Mother, son jailed three years for Internet fraud (Punch) The Federal High Court in Lagos, on Tuesday, sentenced one Mrs Damilola Adeyeri and her son, Alaba, to three years’ imprisonment for defrauding an American of the sum of $82,570. Justice…
Largest ever earthquake rocks UK fracking site (Metro)
The UK’s fracking site in Blackpool has been hit by the largest ever tremor recorded at the facility – the third earthquake at the site in just four days. A tremor measuring 2.1 magnitude was registered last night at 11.01pm…
Southern California shaken by 6.4 magnitude earthquake (BBC)
Southern California was hit by its strongest earthquake in two decades on Thursday. The epicentre of the 6.4 magnitude tremor was near the city of Ridgecrest, which is about 150 miles (240 km) north-east of Los Angeles. Firefighters provided medical…
Volcano erupts on same Indonesian island as earlier quake (KoreaHerald)
A volcano erupted Wednesday on the same central Indonesian island struck last week by a powerful earthquake and tsunami, but no evacuations were ordered. Mount Soputan on the northern part of Sulawesi island spewed ash more than 6,000 meters (19,700…
Earthquake shakes California from desert to Pacific coast (Skynews)
An earthquake has rattled a large area of southern California. The tremor, with a preliminary magnitude of 4.5, struck shortly before 5am (1pm UK time) on Tuesday about 100 miles (160km) east of Los Angeles, near the rural area of…