On Monday, August 25, 2008 at 13:22 UTC time a magnitude 6.3 earthquake shook Western Xizang and was recorded by BC-ESP school seismographs.  The first P wave arrived at our BC-ESP seismographs at 13:35 UTC time.  Below is the seismogram of this earthquake recorded at Amesbury Middle School:

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A magnitude 5.4 earthquake occurred in the GULF OF CALIFORNIA on August 7, 2008.

If you recorded this earthquake at your school, and/or have any thoughts about it that you would like to share, please let us know by posting a comment on the About Recorded Earthquakes page of the BC-ESP Discussion Forum.

Below is a seismogram of this event recorded by Amesbury Middle School:  

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A magnitude 6.2 earthquake occurred in the SICHUAN-GANSU BORDER REGION, CHINA on August 5, 2008.

If you recorded this earthquake at your school, and/or have any thoughts about it that you would like to share, please let us know by posting a comment on the About Recorded Earthquakes page of the BC-ESP Discussion Forum.

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A magnitude 5.4 earthquake occurred in the GREATER LOS ANGELES REGION, CALIFORNIA on July 29, 2008 at 18:42 UTC time. The first P wave arrived at our BC-ESP school seismographs at 18:49 UTC time. Four aftershocks ranging in magnitude between 2.8 to 3.8 have been reported.

For a tectonic summary of this Los Angeles, CA earthquake click here.

For The New York Times article click here.

For a CNN.com News Report click here.

If you recorded this earthquake at your school, and/or have any thoughts about it that you would like to share, please let us know by posting a comment on the About Recorded Earthquakes page of the BC-ESP Discussion Forum.

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A magnitude 5.8 earthquake occurred in the Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, ALASKA on July 25, 2008 at 00:29 UTC time.  The Surface waves can be seen on our BC-ESP seismographs at 01:08 UTC time.

If you recorded these earthquakes at your school, and/or have any thoughts about them that you would like to share, please let us know by posting a comment on the About Recorded Earthquakes page of the BC-ESP Discussion Forum.

For more info on these earthquakes click here.