When a major earthquake strikes, seconds count. A proposed $80-million system similar to one in Japan would use sensors in the ground to alert residents before an earthquake hits and would be the first such network in the U.S.
March 11 will mark the first anniversary of the massive tsunami that pummeled Japan, claiming more than 20,000 lives. The Times’ photo desk has made an amazing gallery of interactive before-and-after sliders.
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Jan. 17, 1994: The collapse of the second and third stories onto the first story at Northridge Meadows apartments in the Northridge quake killed 16 people and crushed cars.
View 130 photos for The Times’ 130th birthday on Framework.
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A baby one.
Looks like the quake was upgraded to a 4.3.
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Did you feel that Los Angeles?
A 4.2 earthquake hit the Newhall area in the San Fernando Valley on Thursday. The quake was centered four miles east southeast of Newhall at 1:47 p.m. PT.
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A quake, an aftershock, another quake: Read more on L.A. Now.
Map: Location of 4.2.-magnitude earthquake in black brackets. Other small quakes appear in yellow. Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Why was Tuesday’s moderately-powered 5.8 earthquake in Virginia felt as much as 500 miles away, shaking up Chicago, Atlanta, Boston and even Canada?
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We know how humans first sensed Tuesday’s earthquake. We felt the shake, then the rattle, and then the urge to flee.
But what about the region’s animals?
Did they sense the rare 5.8-magnitude temblor before the shaking started?
We checked in with the folks at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo, one of the most popular attractions in the nation’s capital, to see what they could tell us.
Their answer: Many animals reacted to the quake before humans knew it was coming.
Our favorite part of the Smithsonian’s National Zoo’s press release: “According to keepers, the giant pandas did not appear to respond to the earthquake.”
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A weird day for quakes? Well, not really. Lost in the hullabaloo about the quake in Virginia was the fact that there were about 90 others across the U.S.
Photo: Evacuated workers on a downtown sidewalk in Washington, D.C. View more photos at the gallery. Credit: J. Scott Applewhite / Associated Press
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We just ran out of our studio. The station was shaking!
Detroit Free Press is reporting that they felt it, too.
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Before it was dammed, the Salton Sea area experienced dramatic ebbs and flows from the Colorado River. Scientists say those floods caused small quakes on local faults — and a few large ones on the massive San Andreas. Dams have ended the flooding, which may help explain why the “Big One” is overdue.
Photo: The Salton Sea. Credit: Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times
