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Jakarta, Indonesia (AFP) – A 6.0-magnitude earthquake hit off the coast of Indonesia’s Sumatra island early Monday, the US Geological Survey reported. The epicenter of the quake was 48 kilometers (30 miles) south-southeast of the city of Singkil in Aceh province, at a depth of 48 kilometers, USGS said. It occurred around 6:30 am local time (2330 GMT) and there were no immediate reports of casualties or major damage, nor was there a tsunami alert. Indonesia’s […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck along Peru’s border with Brazil on Friday, the US Geological Survey said. It said the quake hit at a depth of 609 kilometers (380 miles), on Peru’s eastern frontier with Brazil. The earthquake hit shortly after 0900 GMT, about 140 kilometers west of the Peruvian town of Iberia, the USGS said. © Agence France-Presse
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — A powerful 6.1-magnitude earthquake hit Vanuatu Friday, US seismologists said, but there were no immediate reports of damage and no tsunami warning issued. The quake struck at a depth of 21 kilometers (13 miles) some 30 kilometers west of the Pacific nation’s capital Port Vila, the US Geological Survey said. USGS said there was low likelihood of casualties and damage although it added that recent earthquakes in the area had caused […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP)–A magnitude 6.9 earthquake shook Hawaii’s Big Island on Friday, prompting fresh eruptions of a volcano that has been spewing lava near residential areas, forcing hundreds of people to flee. The US Geological Survey said the quake struck at 12:32 pm (2232 GMT) and was centered on the south flank of the Kilauea volcano, which first erupted on Thursday after a series of tremors on the island. “This is in almost […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off eastern Indonesia late Monday, the US Geological Survey said, but no tsunami warning was issued and there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. The quake was measured at a depth of 11.9 kilometers (seven miles) with its epicenter in the Seram Sea around 194 kilometers northwest of Ambon, the capital of Maluku province, according to USGS. “The earthquake does not have tsunami potential. I […]
GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala (AFP) — A powerful 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit near Guatemala’s coast Thursday, injuring four people and damaging homes and roads, officials said, just eight days after another strong tremor killed five people in the Central American country. The quake struck at 6:31 am (1231 GMT) with its epicenter in the Pacific Ocean at a depth of 46.8 kilometers, about 23 kilometers (14 miles) southwest of Puerto San Jose, the United States Geological Survey […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — A 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit Friday off the Solomon Islands, the US Geological Survey said, in the same region where several large tremors struck last month. The quake struck at 10:04 am local time (2304 GMT) at a depth of 33 kilometres (20 miles) some 70 kilometres west of Kirakira, the USGS said. No tsunami warning was issued. Three strong tremors were felt off Kirakira in December, although there were no reports […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — A strong earthquake struck off the coast of eastern Japan on Friday, though there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. The shallow 6.4 magnitude quake hit at 09:14 am (0014 GMT), about 150 kilometres (90 miles) east-southeast of Katsuura city, the US Geological Survey said. There was no threat of a tsunami, added the Japan Meteorological Agency, which measured it at a slightly higher 6.5 magnitude. Japan sits at […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — A magnitude 5.6 undersea earthquake struck Japan Monday off the coast of Fukushima prefecture, though there were no immediate reports of damages. The quake struck at about 4:00 pm (0700 GMT) at a depth of some 28 kilometres (17 miles), the US Geological Survey said. There was no threat of a tsunami from the quake, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. The crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, battered by a massive […]
QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) — A strong 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck northern Ecuador late Sunday in the same area devastated by a powerful quake in mid-April, the US Geological Service said. Its epicenter was 41 kilometers (25.5 miles) south of the town of Propicia — located next to the quake-devastated coastal town of Esmeraldas — and 154 kilometers (96 miles) northwest of the capital Quito, the USGS said. The quake, which struck at 9:11 pm (0211 […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the Pacific nation of Tonga late Sunday, US seismologists said, but no tsunami warning was issued. The US Geological Survey said the quake was shallow, striking 140 kilometres (87 miles) northeast from the town of Hihifo. A second 5.5 quake struck shortly afterwards in the sea 110 kilometres away from Hihifo, USGS reported. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center did not immediately issue any warnings. Tonga sits […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — A 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck in the Molucca Sea in off northern Indonesia early Wednesday, US seismologists said, but no tsunami warning was issued. The quake struck at 3:15 am (1915 GMT Tuesday) at a depth of 38 kilometres (24 miles), about 126 kilometres from Ternate city on Halmahera island, the US Geological Survey said. The quake struck far from land, and the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said no tsunami warning was […]
