Geography ❯ Natural Disasters

Earthquakes

Seismic Activity Seismology Tsunamis Magnitude Aftershocks Impact Impact on Communities Afghanistan Turkey Impact on Society

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

USGS links the shaking to the Calaveras Fault with low short-term odds of a much larger event.

Magnitude 6.0 Earthquake Shakes Alaska Near Susitna, Felt in Anchorage

Magnitude 5.8 Quake Jolts Kumamoto, No Tsunami Reported

Magnitude 4.1 Quake Rattles The Geysers Area in Northern California

Shallow 5.5 Quake in Bangladesh Kills at Least 8, Rattles Dhaka

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

Magnitude 4.7 Quake Shakes Junín as Peru Logs Series of Light Tremors

Magnitude 3.6 Quake Reported Near Vallejo With No Immediate Damage

Magnitude 5.2–5.3 Quake Near Paphos Felt Across Region

Tsunami Advisories Lifted After Offshore Quakes Off Iwate in Northeast Japan

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

Tsunami Advisory Lifted After Strong Quake Off Iwate Sends Small Waves Ashore

M6.0 Quake Off Kamchatka Prompts Green Alert, No Tsunami

6.3-Magnitude Quake Strikes Northern Afghanistan, Killing at Least 20 and Injuring Hundreds

Afghanistan Earthquake Kills 27, Injures Nearly 1,000 in North

Afghanistan Earthquake Kills 27 in North, Damages Mazar-e-Sharif’s Blue Mosque

At Least 20 Dead After 6.3-Magnitude Quake Strikes Northern Afghanistan

6.3 Quake Strikes Northern Afghanistan as Conflicting Toll Emerges

Afghanistan Quake Near Mazar-i-Sharif Kills at Least 20, Injures Over 500

Quake Near Chitral Reported as M4.0 by PMD, M3.6 by India’s NCS