Home Featured Archives Search Subscribe PDA-Friendly News Feeds
News From Saturday, May 15, 2010
11:45:02 PM Light earthquake shaeks the Island of Hawaii
WireUpdate

.... (16 kilometers) northwest of Naalehu. It struck about 3 miles (4.9 kilometers) deep, making it a shallow earthquake, according to the US Geological Survey. [more]

10:32:46 PM Small earthquake hits near Castro Valley
San Jose Mercury News - San Jose,CA,USA

.... An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 3.3 struck about four miles east of Castro Valley Saturday morning, according to the US Geological Survey. ... [more]

9:24:35 PM Old Faithful Visitor Center on schedule
Casper Star-Tribune Online

He says the project presented unique challenges, including having a geologist on hand to make sure work on the building's foundation didn't disrupt the ... [more]

8:02:57 PM Longtime Longway Planetarium director Jerry Welsh dies
MLive.com - MI,USA

He taught geology for nine years in the 1950s and 60s. He was also on the Flint Housing Commission at that time. Welsh hired Gardner in 1969 as a staff ... [more]

4:09:43 PM Governor Rendell Signs Bills into Law
Melodika.net - Sofia,Bulgaria

367), known as the Engineer, Land Surveyor and Geologist Registration Law, adding definitions; further providing for general powers of board and for .... [more]

4:04:55 PM Earthquakes rattle the L.A. area and Port Hueneme
Did White House fake link between Saddam and Al Qaeda?

On Friday night, a magnitude 3.9 earthquake occurred near Port Hueneme in Ventura County, according to the US Geological Survey. The temblor struck at 8:19 ... [more]

1:22:11 PM Small earthquake felt in Los Angeles area
Sacramento Bee - Sacramento,CA,USA

AP A preliminary report from the US Geological Survey says the 3.0-magnitude quake hit at 4:33 am Saturday and was centered 2 miles east of Baldwin Hills. ... [more]

10:55:07 AM Western Bradford News Digest 5/15/2010
Towanda Daily Review

The Canton High School Honors Earth Science 2 Class on Friday visited Geneva, NY to further investigate the geology, ecology, and environment of Seneca Lake ... [more]

10:48:51 AM Haeundae Blu-ray Review
Blu-ray.com - USA

Another of the many colorful characters in this film is a divorced geologist (Park Joong-hoon, My Love, My Bride), who believes that our planet's climate is ... [more]

7:18:00 AM Ask Tom Why: The U.S. supervolcano
Chicago Tribune - Chicago,IL,USA

The US Geological Survey describes those events as "cataclysmic." A comparable eruption today would have worldwide climatic consequences, probably plunging ... [more]

6:09:37 AM Quakes can jump to other faults, scientists say
Press-Enterprise - Riverside,CA,USA

US Geological Survey geophysicist Ken Hudnut says that, under the right conditions, the phenomenon could be devastating in the Inland Empire. ... [more]

2:05:22 AM Local students get a sampling of the jobs at Graniterock
Register Pajaronian - Watsonville,CA,USA

As director of geology and exploration for Graniterock, Licari has an intimate knowledge of the various types of rock that can be found in Santa Cruz County ... [more]

12:34:51 AM Words & Ideas
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

Tom Miller: The geologist and author of "The Wave" will present and sign his new book. Diesel Bookstore, 3890 Cross Creek Road, Malibu. 3 pm Free. ... [more]

12:12:46 AM 30 years after Mount St. Helens blew, the volcano reveals its secrets
OregonLive.com

Geologists didn't know enough to give public safety officials a clear picture of the danger. "They wanted us to tell them what the earthquakes meant, ... [more]



Smallcap Watch offers stock quotes and more!
web analytics provided by iWebTrack
Geology News is a Rare Artifact website.
Screenshots provided by Free website thumbnails.