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Magnitude 5.2 Quake Strikes Deep Beneath Eastern Peru, Felt Lightly
SAN ALEJANDRO, Peru, Aug. 3 — A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 66 km west-northwest of San Alejandro, Peru,…
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Magnitude 5.1 Quake Strikes Offshore Near Tristan Da Cunha
TRISTAN DA CUNHA, Aug. 1 — A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck the Tristan da Cunha region on Saturday,…
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Magnitude 5.6 quake strikes near Port McNeill, Canada
PORT MCNEILL, August 1 — A magnitude 5.6 earthquake, a mid-range jolt in the grand scheme of planetary…
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Magnitude 5.1 Earthquake Strikes 132 km East-Northeast of Masohi, Indonesia
MASOHI, July 31 — The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has recorded a magnitude 5.1 earthquake striking 153 km…
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Magnitude 5.3 Quake Strikes Off Bougainville, Felt Reports Absent
KOKOPO, Papua New Guinea, July 30 — A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck early Thursday, 217 kilometers southeast of…
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Magnitude 6.8 quake strikes near Uto in Kyushu, USGS issues Red alert
UTO, July 28 — The story begins just after seven in the morning, universal time, when the ground…
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Magnitude 5.8 quake strikes shallow northwest of Oula Xiuma, China
OULA XIUMA, China, July 28 — A magnitude 5.8 earthquake shook the ground 190 kilometres northwest of this…
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Magnitude 5.8 Earthquake Strikes Off Atka in Alaska’s Aleutians, No Tsunami Threat
ATKA, Alaska, July 26 — A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck 99 kilometers southeast of Atka, Alaska, at 08:35…
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Magnitude 7.3 Earthquake Off Mexico Triggers Tsunami Warning, No Major Damage Reported
MEXICO CITY, July 25 — A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 43 kilometres southwest of Puerto Madero, Mexico, at…
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Magnitude 5.6 quake strikes Kermadec Islands, no tsunami risk
WELLINGTON, New Zealand, July 21 — A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck the Kermadec Islands region on Tuesday at…
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July 2026 Quake off Chiapas Rattled Mexico’s Pacific Coast; Tsunami Alert Canceled
MEXICO CITY, July 17 — A powerful magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck off the Pacific coast of Mexico on…
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Shallow Magnitude 5.5 Earthquake Strikes Japan’s Volcano Islands
TOKYO, July 16 — A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck the Volcano Islands region of Japan early Thursday, according…
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Shallow magnitude 6.3 quake off Loyalty Islands brings green alert, no damage or tsunami threat
At 06:45 UTC on July 13, 2026, the seafloor southeast of the Loyalty Islands ruptured. The U.S. Geological…
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Strong 5.3 Quake Rattles Costa Rica’s Pacific Coast
OROTINA, Costa Rica, July 7 — A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck 10 kilometers west-southwest of Orotina, Costa Rica,…
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Magnitude 5.9 Earthquake in Drake Passage Briefly Felt in Ushuaia, No Damage Reported
DRAKE PASSAGE, July 7 — A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck the Drake Passage early Tuesday, shaking the remote…
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Magnitude 5.2 Quake Near Karpathos Keeps Greek Emergency Services on Alert
KARPATHOS, Greece — The shaking was shallow. That is the problem. When the U.S. Geological Survey logged a…
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Magnitude 5.5 earthquake strikes 50 km SW of Jurm, Afghanistan
JURM, Afghanistan, July 1 — A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck approximately 50 kilometers southwest of Jurm, Afghanistan, on…
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Deep Hindu Kush Quake Strikes Near Jurm, Afghanistan
A Deep Tremor in a Shaky Land: Afghanistan’s Earthquake History Repeats JURM, Afghanistan — The ground shook here…
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Depth of Wednesday’s 5.5 Quake Near Jurm Recorded at 216.7 km
Deep Afghan Quake: A Familiar Rumble in a Seismically Active Zone JURM, Afghanistan — Wednesday’s magnitude 5.5 earthquake…
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Deep Earthquake Near Jurm, Afghanistan Recorded at Magnitude 5.5
The U.S. Geological Survey logged a magnitude 5.5 earthquake near Jurm, Afghanistan, on Wednesday at 17:57 UTC. The…
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Magnitude 5.3 Quake Strikes 84 Km SSW of El Progreso in Mexico
EL PROGRESO, Mexico, June 30 — A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck 84 kilometers south-southwest of El Progreso, Mexico,…
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Magnitude 5.5 earthquake strikes 218 km W of Bandon, Oregon
BANDON, Oregon, June 29 — A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck approximately 218 kilometers west of this coastal city…
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Magnitude 5.5 Earthquake Hits Blanco Fracture Zone Off Oregon Coast, No Tsunami Expected
The seafloor off Oregon has been restless for a long time. Nobody feels most of it. But on…
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Magnitude 6.1 Earthquake Strikes Deep Under Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush, No Damage Reported
The ground shook for the second time in a decade under the same remote Afghan mountain range on…
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