• Strong M6.2 earthquake hits Coquimbo, Chile

    A strong earthquake registered by the Chilean CSN as M6.2 hit Coquimbo, Chile at 10:19 UTC (07:19 local time) on April 10, 2018. The agency is reporting a depth of 95 km (59 miles). USGS is reporting M6.2 at a depth of 76.1 km (47.3 miles). EMSC is reporting a very…

  • Shallow M6.3 earthquake hits New Guinea, Papua New Guinea

    A strong and shallow earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.3 hit New Guinea, Papua New Guinea at 05:48 UTC on April 7, 2018. The agency is reporting a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles). EMSC is reporting M6.3 at a depth of 40 km (24.8 miles). This quake is an aftershock…

  • Shallow M5.3 earthquake shakes Los Angeles area, California

    A strong earthquake measuring M5.3 on the Richter scale hit near the coast of Los Angeles, California at 19:29 UTC (12:29 PDT) on April 5, 2018. The USGS is reporting a depth of 16.8 km (10.4 miles). The epicenter was located 28 km (17.4 miles) SW of Santa Cruz Is….

  • Strong and shallow M6.0 earthquake hits Mindanao, Philippines

    A strong and shallow earthquake registered by the PHIVOLCS as M6.0 hit Davao Oriental, Mindanao, Philippines at 03:53 UTC (11:43 local time) on April 5, 2018. The agency is reporting a depth of 27 km (16.8 miles). The USGS is reporting M5.9 at a depth of 64.4 km (40…

  • Shallow M5.9 earthquake, 9 aftershocks hit El Salvador

    A strong and shallow earthquake registered by the USGS as M5.9 hit near the coast of El Salvador's Department of Usulutan at 23:23 UTC on April 2, 2018. The agency is reporting a depth of 49.9 km (31 miles). EMSC is reporting M5.9 at a depth of 80 km (50 miles)…

  • Very deep M6.8 earthquake hits Chuquisaca, Bolivia

    A strong earthquake measuring M6.8 on the Richter scale hit Bolivia at 13:40 UTC on April 2, 2018. USGS is reporting a depth of 557.2 km (346 miles). EMSC is reporting M6.8 at a depth of 550 km (341 miles). This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on…

  • M6.1 earthquake hits south of the Fiji Islands

    A strong earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.1 hit south of the Fiji Islands at 05:57 UTC on April 2, 2018. The agency is reporting a depth of 83.5 km (51.9 miles). EMSC is reporting M6.2 at a depth of 20 km (12.4 miles). According to the USGS, the epicenter was…

  • Strong and shallow M6.9 earthquake hits New Britain, P.N.G.

    A very strong earthquake measuring M6.9 on the Richter scale hit New Britain region of Papua New Guinea at 21:25 UTC on March 29, 2018. USGS is reporting a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles). EMSC is reporting M7.0 at a depth of 60 (37.3 miles). This earthquake can have a…