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Earthquake Measurement

Shallow Magnitude 5.3 Quake Strikes Near Susanville Late Tuesday

USGS rates the risk of serious damage as low following extensive but mostly weak shaking.

Magnitude-7.0 Offshore Quake Shakes Northern Taiwan With Limited Damage

Magnitude 6.5 Quake Strikes Near Goroka, Papua New Guinea

Magnitude 3.1 Quake Rattles San Ramon, Extends East Bay Swarm

Magnitude 4.1–4.2 Quake Near Glen Ellen Rattles Sonoma County

San Ramon Quake Swarm Flares Up, Rattles Oakland With New Jolts

Tsunami Alerts Lifted After M7.5 Quake Off Northern Japan That Injured Dozens

Tsunami Warnings Lifted After Powerful Quake Off Northeast Japan

USGS Investigates False 5.9 Nevada Quake Alert That Lit Up Phones Across California

Moderate Earthquakes Strike Oaxaca and Mendoza With No Damage Reported

Magnitude 3.7 Earthquake Strikes Uttarakhand’s Chamoli District

Series of Small Quakes Rattles Bay Area and Central Coast, Latest a M3.4 Near San Juan Bautista

Magnitude 6.0 Quake Near Anchorage Rattles Southcentral Alaska on Thanksgiving

Strong Offshore Quake Strikes Near Indonesia’s Simeulue Island

IGP Confirms 4.2 Matucana and 3.5 Chilca Quakes Near Lima With No Damage

Paso Robles 4.1 and San Ramon 3.3 Quakes Rattle California With Little Damage

3.4 Quake Near Zeerijp Jolts Groningen, Triggers Inspections and Resident Support

Magnitude 3.6 Quake Reported Near Vallejo With No Immediate Damage

Magnitude 5.2–5.3 Quake Near Paphos Felt Across Region

Calaveras Fault Swarm Rattles East Bay as Dozens of Small Quakes Follow M3.8 Near San Ramon