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California were hit by earthquake today. Magnitude 4.5 earthquake shakes San Bernardino and much of Southland; no reports of damage. The quake, which struck at 7:49 p.m. and could be felt as far away as San Diego, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, was on the San Jacinto Fault system, said Caltech seismologist Kate Hutton.


There were a number of small aftershocks in the hour following the Thursday night quake, including a a magnitude 3.3 earthquake in San Bernardino at 8:47 p.m.

For more seismological info, check out California Integrated Seismic Net: USGS Caltech CGS UCB UCSD UNR

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Apparently earthquake happened almost on daily basis around the globe. Check the latest Earthquake news at Latest Earthquakes Magnitude 2.5 or Greater in the United States and Adjacent Areas and Magnitude 4.0 or Greater in the Rest of the World - Last 7 days.

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The Salt Lake Tribune: Seismologists seek to unravel Yellowstone quake 'swarm'

In a related news, seismologists seek to unravel Yellowstone quake 'swarm' as there were 900 tiny rumbling quakes registered since Dec. 26. The rumbling appears to have abated, but federal officials say the seismic activity, clustered around the north end of Yellowstone Lake, is no cause for alarm even as a swarm of alarmist warnings shakes cyberspace.

There is no indication the earthquakes presage a major volcanic or seismic event, said park geologist Hank Heasler in response to a fake evacuation order and non-official advisories appearing on the Internet urging people to flee.

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Freep: World earthquake deaths rose in 2008

Toll is the highest since 2004 tsunami. Earthquakes killed 88,070 people in 2008, the highest figure since 2004, reports the U.S. Geological Survey and the United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.

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The year's strongest quake was in Sichuan, China, on May 12. At least 69,185 people died; 18,467 are missing and presumed dead, and 374,171 were injured in the magnitude 7.9 quake.

The deadliest year for earthquakes since the 1970s was 2004. That year, 228,802 people died as a result of quakes, the majority -- 227,898 -- in Asia after tsunami waves were generated by an undersea earthquake near Indonesia on Dec. 26.

The deadliest quake in the past four centuries was on Aug. 7, 1976, in Tangshan, China. Although the death figure was officially 255,000, the estimated death toll has been put as high as 655,000.

In 2008, killer quakes hit 13 other countries on four continents, including Algeria, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Greece, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Peru, Russia and Rwanda.

The strongest quakes in the United States struck Alaska's Aleutian Islands on April 15 and May 1, both magnitude 6.6. The islands are sparsely populated and there was no damage.

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