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Earthquake Rattles Afton Wyoming

Brian Scott — Thu, 16 May 2013 12:50:20 +0000

According to the USGS, an earthquake that measured 4.0 on the Richter Scale rattled the western parts of Wyoming at about 11:30 PM last night. The epicenter was described as being 14 miles WNW of Afton, Wyoming and was appr

Oklahoma Earthquake Causes YouTube Blogger To Freak Out [VIDEO]

Don Deane — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:00:06 +0000

As he video blogs about Oklahoma State’s football win over Kansas City, YouTuber Elmore Drive reacts with dismay to one of the earthquakes that rattled Oklahoma over the weekend.

Oklahoma Cleans Up After Weekend Earthquakes [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 17:50:26 +0000

A series of earthquakes and aftershocks — some felt as far away as Wisconsin — shook Oklahoma this weekend, startling people more accustomed to tornadoes than temblors.

Early Saturday, a magnitude 4.7 earthquake affected areas from Texas to Missouri, followed by a 5.6 quake later that night — Oklahoma’s strongest in history — and more than 10 aftershocks.

East Coast Earthquake May Have Restored Deaf Man's Hearing [VIDEO]

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 21:30:52 +0000

Not only was last week’s East Coast earthquake nice enough not to seriously injure anybody, but its rumbling effects may have actually helped a deaf man hear again. Washington D.C.-area cancer patient Robert Valderzak, who lost most of his hearing on Father’s Day when he fell and fractured his skull, said the quake “shook me terrible – right out [...]

Japan Disaster Photos – Before and After

Rick Darcy — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 18:42:05 +0000

Japan is still trying to recover in the aftermath of the 8.9 earthquake that rocked the nation just a few days ago. Now you can now see before and after photos in an interactive overlay gallery of the Japan devastation. With this gallery, you can really see the destruction in the before/after photos. Just move [...]