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M6.1 Earthquake Strikes Off Iwate Coast

Officials say the quake raises short-term aftershock risk, keeping crisis teams on alert for damage or secondary hazards.

Series of Moderate Quakes Recorded in Peru and Mexico With No Major Damage Reported

Debunkers Expose Fake Videos After Japan's 7.7 Quake

Small Quakes Reported Across Peru and Mexico as Networks Track Routine Activity

Magnitude 3.4 Earthquake Shakes Columbia, South Carolina Area

Magnitude 4.1 Quake Reported Off Chiapas Overnight With No Damage or Seismic Alert

Mexico Logs New Pre-Dawn Tremors After Chiapas 5.2 as Authorities Report No Damage

Two Magnitude 4.1 Quakes Hit Oaxaca and Guerrero With No Seismic Alert

New 4.1 Quake Near Cihuatlán Follows Two Days of Moderate Seismic Activity in Southern Mexico

Mexico Logs Weekend Cluster of Small Quakes With No Damage or Seismic Alert

Magnitude 4.1 Quake Strikes Southwest Tasmania, Felt From Maydena to Hobart

USGS Reports Magnitude 5.2 Quake Off Aleutians With No Tsunami Warning

Chiapas Registers M4.7 and M4.4 Quakes After Oaxaca’s M4.0

Chiapas Feels 5.9 Quake From El Salvador as Routine M4s Continue With No Damage

Minor Earthquakes Continue Across U.S. and Territories, Largest at 4.6 Mw in Alaska

First-Ever Video of Fault Line Rupture Captures Myanmar's Devastating Supershear Earthquake

First-Ever Video of Fault Surface Rupture Captured During Myanmar Earthquake

4.0 Magnitude Earthquake Jolts Delhi NCR, Prompts Safety Concerns in High-Rises