Magnitude 5+ Earthquakes – Global
5.5 Earthquake hits south of the Kermedec Islands.
5.3 Earthquake hits Tonga.
5.1 Earthquake hits near the coast of Ecuador.
5.1 Earthquake hits the Bonin Islands off Japan.
5.0 Earthquake hits offshore Chiapas, Mexico.
Nepal - A 4.0 magnitude earthquake on Sunday morning was the 437th aftershock of magnitude 4.0 or greater to hit Nepal after the 2015 Gorkha earthquake.
Magnitude 5+ Earthquakes – Global
5.1 Earthquake hits Hokkaido, Japan.
5.1 Earthquake hits southwest of Sumatra, Indonesia.
5.0 Earthquake hits south of the Kermedec Islands.
Magnitude 5+ Earthquakes – Global
7.9 Earthquake hits southwest of Sumatra, Indonesia.
There were no reports of deaths or damage to buildings from Wednesday night's 7.8 magnitude quake, which caused panic in the Sumatran island port of Padang as people tried to reach higher ground when a tsunami warning was issued. No tsunami occurred. Tsunami alerts were cancelled within two hours of the tremor.
5.6 Earthquake hits southwest of Sumatra, Indonesia.
5.6 Earthquake hits East Timor.
5.5 Earthquake hits East Timor.
5.4 Earthquake hits the southwest Indian ridge.
5.3 Earthquake hits Kyushu, Japan.
5.2 Earthquake hits near the coast of southern Peru.
5.2 Earthquake hits southwest of Sumatra, Indonesia.
5.1 Earthquake hits southwest of Sumatra, Indonesia.
5.0 Earthquake hits Vanuatu.
5.0 Earthquake hits the Kermedec Islands.
Magnitude 5+ Earthquakes – Global
5.5 earthquake hits south of the Kermedec Islands.
5.1 Earthquake hits Tonga.
5.0 Earthquake hits offshore El Salvador.
5.0 Earthquake hits the southwestern Ryukyu Islands off Japan.
Nepal - Indian scientists claim that extensive groundwater extraction in the Indo-Gangetic Plain over the last five decades has "significantly" contributed to the killer April 25, 2015, Nepal temblor and "probably all earthquakes" in the region beneath the Himalayan arc.
Japan - Three former executives at a Japanese power giant have been formally charged with negligence over the 2011 disaster at the Fukushima nuclear plant. The trio, formerly of Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco), will be the first to go to court over the incident. A citizen's panel ruled last year they should face trial, forcing prosecutors to pursue the case. The Fukushima Daiichi plant suffered a series of meltdowns following a massive earthquake and tsunami. Prosecutors in Tokyo had twice decided against pressing charges, citing insufficient evidence. But in a rare legal move, the panel's ruling forced a compulsory indictment of the three. The panel said the three men did not take sufficient measures despite being warned of a risk of a tsunami near the Fukushima plant. They plan to plead not guilty on the grounds they could not have anticipated the size of the tsunami.
Magnitude 5+ Earthquakes – Global
5.2 Earthquake hits off the coast of Michoacan, Mexico.
5.1 Earthquake hits the Kermedec Islands.
5.0 Earthquake hits the Auckland Islands, New Zealand.
5.0 Earthquake hits central California.
5.0 Earthquake hits New Britain, Papua New Guinea.
5.0 Earthquake hits the southern east Pacific rise.
Magnitude 5+ Earthquakes – Global
5.5 Earthquake hits Tonga.
5,2 Earthquake hits Tonga.
5.0 Earthquake hits the Solomon Islands.
5.0 Earthquake hits south of the Kermedec Islands.
Magnitude 5+ Earthquakes – Global
5.8 Earthquake hits the Kermedec Islands.
5.6 Earthquake hits near the east coast of Honshu, Japan.
5.2 Earthquake hits off the east coast of North Island, New Zealand.
5.2 Earthquake hits south of Fiji.
Magnitude 5+ Earthquakes – Global
6.8 Earthquake hits the Solomon Islands.
5.1 Earthquake hits Jujuy, Argentina.
5.1 Earthquake hits the Solomon Islands.
5.1 Earthquake hits south of the Kermedec Islands.
5.0 Earthquake hits Nepal.
5.0 Earthquake hits Greece.
5.0 Earthquake hits southern Sumatra, Indonesia.
5.0 Earthquake hits southwest of Sumatra, Indonesia.
