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Tuesday, 29 December 2015
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck about 24 miles SSE of Fredonia yesterday at 3:33 p.m. local time. There are reports of light shaking being felt from the south rim of Grand Canyon to Orderville in southern Utah. [Right, red star marks epicenter of quake. Light blue areas are where the quake was reported felt. Credit, USGS]
update 9:37 a.m. 12-29-15:
The recording below from the
GeoLog-The official blog of the European Geosciences Union [13:01:19]
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Iceland Volcano and Earthquake blog [02:59:48]
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