Oregon Well Records Quakes Around Globe
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A well drilled 300 feet deep to study fluctuations in groundwater has proven extremely useful for monitoring major earthquakes around the world.
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One of the most powerful earthquakes in history Sunday triggered a tsunami that swept across thousands of miles of shoreline in southern Asia, swamping fishing villages in India and Sri Lanka as well tourist resorts in Thailand and the Maldives, and
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A series of unusual earthquakes near Mount St. Helens in recent days has scientists warning that something more serious could be imminent.
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Major earthquakes around the world since early last century:
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Reports of damage continue to trickle in from Tuesday`s earthquake in central California. The earthquake measured 6.0. The owner of a Parkfield vineyard reported damage.
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The area of the San Andreas fault where a magnitude-6.0 earthquake struck Tuesday is a seismic hot spot that has produced similar temblors every two or three decades and, as a consequence, is among the most-monitored quake sites in the world.
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Powerful earthquakes sparked panic in two countries Monday, nearly a month after a quake triggered a deadly wall of water that killed more than 160,000 people, but there was little damage, no reported injuries and no tsunami.
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SEATTLE Sept. 27, 2004 - Small earthquakes rattled Mount St. Helens at the rate of one or two a minute Monday, and seismologists were working to determine the significance of some of the most intense seismic activity in nearly 20 years.
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An extremely powerful earthquake struck the ocean floor between Australia and Antarctica early Friday, causing buildings to shake hundreds of miles away on the island of Tasmania, authorities said. There were no reports of damage or injuries.
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A strong earthquake with a magnitude of   up to 7.0 near the remote Samoa islands group in the South   Pacific had generated a tsunami, the Pacific Tsunami Warning   Center said on Thursday.
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A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.6 hit Manila in the Philippines overnight, the US Geological Survey&#39;s earthquake center in Golden, Colorado reported on Friday.
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Earthquakes can be triggered by the Earthâs tides, UCLA scientists confirmed Oct. 21 in Science Express, the online journal of Science.
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The earthquake that shook southern  Asia on Sunday was one of the most powerful since the start of  the 20th century, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
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A 4.2-magnitude earthquake shook the San Francisco area Friday at 4:42 a.m. PT (7:42 a.m. ET), the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
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A minor 3.1 magnitude earthquake split the lava dome in the crater of Mount St. Helens on Saturday, continuing a series of minor earthquakes rattling the site since October, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.
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An under-sea earthquake, measuring 9.0 on the Richter scale, off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, on Sunday, unleased powerful waves which killed people in several countries.
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A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.6 hit Manila in the Philippines overnight, the U.S. Geological Survey's earthquake center in Golden, Colorado reported on Friday.