Monday, October 22, 2012

Lorca earthquake 'caused by groundwater extraction'

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel dropped its annual simulation of a missile attack and held its first major earthquake drill on Sunday instead, but officials insisted the country remained as ready as ever for the possibility of a war with arch-foe IranSaturday, October 20, 2012 at 23:00:32 UTC; Sunday, October 21, 2012 at 10:00:32 AM at epicenter; Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones · Location, 13.565°S, 166.601°E. Depth, 35.6 km (22.1 miles). Region, VANUATUA shallow, magnitude 3.5 earthquake was reported Sunday afternoon four miles from Blue Lake, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 1:40 p.m. Pacific time at a depth of 13.0 miles. According to the USGS, the epicenterMassive extraction of groundwater helped unleash an earthquake in southeastern Spain last year that killed nine people, injured at least 100 and left thousands homeless, geologists said on Sunday. The finding adds aSunday, October 21, 2012 at 11:57:27 UTC; Sunday, October 21, 2012 at 10:57:27 PM at epicenter; Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones · Location, 53.434°N, 142.634°E. Depth, 9.9 km (6.2 miles). Region, SAKHALIN
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