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

The quick all-clear leaves coastal communities bracing for aftershocks.

Shallow M6.1 Quake off Northern Sumatra Rattles Simeulue, Triggers No Tsunami Alert

Magnitude 6.1 Quake Shakes Taiwan, No Immediate Damage Reported

Japan Lifts Tsunami Alerts After 7.5 Quake Off Aomori as Officials Warn of Short-Term Risk

Moderate Earthquakes Strike Oaxaca and Mendoza With No Damage Reported

Chiapas Registers Early-Morning M4.1 as Cluster of Small Quakes Hits Mexico

At Least 20 Dead After 6.3-Magnitude Quake Strikes Northern Afghanistan

SSN Updates Epicenter of M5.3 Southern Mexico Quake to Southwest of Las Choapas

Peru Unveils Upgraded Risk-Data Portal as Agencies Log Modest Quakes in Peru, Mexico and Offshore Japan

Magnitude 5.2 Quake Rattles Swat and Chitral With No Damage Reported

Magnitude 6.1 Quake Strikes Papua’s Nabire, Scattered Damage Reported

Chiapas Feels 5.9 Quake From El Salvador as Routine M4s Continue With No Damage

Magnitude 4.7 Quake Near Río Grande, Oaxaca Leaves No Alert or Damage

August Quakes in Oaxaca and Chiapas Fall Short of Seismic Alert Criteria

Kracheninnikov Volcano Reactivates After 450 Years

Tsunami Waves Dislodge Pier at Kamchatka Submarine Base After 8.8 Quake

6.7-Magnitude Earthquake Hits Eastern Indonesia, No Tsunami Threat

6.7-Magnitude Quake Strikes Off Indonesia’s Moluccas Islands

Southern Guatemala Quake Sequence Claims Four Lives and Damages Infrastructure

Seismic Swarm Persists in Japan’s Remote Southern Islands, Residents Remain Evacuated