5.6 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes In Pacific Ocean
A small quake north of Maniwaki, Que., on Sunday morning rattled people hundreds of kilometres away but caused no damage, according to Earthquakes Canada.
A magnitude-4.3 earthquake, reported at 11:04 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 29, occurred 1 mile west-southwest of Pāhala on the Island of Hawaiʻi at a depth of 19 miles below sea level. Scientists with the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory say this earthquake is part of the ongoing seismic swarm that has been occurring beneath the Pāhala area since 2019.
A 3.3-magnitude earthquake rattled southern Ohio, where some residents felt a "weak to light" shake on Monday afternoon.
Defiance County experienced a rare earthquake Sunday morning. The weak to minor earthquake at 6:46 a.m. registered as a 2.9 magnitude around 1 mile from Hicksville.
A deadly earthquake has struck the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu, damaging buildings in the capital, including one housing the U.S. embassy.
Wellington, New Zealand (AP) — Vanuatu’s capital was without water on Wednesday, a day after reservoirs were destroyed by a violent magnitude 7.3 earthquake that wrought havoc on the South Pacific island nation, with the number of people killed and ...
Video shows the embassy wrecked after the powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck Vanuatu's capital, Port Vila.
Twenty years ago, on Dec. 26, 2004, a 9.1-magnitude earthquake beneath the Indian Ocean triggered a tsunami with waves up to 100 feet high, killing an estimated 230,000 people. On March 11, 2011, a powerful tsunami traveling nearly 500 miles per hour with 10-meter-high waves swept over the east coast of Japan, killing more than 18,000 people.
Strong earthquakes in Vanuatu have led to a Level 3 travel advisory urging US citizens to reconsider plans to visit the region.
Before the earthquake changed everything, 83-year-old Sueko Naka from the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Peninsula wished to live out her life at home, watched over by an altar to her ancestors. But a year after a 7.
Scientists have warned that an underwater volcano off the coast of the northwestern US is likely to blow sometime in 2025 after finding it is swelling and enduring earthquake swarms.