A female resident of Kobayashi city in Miyazaki Prefecture, where the quake registered an intensity of 5 on the Japanese scale, said, "In my 52 years of living, this was my first experience of an ...

And what action should people take? The advisory is a precautionary measure to prepare for a possible mega-quake around the Nankai Trough, which runs along Japan's Pacific coast. The agency says ...

A 4.2-magnitude quake hit near San Jose at 2:47 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 29. Getty Images/iStockphoto An early morning 4.2-magnitude earthquake shook the San Francisco Bay Area and the Monterey Bay area ...

Seven people, including four working on quake reconstruction, were missing, and calls for rescue were swamping the fire department, public broadcaster NHK reported. Hourly rainfall hit record 121 ...

The 14-story apartment block in the southern Turkish city of Adana was destroyed by a massive 7.8-magnitude quake in February 2023 that killed more than 53,500 people in Turkey and nearly 6,000 in ...

The quake's initial magnitude of 5.1 was soon downgraded to 4.7. It was followed by more than two dozen aftershocks, including two of magnitude-3.4, with more aftershocks possible in the hours and ...

Some of the missing were workers on quake-related construction projects. Some 4,000 households were without power on Monday as a result of the rain, according to the Hokuriku Electric Power Company.

The epicenter of the quake was located about 26 miles (41 km) northwest of the coastal town of Tamarindo, at a relatively shallow depth of 11 miles (18 km), the USGS said. Costa Rica's national ...

Another widely felt quake, magnitude 4.9, struck on July 29 about 13 miles northeast of Barstow. The series of seismic disturbances has shaken the nerves of some Southern Californians — serving as an ...

The region is still reeling from the magnitude-7.5 quake that toppled buildings, ripped up roads and led to a major fire.

Some residents rushed outside to safer, open spaces after experiencing the quake. According to local power authorities, Hefei's electrical grid is operating normally, with no outages or load ...

It was lightly felt around Metro Vancouver and Victoria. The quake happened shortly after 2 a.m. at a depth of 57 kilometres and was centred northwest of Tsawwassen, according to the agency.