About 55 earthquakes a day – 20,000 a year – are recorded by the National Earthquake Information Center. Most are tiny and barely noticed by people living where they happen. But some are strong enough ...

Earthquake strength is registered on the moment magnitude scale, which measures how much energy was released when the rocks along a fault moved during the quake. By Henry Fountain Earthquake strength ...

The initial jolt was a magnitude 6.2 quake that measured a strong 5 on Japan's seismic intensity scale. There was no threat ...

The intensity of the earthquakes varied slightly in range, with the weakest one being of a modest 2.7 magnitude and the ...

On the morning of September 18, a significant earthquake struck Eastern Shimane Prefecture, registering a magnitude of 6.2 on the Richter scale. The quake, occurring at a depth of 10 kilometers, is ...

Srinagar: An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter Scale was felt in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, although the epicentre ...

VANCOUVER, B.C. (KOMO) — The North Pacific by British Columbia's Vancouver Island was rattled by a series of earthquakes Thursday morning, the largest quake measured as 6.4 magnitude. According to the ...

TOKYO: Three strong earthquakes struck the eastern Shimane Prefecture, recording maximums of 4 to upper 5 on the Japanese ...

A powerful earthquake of magnitude 6.2, which measured a strong 5 on Japan’s seismic intensity scale hit the Asian country’s ...

On January 8, 2026, a light magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck near Fayzabad, Badakhshan, Afghanistan, at a depth of 80 kilometers. Earthquakes can often cause anxiety ...