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Video takes lighter approach to quakes

A Broadway star and a national earthquake expert — each Rancho Mirage residents — are part of an unusual earthquake preparedness film Rancho Mirage officials are considering sharing with residents. More

Do small quakes lessen the chance of a big one?

A geologist looks at a screen showing the seismograph reading of the powerful earthquake that rocked Sumatra island at the office of Indonesia's meteorological agency in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009. AP Photo, Irwin Fedriansyah, file

A new report on the San Jacinto fault, which runs through the Coachella Valley, concludes that a rupture here might not produce the major earthquake scientists have said will strike within the next 30 years. More

Valleywide quake warning proposed

USGS seismic field technicians Bill Curtis (right) and Chuck Koesterer install a pair of triaxial seismometers in an enclosed vault in the hills above Sky Valley on Wednesday, April 1, 2009. The seismometer installation is part of the SoSAFz program to gather data along the Southern San Andreas Fault zone. Crystal Chatham, The Desert Sun

The Coachella Valley could launch a first-of-its-kind earthquake alert system that could more than double the warning time before an earthquake, officials said Friday. More


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