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News From Sunday, July 25, 2010
11:21:15 PM 3.8 Earthquake Rattles Far East County
10News.com - San Diego,CA,USA

SAN DIEGO -- A magnitude 3.8 earthquake rattled the far eastern portion of San Diego County Sunday, according to the US Geological Survey. ... [more]

8:51:26 PM Oil Paintings
San Diego Union Tribune - San Diego,CA,USA

Gulf-based AP reporters and a geologist at the University of South Florida directed me to Santa Rosa Island, just west of Pensacola Beach. ... [more]

7:32:39 PM Source: Tony Hayward expected to step down from BP
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

Hayward, a geologist who has spent his entire career at BP, recognizes that he has become "a liability going forward" and is ready to step down, ... [more]

6:03:20 PM As BP Lays Out Future, It Will Not Include Tony Hayward
New York Times - New York,NY,USA

Mr. Hayward, a geologist who began his career at BP and became chief executive in 2007, inherited a company with a poor safety record that resulted in a ... [more]

2:40:44 PM Profile of BP chief Tony Hayward
Sydney Morning Herald

He was taken to task by the White House for sailing his yacht off the Isle of Wight, a favoured past-time he shares with his former BP geologist wife and ... [more]

11:01:56 AM Oil spill Q&A: How do oil companies find oil underwater?
The Birmingham News - al.com - Birmingham,AL,USA

Sonic equipment, mapping and geological surveys are tools geologists use to look for the best possible sites. In the case of the area where the Deepwater ... [more]

9:19:26 AM Cleaning up Blue Ledge mine
Mail Tribune - Medford,OR,USA

Geologist Pete Jones, who is in charge of cleaning up the Blue Ledge copper mine, stands at the entrance, or adit, to the main tunnel. ... [more]

9:07:51 AM Moderate earthquake hits Mindanao Moro gulf
Philippine Star - Manila,Philippines

... 5.6 on the Richter scale hit Moro gulf, Mindanao in the Philippines, at 0818 GMT today, according to a bulletin released by the US Geological Survey. ... [more]

6:11:36 AM Quake strikes off Tonga, Samoa; no damage reported
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

AP CANBERRA, Australia -- The US Geological Survey says an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6 has struck the South Pacific off the coasts of Tonga ... [more]

5:32:25 AM Devil apparently can slide outside of Utah, too
Deseret News

By Lynn Arave Unique can be a pretty precarious and even arrogant term to bound around, at least in geological terms. For example, Devil's Slide, ... [more]

5:12:17 AM Quake strikes off Tonga and Samoa
ABC Online - Australia

The US Geological Survey (USGS) said the earthquake struck at 4:39pm (local time) about 237 kilometres south-west of the Samoan capital Apia, ... [more]

3:23:19 AM Quake in Washington County? Not likely, geologist says
Hagerstown Morning Herald - Hagerstown,MD,USA

Hedges is an amateur geologist who became fascinated with fossils and rocks about 10 years ago. “It's a hobby,” he said — one that has developed into more ... [more]

3:22:16 AM Commentary: Nifty way to explore magic of Seneca Lake
Elmira Star-Gazette

There's 400 million years of geology. Hector Falls is the third tallest waterfall in New York state, and it's a spectacular view from the water. .... [more]

2:38:23 AM Animals were seconds ahead of DC quake
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

Such experiences are not new, as the Web site of the US Geological Survey attests. "Anecdotal evidence abounds of animals, fish, birds, reptiles, ... [more]



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