Magnitude 6.4 quake hits southern Mexico: USGS
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A strong earthquake of 6.4 magnitude hit southern Mexico on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, revising the strength down from its preliminary reading of 6.6. No damages were immediately reported.
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Costa Ricans are clearing up after a strong earthquake hit the country on Saturday killing at least four people. Hundreds of houses were damaged and major highways were cracked in the magnitude 6.2 quake, centred 48km (30 miles) south-west of San Jose.
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A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.4 struck Friday off the southwestern coast of Sumatra, the same area shaken by a major 8.4-magnitude temblor that killed nine people Wednesday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
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An earthquake shook central Chile on Thursday, reportedly knocking out phone service to a few towns but causing no injuries or serious damages, officials and news reports said.
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CULIACAN, Mexico  - A strong earthquake hit Mexico's Gulf of California on Saturday, but there were no immediate reports of damage.
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A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck off the central Oregon coast at 8:37 p.m. EST on Wednesday (0137 GMT Thursday), the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
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A strong earthquake struck southern Greece just after midday Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported on its Web site.
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An earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale hit Baoshan City in southwest China&#39;s Yunnan Province at 6:11 am Tuesday, leaving five people injured, according to the State Seismological Bureau and local government.
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Floridians can go back to worrying about hurricanes. Scientists said Sunday's magnitude 6.0 earthquake that rattled windows from southwest Florida to Louisiana is rare &#151; the largest earthquake in the eastern Gulf of Mexico in 30 years. A seismic jolt powerful enough to do damage or unleash a tsunami on the U.S. Gulf Coast is unlikely.
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A magnitude 6.0 earthquake in the Gulf of Mexico sent shock waves through an area from Louisiana to southwest Florida on Sunday, but no damage was reported, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
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A strong earthquake struck Central California on Tuesday, and it was felt from San Francisco to the Los Angeles area, according to the US Geological Survey.
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A 3.1-magnitude earthquake shook the crater at Mount St. Helens Saturday morning, the strongest quake at the volcano since its new lava dome began growing in mid-October.
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A magnitude 6.2 earthquake hit Indonesia's Irian Jaya region, the U.S. Geological Survey said on Sunday.
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A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 struck near Parkfield last Tuesday [Sept. 28] at 10:15 am and lasted more than 10 seconds.
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A strong earthquake with a magnitude of   up to 6.9 hit near the South Pacific nation of Samoa on   Thursday but there was no tsunami alert.
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PARKFIELD - A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.0 struck Tuesday along the San Andreas fault in a place known as California&#39;s earthquake capital.
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A moderate earthquake shook southern Chile on Friday in a sparsely populated region that seismologists say has recently seen a series of tremors due to the birth of an undersea volcano.