• Strong and shallow M6.8 earthquake hits central Chile

    A strong and shallow earthquake registered by USGS as M6.8 hit central Chile at 07:31 UTC on November 7, 2015. The agency is reporting a depth of 36.3 km (22.6 miles). CSN Chile is reporting M6.8 at a depth of 47.8 km (29.7 miles). According to the USGS, epicenter…

  • Strong and shallow M6.3 earthquake hits Kepulauan Alor, Indonesia

    Strong and very shallow earthquake measured as M6.6 by Geoscience Australia hit Kepulauan Alor, Indonesia (near East Timor). The agency is reporting a very shallow depth of 3 km (1.8 miles). USGS is reporting M6.3 at a depth of 14.3 km (8.9 miles). According to the…

  • Swarm of earthquakes registered near central Oregon volcanic complex

    Beginning on October 22, 2015, a swarm of mostly small earthquakes occurred about 10 km (6 miles) NW of the towns of Crescent and Gilchrist, Oregon. Through the morning of October 23, the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network (PNSN) located 29 events, and a number of…

  • Major M8.1 earthquake hits Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan

    A major earthquake registered by USGS as M7.5 hit Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan at 09:09 UTC on October 26, 2015. USGS registered depth of 213.5 km (132.7 miles). EMSC reports M7.5 at a depth of 190 km (118 miles). Pakistan's National Seismic Monitoring…

  • A giant rock avalanche recorded in the Swiss Alps

    A giant rock broke off the side of the Mel de la Niva mountain, near Evolene region in the Swiss Alps on October 19, 2015. A geologists who was taking video shots near the area witnessed the fall and documented it on a footage. The 2 000 cubic meters (70 269 cubic…

  • Very strong M7.5 earthquake hits Vanuatu

    A very strong earthquake registered as M7.5 by Geoscience Australia hit Vanuatu at 21:52 UTC on October 20, 2015. The agency is reporting depth of 125 km (77.8 miles). USGS is reporting M7.1 at a depth of 127 km (78.9 miles). According to the USGS, epicenter was…

  • Shallow M6.1 earthquake hits Samoa Islands region

    A shallow earthquake registered as M6.1 by Geoscience Australia hit Samoa Islands region, Pacific Ocean at 16:18 UTC on October 18, 2015. The agency is reporting depth of 35 km (21.7 miles). USGS reports M6.0 at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles). According to the USGS,…

  • Shallow M6.0 earthquake hits near Salta, Argentina

    Shallow earthquake registered by USGS as M6.0 hit near the city of Salta, Argentina at 11:33 UTC on October 17, 2015. USGS reports depth of 17.9 km (11.1 miles). EMSC is reporting mb 6.0 at a depth of 40 km (24.8 miles). According to the USGS, epicenter was located…

  • Strong M6.1 earthquake registered near the coast of Solomon Islands

    Geoscience Australia registered a strong M6.1 earthquake at a depth of 35 km (21.7 miles) near the coast of Solomon Islands at 15:56 UTC on September 24, 2015. USGS is reporting M6.0 at a depth of 23.4 km (14.5 miles).According to the USGS, epicenter was located 98 km (