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Indonesia Earthquake

25 Apr 2023

7.3 Magnitude Earthquake Jolts Western Indonesia, Tsunami Alert Issued

A Tsunami warning has been put in place by Indonesia's National Disaster Mitigation Agency since the tremors of the quake have the potential of triggering giant waves.

Indonesia Earthquake

24 Jan 2023

5-5 magnitude earthquake hits Indonesia's Tobelo, no casualties reported

Indonesia earthquake: The quake occurred at 23:47:34 (UTC+05:30) and the epicenter was located at 2.881 N and 127.100 E, respectively. According to the USGS, the depth was found to be 12 km.

New Zealand earthquake

05 Mar 2021

7.3 magnitude earthquake jolts New Zealand, Tsunami warning issued

7.3 magnitude earthquake jolted New Zealand on Friday Tsunami warning issued by New Zealand’s National Emergency Management Agency and later lifted

24 Apr 2020

USGS releases first-ever geologic map of Moon,useful for future lunar missions

The USGS released a map of the moon which answers the question about the composition of the moon surface. The new map explains the 4.5-billion-year-old history of our neighbour in space.

14 Jul 2019

7.3 magnitude earthquake strikes Eastern Indonesia, no tsunami warning issued

Indonesia's meteorology agency said that there is no tsunami potential from the quake.

Papua New Guinea

12 Jul 2019

6.0 magnitude earthquake rattles Papua New Guinea

According to the USGS, the quake occurred at 5:08 PM and its epicentre was located 174 kilometres north of Arawa.

04 Jul 2019

6.4 magnitude earthquake hits Southern California

The tremors, which were felt as far as Los Angeles, was quickly followed by several smaller aftershocks in the area.

20 Jan 2019

Magnitude 6.7 quake strikes Chile, kills two: USGS

The quake struck at 10.32 pm about 16 km (10 miles) south-southwest of Coquimbo, the USGS said.

09 Nov 2018

Earthquake of magnitude 6.8 hits off Greenland, says USGS

The quake initially reported as a magnitude 7.1, struck at 0149 GMT.

19 Aug 2018

Massive 8.2-magnitude earthquake hits Fiji; no tsunami warning

A massive earthquake measuring 8.2 on the Richter scale hit Fiji and Tonga on Sunday morning. According to USGS, the epicentre of the powerful earthquake was Ndoi Island and it struck at the depth of 559.6 km.

30 Jun 2018

Earthquake measuring 6.1 magnitude hits Pacific coast of Mexico

The USGS estimated the depth of the tremor at 10 km.

02 Jun 2018

Hawaii volcano lava destroys over 80 homes

Four weeks have passed since the first eruption rocked Hawaii's Big Island and lava continues oozing from volcanic fissures.

22 May 2018

Magnitude 5.6 quake strikes near Guam - USGS

A Magnitude 5.6 quake struck close to the U.S. territory of Guam in the Pacific Ocean on Monday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

26 Mar 2018

Earthquake of magnitude 7 strikes off Papua New Guinea: USGS

The quake, the latest in a series in the region over recent days, struck 180 km west of the town of Rabaul, on New Britain island, at a shallow depth of 10 km, the USGS said.

Papua New Guinea

24 Mar 2018

Magnitude 6.3 quake strikes off Papua New Guinea, no tsunami threat

The epicenter of Saturday's quake was located 180 kilometers southwest of Rabaul on New Britain island.

06 Feb 2018

Hotel crumbles after 6.4 quake strikes northeast Taiwan

A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck just to the northeast of the city of Hualien in Taiwan late on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said.

04 Feb 2018

6.1-magnitude earthquake hits off Taiwan, no damage reported

A shallow 6.1-magnitude earthquake hit off the eastern coast of Taiwan late today, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said.

12 Jan 2018

Strong 6.0 quake hits central Myanmar: USGS

The shallow quake struck at a depth of 10 km (six miles) some 40 km (24 miles) west of the town of Phyu and 176 km (110 miles) northwest of Yangon.

10 Jan 2018

Magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes off Central America: USGS

A massive earthquake of magnitude 7.8 struck north of Honduras in the Caribbean Sea on Tuesday, sparking a tsunami warning in the area, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said.

15 Dec 2017

Earthquake of magnitude 6.5 hits off Java, Indonesia: USGS

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.5 struck off the coast of Java in Indonesia on Friday.

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