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Buffalo Has Had Its Share of Earthquakes

Dale Mussen — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 10:00:05 +0000

With what happened last year in Japan gives us some modern perspective of what a massive earthquake can do. But the great San Francisco earthquake happened more than a hundred years ago on this date in 1906. It was while most of the city was still asleep. At close to 8.0 on the Richter scale, [...]

Buffalo's History Of Earthquakes – Not So Uncommon

Josh — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 11:03:07 +0000

The big topic around town, on the drive to work, at the water cooler is about the 5.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Virginia and was felt along the east coast, including Buffalo as well. Honestly, I didn't feel it, so its not as exciting of a topic to me. Since it is making news, I decided to research the history of earthquakes in Western New York and this is what I found.

Great San Franscisco Earthquake of 1906 – Dale's Daily Data

Dale Mussen — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 10:00:25 +0000

With what happened last month in Japan we now have the modern perspective of what a massive earthquake can do. But this is one that happened more than one hundred years ago. It was while most of the city was still asleep. At close to 8.0 on the Richter scale, the great San Francisco earthquake shook the city awake at 5:13 a.m. and immediately killed hundreds of people as it toppled homes and buildings. Aftershocks caused more destruction while fires broke out all over the city. And because broken water mains prevented firefighters from battling the fires some areas of the city became infernos.

Glad I Don't Live In California

John La Mond — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 14:02:19 +0000

Aside from my small family here in Buffalo, the other La Mond’s live in Southern California. My uncle has been trying to get me to move there for several years. Although the weather is beautiful most of the time, I don’t know if I could live there. One of the reasons for not wanting to [...]

Aftermath of the Earthquake/Tsunami in Japan

Staff — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 15:50:57 +0000

Yesterday was a day of terror for millions of People in Japan and around the Pacific Rim. Today marks the beginning of a massive search for survivors and the overwhelming cleanup process. Country 106.5, WYRK urges all who can donate money to the cleanup effort to donate to The American Red Cross.

Earthquake Rattles Indiana

Clay Moden — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 14:37:29 +0000

An earthquake has rattled part of the mid-west today...

Quake In Indiana