Earthquake of 6.0 magnitude rocks Alaska
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RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CA - A preliminary 2.1 magnitude quake was registered near Idyllwild Thursday afternoon, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 9 miles south-southeast of Fern Forest on the Island of Hawaiʻi on Tuesday at 11:49 p.m., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The earthquake, which occurred at a depth of 3 miles below sea level, had no apparent impact on either Mauna Loa or Kīlauea volcanoes.
A powerful earthquake of 6.6 magnitude struck off the Indonesian island of Sumatra on Thursday , the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. The Indonesia Tsunami Warning Center said there was no potential for a tsunami. The quake struck at a depth of 16 miles, the USGS said. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake rattled the mountain communities in Riverside County Thursday evening. The quake was reported around 5:34 p.m., about 6 miles southwest of the community of Idyllwild.
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Magnitude 4.6 Earthquake Strikes Afghanistan At Shallow Depth As Region Remains Seismically Active
Families were jolted awake in the early hours of Monday when the 6.3-magnitude quake struck near Mazar-i-Sharif, one of the most populated cities in the north of the country, at a shallow depth of 28 kilometers (17.4 miles), the United States Geological Survey said, as per CNN.
Some reports of shaking came in from as far away as 40 miles from the epicenter, according to the federal agency that tracks earthquakes.
The 1.8-magnitude earthquake was recorded at 10:13 a.m. and centered southwest of Kingston, N.H., according to the United States Geological Survey.
Two strong earthquakes struck Japan Tuesday at magnitudes of 5.4 and 4.7, according to data from the United States Geological Survey ( USGS ). The first quake struck in the Pacific Ocean about 80 miles east-southeast from Kitaibaraki at a depth of around 6 miles, 10 km, the data shows. Kitaibaraki is about 110 miles northeast of Tokyo.
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