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Southern California and the Northern part of Mexico witnessed a powerful earthquake of 7.2 magnitude at 3.30 pm local time. The tremors were felt in Southern California, Arizona, Northern Mexico and even in Los Angeles and Las Vegas. The epicenter of the earthquake is said to be 110 miles southeast of Tijuana, in Baja California, Mexico. Witness say [...]

The local government of L’Aquila headed by Mayor Massimo Cialente requested for assistance from the Department of Civil Protection of the Italian government in a telegram 5 days before the devastating April 6 earthquake that caused the death of 295 people. The telegram contained the report on the continuing earth tremors in the city months before [...]