And what action should people take? The advisory is a precautionary measure to prepare for a possible mega-quake around the Nankai Trough, which runs along Japan's Pacific coast. The agency says ...

A 4.2-magnitude quake hit near San Jose at 2:47 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 29. Getty Images/iStockphoto An early morning 4.2-magnitude earthquake shook the San Francisco Bay Area and the Monterey Bay area ...

The epicenter of the quake was located about 26 miles (41 km) northwest of the coastal town of Tamarindo, at a relatively shallow depth of 11 miles (18 km), the USGS said. Costa Rica's national ...

Some residents rushed outside to safer, open spaces after experiencing the quake. According to local power authorities, Hefei's electrical grid is operating normally, with no outages or load ...

The 14-story apartment block in the southern Turkish city of Adana was destroyed by a massive 7.8-magnitude quake in February 2023 that killed more than 53,500 people in Turkey and nearly 6,000 in ...

A female resident of Kobayashi city in Miyazaki Prefecture, where the quake registered an intensity of 5 on the Japanese scale, said, "In my 52 years of living, this was my first experience of an ...

A magnitude 5 earthquake hit off the coast of Poro, Cebu on Sunday afternoon, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology reported. State seismologists said the earthquake of tectonic ...

In the same report, the quake was felt in varying degrees of intensity in different locations of the Visayas. The level IV earthquake, indicating a "moderately strong" intensity, was felt in Poro ...

Voters in Ishikawa Prefecture, struck by a strong earthquake on the Noto Peninsula on New Year's Day, are calling for government support for swift reconstruction, but some have lamented that "now is ...

In December, a 7.6-magnitude quake struck off Mindanao, briefly triggering a tsunami warning. That sent residents along the east coast of the island fleeing buildings, evacuating a hospital and ...

It was lightly felt around Metro Vancouver and Victoria. The quake happened shortly after 2 a.m. at a depth of 57 kilometres and was centred northwest of Tsawwassen, according to the agency.

The quake was felt at Intensity 4 in Poro and Talisay City in Cebu; Candijay, Duero, Inabanga, President Carlos Garcia, San Miguel, Sierra Bullones and Talibon in Bohol, and Baybay, Hilongos ...