US Geological Survey News

According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the tremor struck some 440 kilometres southwest of Apia, Samoa’s capital.

A powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck the Philippine island of Luzon on Wednesday It badly damaged a hospital and buildings in a northern province and sending strong tremors There were no immediate reports of serious injuries or deaths from the quake

Earthquake hit a remote area of eastern Afghanistan. Dozens of residential houses were destroyed and several aftershocks have occurred since Monday evening. The quake struck the same region where an earthquake hit last month killing hundreds.

At least 950 people have died in Afghanistan. Tremors were felt in several areas in Pakistan including Lahore, Multan and Quetta. Afghanistan felt 6.1 magnitude earthquake.

The last major earthquake was in the early morning of February 27, 2010, a magnitude 8.8 jolt that affected several Chilean regions and caused a tsunami, killing 526 people and leaving dozens missing. 

The quake reportedly hit at a depth of about 33 kilometres, south of the Kermadec Islands.

The closest city to the epicenter is Hawaiian Paradise Park, with a population of more than 11,400, many of whom had already been evacuated following the eruption of the volcano.

Four weeks have passed since the first eruption rocked Hawaii's Big Island and lava continues oozing from volcanic fissures.

A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck just to the northeast of the city of Hualien in Taiwan late on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said.

An earthquake measuring 8.2 on the Richter scale jolted the southern Alaskan coast in the US on Tuesday, prompting a tsunami warning along the coastline.

A strong earthquake struck the coast of southern Peru on Sunday morning.

The shallow quake struck at a depth of 10 km (six miles) some 40 km (24 miles) west of the town of Phyu and 176 km (110 miles) northwest of Yangon.

A shallow 2.9-magnitude earthquake struck near North Korea`s nuclear test site before dawn on Friday, weeks after Pyongyang`s biggest detonation, but South Korean experts said the tremor did not appear to be man-made.

There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.

An earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale has struck off California in the Pacific Ocean, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.

At least 36 people died when the most powerful earthquake to hit Mexico in over eight decades tore through buildings, forced mass evacuations and triggered alerts as far away as Southeast Asia.

Rescue workers labored through the night in badly affected areas to check for people trapped in collapsed buildings.  

A strong 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck off Fiji on Saturday, US seismologists said, but it was considerably deep and there were no reports of damage or injury.

An earthquake registering a 4.2 magnitude in central Oklahoma disrupted electric power to hundreds of customers.

In Kos, the quake damaged the island's main port, leading to ferry services being temporarily suspended. Churches, an old mosque, the port's 14th-century castle and old buildings in the town also suffered, and archaeologists and experts from Greece's Culture Ministry were on the island Saturday to examine the damage.