US Geological Survey

6.0-magnitude quake hits off Indonesia’s Sumatra: USGS

Jakarta, Indonesia (AFP) - A 6.0-magnitude earthquake hit off the coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island early Monday, the US Geological Survey…

3 years ago

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- A powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck along Peru's border with Brazil on Friday, the US Geological…

8 years ago

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- A powerful 6.1-magnitude earthquake hit Vanuatu Friday, US seismologists said, but there were no immediate reports…

8 years ago

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP)--A magnitude 6.9 earthquake shook Hawaii's Big Island on Friday, prompting fresh eruptions of a volcano…

8 years ago

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) -- A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off eastern Indonesia late Monday, the US Geological Survey said, but no…

8 years ago

GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala (AFP) -- A powerful 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit near Guatemala's coast Thursday, injuring four people and damaging homes…

9 years ago

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- A 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit Friday off the Solomon Islands, the US Geological Survey said, in the…

9 years ago

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- A strong earthquake struck off the coast of eastern Japan on Friday, though there were no…

10 years ago

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- A magnitude 5.6 undersea earthquake struck Japan Monday off the coast of Fukushima prefecture, though there…

10 years ago

QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) -- A strong 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck northern Ecuador late Sunday in the same area devastated by…

10 years ago

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the Pacific nation of Tonga late Sunday, US seismologists said, but…

10 years ago

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) -- A 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck in the Molucca Sea in off northern Indonesia early Wednesday, US seismologists…

10 years ago