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Earthquake Faults Can Heal Themselves In Mere Hours, Adding Power to Disastrous Quakes

After faults deep in the Earth get shaken up from a stress-relieving event, they can be patched right back up to continue the endless earthquake cycle. However, this self-healing ability doesn't apply ...
Reuters

Power back on, but thousands still homeless, in quake-hit Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) - Puerto Rico's public power utility said on Monday it has restored electricity to almost all the island, nearly a week after the strongest earthquake in more than a ...
Santa Monica Daily Press

Residents encouraged to participate in ShakeOut earthquake preparedness day

On October 21st at 10:21am, Californians across the state will participate in International ShakeOut Day, an annual opportunity to practice earthquake safety actions. Santa Monica’s Office of ...
Ars Technica

“Like putting on glasses for the first time”—how AI improves earthquake detection

On January 1, 2008, at 1:59 am in Calipatria, California, an earthquake happened. You haven’t heard of this earthquake; even if you had been living in Calipatria, you wouldn’t have felt anything. It ...
Los Angeles Times

Relentless earthquake swarms rattle California. What does that mean for the Big One?

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. San Ramon has been rocked by more than 75 earthquakes since November, with a magnitude 4 quake Friday night ...