Thursday, August 28, 2008

A swarm of earthquakes off of British Columbia Coast

Just saw this breaking news on CNN that "A Magnitude 6.1 Earthquake has rocked Vancouver Island, Canada". CNN did not have more details so I checked out Google News and came across this from Winnipeg Sun:
There’s a whole lot of shaking going on off the west coast of Vancouver Island.
Here's more info from US Geological Survey website:

All the latest Earthquake information (Google Maps Mashup)

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Thursday, February 28, 2008

Google Map of Earthquake in United Kingdom

United Kingdom was hit by the largest earthquake in almost a quarter century, early on Wednesday February 27th, 2008. The earthquake was centered about 200 kilometers (125 miles) north of London, the British Geological Survey said.

The earthquake was felt across large parts of England. Check out Mapperz blog for locations in England where the Earthquake was felt (clicking on the markers opens up information window with info on magnitude)

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