Recent Earthquakes
Recent natural and manmade seismic activity. Click figure for details.
Quakes Near Volcanoes
Seismicity in Last 30 Days
| Volcano | Earthquakes |
|---|---|
| Hood | |
| Rainier | |
| St. Helens | |
| Crater Lake | |
| Newberry | |
| Baker | |
| 30 Days Ago Now |
Volcanoes without recent seismicity
Mag=7.2 Earthquake near Acapulco, Mexico today
Posted by S. Malone, 04/18/2014
An earthquake near Acapulco is strongly felt in Mexico City. Several reports in USA Today, Fox News and NY Daily News. And official USGS Page.
Devastating sequence of earthquakes in Nicaragua
Posted by S. Malone, 04/11/2014
A series of large earthquake including the case where an "aftershock" (M=6.6) is larger than what was thought to be the "mainshock" (M=6.1). Many different news articles including: ABC news, Christian Science Monitor, CBS news, and others.....
What would happen if an earthquake hit in Kittitas County?
Posted by B. Steele, 04/08/2014
Earthquakes occur east of the Cascades. A recent study looks at the costs.
A ’64 Quake Still Reverberates
Posted by B. Steele, 04/07/2014
Fifty years after the landmark 9.2 Alaska earthquake and tsunami Chile experiences another great earthquake. The Alaska quake got scientists thinking about Cascadia. NY Times
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