Earthquakes

Magnitude 5+ Earthquakes - Global

5.4 Earthquake hits north-eastern Sakha, Russia.

5.1 Earthquake hits the Rat Islands in the Aleutian Islands.

5.0 Earthquake hits Halmahera, Indonesia.

Earthquakes

Magnitude 5+ Earthquakes - Global

5.6 Earthquake hits the Rat Islands in the Aleutian Islands.

5.5 Earthquake hits the Kermedec Islands.

5.1 Earthquake hits east of the Kuril Islands.

Earthquakes

Magnitude 5+ Earthquakes - Global

6.0 Earthquake hits Guerrero, Mexico.

5.6 Earthquake hits the Rat Islands in the Aleutian Islands.

5.6 Earthquake hits the Andreanof Islands in the Aleutian Islands.

5.0 Earthquake hits the Rat Islands in the Aleutian Islands.

5.0 Earthquake hits New Britain, Papua New Guinea.

5.0 Earthquake hits east of the Kuril Islands.

5.0 Earthquake hits eastern Nei Mongol, China.

China Quake Update: 207 people are dead or missing after the quake, and 11,500 are injured, 960 of them seriously. More than 1,300 aftershocks have been felt in the area since the 6.6 magnitude quake struck at 08:02 local time (00:02 GMT) on Saturday.

Earthquakes

Magnitude 5+ Earthquakes - Global

5.3 Earthquake hits central Peru.

5.2 Earthquake hits the Andreanof Islands in the Aleutian Islands.

5.2 Earthquake hits East Timor.

5.1 Earthquake hits East Timor.

4.9 Earthquake hits the Santa Cruz Islands.

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5.9 Earthquake hits the Near Islands in the Aleutians Islands.

5.8 Earthquake hits Fiji.

5.2 and 5.1 Earthquakes hit the New Ireland region, Papua New Guinea.

5.1 and 5.0 Earthquakes hit near the east coast of Honshu, Japan.

5.0 Earthquake hits offshore El Salvador.

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6.9 Earthquake hits the Andreanof Islands near the tip of the Aleutian Island chain off Alaska. No tsunami or damage has been reported, although there is a watch for larger than usual waves.

5.3 Earthquake hits Antofagasta, Chile.

5.1 Earthquake hits south of Fiji.

5.0 Earthquake hits the Kermedec Island region.

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Two massive quakes off Indonesia's Sumatra island in April showed something scientists have long been trying to prove - that large earthquakes can trigger a swarm of more tremors around the globe.

The latest findings could eventually help efforts to predict some earthquakes.

Over the six days after the quakes hit on April 11, the number of tremors of magnitude greater than 5.5 jumped nearly five-fold globally.

"This is the first time that we've seen these remote aftershocks at this magnitude and to this extent," said Kerry Sieh, director of the Earth Observatory of Singapore, author of a number of studies on earthquake hazards in the Sumatra region.

The first quake on April 11 was 8.7 magnitude, nearly as large as the one which triggered a massive tsunami and nuclear disaster in eastern Japan just over a year earlier.

The second one was also huge, at 8.2. Both occurred under the Indian Ocean several hundred kilometres west of Sumatra, in a zone where the Indo-Australian tectonic plate is slowly tearing itself apart.

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5.3 and 4.9 Earthquakes hit the Andaman Islands, India Region.

5.3 Earthquake hits the Near Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska.

5.1 Earthquake hits Kepulauan Talaud, Indonesia.

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5.8 Earthquake hits Mindanao in the Philippines.

5.0 Earthquake hits the Andreanof Islands in the Aleutian Islands off Alaska.

5.0 and 4.9 Aftershocks hit the Philippine Islands. A total of 271 aftershocks have hit the region following the major 7.6 Earthquake that hit Friday.

4.9 Earthquake hits Mindanao in the Philippines.

4.9 Earthquake hits south of Java, Indonesia.

4.9 Earthquake hits the Pacific-Antarctic ridge.

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5.8 Aftershock hits the Near Islands in the Aleutian Islands off the coast of Alaska.

5.6 Earthquake hits southern Sumatra, Indonesia.

5.5 Earthquake hits near the east coast of Papua, Indonesia.

5.1 Earthquake hits Gujurat, India.

 

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6.0 Earthquake hits the Near Islands in the Aleutian Islands off Alaska.

5.3 Earthquake hits Victoria, Australia. It is the biggest earthquake to hit the area in over a century.

5.1 Earthquake hits off the coast of Oregon, USA.

5.0 Earthquake hits the Fiji region.

 

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6.2 Earthquake hits Tarapaca, Chile.

5.0 Earthquake hits southern Iran.

5.0 Earthquake hits Kyushu, Japan.

5.0 Earthquake hits the Andreanof Islands, part of the Aleutian Islands off Alaska.