Tag: rattles

Rare Northeast Earthquake Rattles New York City, Causing Confusion

An earthquake shook the densely populated New York City metropolitan area Friday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey said, with residents across the Northeast reporting rumbling in a region where people are unaccustomed to feeling the ground move. The agency reported a quake at 10:23 a.m. with a preliminary magnitude of 4.8, centered near Lebanon, New […]

Putin Rattles Nuclear Sabers Again – HotAir

As he cruises toward another election “victory” on Friday, Vladimir Putin is increasing the frequency of his public appearances. (That’s probably relatively easy when all of your viable opponents mysteriously keep winding up dead.) This week he gave an interview to Russian state television and the subject of the Ukraine war inevitably came up again. […]

Magnitude 5.1 earthquake rattles central Oklahoma

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 1.86 miles underground 5 miles northwest of Prague, Oklahoma, Friday, setting off weaker aftershocks. The shallow earthquake, identified by the U.S. Geological Survey as the main shock, happened at 11:24 p.m. The area had seen a minor magnitude 1.5 earthquake on Jan. 19. While shallow earthquakes create more dramatic tremors, […]