Powerful 7.3-Magnitude Quake Strikes Banda Sea Off Indonesia - Reports
According to the US Geological Survey (USGS), the powerful tremor hit on Monday near Indonesia's Tanimbar Islands in the Banda Sea. There were no initial tsunami warnings.
5.6-Magnitude Earthquake Hits California - USGS
According to the US Geological Survey (USGS), the quake struck just several kilometres from the small community of Petrolia, located over 400 kilometres (250 miles) from the city of San Francisco.
China Quake Injury Toll Hits 19, Magnitude 4.9 Aftershock Jolts Sichuan Province - Reports (Videos)
BEIJING (Sputnik) - The number of people injured in Saturday's earthquake in China's southwestern Sichuan province rose to 19, local authorities said in a statement Sunday. The quake struck at about 10:29 p.m. Beijing time (14:29 GMT) on Saturday.
Death Toll From Earthquakes in Southwest China Rises to 11, 122 Injured – Reports (VIDEO)
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – At least 11 people were killed and another 122 injured as a result of two earthquakes in China's southwestern province of Sichuan, local media reported Tuesday, citing authorities.
The Big One? Californians Concerned As Over 400 Quakes Strike in One Week
Southern California residents remain vigilant, as in this past week alone, hundreds of earthquakes of varying magnitudes were registered in the area and continue to occur in clusters.
Marsquakes Are Real: First Seismic Signals Detected on Red Planet
NASA's Mars Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) lander, which is studying the deep Martian interior, picked up the faint shaking earlier this month, and its nature could be different to that of earthquakes.
Magnitude 7 Quake Strikes South of Indonesia, Tsunami Warning Issued - USGS
According to the USGS, cited by Reuters, the quake hit 280 km (174 miles) south of the province of Gorontalo at a depth of 43 km (27 miles).
Magnitude 6.1 Earthquake Hits Papua New Guinea's New Britain – EMSC
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - A powerful 6.1-magnitude earthquake hit Papua New Guinea's island of New Britain on Saturday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC) said.
Magnitude 6.8 Quake Strikes Coast of Chile - Pacific Tsunami Center
There have been no reports on casualties or damage so far, the Pacific Tsunami Center said Sunday.
Magnitude 5.5 Earthquake Jolts Philippines - EMSC
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The EMSC registered the tremors at 03:11 GMT 100 kilometres (62 miles) north of the city of Zamboanga.
Magnitude 6.8 Earthquake Strikes West Brazil, No Casualties Reported - USGS
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The epicenter was registered to be 89 kilometers (55.3 miles) west of the Tarauaca municipality in the Acre state, at an estimated depth of 575.3 kilometers (357.5 miles), the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said.
Magnitude 5.3 Earthquake Jolts Sichuan, China - Seismologists
BEIJING (Sputnik) - The tremors were registered at 08:48 a.m. local time (00:48 GMT) in the Gong county, located in the Yibin prefecture. The epicenter of the earthquake was located at the depth of 15 kilometers (9.3 miles), the Chinese seismic bureau said.
Magnitude 4.1 Quake Jolts Central Italy, Train Traffic Suspended - Reports
According to Italian seismologists, the epicenter was registered at a depth of some 17 kilometers in the commune of Collelongo, in the province of L'Aquila.
Magnitude 5.6 Earthquake Hits Kuril Islands - EMSC
The Kuril Islands are located in a seismically active zone known as the Ring of Fire, which is regularly affected by powerful earthquakes.
Magnitude 6.4 Quake Jolts Polynesian Kingdom of Tonga - USGS
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - There have been no reports about casualties or destruction so far.
Strong Iraqi-Iranian Border Quake Kills 1, Injures 43 in Kurdistan - Reports
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The European-Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC) said the Iraqi-Iranian border region had been hit by the 6.3-magnitude earthquake. The tremors were registered at 16:37 GMT on Sunday, 163 kilometers (over 100 miles) northeast of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad and 20 kilometers southwest of the Iranian city of Sarpol Zahab.
Strong 6.0 Magnitude Quake Rocks Taiwan - Reports
A 6.0 magnitude earthquake hit 104 km (65 miles) off Taiwan's coastal city of Hualien on Tuesday, Reuters reported, citing the country's weather bureau and the US Geological Survey.
Fuego Eruption Prompts Evacuations in Southern Guatemala - Disaster Agency (PHOTOS)
MEXICO CITY (Sputnik) - A strong 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck Guatemala's southern Escuintla department on Friday in the wake of the eruption of the Fuego volcano that began earlier in the day, the national disaster agency CONRED said.
At Least 5 Reportedly Dead As Multiple Quakes Hit Indonesia's Lombok (VIDEO)
A series of new earthquakes were recorded by seismologists throughout Sunday, the first measuring 6.3 shortly before midday which triggered landslides and sent people fleeing for cover, AFP reported.
Two Powerful Quakes Rock Lombok, Indonesia on Same Day - Reports
Two strong earthquakes hit the Indonesian island of Lombok on Sunday, while the nation is still reeling from the 6.9 magnitude quake that claimed over 430 lives on August 5.