At 4:30 on the morning of January 17, 1994, some 10 million people in the Los Angeles region of southern California were awakened by the shaking of an earthquake. The earthquake, named for its epicenter in the town of Northridge, was a magnitude 6.7 (M = 6.7,
A strong and shallow earthquake registered as M 6.4 struck off the coast of Puerto Rico on January 13, 2014 at 04:01 UTC. USGS measured depth at 28 km (17.4 miles), EMSC at 20 km. Numerous aftershocks followed (M3.1 – 3.7).
Epicenter was located 57 km
A strong earthquake registered as M 5.4 by USGS (mb 5.4 EMSC / mbLg 5.1 local IGN) struck 31 km northwest of La Frontera (El Hierro / Canary Islands) on December 27, 2013 at 17:46 UTC. IGN measured shallow depth of 11
ER is reporting a sudden increase of seismicity at El Hierro, Canary Islands, today. It's too soon to talk about a new crisis, but with five 2+ magnitude earthquakes on 13 earthquakes this looks more than the usual small M1 quakes reported in the recent
Shallow earthquake magnitude 6.2 struck 195 km east of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands, at 23:38 UTC on December 17. USGS measured depth at 16.1 km. EMSC reports M 6.3 earthquake at depth of 30 km.
Magnitude 4.9
New Zealand's GEONET recorded strong earthquake measuring M 6.2 on December 17 at 01:07 local time (December 16 at 12:07 UTC). Epicenter was located 125 km west of Tuatapere at shallow depth of 25 km.
USGS measured this quake as M 5.6 at depth of 11
Shallow M 6.3 earthquake (USGS/EMSC) hit Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia at 01:24 UTC on December 1, 2013. Epicenter was located 343km (213mi) WNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia and 351km (218mi) ENE of Dili, East Timor at depth of 10 km (6.2 miles).
A series of very strong and shallow earthquakes has been detected southeast of Falkland Islands, South Atlantic Ocean, early on November 25, 2013.
The first earthquake in series was M 5.1 that hit at 10:09 UTC today. USGS is currently reporting two
EMSC is reporting 40 km deep M 6.1 earthquake at Kuril Islands, Russia, on November 25, 2013, at 05:56 UTC. USGS is reporting M 5.8 for this earthquake at depth of 39.5 km (24.5 miles).
Epicenter was located 242 km (150 miles) E of Kuril'sk,
7 strong earthquakes shook border region of Iran and Iraq in last 48 hours. The first in series was M 5.4 that struck 26 km W of Sarpol-E Zahab, Iran at 06:51 UTC on November 22. Recorded depths range from 9.9 to 14 km. Magnitudes range from 4.2
