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Earth Day April 22, 2008
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Understand Protect Appreciate
Each year Earth Day marks the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970.
The first Earth Day led to the creation of the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the passage of the Clean Air, Clean Water, and Endangered Species acts.
In 1990 the Earth Day became a global event and gave a huge boost to recycling efforts worldwide and also helped pave the way for the 1992 United Nations Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro.
By following the chain of posts here on SU you can learn about and enjoy various aspects of our home planet.
List of other SU contributors are cleverly compiled by our resident astrophysicist here.
Earthquakes
Strongest quake in 40 years rattles Midwest
WEST SALEM, Ill. -- Residents across the Midwest were awakened Friday 18th April 2008 by a 5.2 magnitude earthquake that rattled skyscrapers in Chicago's Loop and homes in Cincinnati but appeared to cause no major injuries or damage.
April 19 2008, an undersea quake measuring above 6.0 on the Richter scale has struck off the East Timor coast, shaking buildings in the capital, Dili. There were no reports of injuries or damage due to Saturday's earthquake
A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck off the Pacific coast of Guatemala on Monday April 15, 2008, sending residents of the capital out into the street in panic but there were no immediate reports of major damage or injuries.
The quake struck at 9:03 p.m. (0303 GMT on Tuesday) with an epicenter 45 miles (73 km) south-southeast of the city of Escuintla
Epicenter is the point on the Earth's surface that is directly above the hypocenter or focus, the point where an earthquake or other underground explosion originate
Earthquake prediction in California
Most of the time earthquakes occur deep in the oceans or remote unpopulated places, but there are times when they hit populated places too. Unfortunately a recent valid scientific prediction, seems not to bode well to our wonderful Golden state of California.
It looks like before I turn 50, California will almost certainly be hit by an earthquake capable of causing widespread destruction within the next 30 years.
According to the first geological forecast of its kind, the chance of a magnitude 6.7 or larger tremor striking before 2038 is more than 99 per cent.
Los Angeles and San Francisco are more than 63 per cent likely to experience such a quake.
A jolt of this force last hit the state in 1994, in Northridge near Los Angeles, killing 60 people and causing damage estimated at more than £6 billion.
This photograph by Arnold Genthe 1906 shows Sacramento Street and approaching fire.
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