Thursday leaving roads and homes damaged. Officials said an unknown number of people suffered injuries.’s last major earthquake hit in June 2002 and damaged dozens of homes. No one was injured.
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This article appeared in the Guardian on Tuesday May 13 2008 on p5 of the Top stories section. It was last updated at 00:04 on May 13 2008.At 7.8 on the Richter scale, yesterday’s earthquake was as powerful as the most destructive quake recorded last century: in Tangshan, China, in 1976, 240,000 people were […]
A backhoe operator with Reyman Brothers Construction of Reno digs out the old foundation on the north side of the Nevada Northern Railway freight barn. Once completed in 2009, the structure will serve as a meeting center, gallery and museum.With renovations on the century old complex on Avenue A at 11th Street East now 20 […]
WMBD/WYZZ TV - PEORIA — The Illinois Department of Transportation is having inspectors examine all bridges and structures in the aftermath of this morning's earthquake.The National Weather Service confirms that just after 4:30 this morning, parts of Central Illinois experienced a slight earthquake, or tremble. IDOT offiicials say as of now, there are no reports […]
LIMA, Peru: A 5.4-magnitude earthquake rattled Peru's coast near the capital early Saturday, causing alarm and minor damage but no fatalities, officials said.The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake struck under the Pacific Ocean at 7:51 a.m. local time, 10 miles (15 kilometers) west of Peru's coastal capital, Lima, shaking startled residents out of bed.Five […]
In Louisville, officials began assessing the situation almost immediately.For most people, the earthquake was simply a topic of conversation. For local emergency management officials, it required quick responses, and put their action plan to the test.“All the calls come to one place,” said MetroSafe Director Doug Hamilton. “All of the services are within that room […]
People don’t often think of Illinois and California as two peas in a pod, whether culturally, politically, economically or demographically. But a rattling reminder came early this morning that deep down below the surface (say, six miles deep), they do have something big in common geologically: Both states are earthquake country.At 4:36 a.m. Central daylight […]
Janet Clem, 37, looks at the damage to her home in Mt. Carmel, Ill., Friday April 18, 2008 from an early morning earthquake. that registered as a 5.2 magnitude earthquake, centered in southern Illinois (AP Photo/Daniel R. Patmore)This one is for those transplants from the Midwest, especially the ones who moved out here and have […]
There was a substantial earthquake early Friday in southern Illinois.The 5.2 earthquake hit around 4:30am and was centered about 40 miles north of Evansville, Indiana.There are reports of damage across the region including St. Louis, Missouri and Louisville, Kentucky.It was also reportedly felt as far away as Chicago, Cincinnati, Milwaukee, and Des Moines, Iowa.No word […]