February 13, 2017 in News
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A powerful nighttime earthquake in the southern Philippines killed at least six people and injured more than 120 others, as officials on Saturday combed through cracked […]
December 7, 2016 in News
BIREUEN, Indonesia (AP) — A strong undersea earthquake rocked Indonesia’s Aceh province early on Wednesday, killing at least 25 people and causing dozens of buildings to collapse. A frantic rescue […]
September 5, 2016 in News
MERIDIAN, Miss. (AP) – A minor, early morning earthquake was reported near the Mississippi-Alabama state line. The U.S Geological Survey’s website indicates a 2.6-magnitude earthquake centered near Aliceville in west […]
April 28, 2015 in News
By KATY DAIGLE GORKHA, Nepal (AP) — Helicopters crisscrossed the mountains above a remote district Tuesday near the epicenter of the weekend earthquake in Nepal that killed more than 4,400 people, […]
August 24, 2014 in News
NAPA, California (AP) — The largest earthquake to hit the San Francisco Bay Area in 25 years sent scores of people to hospitals, ignited fires, damaged multiple historic buildings and […]
March 17, 2014 in News
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A pre-dawn earthquake rolled across the Los Angeles basin on Monday, rattling residents from the San Fernando Valley to Long Beach. The quake’s magnitude was 4.4 […]
October 30, 2012 in News, Statewide News, Top Stories
An earthquake that occurred eight miles underground Monday was strong enough to rumble the Memphis area and big enough to be felt in north Mississippi.
The U.S. Geological Survey, the government agency that keeps data on quakes, says the epicenter was about six miles southwest of Parkin, Arkansas, which is about 40 miles west of Memphis. The quake was 23 kilometers below the surface and measured 3.9 on the Richter scale.
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