earthquake popularity and earthquake trends

A shallow magnitude 4.4 earthquake was reported Saturday morning 17 miles from Rio Dell, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 6:46 a.m. PDT at a depth of 11.8 miles.

A strong 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the northern coast of Japan's main Honshu island on Saturday, seismologists said, but no tsunami warning was issued and there were no immediate reports of damage. The quake hit at 2:48 pm (0548 GMT) in the Pacific some 50 kilometres (31 miles) from Namie town near the tsunami-ravaged Fukushima Daiichi plant, the United States...

A shallow magnitude 3.3 earthquake was reported Saturday morning 12 miles from Rancho Palos Verdes, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 2:41 a.m. Pacific time.

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 jolted northeastern Japan on Saturday, but no tsunami warning was issued, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.    

5.1-magnitude quake was centered near Shawville, Quebec.

A 5.2-magnitude earthquake rattled residents across Quebec and Ontario, with the epicentre 17 kilometres northeast of Shawville, Quebec. A 4.2-magnitude aftershock was also recorded

Researchers have shown that, by using global positioning systems (GPS) to measure ground deformation caused by a large underwater earthquake, they can provide accurate warning of the resulting tsunami in just a few minutes after the earthquake onset. For the devastating Japan 2011 event, the team reveals that the analysis of the GPS data and issue of a detailed tsunami...

Researchers have shown that, by using global positioning systems (GPS) to measure ground deformation caused by a large underwater earthquake, they can provide accurate warning of the resulting tsunami in just a few minutes after the earthquake onset. For the devastating Japan 2011 event the analysis of the GPS data and issue of a detailed tsunami alert would have taken...

A magnitude 5.1 quake struck Ottawa and was felt as far west as Toronto, but no damage was immediately reported.    

A judge said four government officials did not do enough after an earthquake struck to alert people of a tsunami that eventually left 156 people dead and 25 others missing.    

Thousands join second demonstration in a month against planned refinery making suspected carcinogen paraxyleneThousands of protesters have gathered in the southern Chinese city of Kunming for the second time this month to voice concerns over the environmental impact of a planned chemical plant, underscoring the increasing willingness of China's emerging middle class to...

The South Bay got a bit of a jolt Wednesday as a 4.0 magnitude earthquake rattled the region.

A shallow magnitude 3.9 earthquake was reported Wednesday afternoon six miles from Rancho Palos Verdes, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 1 p.m. PDT at a depth of less than a mile, the agency said.

Seismologists directed by Japan’s new nuclear regulator said the fault showed signs of being geologically active, suggesting a high earthquake risk.    

A shallow magnitude 3.1 earthquake was reported Tuesday evening three miles from Cobb, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 11:11 p.m. Pacific time at a depth of 1.9 miles.

(Phys.org) —In 1700, a massive earthquake struck the west coast of North America. Though it was powerful enough to cause a tsunami as far as Japan, a lack of local documentation has made studying this historic event challenging.

The State Department Monday recognized the NYPD's work to help rebuild Haiti after the devastating earthquake three years ago.

The quake hit 42 kilometres (26 miles) west of Agrihan and 395 kilometres north of the main island Saipan. No tsunami warning has been issued.    

Doesn't matter if your regional disaster is a flood, tornado, hurricane, snowpocalypse, or earthquake, when the next one strikes you're going to need to be ready for it. Here's what you should have on hand to keep you and yours safe for at least three days.Read more...    

Earthquakes similar in magnitude to the 2004 Sumatra earthquake could occur in an area beneath the Arabian Sea at the Makran subduction zone, according to recent research.

One minute-silence observed for 80,000 people, including many children at their schools, who died in Sichuan province.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center has not issued a warning.

A strong 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck off the Pacific nation of Tonga on Sunday, US seismologists said, but no tsunami warning was issued.    

Rapid grass-roots response to a disaster reveals how far China’s nascent civil society movement has come since a 2008 earthquake prompted a wave of volunteerism and philanthropy.    

6.2 magnitude earthquake struck the Arabian Sea port town of Jask leaving at least 15 hurt.

A strong earthquake of 6.2 magnitude hit southern Iran on Saturday morning, the US Geological Survey said, with local media reporting of damaged villages and several injuries.

A strong earthquake of 6.2 magnitude hit southern Iran on Saturday morning, the US Geological Survey said, with local media reporting of damaged villages and several injuries.    

Chance more than doubled that capital city will soon experience big temblor

A shallow magnitude 3.4 earthquake was reported Thursday evening four miles from East Foothills, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 10:12 p.m. at a depth of 3.7 miles.

In “Aftershock” an earthquake in Chile sets the stage for a pell-mell disaster movie that dispatches its characters with the efficiency of a horror film.    

Researchers from the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) conducted an airborne electromagnetic survey by helicopter in Watari-cho and Yamamoto-cho of Watari-gun in Miyagi Prefecture and Shinchi-machi of Soma-gun and Soma city in Fukushima Prefecture in June 2012 in order to investigate the underground permeation of seawater in tsunami...

A shallow magnitude 3 earthquake was reported Tuesday evening 12 miles from Hawthorne, Nev., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 9:24 p.m. Pacific time at a depth of 5 miles.

A shallow magnitude 3.5 earthquake was reported Tuesday morning four miles from Saticoy, California, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 2:05 a.m. Pacific time at a depth of 13.7 miles.

Israel bombed Syria over the weekend, with attacks on Friday and Sunday. One of those two attacks was caught on camera from two different angles, and the videos have been uploaded to YouTube The Washington Post confirmed the veracity of the videos, which show a huge explosion on Mount Qassioun, a hill overlooking Damascus SEE ALSO: Israel Says Google...

Israel strikes military facility in Damascus, U.N. investigator says rebels used sarin Top news: The Syrian government charged Sunday that an overnight airstrike that targeted what is believed to be a military research center in Damascus was carried out by Israel, a development that marks the most significant international military action in the ongoing Syrian...

Four days after earthquake rocked the Jammu region, an Congress MLA on Sunday said that no major steps were taken by either the Central government or the state to assess the damages.    

Foreign secretary dismisses calls for an immediate EU referendum, as one senior MP accuses him of failing on strategyWilliam Hague was at loggerheads with old allies on the Tory right on Sunday night after he rejected calls for a change in tactics by Downing Street as a response to the new threat posed by the United Kingdom Independence party.As the Ukip leader, Nigel...

Residents of an Italian village struck by a deadly earthquake last year are cursing their luck after a tornado destroyed containers used for temporary offices, ripped off roofs and hurled caravans through the air.    

The party's success is the tremor before the political earthquake, says Christopher Booker    

The latest gains for Nigel Farage's party raise fundamental questions of trust for the main parties, says James Kirkup    

A shallow magnitude 2.7 earthquake was reported Friday morning one mile from Malibu, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 1:37 a.m. Pacific time at a depth of 6.8 miles.

Scaffolding encases the Washington Monument on Thursday as craftsmen make repairs to the 555-foot marble obelisk that was damaged in the August 2011 earthquake. | AP Photo

Severe jolts were felt in district Ziarat of Balochistan and Malakand Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhawa provinces on Thursday. According to details, tremor of 5.3 magnitude on Richter scale shook Ziarat and adjoining areas causing immense panic among the local people. According to Meteorological Department, the epicenter of earthquake was in Iran, 43 kilometer inside earth...

As voters go to the polls, Joe Shute joins the Ukip candidate hoping to trigger a political earthquake in the Tories' Chiltern heartland    

An earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale shook Jammu & Kashmir and many other parts of north India.    

A shallow magnitude 3.9 earthquake was reported Wednesday afternoon 35 miles from Eureka, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 2:03 p.m. Pacific time at a depth of 5.0 miles.

For all of the devastation caused by the 2011 earthquake/tsunami in Japan, the former, a 9.0 magnitude beast called “Tohoku,” could have claimed far more lives. The reason it didn’t? Since 2007, Japan has had an early warning system—conceived ten years ago at Caltech—which California still hasn’t managed to set up. And while it only gives about a minute notice,...

A shallow magnitude 2.7 earthquake was reported Wednesday morning three miles from Frazier Park, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 4:29 a.m. PDT at a depth of 9.3 miles.

Two persons were killed, and 69, including 32 students, were injured and scores of buildings damaged in Jammu and Kashmir when an earthquake of moderate intensity shook parts of North India on Wednesday

With the successful retrieval of a string of instruments from deep beneath the seafloor, an international team of scientists has completed an unprecedented series of operations to obtain crucial temperature measurements of the fault that caused the devastating Tohoku earthquake and tsunami in March 2011.

Two persons were killed, and 69, including 32 students, were injured and scores of buildings damaged in Jammu and Kashmir when an earthquake of moderate intensity shook parts of North India on Wednesday    

A moderate earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale jolted several parts of Punjab, Kashmir and Khyber Pakhutnkhwa on Wednesday. The epicenter of the quake was centered in Eastern Kashmir. According to reports, quake tremors were felt in Islamabad, Lahore, Peashawar, Rawalpindi, Jehlum, Murree, Faisalabad and several other cities. People rushed out of their houses...

Tremors were felt in the Indian capital and large parts of north India, including Srinagar, Shimla and Chandigarh, following a 5.8-magnitude quake centred around the Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh border on Wednesday.

Mild tremors were felt across north India, including in the national capital, on Wednesday afternoon.    

SYDNEY (Reuters) - A shallow earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.7 struck in northern India on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

SYDNEY (Reuters) - A shallow earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.7 struck northwest Pakistan on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

A shallow magnitude 3.0 earthquake was reported Monday evening six miles from Gilroy, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 10:14 p.m. Pacific time at a depth of 3.7 miles.

LISBON (Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 6 struck in the Atlantic Ocean 38 miles east of Ponta Delgada in Portugal's Azores archipelago on Tuesday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, but local authorities reported no immediate damage.

Party hopes anger at rail project will help put its colours on electoral map along proposed routeWith St George's flags fluttering from redbrick cottages, Great Missenden is an unlikely location for a popular revolt. This sleepy Chiltern village was a retreat for the former prime ministers Harold Wilson and Clement Attlee; another local, Roald Dahl dreamt up Fantastic...

A shallow, magnitude-3.3 earthquake was reported Sunday morning 18 miles from Willits, Calif., in Mendocino County, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 5:38 a.m. Pacific time at a depth of 3.7 miles.

islamabad - Iranian Ambassador to Pakistan, Alireza Haghighian, called on President Asif Ali Zardari at the Bilawal House Karachi on Friday. Pak-Iran bilateral relations were discussed during the meeting. The President on the occasion while expressing heartfelt condolence over the losses due to recent earthquake in Iran said that Pakistani nation shares the grief...

A magnitude 3.2 earthquake that was recorded Friday night near Marina del Rey was modest, but was felt over a wide area.

Giorgio Armani's campaign to bring safe drinking water to deprived areas has reached Haiti, where he has teamed up with Sean Penn to help one of the neighbourhoods most damaged by the earthquake three years ago.    

A shallow magnitude 3.2 earthquake was reported Thursday morning six miles from Idyllwild, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 11:59 a.m. PDT at a depth of 9.9 miles.

CINCINNATI (AP) -- Fans of the Ohio native credited with developing the Richter scale of rating earthquake magnitude want to be sure that Charles Richter's name and legacy remain prominent in history....

Pandas living in a reserve near the epicentre of China's weekend quake clambered up trees in panic as their forest home was jolted, but none were injured, officials said.

ISLAMABAD - A 6.2 magnitude earthquake hit southeastern parts of Afghanistan which rocked a large part of Pakistan on Wednesday afternoon. No casualty was reported but a media report said that some walls of mud-houses collapsed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The Pakistan Meteorological Department measured the quake at 6.2-magnitude. The jolts were felt in Islamabad, Rawalpindi,...

ISLAMABAD - A 6.2 magnitude earthquake hit southeastern parts of Afghanistan which rocked a large part of Pakistan on Wednesday afternoon. No casualty was reported but a media report said that some walls of mud-houses collapsed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The Pakistan Meteorological Department measured the quake at 6.2-magnitude. The jolts were felt in Islamabad, Rawalpindi,...

ISLAMABAD - A 6.2 magnitude earthquake hit southeastern parts of Afghanistan which rocked a large part of Pakistan on Wednesday afternoon. No casualty was reported but a media report said that some walls of mud-houses collapsed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The Pakistan Meteorological Department measured the quake at 6.2-magnitude. The jolts were felt in Islamabad, Rawalpindi,...

Pandas living in a reserve near the epicentre of China's weekend quake clambered up trees in panic as their forest home was jolted, but none were injured, officials said.

Haiti has been battling a massive cholera outbreak since, roughly, around the time international aid groups arrived in the country following the 2010 earthquake. Now, genetic evidence links the strain of cholera in Haiti to a rare strain native to Nepal — further proof that it was Nepalese UN Peacekeepers who brought cholera to Haiti. [...]    

Pandas living in a reserve near the epicentre of China's weekend quake clambered up trees in panic as their forest home was jolted, but none were injured, officials said.

A strong 5.7 magnitude earthquake hit Southeastern part of Afghanistan which shacked most of Pakistani cities and towns on Wednesday afternoon. According to initial reports, no loss was reported so for, however a media report said some walls of mud-houses collapsed in Khyber Pakhtoonkhaw because of strong quake. Earthquake measuring magnitude 5.7 on Richter scale also...

Flash floods caused damages to homes and drowned livestock, police said