Residents reported feeling a quick jolt and there were no immediate reports of injuries or major property damage.

When a 4.8 magnitude earthquake, whose epicenter was in Lebanon, N.J., struck at 10:23 a.m. EDT on April 5, tremors spread throughout New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, and as far south as Baltimore ...

Earthquake Magnitude Scale Magnitude Earthquake Effects Estimated Number Each Year 2.5 or less Usually not felt, but can be recorded by seismograph. Millions 2.5 to 5.4 Often felt, but only causes ...

The Internet has brought us the ability to share data all over the globe, and nearly instantaneously ... of this global data network is this earthquake display from [AndyGadget].

A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.9 hit southwestern Japan, the country’s Meteorological Agency said ...

There were no immediate reports of damage and residents in some coastal areas were told to evacuate as a precautionary ...

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Earthquakes occur all across the globe, mainly in the South Pacific region, thanks to its positioning on the Pacific plate. Over 80 per cent of large earthquakes happen on the edges of the Pacific ...

Authorities moved more than 47,000 people to shelters in earthquake-hit Tibet, Chinese officials said on Thursday, while rescuers widen a massive combing effort for survivors near the foothills of the ...