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Indonesia Hit by Powerful Offshore Quake as Japan Stays on Alert After Separate Jolt

Officials have shifted to aftershock monitoring following the lifted tsunami alerts.

Powerful Quake Off Northeast Indonesia Triggers Tsunami Alerts

Deep 7.6 Earthquake Strikes Near Tonga’s Neiafu

2.3 Earthquake Near Sleepy Hollow Triggers Hundreds of Felt Reports, No Damage

Shallow Bangladesh Quake of 5.3–5.5 Shakes Kolkata, Prompts Evacuations

Shallow Magnitude 6.3 Earthquake Rattles Nikolski, Alaska With No Tsunami Warning

Magnitude 3.5 Quake Rattles Off Rancho Palos Verdes Coast Late Sunday

Mar del Plata Offshore Quake Tops Day of Moderate Shaking as Mexico City Tests Response

Magnitude 2.3 Quake Felt Near Maine–Canada Border With No Damage Reported

Shallow 4.3 Quake Rattles Tabernas, Felt Across Four Spanish Provinces

Magnitude 5.6 Earthquake Near Khuzdar Rattles Balochistan, Felt Across Sindh

Two Small Earthquakes Recorded Near Visselhövede as Officials Probe Possible Gas-Link

Two Small Quakes Strike Near Centerville Hours Apart in Ongoing Lowcountry Swarm

Mild 3.0 Tremor Jolts Nanded’s Mukhed Tehsil With No Damage Reported

Pacific Rim Logs Low-to-Moderate Quakes; No Major Damage Reported

Deep M4.0 Quake Reported in Tajikistan, Following Earlier Shallow Tremor

Myanmar Quake Felt in Kolkata and Bangladesh as Agencies Track Aftershocks

Earthquake Swarm Near San Ramon Sends M4.2 Jolt, Triggers BART Inspections

Moderate Quake Rattles Kashmir Valley Early Monday

Minor 2.4 Quake Rattles Central New Jersey With No Damage Reported