A top Nuclear Regulatory Commission official has rejected a federal expert's recommendation to shut down California's last operating nuclear power plant until it can determine whether its reactors can withstand powerful shaking from nearby earthquake faults.
On Wednesday, October 23 at 10:23 a.m. over 50,000 Montanans will join millions around the world as they drop, cover, and hold on as part of the 2013 Rocky Mountain Shake-Out.
A series of earthquakes and aftershocks — some felt as far away as Wisconsin — shook Oklahoma this weekend, startling people more accustomed to tornadoes than temblors.