Strong Quake Hits Japan’s Kumamoto
Japan Meteorological Agency Tokyo, June 26 (Jiji Press)–A strong earthquake jolted the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kumamoto on Sunday night. The temblor struck around 9:44 p.m. (12:44 p.m. GMT), measuring…
Seismic study reveals key reason Patagonia is rising as glaciers melt
Credit: Jeremy Pomerantz, Washington University in St. Louis The icefields that stretch for hundreds of miles atop the Andes Mountains in Chile and Argentina are melting at some of the…
Magnitude 6.6 earthquake rocks eastern Taiwan
Taipei, March 23 (CNA) A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck off the coast of Hualien in eastern Taiwan at 1:41 a.m. Wednesday, according to the Central Weather Bureau (CWB). There were no…
4.5-magnitude quake at Mauna Kea rattles Hawaii Island; aftershocks possible
A 4.5-magnitude quake rattled Hawaii Island on Sunday morning.(USGS) A 4.5-magnitude quake rattled Hawaii Island on Sunday morning, and hundreds of people said they felt the shaking. The tremor, recorded…
BREAKING: 7.3 magnitude earthquake off Japan’s Fukushima, triggering a tsunami advisory warning
A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck the northeastern prefectures of Miyagi and Fukushima on Wednesday night, registering a strong 6 on Japan’s seismic scale. | JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY A magnitude 7.3…
Strong and shallow M6.7 earthquake hits near the coast of West Sumatra, Indonesia
Photo: USGS Jakarta (ANTARA) – A shallow earthquake, with an updated magnitude of 6.7, rattled South Nias District, North Sumatra Province, on Monday morning due to plate subduction, according to…
Strong and shallow M6.4 earthquake hits off the coast of Luzon, Philippines
Photo: PHIVOLCS A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck off the coast of Occidental Mindoro Monday morning, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported. The tectonic quake struck 110 kilometers…