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Magnitude

Deep Hindu Kush Quakes Send Tremors Across India and Pakistan

Great depth explains the wide reach with limited shaking at the surface.

Baja California Quake Hits During Statewide Drill as Peru and Mexico Log Minor Tremors

Magnitude 4.6 Quake Rattles Bay Area From Epicenter Near Boulder Creek

Magnitude 7.4 Quake Strikes Indonesia's Molucca Sea as Tsunami Alert Lifts

Mexico Logs M4.2 Near Santa Rosalía as Study Links Capital Microsismos to Contreras Fault

Earthquakes Jolt North India and Pakistan as Gilgit-Baltistan Reports One Death

Series of Moderate Quakes Hit Pacific Rim as M5.8 Strikes Off Kamchatka

Mexico Logs 2,625 Aftershocks After M6.5 Guerrero Quake as Peru Records Moderate Shakes

Three Quakes Jolt San Ramon as USGS Revises Largest to Magnitude 4.0

3.3-Magnitude Quake Shakes Lancashire and South Lakes Overnight

Bangladesh Quake Near Dhaka Kills 10 as Aftershocks Jolt Region

Calaveras Fault Swarm Rattles East Bay as Dozens of Small Quakes Follow M3.8 Near San Ramon

M6.0 Quake Off Kamchatka Prompts Green Alert, No Tsunami

6.3-Magnitude Quake Strikes Northern Afghanistan, Killing at Least 20 and Injuring Hundreds

Magnitude 6.1 Quake Strikes Western Turkey, Injuring at Least 26

Bahia Quake Felt in Tocantins Sees Magnitude Revised to 3.9

Magnitude 3.5 Earthquake Strikes North of Big Bear Late Saturday

Magnitude 5.0 Quake Shakes Istanbul, Sends Residents Into Streets

Two Strong Shallow Quakes Rattle Northwestern Venezuela, USGS Issues Yellow Alert

Severe Rains and Heat Grip Japan as Sanyo Shinkansen Partly Suspended