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The 6.0 M near the Bay Area this morning was the largest quake to hit that area since the Loma Prieta earthquake almost 25 years ago.— USGS (@USGS) August 24, 2014 UPDATE: At least 70 people were injured by this morning’s earthquake in California. Damage reports are coming in. http://t.co/Ow5OxhnoCD— NBCWashington (@nbcwashington) August 24, 2014 #California hit by biggest #earthquake …

A minor earthquake woke up much of Los Angeles at 6:30am today.  Twitter is going nuts. UPDATE: LA news anchors dove under their desk.

Story developing…

This partially animated clip tells how Haitian gays were scapegoated as the cause of the devastating earthquake which occurred two years ago today.

Via Think Progress: “Japan’s science ministry says 8 per cent of the country’s surface area has been contaminated by radiation from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant. It says more than 30,000 square kilometers of the country has been blanketed by radioactive cesium.”

CNN is saying the quake was deep enough and far enough away so that Lima should not have great damage.

Don’t think I’ve seen a Twitter ad before.

“Ladies and gentlemen, I don’t want to get weird on this so please take it for what it’s worth. But it seems to me the Washington Monument is a symbol of America’s power, it has been the symbol of our great nation, we look at that monument and say this is one nation under God. Now there’s a crack in …

That didn’t take long! New York City’s Rabbi Yehuda Levin, who recently blamed the murder of an eight year-old boy on the passage of same-sex marriage, says that yesterday’s earthquake expressed God’s great disgust with gay activism. “One of the reasons that God brings earthquakes to the world is because of the transgression of homosexuality. The Talmud states, ‘You have …

Tsunami warnings have been issued. Developing…

The Economist notes that the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami doesn’t appear on the chart due to the relatively low value of the land and property destroyed.

This young Christian woman gets positively orgasmic with glee over God’s punishment of Japan for having so many doomed atheists. RELATED: Christian missionaries are seizing upon the opportunity offered by the earthquake to convert Japan’s heathens. “Pray for the church in Japan — the little, tiny church in Japan — that we know how to witness in this difficult time …

At a reported 8.9 magnitude, it appears to have been the worst quake in Japanese history. The live video of the resultant tsunami has been both riveting and horrifying. The quake was originally reported at a magnitude of 7.9 but was later upgraded to 8.9. That makes it the fifth largest recorded world-wide since 1900, according to the U.S. Geological …

It’s the second major quake to strike Christchurch, New Zealand in less than six months.