A strong 6.0 magnitude earthquake has just struck offshore Northern California this hour. The quake struck at a depth of seven miles (11.2 km) at a distance of 35 miles (56 km) west-northwest of Petrolia, California, the USGS said.
There are no reports of damaged structures or injuries yet, according to a police spokesman...
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Archive for February 4th, 2010
Petrolia California
Petrolia, CA
6.0 Earthquake Offshore Eureka 47 Miles WSW
Felt here in Eureka as a sharp short roller, prob no significant damage……
To: U.S. West Coast, Alaska, and British Columbia coastal regions
From: NOAA/NWS/West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center
Subject: Tsunami Information Statement issued 02/4/2010 at 12:23PM PST
At 12:20 PM Pacific Standard Time on February 4, an earthquake with...
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Northern California Feels Magnitude 6.0 Offshore Earthquake
Updated at 6:04 pm ET – As commenter Allison White noted, the USGS has downgraded the earthquake to a magnitude 5.9.
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A magnitude 6.0 earthquake occurred off the Northern California coast about 47 miles away from Eureka, Calif. at a relatively shallow depth of about seven miles into the earth’s crust,...
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Orlando Hudson
Christensen tweets that the Indians are outbidding Minnesota for Hudson, though he’s skeptical considering Cleveland’s lack of spending this offseason.
12:32pm: MLB.com’s Bill Ladson tweets that Hudson will not play for the Nationals, and a deal is almost done with the Twins. Meanwhile ESPN’s Buster Olney and Joe Christensen of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune both seem...
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Stephen Schafer
Stephen Howard Schafer Picture: Windsurfer killed by sharks at Stuart Beach in Florida.
Picture: Stephen Howard Schafer, windsurfer Ssurrounded by sharks off Florida coast, attacked and later died.
Stuart, Florida- Stephen Howard Schafer circled, attacked by sharks.
38-yer-old man Stephen Howard Schafer has been attacked and killed by sharks off Stuart beach in Florida.
Reports said Stephen Schafer...
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Nick Snider
Just in time for Fashion Week, a top male model is facing criminal charges after allegedly offering sexual favors to Arkansas cops in return for his release following an arrest for public drunkenness and disorderly conduct<.
Nick Snider, 21, was busted early Monday morning after causing a disturbance at a female friend’s home in Batesville,...
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Frank Fasi
Frank Fasi, who served as Honolulu mayor way longer than anyone else, died quietly in his sleep overnight. He was 89.
Mayor Mufi Hannemann, on “Sunrise” via phone Thursday morning, called Fasi the best mayor Honolulu ever had and said one of the proudest moments in his own career was when he won Fasi’s endorsement.
Fasi...
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phua soon hock
This 40 year old photo came from my camera. It showed my TTC YLTC camp group…the Barracudas led by Ang ( on extreme right )and me. This YLTC was held in August 1968 also at Pulau Tekong. Just 11 of us in the group, only 2 ladies..Maria Ng( next to Ang) and Phua Siem...
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Sovereign debt
We’ve been talking about sovereign debt for a long time now, but it feels like we’re tipping over today, and that the very real matter of countries defaulting on their debt is starting to get serious attention.
So as a quick review, let’s run through the countries with the 15 most costly credit default swaps.
(For...
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Ken Lewis
On April 24, I wrote Let the Criminal Indictments Begin: Paulson, Bernanke, Lewis.
At long last we have our first major indictment. You will be pleased to read Ex-BofA chief Lewis charged with fraud.
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said Thursday it was bringing civil charges against senior Bank of America executives, including former company...
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