At 11:42 am on Tuesday, July 29, 2008, the greater Los Angeles metropolitan area experienced its largest earthquake in years as a magnitude 5.4 event occurred 8.5 miles beneath the Chino Hills. This earthquake was felt across much of southern California, and as far away as Las Vegas, Nevada. There have been no reported injuries and media reports said the quake was felt as far south as San Diego and as far east as Las Vegas, Nevada.Since earthquakes in this area are sad inevitable reality, we should note, what should be done during and after earthquake. There is a list of tips of what to do in

Bizarre colorful (luminous/glowing) cloud phenomenon in the sky was observed about 30 mins before the May 12, 2008 Sichuan earthquake took place. This was recorded in Tianshui, Gansu province ~450km northeast of epicenter, by someone using a cell phone. These clouds seemed to be glowing or somewhat luminous and seemed to resemble some characteristics of the Auroras.

As you all know on May 12 there was a strong earthquake in China that killed more than 55,000 people. Here are photos from a wedding that was taking place on that day when the earthquake happened.

Stop if you heard this one: California is heading for a huge earthquake.in 30 years. While I do not doubt that the Golden State will someday slide into the Pacific, hopefully taking the Lindsay Lohans and Paris Hiltons of the world with it, but excuse me if I scoff at the prediction made by the scientific community as both alarmist and useless. Alarmist because as I already know, scientists publish these scary headlines because it helps with funding. Useless because the time frame is too big and vague to be useful.As a New Englander I was scared back in the 1980's when a catastrophic earthquake

The largest earthquake to hit England in 25 years happened at 1 am this morning, measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale. It woke me up by shaking the bed, but I didn't realise what it was until I listen to the news the next day. It was the talk of the nation, as it was felt through-out most of the country. Earthquake felt across much of UK (BBC News)

A 6.4 earthquake struck southwest off Sumatra today, in the same area as the major 8.4-magnitude temblor struck Wednesday that killed 13 people.According to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center "a very small possibility of a local tsunami" affecting coastal areas within about 100 km (62 miles) from the quake's epicenter. The earthquake struck at 6:01 a.m. (2300 GMT Thursday), 75 miles west-southwest of Sumatra's Bengkulu province The Bureau of Meteorology and Geophysics agency reported the epicenter was located 10 km (6 miles) underwater 153 km (95 miles) west of Lais, Bengkulu.CNN

According to the US Geological survey nn underwater earthquake with a magnitude of 7.9 hit at about 6:10 pm (1110 GMT) on Wednesday. An Indonesian offical said there was a risk of a tsunamiafter the earthquake. The quake struck 105km southwest of Bengkulu on Sumatra, Indonesia, at a depth of 15.6km. "Earthquakes of this size have the potential to generate a widespread destructive tsunami that can affect coastlines across the entire Indian Ocean Basin," the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said. The centre said thatthe tsumani could strike Indonesia and Australia within an hour, and India

At least 13 people died in the Solomon Islands Monday after two earthquakes and a tsunami hit the western part of the island-chain nation.The government's Web site reportes, in South Choiseul, waves 10 meters high swept through the Sasamunga village northeast of Gizo, destroying villages, food gardens and a hospital. Health centers and schools in surrounding villages were also devastated.It was fortunate that the tsunami hit during daylight hours when the early warning signs of receding tides were noticed, causing people to seek higher ground."A lot of people" were missing, what may be

A strong earthquake hit the Indonesian island Sumatra, killing at least 70 people and destroying many buildings.The earthquake of 6.3 magnitude was set in the centre of Padang town. Many people might be missing. The quake struck 03:49 GMT, causing havoc and panic. Two hours later another quake struck. Communication lines are cut and there are fears that the earthquakes will continue.