A magnitude 3.4 earthquake hit the Fontana area Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
The Inland Empire quake was centered just under five miles northwest of Fontana, the agency said. It happened at a depth of roughly 2½ miles at 8:17 p.m.
No injuries or damage was reported.
This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
A pensioner has been refused a payout for Storm Darragh damage to his home after insurers claimed it WASN'T a storm - because the winds were "2mph too slow". Dennis Iliffe, 77, was left stunned when his insurance company told him they could not settle his claim because wind speeds in his home town did not hit 55mph. He has now been left counting the cost after his chimney and aerial were damaged by the powerful gusts which battered Kidderminster, Worcestershire, over the weekend.
The Met Office warns that predicting snowfall is ultimately "tricky"
Dennis Iliffe was told by his insurer the winds of Storm Darragh were too slow to qualify for a claim.
The A1101 Welney Wash Road has been left submerged under more than two feet of water as the Environment Agency issues two more flood alerts.
A humpback whale that had been thrilling boaters off Newport Beach, Ca., for several days breached for a prolonged period Sunday, revealing that the mammal is hardly free and thriving. The accompanying Instagram post by Mark Girarde
Like everything powered by lithium batteries, electric cars can perform less well in the cold. Here’s what that means for you, and how to work around it.
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is dancing with joy now that his new father figure has promised him that he will no longer have to abide by pesky environmental rules. On Tuesday, president-elect Donald Trump announced in a Truth Social post that the government would be for sale after all, promising that any company investing $1 billion in the US government would "receive fully expedited approvals and permits, including, but in no way limited to, all Environmental approvals." "GET READY TO ROCK!!!" Trump ex
This year is now almost certain to exceed 1.5C above pre-industrial levels for the first time – but next year is set to be slightly cooler, the Met Office suggests.
Earth is overdue for a dangerous ‘superflare’ from the Sun that could wipe out satellites and power grids, scientists have warned.
Thousands of Southern California residents are under evacuation orders and warnings as firefighters battle a wind-driven wildfire in Malibu. (AP Video by Eugene Garcia and Marcio Sanchez)
The conservation charity says Angela Rayner’s push to speed up home building could taint urban ‘oases’ of greenery
It is not even Christmas yet: trees are still being decorated, turkeys are yet to be defrosted and Christmas puddings remain intact. Next year's global average temperature is likely to be the third-highest on record - going back to 1850 - after 2024 in the top spot and 2023 in second place, the Met Office said today. This year is on course to be at least 1.5C hotter than pre-industrial times, before humans started burning fossil fuels at scale, and 2023 was 1.45C warmer.
A local councillor in Wales said he knows some who have been without power for five days.
Advisories were in effect for areas of northern New York on Thursday, December 12, as heavy snow and gusty winds threatened hazardous driving conditions, the National Weather Service warned.Footage taken by Joseph Frascati shows snowy scenes across Monroe County on Thursday morning, including reduced visibility at Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport.“We are getting nailed,” Frascati wrote on X.The NWS said additional snow accumulations of 2 to 4 inches were expected in Monroe County, and wind gusts as high as 40 mph “will produce blowing and drifting snow.”“Plan on snow covered and slippery road conditions,” the weather service warned. Credit: Joseph Frascati via Storyful
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India's steel ministry on Thursday announced a formula for defining 'green steel,' classifying it under three categories based on the quantity of carbon emissions per metric tonne of the alloy produced. Steel produced with carbon dioxide emissions of less than 2.2 tonne per tonne of finished steel would be defined as "green steel," a ministry presentation released in New Delhi showed. Steel produced with emissions below 1.6 tonnes per tonne of alloy would be classified as "five-star green-rated steel," the cleanest of the three.
Research done with the help of citizen science shows male humpback completed almost twice the typical migration distance
After a drawn-out dispute which was described as “torturous” for local residents, it seems a piece of land near Trowbridge will not be named a village green.
Martin Carrick, of Carrick's Fish in Snape, traded through Storm Darragh at Northallerton Market - despite the event being cancelled.
Pembrokeshire people without power in the aftermath of Storm Darragh can access alternative accommodation and generators.
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