Magnitude 5+ Earthquakes – Global
5.6 Earthquake hits the Molucca Sea.
5.5 Earthquake hits off the east coast of Honshu, Japan.
5.5 Earthquake hits the Ryukyu Islands off Japan.
5.3 Earthquake hits Azerbaijan.
5.2 Earthquake hits Bio-Bio, Chile.
5.0 Earthquake hits off the east coast of Honshu, Japan.
5.0 Earthquake hits southwestern Siberia, Russia.
6.3, 5.0 and 5.0 Earthquakes hit the Banda Sea, Indonesia.
6.0 Earthquake hits the Gulf of California.
5.8 Earthquake hits Antofagasta, Chile.
5.1 Earthquake hits Azerbaijan.
The recent small Dallas, Texas Earthquakes may be tied to wastewater disposal from fracking. Three unusual earthquakes that shook a suburb west of Dallas over the weekend appear to be connected to the past disposal of wastewater from local hydraulic fracturing operations.
Lokbatan mud volcano in Azerbaijan erupted Thursday morning. The flow of mud has since weakened and no flame was observed. Last time the volcano erupted was in 2010.
