in some regions will feel shaking from smaller, magnitude-6.7 quakes.
The new report does not predict when or where earthquakes will strike, nor...
Oklahoma could be in danger of strong earthquakes
03/10/2015 21:52
For residents in Oklahoma, thousands of tiny earthquakes in the past five years have mostly been annoying.
But a new study in Geophysical Research Letters suggests the future could be more dire, with the state possibly seeing larger temblors. It found that the same fault lines that have triggered...
SMU researchers say Dallas should prepare for larger earthquakes
03/04/2015 09:25
The 3.1 magnitude earthquake that hit Dallas Friday morning showed that this sequence of tremors is not dying down as quickly as many had hoped.
“Past sequences have popped up and decayed,” said SMU seismologist Brian Stump. “This most recent event reminds me that we need to continue to monitor...
New Madrid quake potential elevated
02/28/2015 19:47
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- The chances of the New Madrid "big one" rocking the area may be greater than previously thought, according a recent update of the U.S. Geological Survey's National Seismic Hazards Map.
The update reflects the USGS's best and most recent understanding of when and where...
Oklahoma’s earthquake problem is getting worse
02/06/2015 06:36
A lawsuit claims that Oklahoma’s great increase in earthquake activity has been caused by pumping waste from drilling operations back underground. The suit involves the largest measured quake in the history of the state, a 5.6 tremor that happened in Prague, east of Oklahoma City in November 2011....
Earth will rip open like a zipper, expert says, when overdue Vancouver Island quake strikes
01/19/2015 07:39
PACHENA BAY, B.C.—The low tide, bright sunshine and constant roar of endlessly approaching waves display the full power of the wide-open Vancouver Island shoreline at the remote beach handed down to Stella Peters and her family as a wedding dowry.
For generations, Peters and her relatives have...
Earthquakes
We aren't promised to know the exact day or time for when the end will come, but just as we know the signs for seasonal changes, we can "read" certain signs that help us to know that we are entering the season for the rapture of the church, the tribulation, and His return to earth. In Jesus' discourse about the endtimes in Matthew 24, one of those signs are earthquakes. For some of Prophecy Dude's teaching on earthquakes, go to the "Tags" section on the News and Tweets page and click on earthquakes. There you will find a list of blogs that treat that subject.
On this page you will find updated feeds on earthquakes over the previous seven days with magnitudes of 5 and greater. A map feed is also provided to assist with identifying the location of these earthquakes. The picture below illustrates the concentration of earthquakes along fault lines and continental plate borders. Often Volcanoes are associated with tectonic plates especially in areas where they "rub' one another.
Earthquake hot zones in the United States
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