#earthquakes

#earthquakes

A series of small earthquakes struck an area near Gilroy Friday morning. The largest was a 3.4 magnitude, and these followed a trio of quakes in the North Bay on Thanksgiving morning, east of Mercuryville on the Sonoma-Lake County border. [KTVU] Trump is using Wednesday's shooting of two National Guard members in DC as a reason for tightening immigration rules from "third world countries."

A series of three earthquakes shook the South Bay early Wednesday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The biggest of the three was a magnitude 4.3 shaker that happened at 6:16 a.m. about five miles east of Gilroy. Following that quake came shakers that were measured at a magnitude of 2.7 and 3.9, respectively. All three quakes happened within four minutes of each other and were centered within a five-mile radius of Gilroy, the USGS said.

A conversation with Mark Roosien about the earthquakes that struck Constantinople in late antiquity and about how emperors and the people of the City reacted to them in the moment. We focus on the church liturgies that commemorated and tried to make sense of them. Rev. Mark Roosien is Rector of Holy Ghost Orthodox Church (OCA) and was formerly a postdoctoral associate at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, and Lecturer in Liturgical studies.

Small earthquakes are common in the Geysers geothermal steam field, and activities associated with the withdrawal of steam for producing electric power can induce small quakes.

"We are just in a very high seismically active period. We're as active as California right now."

Several small earthquakes hit the Inland Empire early Wednesday morning, with Ontario experiencing two quakes measuring 3.5 and 3.2 magnitude shortly after 1 a.m.

Authorities reported that two men died when falling rocks crushed their vehicle in Escuintla, highlighting the deadly impact of the tremors on the area.

The tremors resulted in the evacuation of buildings, landslides and minor property damage, officials said, adding they were felt as far away as El Salvador.

China has made appropriations to be well represented in porcelain and silk manufactures at the United States Centennial.

"I don't hire an apartment in a tall building beyond the first floor in Nairobi," Kianji said, emphasizing the urgent need for greater awareness of Africa's seismic risks.