December - Earthquakes 2008:  5.5 Tonga Region5.0 Iran-Iraq Border Region12/3/08 - 5.8 Near East Coast Of Honshu, Japan5.4 Near East Coast Of Kamchatka5.0 Vanuatu 5.8 Maug Islands Reg, N. Mariana Is.5.0 Near N Coast Of Papua, Indonesia 5.1 Taiwan5.8 Near East Coast Of Honshu, Japan5.4 Near East Coast Of Kamchatka 5.1 Celebes Sea5.5 Antofagasta, Chile 5.4 Near East Coast Of Honshu, Japan- 5.1 Nicobar Islands, India Region 5.4 Tonga6.1 Banda Sea 5.0 Northern Xinjiang, China5.1 Kermadec Islands Region5.2 Near East Coast Of Honshu, Japan12/06/08 - 5.1 Nicobar Islands, India Region 5.4 Tonga6.1 Banda Sea 5.0 Northern Xinjiang, China5.1 Kermadec Islands Region5.0 Off W Coast Of Northern Sumatra5.4 Taiwan Region5.2 Kermadec Islands, New Zealand 5.1 Sea Of Okhotsk5.5 Southern Iran5.6 Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge Quakes 6.9 Kermadec Islands Region 5.3 Pakistan5.1 Pakistan 5.2 Molucca Sea5.2 New Britain Region, P.N.G. 5.3 New Guinea, Papua New Guinea6.4 Southeast Indian Ridge5.4 Southern Iran 5.6 Nepal5.8 Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge 5.9 Santa Cruz Islands5.1 Nicobar Islands, India Region 5.7 Near N Coast Of Papua, Indonesia 5.6 Pakistan 5.3 Pakistan 5.1 Pakistan 5.1 Fiji Region 5.1 Fiji Region 5.6 Sichuan-Gansu Border Reg, China 6.0 Vanuatu 5.0 Southern Iran5.3 New Britain Region, P.N.G. 5.3 New Guinea, Papua New Guinea 6.9 Kermadec Islands Region 5.2 Molucca Sea6.2 Minahasa, Sulawesi, Indonesia 5.3 Sunda Strait, Indonesia5.7 Kep. Mentawai Region, Indonesia5.1 Kermadec Islands Region5.0 Tonga5.1 Molucca Sea5.0 Ryukyu Islands, Japan5.1 Near East Coast Of Honshu, Japan5.0 Lake Tanganyika Region, Congo-Tanzania5.0 South Sandwich Islands Region 5.2 Seram, Indonesia5.2 Vanuatu5.4 Western Indian-Antarctic Ridge5.8 Western Indian-Antarctic Ridge5.1 Greece 5.0 Kermadec Islands Region5.3 Kermadec Islands Region 5.0 Kermadec Islands Region.5.4 East Of South Sandwich Islands5.4 Off East Coast Of Honshu, Japan 5.1 Near East Coast Of Honshu, Japan5.0 D'entrecasteaux Islands Region 5.0 Lake Tanganyika Region 5.0 South Sandwich Islands Region5.2 Southern Sumatra, Indonesia 5.3 Kermadec Islands Region5.0 Vanuatu 5.1 Vanuatu5.0 South Of The Fiji Islands5.2 Kermadec Islands Region5.0 Mid-Indian Ridge5.6 Southwest Of Sumatra, Indonesia 5.1 Nicobar Islands, India Region 5.3 Southern Italy5.5 Off E. Coast Of N. Island, New Zealand5.8 Fiji Region 5.1 Eastern New Guinea Reg., P.N.G. 6.0 Offshore Valparaiso, Chile6.2 Offshore Valparaiso, Chile5.4 South Of Fiji Islands5.2 Northern Qinghai, China5.2 Dominican Republic5.2 Molucca Sea5.5 Near East Coast Of Honshu, Japan5.2 Solomon Islands5.3 Vanuatu5.5 Near N Coast Of Papua, Indonesia 5.7 Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge5.2 Off East Coast Of Honshu, Japan 5.1 Off East Coast Of Honshu, Japan5.5 Off East Coast Of Honshu, Japan5.1 Off East Coast Of Honshu, Japan6.5 Off East Coast Of Honshu, Japan5.3 San Juan, Argentina 5.3 Mindanao, Philippines5.0 Mindanao, Philippines5.0 Offshore Valparaiso, Chile5.1 Kermadec Islands Region5.1 Kermadec Islands Region5.1 Kermadec Islands Region 5.5 Solomon Islands 5.2 Solomon Islands 5.1 Offshore Valparaiso, Chile 5.1 Offshore Valparaiso, Chile 5.7 Offshore Valparaiso, Chile 5.6 Offshore Valparaiso, Chile 5.2 Offshore Valparaiso, Chile5.9 Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge 5.1 Molucca Sea 5.0 Mariana Islands Region 5.1 North Island Of New Zealand5.4 Northern Sumatra, Indonesia5.1 Fiji6.0 Off East Coast Of Honshu, Japan 5.1 Antofagasta, Chile5.1 Kuril Islands5.0 Eastern New Guinea Reg., P.N.G. 5.0 Kermadec Islands Region5.1 South Of Fiji Islands5.4 Halmahera, Indonesia5.2 Off East Coast Of Honshu, Japan5.1 Northern Italy5.4 Northern Italy6.2 Bougainville Region, P.N.G. 5.0 Tonga Region5.3 Taiwan5.1 Vanuatu5.1 Unimak Island Region, Alaska 6.0 Off Coast Of Pakistan5.6 Mindanao, Philippines6.2 Mindanao, Philippines 5.1 Hokkaido, Japan Region5.2 Off East Coast Of Honshu, Japan 5.9 Vancouver Island, Canada Region5.1 Sikkim, India5.5 Fiji Region 5.1 Hokkaido, Japan Region 5.2 Guam Region5.0 Timor Sea6.3 Tonga Region5.0 Aegean Sea 5.2 Kuril Islands5.6 Kuril Islands5.6 Kuril Islands 5.1 Southeast Of Loyalty Islands5.0 Carlsberg Ridge5.1 Sichuan-Gansu Border Reg, China 5.8 Hindu Kush Region, Afghanistan5.0 Southwest Of Sumatra, Indonesia5.9 Southern Sumatra, Indonesia5.0 South Of Sumbawa, Indonesia5.0 Solomon Islands5.2 Solomon Islands5.1 Near East Coast Of Honshu, Japan5.4 Mindanao, Philippines5.0 Taiwan Region5.3 South Of Fiji Islands 5.4 Kepulauan Talaud, Indonesia5.0 East Of Kuril Islands. CALIFORNIA- An earthquake “swarm” that’s been rattling portions of San Bernardino and Inyo counties won’t settle down. It’s been a robust sequence with fairly large events in the magnitude four ranges. The series began November 23rd just north of Trona. 

 

November - Earthquakes 2008:  Earthquakes Above Magnitude 5.0:  5.1 Off East Coast Of Kamchatka5.1 Fiji Region5.7 Nias Region, Indonesia5.3 Puerto Rico Region5.7 Kermadec Islands, New Zealand6.1 Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Is. 5.1 Guam Region 5.0 Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Is. 5.0 Bismarck Sea6.0 Bismarck Sea 5.8 Banda Sea5.0 Pakistan5.0 Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Is. 5.1 Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Is. 6.3 Vanuatu 5.0 South Of Panama 5.3 Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands5.7 Tonga 5.1 Kep. Mentawai Region, Indonesia5.1 Vanuatu 5.0 New Britain Region, P.N.G. 5.0 Bougainville Region, P.N.G. 5.9 Kermadec Islands, New Zealand5.1 Catanduanes, Philippines 5.2 Catanduanes, Philippines 5.0 Vanuatu 5.7 Vanuatu5.4 Vanuatu5.4 Vanuatu6.5 Vanuatu 5.1 South Of Fiji Islands5.2 Guam Region 5.3 Tonga5.9 Tonga 5.2 Southwestern Sakha, Russia 5.2 Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia5.1 Southern Sumatra, Indonesia5.2 Myanmar 5.2 Kermadec Islands Region5.1 Fiji Region 5.1 Northern Qinghai, China 6.5 Northern Qinghai, China5.0 Southern Sumatra, Indonesia 5.1 Carlsberg Ridge5.1 Carlsberg Ridge 5.4 Northern Qinghai, China 5.0 Myanmar5.0 Vanuatu 5.3 Northern Qinghai, China 5.1 Mindanao, Philippines5.6 South Sandwich Islands Region5.0 Democratic Republic Of The Congo5.0 Fiji Region5.3 Off Coast Of Costa Rica 5.0 Fed. States Of Micronesia Region5.0 Sichuan-Gansu Border Reg, China5.2 Bouvet Island Region (South Of Africa) 5.1 Bouvet Island Region5.9 Bouvet Island Region 5.4 off Coast Of Oregon. 5.0 Java, Indonesia 5.3 Offshore El Salvador 5.2 Vanuatu5.0 South Sandwich Islands Region 5.1 Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Is5.7 Vanuatu5.0 Vanuatu 5.1 Vanuatu 5.3 Arctic Ocean5.1 Arctic Ocean 5.5 Arctic Ocean5.0 Near Coast Of Nicaragua 5.0 Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia5.2 Arctic Ocean5.4 Vanuatu Region 5.6 Arctic Ocean 5.2 Santa Cruz Islands 5.3 Banda Sea 5.1 Minahasa, Sulawesi, Indonesia5.5 Minahasa, Sulawesi, Indonesia5.6 Minahasa, Sulawesi, Indonesia7.4 Minahasa, Sulawesi, Indonesia 5.3 Andaman Islands, India Region5.0 Near East Coast Of Kamchatka5.2 Northern Peru 6.2 Panama-Costa Rica Border Region 5.1 Fiji Region 5.0 Vanuatu5.1 New Guinea, Papua New Guinea5.1 New Britain Region, P.N.G.5.3 Vanuatu 5.7 Vanuatu 5.0 Vanuatu 5.1 Vanuatu 5.3 Arctic Ocean5.1 Arctic Ocean 5.5 Arctic Ocean 5.0 Near Coast Of Nicaragua5.4 Nicobar Islands, India Region5.3 South Of Fiji Islands 5.3 Near East Coast Of Honshu, Japan 5.0 Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge 5.0 Near East Coast Of Kamchatka 5.2 Northern Peru6.2 Panama-Costa Rica Border Region5.1 Fiji Region 5.0 Vanuatu 5.1 New Guinea, Papua New Guinea5.0 Baja California, Mexico. 5.1 Southern Sumatra, Indonesia 5.7 Southern Sumatra, Indonesia 6.4 Southern Sumatra, Indonesia 5.6 Southeast Of Easter Island5.0 Central Peru 6.2 North Of Ascension Island5.7 Southeast Of Loyalty Islands 6.7 Southeast Of The Loyalty Islands 5.0 Near East Coast Of Honshu, Japan 5.0 Antofagasta, Chile5.2 Hokkaido, Japan Region5.2 Vanuatu 6.0 Solomon Islands5.0 South Sandwich Islands Region5.3 Offshore Bio-Bio, Chile 5.3 New Ireland Region, P.N.G. 5.1 Eastern Sichuan, China 5.0 Southeast Of Loyalty Islands5.3 Southeast Of Loyalty Islands5.0 Puerto Rico Region 5.3 Tonga5.1 Eastern New Guinea Reg., P.N.G5.0 Off East Coast Of Kamchatka 7.3 Sea Of Okhotsk5.1 Mozambique 5.3 Tonga Region 5.4 Pagan Reg., N. Mariana Islands 5.1 Mindanao, Philippines 5.0 Vanuatu 5.6 Kermadec Islands, New Zealand. 5.0 Hindu Kush Region, Afghanistan 5.7 Fiji Region 6.0 Southern Sumatra, Indonesia 5.0 Izu Islands, Japan Region 5.3 Off Coast Of Northern California 5.0 Mindoro, Philippines 5.1 Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge 5.0 Kuril Islands 5.2 Tonga Region 5.9 Vanuatu 5.2 Southeast Indian Ridge5.2 Southern Peru 5.0 Chagos Archipelago Region5.4 Vanuatu. In the last 16 years, St. Kitts/Nevis experienced an UNPRECEDENTED amount of earthquakes, mainly attributed by the Caribbean plate boundary, situated just north of Puerto Rico and just east of most of the Caribbean Islands. There was a 4.5 quake in the area on the 9^th. Government warns New Madrid quake would be "catastrophic" - A Federal Emergency Management Agency report released Thursday said "catastrophic" damage would result in eight states — Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee - home to some 44 million people — if a large 7.7 earthquake happened along the vast New Madrid Seismic Zone. FEMA believes a large New Madrid quake would cause "the highest economic losses due to a natural disaster in the United States." In Tennessee alone, it forecast hundreds of collapsed bridges, tens of thousands of severely damaged buildings and a half a million households without water. Transportation systems and hospitals would be wrecked, and police and fire departments impaired. California sensors misread Russian earthquake as local- The computers registered quakes in Big Bear and Central California, but they were really picking up waves from a magnitude 7.3 near Russia. "It happens with a particular circumstance, when there's an earthquake that's far away that's very deep. Our computer was briefly confused." The real earthquake was a magnitude 7.3 temblor in the Sea of Okhotsk. It occurred about 1 a.m. Pacific Standard Time, about 300 miles below ground. Shortly after, sensors in the U.S. sent out alerts of a magnitude 3.4 earthquake in Big Bear, a 3.8 quake in Central California, and a 4.8 quake in southeastern Idaho. Small 2.2 Earthquake Strikes South-Central AR; Latest Of Six Small Quakes This Month-November 26^th. Malvern, AR (AHN) -The quake struck at 11:34 a.m. and registered as a magnitude 2.2 rated by the NEIC, according to the National Earthquake Information Center. Its epicenter was about 5 miles north of Malvern and about 34 miles southwest of Little Rock. Although small earthquakes are common across the United States, there have been several in the state this month. On Saturday evening a 2.3 temblor hit central Arkansas about six miles northeast of Hot Springs Village just before 6:30 p.m., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. But emergency dispatchers in Garland County reportedly did not receive any calls about the quake from area residents. Another 2.3 quake struck the area on Sunday, according to reports. There was also a 2.6 earthquake on Nov. 21 about 13 miles northeast of Hot Springs Village, a Nov. 10 temblor registering 2.0 three miles northeast of Rockport, and an earlier Nov. 2 earthquake in that area registering 2.7.CALIFORNIA - Earthquake series continue across California. Four small earthquakes struck Central and Southern California early Saturday, but there were no reports of damage or injuries. A magnitude-4.1 quake hit the Ridgecrest area of Kern County shortly before 1:15 p.m. The same area had a 3.2-magnitude quake at 3am. Two earthquakes also struck the Salinas Valley along the Central Coast. A magnitude-3.2 quake hit just before 5 Saturday morning and a second quake of the same magnitude followed two minutes later. The quakes were centered near the town of Aromas and about 35 miles from San Jose. A 3.0-magnitude quake struck the same area at about 10:30 Friday night. The latest temblor came after an earthquake of magnitude 6.2 struck off California's northern coast about 133 miles west of Eureka Thursday. 

 

October - Earthquakes 2008:   Earthquakes above 5.0 magnitude:  5.2Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge5.1 Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge5.2 Southeast Of Loyalty Islands5.1 Southeast Of Loyalty Islands 5.8 Southeast Of Loyalty Islands5.2 Kermadec Islands Region5.3 Tonga5.0 Vanuatu 5.0 Kep. Mentawai Region, Indonesia5.1 Mindoro, Philippines5.3 Mindoro, Philippines 5.1 Maule, Chile5.7 Izu Islands, Japan Region5.1 Northeast Of Taiwan5.0 Kepulauan Talaud, Indonesia5.0 Khabarovskiy Kray, Russia 5.4 Kermadec Islands, New Zealand5.1 West Chile Rise5.8 South Sandwich Islands Region5.0 Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge 5.5 Andaman Islands, India Region5.2 Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge5.1 Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge5.2 Southeast Of Loyalty Islands 5.1 Southeast Of Loyalty Islands5.0 Kepulauan Talaud, Indonesia5.0 Khabarovskiy Kray, Russia 5.4 Kermadec Islands, New Zealand5.1 West Chile Rise5.8 South Sandwich Islands Region5.0 Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge5.9 Central Afghanistan5.1 Southern Xinjiang, China5.1 Kyrgyzstan5.5 Kyrgyzstan6.6 Kyrgyzstan5.2 Kermadec Islands Region5.1 Kermadec Islands Region6.3 Kermadec Islands, New Zealand5.2 Lac Kivu Region, Congo 5.0 Northern Sumatra, Indonesia5.0 Ceram Sea, Indonesia5.3 Eastern Xizang 5.0 Eastern Xizang 5.1 Eastern Xizang6.6 Eastern Xizang 5.1 Oruro, Bolivia5.6 Arctic Ocean5.4 Samar, Philippines5.1 Catanduanes, Philippines5.0 Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands5.5 Eastern Xizang5.3 Southern Alaska5.2 Arctic Ocean5.0 Santa Cruz Islands5.3 Alamagan Reg, N. Mariana Islands5.3 South Of Java, Indonesia5.9 Tonga 5.0 Pacific-Antarctic Ridge6.0 Chuquisaca, Bolivia5.1 Java Sea5.3 Kermadec Islands Region6.1 Virgin Islands Region5.2 Caucasus Region, Russia5.9 Caucasus Region, Russia5.2 Tajikistan5.2 Kyrgyzstan 5.1 Tonga 5.0 Southern Xinjiang, China5.0 Southern Xinjiang, China5.2 Hindu Kush Region, Afghanistan *****Hundreds of thousands of  Small Aftershocks In The Virgin Islands Over The Last Few Days Since The 6.1 Quake On The 11th.***** 5.0 Fiji Region  5.1 Greece 5.1 Mindanao, Philippines6.7 Offshore Chiapas, Mexico5.0 South Indian Ocean5.4 Vanuatu. 5.1 Sunda Strait, Indonesia5.7 Eastern New Guinea Reg., P.N.G. 5.3 Tonga 5.8 Tonga 7.0 Tonga5.9 Minahasa, Sulawesi, Indonesia5.0 New Ireland Region, P.N.G.5.0 Izu Islands, Japan Region5.0 Hokkaido, Japan Region 5.2 Guerrero, Mexico5.2 Scotia Sea5.5 Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia 5.1 Ascension Island Region5.2 South Of Fiji Islands6.4 Tonga 5.0 Bougainville Region, P.N.G.5.1 Ryukyu Islands, Japan6.1 Admiralty Islands Region, P.N.G.5.8 Mindanao, Philippines 5.0 Hokkaido, Japan Region. 5.2 Kepulauan Talaud, Indonesia5.3 Kepulauan Talaud, Indonesia 5.1 Kepulauan Talaud, Indonesia 5.0 Offshore Chiapas, Mexico6.2 Pakistan5.1 Molucca Sea6.0 Central East Pacific Rise5.2 Kyrgyzstan 5.1 Pakistan5.5 Kuril Islands5.3 Antofagasta, Chile. Arctic quake sends waves through Nevada - Scientists say what appeared to be an earthquake in northeastern Nevada was actually a seismograph picking up waves from an earlier quake in the Arctic Ocean. A preliminary report from the U.S. Geological Survey said a magnitude-4.2 temblor centered about 18 miles west of North Fork shook Elko County at 3:07 a.m. Tuesday. Phases from a magnitude-5.8 quake in the Arctic Ocean seven minutes earlier had been wrongly interpreted by a seismograph as a local quake. The shaking could not be felt in Nevada, but waves from a quake like the one in the Arctic can be detected around the world. Summary: An earthquake measuring 8 points on the MSK earthquake intensity scale hit the Osh region of Kyrgyzstan at 21.53 on 5 October 2008. The epicenter of the quake was 220 km south-east of Osh city, in the territory of Tajikistan. As of 6 October, 75 people are reported killed, 200 injured, 128 houses destroyed and more than 70 per cent of infrastructure damaged in Nura village with a population of 941 people in Alai district. TONGA - A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 rocked a remote area of the South Pacific Ocean east of the island nation of Tonga Sunday the 19th. Buildings in the capital, Nuku'alofa, shook for about two minutes during the quake.

 

September - Earthquakes 2008:   5.5 Kepulauan Talaud, Indonesia 5.2 Izu Islands, Japan Region 5.0 Hokkaido, Japan Region 5.2 Tonga Region 5.5 Fiji Region5.0 South Of Fiji Islands5.2 Fiji Region6.0 South Of Fiji Islands5.4 North Island Of New Zealand 5.4 Tajikistan5.2 Southern Sumatra, Indonesia 5.1 Nias Region, Indonesia5.0 Flores Region, Indonesia 5.3 Molucca Sea5.4 Tonga5.2 Vanuatu 5.0 Eastern New Guinea Reg., P.N.G. 5.0 Nias Region, Indonesia 5.1 Southwest Of Sumatra, Indonesia5.3 Iran-Iraq Border Region5.2 Solomon Islands 6.3 Santiago Del Estero, Argentina 5.0 Eastern Turkey5.0 Nias Region, Indonesia 5.1 Southwest Of Sumatra, Indonesia5.3 Iran-Iraq Border Region5.2 Solomon Islands 6.3 Santiago Del Estero, Argentina 5.0 Eastern Turkey5.4 Kermadec Islands Region5.2 Western Xizang-India Border Reg.5.5 Santa Cruz Islands 5.1 Santa Cruz Islands5.0 Bonin Islands, Japan Region5.4 Hindu Kush Region, Afghanistan5.0 Vancouver Island, Canada Region 5.8 North Of Ascension Island5.3 Izu Islands, Japan Region5.2 Vanuatu5.2 Hindu Kush Region, Afghanistan5.2 Andaman Islands, India Region5.5 Mid-Indian Ridge. 5.1 Kep. Mentawai Region, Indonesia5.1 Fiji  7.0 Vanuatu  6.5 Vanuatu5.4 Southern Sumatra, Indonesia 6.0 Solomon Islands5.2 Taiwan Region6.7 Halmahera, Indonesia 5.0 Near East Coast Of Honshu, Japan5.0 Hokkaido, Japan Region5.0 Hokkaido, Japan Region5.0 Hokkaido, Japan Region5.5 Hokkaido, Japan Region6.9 Hokkaido, Japan Region5.3 Southern Iran5.4 Simeulue, Indonesia 5.1 Simeulue, Indonesia 5.8 Tarapaca, Chile6.5 Central Mid-Atlantic Ridg6.1 Southern Iran5.1 Western Xizang5.0 Western Xizang5.4 Southern Sumatra, Indonesia 5.6 Santa Cruz Islands 6.0 Solomon Islands5.2 Taiwan Region. 5.5 Seram, Indonesia 5.7 Colombia5.1 Loyalty Islands5.0 Komandorskiye Ostrova Region 5.9 Komandorskiye Ostrova Region5.8 Southeast Of Loyalty Islands5.0 Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia5.5 East Timor Region 5.1 Cook Strait, New Zealand5.2 Jujuy, Argentina 5.2 Hokkaido, Japan Region5.2 Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Is. 6.1 East Timor Region5.4 Ceram Sea, Indonesia 5.0 Maharashtra, India 5.2 Samoa Islands Region5.3 Philippine Islands Region5.8 Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge5.0 Southwest Of Sumatra, Indonesia5.1 Mindanao, Philippines5.1 Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge5.2 Strait Of Hormuz5.2 Andaman Islands, India Region5.1 New Ireland Region, P.N.G.5.8 Near East Coast Of Kamchatka5.1 Sakhalin, Russia6.0 Central East Pacific Rise 5.4 Central East Pacific Rise. 5.2 Kermadec Islands Region5.2 Tonga 5.4 Near Coast Of Southern Peru5.2 Northwest Territories, Canada5.1 Offshore Guatemala5.4 Tajikistan 5.5 Santa Cruz Islands Region5.2 Tonga Region5.2 South Of Fiji Islands5.4 Near South Coast Of Myanmar5.2 New Britain Region, P.N.G.5.6 Hokkaido, Japan Region5.2 Hindu Kush Region, Afghanistan5.3 Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge5.1 Solomon Islands6.3 Off Coast Of Colima, Mexico 5.1 Offshore Guerrero, Mexico5.1 Near East Coast Of Honshu, Japan5.9 Western Xizang5.5 Jan Mayen Island Region 5.2 Banda Sea6.1 Mindoro, Philippines5.6 Mindoro, Philippines 5.3 Banda Sea 5.6 Carlsberg Ridge5.4 Near East Coast Of Honshu, Japan5.1 Southern Iran5.0 Jan Mayen Island Region5.2 Kermadec Islands, New Zealand  7.0 Kermadec Islands,  New Zealand5.2 Kepulauan Talaud, Indonesia.CHINA- Southwest China has been hit by 945 aftershocks since a 6.1-on-the-Richter-scale quake killed over 40 people in the region on Saturday. The quake struck China's Sichuan Province on Saturday at 4:30 p.m. [8:30 a.m. GMT] with the epicenter about 50 km southeast of the city of Panzhihua, killing at least 44 people and destroying 258,000 homes. Shortly afterwards, an aftershock measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale, the most powerful of the aftershocks to hit the area, struck the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, in the northwest of the country. China has been hit by 21 big quakes this year, and experts predict that more could occur in the new future. CANADA- A series of earthquakes have been shaking the West Coast of Vancouver Island recently including one that struck off the coast of Tofino. Scientists have recorded more than 100 small earthquakes in this general area over the past couple weeks, but say that amount of activity is not unusual. No damage has been recorded from any of the quakes and none were strong enough to cause a tsunami. Although they have yet to confirm the theory, scientists suspect the tremors are being caused by the Explorer Ridge - an area where two oceanic plates are located just off Vancouver Island and the movement of the plates away from each other may have been caused by some magmatic activity underneath the earth's crust. Natural Resources Canada rates the West Coast of Vancouver Island as an area with a high likelihood of strong, damaging earthquakes.

 

August - Earthquakes 2008:  5.0 Southern Sumatra, Indonesia5.3 Southwest Of Sumatra, Indonesia4.5 Southwest Of Sumatra, Indonesia5.7 Southern Sumatra, Indonesia 5.0 Off W Coast Of Northern Sumatra5.1 Central East Pacific Rise5.8 Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Is.5.2 Sichuan-Gansu Border Reg, China5.2 Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands5.2 Solomon Islands 5.7 Sumbawa Region, Indonesia5.2 Kermadec Islands Region5.3 Southern Qinghai, China5.1 Andaman Islands, India Region6.0 Sichuan-Gansu Border Reg, China5.0 Northwest Of Ryukyu Islands 5.0 Flores Region, Indonesia 6.2 Banda Sea5.4 Crete, Greece5.5 New Britain Region, P.N.G.5.1 Northeast Of Taiwan5.6 Kuril Islands5.0 Ceram Sea, Indonesia5.1 Ryukyu Islands, Japan5.1 Aegean Sea 5.1 Ryukyu Islands, Japan 5.0 Taiwan5.0 Sichuan-Gansu Border Reg, China5.8 Sichuan-Gansu Border Reg, China5.0 Jujuy, Argentina5.3 Mindoro, Philippines5.0 Philippine Islands Region 5.1 Vanuatu5.3 West Of Macquarie Island5.7 West Of Macquarie Island5.3 Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Is.5.0 Ryukyu Islands, Japan5.0 Southern Sumatra, Indonesia5.3 Southwest Of Sumatra, Indonesia5.7 Southern Sumatra, Indonesia5.1 Taiwan Region5.4 Hokkaido, Japan Region5.1 Sulu Archipelago, Philippines 5.1 Andaman Islands, India Region5.6 Andaman Islands, India Region5.3 Andaman Islands, India Region6.0 Andaman Islands, India Region 5.1 Saipan Reg., N. Mariana Islands 5.4 Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge5.0 Fiji Region5.1 Off East Coast Of Kamchatka5.2 Offshore Sucre, Venezuela5.2 Unimak Island Region, Alaska. 5.1 Eastern Sichuan, China5.1 Fiji Region 5.5 Santa Cruz Islands5.2 Hindu Kush Region, Afghanistan5.5 North Of Severnaya Zemlya 5.6 North Of Severnaya Zemlya. 5.5 South Of Panama5.6 Kuril Islands5.5 Mariana Islands Region5.0 Anatahan Reg, N. Mariana Islands5.2 Carlsberg Ridge5.2 Solomon Islands5.1 Russia-Mongolia Border Region5.4 Russia-Mongolia Border Region 5.9 Samar, Philippines5.1 Bougainville Region, P.N.G. 5.3 Catanduanes, Philippines5.0 Catanduanes, Philippines5.3 South Of Fiji Islands5.0 Santa Cruz Islands Region5.2 Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands5.2 Kuril Islands5.3 Myanmar-China Border Region6.1 Samoa Islands Region5.2 Samoa Islands Region5.6 Samoa Islands Region5.6 Easter Island Region5.3 Ascension Island Region5.3 Solomon Islands 5.1 Samar, Philippines5.0 South Of Panama 5.9 Myanmar-China Border Region5.1 Myanmar-China Border Region5.4 Antofagasta, Chile5.3 Tonga5.2 Central Peru5.0 Panama-Costa Rica Border Region 5.1 Near The East Coast Of Honshu, Japan 6.0 Mauritius - Reunion Region 5.2 Southern Sumatra, Indonesia. 5.3 South Of The Kermadec Islands5.0 Nias Region, Indonesia5.0 Western Xizang5.2 Western Xizang5.2 Western Xizang6.6 Western Xizang5.4 North Island Of New Zealand5.8 Leyte, Philippines5.6 Sunda Strait, Indonesia5.0 Western Xizang6.4 Northern Peru 5.0 South Of Africa 5.1 Southwest Of Africa5.1 Flores Region, Indonesia 5.0 Vancouver Island, Canada Region5.3 Vancouver Island, Canada Region5.1 Vancouver Island, Canada Region 5.7 Iran-Iraq Border Region5.5 Alamagan Reg, N. Mariana Islands. 5.0 Southern East Pacific Rise 5.5 Sichuan-Yunnan Border Reg, China 5.6 Drake Passage. 5.0 Bougainville Region, P.N.G.5.2 Northern Xinjiang, China 6.1 Sichuan-Yunnan Border Reg, China5.2 Catanduanes, Philippines5.0 Kermadec Islands Region6.2 Eastern New Guinea Reg., P.N.G. 5.0 Minahasa, Sulawesi, Indonesia5.0 Izu Islands, Japan Region5.1 Western Xizang. ARKANSAS- a small earthquake Wednesday in Eastern Arkansas started along a mystery fault line - A small earthquake in Lee County Wednesday was a RARITY for the region, and scientists say that it originated from a fault which has not seen much activity in years. Two earthquakes struck Northeast and Eastern Arkansas late Wednesday night, neither of them causing any damage. The first was 2.6 on the Richter Scale. The second occurred an hour later at 11:35 p.m. and was a 2.7 magnitude along the New Madrid fault. The first earthquake in Lee County was both small and uncommon and occurred along a fault line that has yet to found. The evidence found in Lee County could not have been generated by the New Madrid Seismic Zone. “This was a small earthquake, but it’s VERY UNCOMMON to see events happening in this area.  INDONESIA - A powerful 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck at sea off the Indonesian island of Java, triggering a tsunami warning which was lifted after an hour.   RUSSIA - A strong 6.3 earthquake hit the Lake Baikal area of eastern Siberia. NEW ZEALAND- The 5.6 earthquake which jolted Hawke's Bay residents was the STRONGEST ONSHORE QUAKE IN 20 YEARS in New Zealand.

 

July - Earthquakes 2008:  Earthquakes above 5.0 magnitude: 5.0 East Of South Sandwich Islands5.6 East Of South Sandwich Islands5.5 Central Peru 5.0 Papua, Indonesia5.0 Nias Region, Indonesia 5.0 Near N Coast Of Papua, Indonesia5.1 Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands5.3 Near East Coast Of Honshu, Japan5.0 Sea Of Okhotsk 7.7 Sea Of Okhotsk 5.1 Laptev Sea5.6 Trinidad Region, Trinidad-Tobago 6.2 South Of Fiji Islands 5.2 Philippine Islands Region5.5 Philippine Islands Region5.7 Kuril Islands5.5 South Of Fiji Islands5.6 Kuril Islands 5.2 Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Is. 5.3 South Sandwich Islands Region 5.0 Tonga 5.1 Kyrgyzstan6.2 Southern Peru 6.2 Ryukyu Islands, Japan 5.0 Philippine Islands Region. 5.2 Southern Sumatra, Indonesia 5.1 Kepulauan Talaud, Indonesia5.3 Vanuatu5.8 Loyalty Islands 5.0 Santa Cruz Islands5.3 Mindanao, Philippines5.3 Vanuatu 5.2 Vanuatu5.1 Banda Sea5.1 Molucca Sea5.2 Loyalty Islands. 5.2 Solomon Islands 5.0 South Island Of New Zealand5.1 Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Is. 5.6 South Of Java, Indonesia5.4 Taiwan Region 5.4 Admiralty Islands Region, P.N.G.5.1 Ascension Island Region5.0 Hindu Kush Region, Afghanistan 5.0 Antofagasta, Chile5.0 Timor Region 6.4 Taiwan Region 5.5 Simeulue, Indonesia.PERU - A magnitude 6.0 earthquake rattled southern Peru on the 7th, startling residents in the Andean country's second-largest city, Arequipa, who ran out of their homes into the streets. It was recorded at a depth of 46 miles. Witnesses said people refused to go back into their homes after the quake, fearing they might collapse in an aftershock. Dirt tumbled onto sections of Peru's coastal highway. GREECE: A 6.4 quake in the DODECANESE ISLANDS, GREECE. It struck near the Greek island of Rhodes. The earthquake did not cause any major damage, but residents and tourists fled their homes and hotels in panic. One woman was killed when she slipped and fell as she tried to flee her home. There have been multiple small aftershocks - the largest was 3.4 magnitude. Two quakes of 4.1 and 3.9 occurred a few hours before the 6.4 one. 5.2 Southern Qinghai, China5.5 Kermadec Islands Region5.5 Samoa Islands Region5.4 Southwest Of Sumatra, Indonesia6.4 Fiji Region5.2 Santa Cruz Islands Region5.1 Santa Cruz Islands Region6.1 Santa Cruz Islands Region5.5 Santa Cruz Islands Region6.8 Santa Cruz Islands Region5.4 Off East Coast Of Honshu, Japan 6.8 Off East Coast Of Honshu, Japan 5.0 Kuril Islands 5.0 Southern Xinjiang, China 5.7 Off Coast Of Oregon5.5 Off Coast Of Oregon5.1 Eastern Sichuan, China5.3 Java, Indonesia 5.4 Bonin Islands, Japan Region5.3 New Ireland Region, P.N.G. 5.3 Carlsberg Ridge. 5.9 Off East Coast Of Honshu, Japan5.2 Off East Coast Of Honshu, Japan5.1 Tonga 5.3 Off East Coast Of Honshu, Japan5.0 Kepulauan Talaud, Indonesia 5.6 Sichuan-Gansu Border Reg, China6.8 Eastern Honshu, Japan5.3 Antarctica5.5 Sichuan-Gansu Border Reg, China5.1 Eastern Honshu, Japan 6.4 Kuril Islands5.0 Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia5.1 Myanmar5.9 Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge5.3 Philippine Islands Region 5.4 Andaman Islands, India Region5.4 Eastern New Guinea Reg., P.N.G.5.2 Atacama, Chile5.0 Antofagasta, Chile5.8 Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands. 5.1 Southern Sumatra, Indonesia5.8 Solomon Islands5.6 Solomon Islands5.0 Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Is.5.0 Southeast Of Ryukyu Islands5.0 South Of Fiji Islands5.1 Mindanao, Philippines5.8 Southern East Pacific Rise5.4 New Ireland Region, P.N.G.5.5 Greater Los Angeles Area, California5.7 South Sandwich Islands Region5.3 Solomon Islands5.1 Fiji Region5.3 Oaxaca, Mexico5.0 Greece5.1 Mariana Islands Region5.3 Solomon Islands5.1 Offshore El Salvador. Japan's main island of Honshu has been rocked by an earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale, the country's meteorological agency said. Japan's weather agency said a strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1 has struck off the northern Japanese coast. The Meteorological Agency said there was no danger of a tsunami, or seismic waves, from the quake, which occurred about 20 miles below the ocean's surface off the coast of Fukushima. Magnitude 6.4 Earthquake Hits Fiji Region on Saturday, July 19. A large 7.0 earthquake has hit off the Japan coast 190 miles NE of Tokyo. No reports of damage or fatalities have yet been reported. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center has not issued Pacific wide alert. However, local surge or waves may have been created. A 5.3 mag. aftershock occurred 8 minutes after the major event, on July 18. The Cascadia Subduction Zone continues to show increased activity. Two more large-moderate earthquakes measuring 5.6 and 5.2 magnitude occurred just minutes ago. This followed two earlier quakes this afternoon measuring 4.4 and 4.1 magnitude, on July 17.

 

June - Earthquakes 2008:   Earthquakes above 5.0 magnitude: 5.1 Sumbawa Region, Indonesia5.4 Banda Sea5.1 Loyalty Islands 5.4 Taiwan5.0 Off East Coast Of Kamchatka5.2 Off East Coast Of Kamchatka 5.1 Near East Coast Of Honshu, Japan6.4 West Of Macquarie Island5.8 Banda Sea5.5 Banda Sea 5.7 Central Kazakhstan6.4 Batan Isl Region, Philippines5.2 Bouvet Island Region 5.3 Sulawesi, Indonesia5.0 Nias Region, Indonesia 5.5 Tonga. 5.4 Kep. Mentawai Region, Indonesia 5.9 Flores Region, Indonesia5.7 Flores Region, Indonesia5.9 Flores Region, Indonesia5.2 Nias Region, Indonesia6.2 Solomon Islands5.1 Chagos Archipelago Region5.1 Sichuan-Gansu Border Reg, China5.2 Tonga Region5.5 Hokkaido, Japan Region5.1 Sulawesi, Indonesia 5.0 Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands 5.3 Central Peru5.1 Guam Region5.8 West Chile Rise6.0 West Chile Rise 5.3 Sichuan-Gansu Border Reg, China5.0 New Britain Region, P.N.G. 6.0 Quake In Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia. 5.2 Flores Region, Indonesia5.2 Tonga Region5.1 Near Coast Of Central Peru 5.6 Northern Algeria6.0 Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia5.0 Solomon Islands. 5.0 Western Xizang5.2 Southern Qinghai, China5.1 Eastern Sichuan, China 5.0 Potosi, Bolivia5.0 Greece6.4 Southern Greece5.0 Vanuatu Region5.2 Fiji Region5.0 Vanuatu Region5.2 Fiji Region5.4 Southern Qinghai, China5.0 Southern Qinghai, China5.4 Southern Qinghai, China5.4 Southern Qinghai, China5.2 Mindanao, Philippines5.8 Vanuatu5.2 South Of Kermadec Island5.7 South Of Kermadec Islands 5.0 Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge5.1 Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Is.5.4 Mindanao, Philippines5.1 South Of Java, Indonesia5.2 Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia5.3 Volcano Islands, Japan Region5.3 Guam Region5.0 Guam Region5.4 Southern East Pacific Rise5.3 Crete, Greece. 5.0 Eastern Honshu, Japan5.1 Eastern Honshu, Japan5.5 Eastern Honshu, Japan 5.2 Mindanao, Philippines5.0 Off Coast Of Oregon5.0 Nias Region, Indonesia  7.0 Eastern Honshu, Japan  5.2 Banda Sea5.0 Banda Sea5.3 South Of Java, Indonesia5.0 New Guinea, Papua New Guinea5.7 Southern East Pacific Rise5.6 Fiji Region. China - In the 24 hours ending Tuesday, June 3, 2008; noon local time, 171 aftershocks were monitored in southwest China's quake zone. Only one of the tremors measured above 4.0 on the Richter scale while all the others measured below 3.9 in magnitude. A total of 10,068 aftershocks have been detected in the quake areas since May 12 when the 7.9-magnitude quake struck. 'Earthquake Clouds' - linear cloud formations appeared in China prior to the Sichuan earthquake, and these types of clouds have been reported recently in Northern California and Seattle. Now a truly extraordinary series of these clouds has been photographed by pilots in Japan. These formations may suggest that more earthquakes are coming - such sightings have previously taken place prior to big quakes. Strange 'northern lights' - 30 minutes before the Sichuan earthquake in China. Bizarre colorful (luminous/glowing) cloud phenomenon in the sky was observed about 30 minutes before the May 12, 2008 Sichuan earthquake took place. This was recorded in Tianshui, Gansu province ~450km northeast of epicenter, by someone using a cell phone.  Glowing clouds 10 minutes before the quake - This was recorded in Meixian, Shaanxi province ~550km northeast of epicenter. The phenomenon was said to last for about 1 min. Iceland - A strong earthquake measuring 6.1 hit southern Iceland, 50km (30 miles) from the capital, Reykjavik. In the town of Selfoss, near the epicenter, buildings were damaged and up to 20 people needed treatment for minor injuries. Residents in the capital felt buildings shake and aftershocks were felt in the south-west of the country. "It was quite a lot of shaking... It was quite a big one." The earthquake lasted about eight seconds: "It was fairly noisy. It sounded like thunder coming from the ground." The road between Reykjavik and Selfoss has been closed due to damage. Authorities have advised residents in the area to leave their homes because of the possibility of aftershocks. Iceland, which has a population of about 300,000, is a geologically unstable volcanic island in the north Atlantic. The country had been expecting further quakes after a series of tremors in the same area in 2000. South Korea - A 4.2-magnitude earthquake occurred near Jeju Island, causing startled people to evacuate their homes. It was ONE OF THE STRONGEST QUAKES EXPERIENCED IN 30 YEARS in Jeju. With the number of earthquakes in the area growing recently, this latest incident is causing people to worry about their safety. The quake caused high-rise apartments in some regions to shake for about five seconds, and some people walking on streets to stagger. A report by the Geological Society of Korea in 2005 said that the Korean Peninsula has frequent quakes every 400 to 500 years and that the country was currently in one of those periods. There has been a 6.5 quake in GREECE. At least one person has been killed as the earthquake rocked southern Greece, collapsing buildings and causing panic. Some 20 injuries were reported from falling roofs as the tremor - which had an epicenter 200 kilometers (124 miles) west of Athens - struck near Patras in the Peloponnese region. Experts have warned that aftershocks are likely as the quake's epicenter was close to the ground's surface. "The earthquake was terrifying. The duration was about 60 seconds... Buildings have fallen or been damaged and roads have been destroyed." The earthquake was ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL TO HIT GREECE IN MODERN TIMES. A family of 10 is believed to be trapped in their collapsed home near the epicenter. The tremor was distinctly felt in Athens, hundreds of kilometers from the epicenter, while reports from the Ionian isles and Ileia prefecture on the mainland of western Peloponnese, stated that residents had fled their homes. Aftershocks so far - 4.6, 3.5, 3.4, 3.4, 3.0, 3.5, 3.5, 3.7, 4.0, 4.4, 3.7, 4.3, 4.2, 4.4, 3.9, 3.7, 3.0, 4.7, 5.0, 4.0. LEBANON- Seven earthquakes struck southern Lebanon and northern Israel during the past 24 hours, Lebanese seismologists said Friday. Two of the tremors struck on Friday, 13th in the early morning hours, measuring 3.8 and 3.9 on the Richter Scale, respectively.  Earthquakes above 5.0 magnitude: 5.0 Eastern Honshu, Japan5.2 Western Indian-Antarctic Ridge5.1 Norfolk Island, Australia Region 5.7 South Of Panama 5.0 Kepulauan Talaud, Indonesia5.4 Halmahera, Indonesia5.6 Tonga5.3 Southern Qinghai, China5.0 Southern Qinghai, China5.5 Southern Qinghai, China5.0 Southern Greece 5.0 Minahasa, Sulawesi, Indonesia5.0 South Of Java, Indonesia5.0 Nicobar Islands, India Region 5.3 Vanuatu5.3 New Ireland Region, P.N.G5.2 New Britain Region, P.N.G. 5.4 Southern Greece5.2 New Britain Region, P.N.G.5.1 Southeast Of Loyalty Islands 5.1 Southwest Of Sumatra, Indonesia5.0 Southern Sumatra, Indonesia5.0 Bismarck Sea5.0 Tonga 5.9 Northeastern Sakha, Russia5.2 Solomon Islands5.0 Chiapas, Mexico 5.7 Kuril Islands 5.2 Papua, Indonesia 5.3 Southern Sumatra, Indonesia 5.0 Eastern Uzbekistan 5.6 Nias Region, Indonesia5.3 Nias Region, Indonesia 5.3 Samar, Philippines. 6.1 Tonga5.2 Central Peru5.0 Kep. Tanimbar Region, Indonesia5.2 Central Peru5.4 Andaman Islands, India Region6.3 Andaman Islands, India Region5.2 Andaman Islands, India Region5.0 Andaman Islands, India Region 5.1 Kep. Tanimbar Region, Indonesia5.1 Bougainville Region, P.N.G.5.4 Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge5.1 Tonga5.2 Andaman Islands, India Region6.1 Andaman Islands, India Region6.7 Andaman Islands, India Region5.1 Nias Region, Indonesia5.0 Offshore Sucre, Venezuela5.0 Andaman Islands, India Region 5.9 Primor'ye, Russia5.1 Off Coast Of Oregon5.0 Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands5.2 Western Xizang5.6 Offshore Chiapas, Mexico. JAPAN- A rift extending for about 15 kilometers has appeared on the surface of the ground in five districts following the magnitude 7.2 earthquake that struck Japan's Tohoku region on June 14, it has emerged. In the Mochikorogashi district of Koromogawa-ku in Oshu, Iwate Prefecture, a zigzag fault has appeared in the surface through two rice paddies, with the land on the west side about 45 centimeters higher. Across four of the five points, a rift extending for about 10 kilometers has appeared along an old fault on the border between Iwate and Miyagi prefectures. "There's a possibility that this fault caused the earthquake, but with an earthquake of this size it wouldn't be unusual for a step of about 2 meters to appear on the surface. There is also a possibility that another fault caused the earthquake and the effects of that caused this rift to appear on the surface." IRAN - four consecutive tremors measuring 3.2, 4.4, 3.2 and 3.2 shook Kerman province, Southeastern Iran Friday night. The city of Jiroft on Friday was hit at 19:26 hour’s local time (1456 GMT) for the first time and it was struck on Saturday at 06:03 hour’s local time (0133 GMT) for the last. The Office for Natural Disasters had informed people of the likely quake, calling for preparations to deal with it. The four consecutive tremors scared the people of the province who stayed outdoors in the streets and parks overnight. INDIA- The Andaman and Nicobar Islands were again jolted by three successive tremors on Saturday, just a day after three other quakes shook the islands. The latest was 6.3 at 6.26 p.m [there has been a 5.4 since then] with the epicenter of the quake located 132 km south-west of Port Blair, 35 km beneath the sea. Two earthquakes of moderate intensity measuring 5.1 and 5.3 on the Richter scale shook the islands earlier at 8.56 a.m. and 10 a.m. respectively. No damage to property or loss of life was reported. This was the 6th tremor felt since Friday after the islands were hit by three earthquakes measuring 6.7, 6.1 and 6.6 on the Richter scale. ISRAEL- Israeli authorities warn hospitals to prepare for earthquake - A strong earthquake could soon rock Lebanon and parts of Israel, authorities said on Monday, urging health officials in northern Israel to make preparations for such an event. "The probability of an earthquake of a magnitude of up to six on the Richter scale, originating in Lebanon and being felt in Israel has increased." Since February, ABNORMAL seismic activity has been noted in southern Lebanon, which suffered some 500 minor earthquakes in a three-month period. "In May, the tremors have become more intense and were felt in northern Israel. Should an earthquake of such magnitude hit northern Israel it may cause substantial infrastructural damage in the area." Some seismological experts point out quakes historically has rocked the region every eight decades, and the last one was just about 81 years ago. INDONESIA- The undersea earthquakes that shook the islands of Andaman and Nicobar in the last three days are due to a 'settling process' of the fault plates and need not cause any major worries, say experts. Since April this year, the islands have experienced nearly 17 earthquakes, with a large number of them in June alone. The islands have been rattled by nearly 13 earthquakes since Friday evening when a strong temblor measuring 6.6, 120 km of Port Blair shook the already ravaged island, which has been hit by earthquakes since the destructive tsunami crashed into the Indian Coast on December 26, 2004. "These earthquakes are quite common. A settling process is happening and energy is being released from one plate, which is normal." The massive 9.1 magnitude quake that caused the tsunami created a rupture in the Indian plate for nearly 1,200 km. Inhabitants of the islands are used to a large number of quakes. The islands have been hit by huge temblors ever since 1847 when a quake of magnitude 7.3 struck.

 

May - Earthquakes 2008:  5.0 Southern Sumatra, Indonesia5.0 Near East Coast Of Honshu, Japan5.0 Central Turkey5.5 Vanuatu5.2 Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Is. 5.0 Luzon, Philippines 5.0 Nias Region, Indonesia5.7 Southern Sumatra, Indonesia5.7 Bougainville Region, P.N.G.5.2 Off E. Coast Of N. Island, N.Z.5.0 Tonga 5.0 Chubut, Argentina5.2 Near East Coast Of Honshu, Japan  7.0 Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Is.  5.4 Southern Iran 5.2 Southeast Of Loyalty Islands5.2 Near East Coast Of Honshu, Japan5.4 Banda Sea5.3 Loyalty Islands5.0 Near East Coast Of Honshu, Japan5.2 Near East Coast Of Honshu, Japan5.0 Near East Coast Of Honshu, Japan6.7 Near East Coast Of Honshu, Japan5.1 Near East Coast Of Honshu, Japan6.3 Near East Coast Of Honshu, Japan5.4 Near East Coast Of Honshu, Japan6.2 Near East Coast Of Honshu, Japan 5.0 Ukraine5.0 Masbate Region, Philippines5.5 Near East Coast Of Honshu, Japan5.0 Near East Coast Of Honshu, Japan5.0 Southern Greece5.0 Tonga Region5.2 Antofagasta, Chile5.0 Southern Greece5.4 Taiwan Region5.3 Hokkaido, Japan Region6.7 Guam Region5.1 Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge5.3 Hindu Kush Region, Afghanistan 5.1 Tonga5.3 Eastern Sichuan, China5.4 Eastern Sichuan, China5.3 Eastern Sichuan, China5.5 Eastern Sichuan, China5.1 Eastern Sichuan, China5.1 Eastern Sichuan, China5.2 Eastern Sichuan, China5.2 Sichuan-Gansu Border Reg, China 5.1 Sichuan-Gansu Border Reg, China5.0 Sichuan-Gansu Border Reg, China 5.7 Eastern Sichuan, China5.2 Eastern Sichuan, China5.5 Eastern Sichuan, China5.2 Eastern Sichuan, China 5.1 Eastern Sichuan, China 5.1 Eastern Sichuan, China 5.5 Eastern Sichuan, China 5.6 Eastern Sichuan, China 5.8 Eastern Sichuan, China   A Powerful 7.9 Earthquake Has Killed At Least 10,000 People In China's South-Western Sichuan Province.  5.0 Taiwan Region5.3 Kodiak Island Region, Alaska5.1 Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge5.0 Kuril Islands. 5.7 Off W Coast Of Northern Sumatra5.1 Molucca Sea5.3 Luzon, Philippines 5.2 Luzon, Philippines5.0 Kuril Islands5.0 Sichuan-Gansu Border Reg, China5.0 Eastern Sichuan, China5.0 Eastern Sichuan, China5.1 Sichuan-Gansu Border Reg, China5.0 Sichuan-Gansu Border Reg, China5.9 Eastern Sichuan, China5.1 Eastern Sichuan, China 5.3 South Sandwich Islands Region5.0 Fiji Region5.2 Eastern Sichuan, China5.0 Sichuan-Gansu Border Reg, China5.2 Eastern Sichuan, China5.2 Sichuan-Gansu Border Reg, China5.4 Eastern Sichuan, China. 5.2 Santa Cruz Islands Region 5.1 Sichuan-Gansu Border Reg, China5.0 Sichuan-Gansu Border Reg, China 5.8 South Sandwich Islands Region 5.1 Tonga.

 

April - Earthquakes 2008:  5.0 Philippine Islands Region5.2 Batan Isl Region, Philippines5.0 Batan Isl Region, Philippines5.2 Batan Isl Region, Philippines 5.5 Southwest Indian Ridge5.3 Molucca Sea 5.7 Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia5.2 Southern Sumatra, Indonesia5.9 Southern Sumatra, Indonesia5.3 Babuyan Isl Region, Philippines5.0 Jujuy, Argentina5.6 Chagos Archipelago Region5.0 Off Coast Of Oregon5.0 Bougainville Region, P.N.G. 5.1 Batan Isl Region, Philippines5.3 Vanuatu 5.1 Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands 5.0 Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands5.2 Vanuatu 5.0 Guam Region5.1 South Of Fiji Islands. This Morning There Have Been Several Large Quakes In The Loyalty Islands: A 6.4 Magnitude Quake Was Followed 10 Minutes Later By A 5.8 Aftershock.  A 7.5 Quake Came About 80 Minutes Later And Is The Largest Quake In The World So Far This Year. There Was No Threat Of An Ocean-Wide Tsunami, Though A Local Event Was Possible.  6.0 5.5 5.4 5.2 5.1 5.8 6.5 Sumbawa Region, Indonesia 5.0 Loyalty Islands5.0 Loyalty Islands5.4 Loyalty Islands 5.3 South Of Fiji Islands 5.0 Off Coast Of Oregon5.0 Southern Xinjiang, China 5.4 Loyalty Islands5.3 Vanuatu5.1 Guam Region5.3 Off Coast Of Oregon5.0 Mid-Indian Ridge5.7 Kuril Islands5.4 Macquarie Island Region5.3 Macquarie Island Region 7.3 Macquarie Island Region  5.1 Antofagasta, Chile5.8 Loyalty Islands5.1 Loyalty Islands5.5 Loyalty Islands5.1 Loyalty Islands5.2 Loyalty Islands5.1 Loyalty Islands 5.0 Molucca Sea5.1 Anatahan Reg, N. Mariana Islands5.0 Saipan Reg., N. Mariana Islands5.0 Anatahan Reg, N. Mariana Islands5.1 Anatahan Reg, N. Mariana Islands5.1 Anatahan Reg, N. Mariana Islands5.0 Anatahan Reg, N. Mariana Islands5.0 Anatahan Reg, N. Mariana Islands5.1 Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge 5.0 Tonga Region5.3 Bering Strait5.1 South Island Of New Zealand5.1 Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia 5.0 Taiwan Region 5.2 Guam Region5.9 South Sandwich Islands Region. 5.0 Northern Sumatra, Indonesia6.4 Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Is.5.7 Tonga5.0 Anatahan Reg, N. Mariana Islands5.5 South Sandwich Islands Region6.1 Offshore Guatemala. TEXAS- A minor earthquake struck two counties close to San Antonio, Texas on Monday, receiving a 3.7 on the Richter Scale. TENNESSEE - In less than 24 hours, a swarm of 28 small earthquakes was recorded near Ridgely, Tennessee, a city 109 miles southeast of Cape Girardeau. Ridgely is at "a junction of two major faults in the New Madrid seismic zone." Multiple earthquakes are common near Ridgely, but are limited to four or five events. Every 20 years or so, a big swarm, such as the one that started Saturday, occurs. It is not clear if the weight of water from recent rains caused the quakes, but scientists are studying the possibilities. "Certainly the occurrence of earthquakes is controlled by the amount of overburden — how much weight is above it." But swarms have occurred in both wet and dry weather. The Ridgely quakes occurred about four miles under the ground's surface. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the central Mississippi Valley is the most earthquake-prone region of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains. Scientists who follow the small Midwestern quakes linked to the New Madrid fault think in terms of a great quake as a magnitude 8 or greater, which would devastate multiple states. "We have to plan for the worst-case scenarios, but it doesn't do a whole lot of good to scare the public with 8.4 when we're not ready for a magnitude 6." The 28 quakes over the weekend weren't felt by most people. OREGON- Scientists listening to underwater microphones have detected an UNUSUAL SWARM of earthquakes off central Oregon, something that often happens before a volcanic eruption — except there are no volcanoes in the area. Scientists don't know exactly what the earthquakes mean, but they could be the result of molten rock rumbling away from the recognized earthquake faults off Oregon. There have been more than 600 quakes over the past 10 days in a basin 150 miles southwest of Newport. The biggest was magnitude 5.4, and two others were more than magnitude 5.0. On the hydrophones, the quakes sound like low thunder and are UNLIKE ANYTHING SCIENTISTS HAVE HEARD IN 17 YEARS OF LISTENING. Some of the quakes have also been detected by earthquake instruments on land. The hydrophones are left over from a network the Navy used to listen for submarines during the Cold War. They routinely detect passing ships, earthquakes on the ocean bottom and whales calling to one another. Scientists hope to send out an OSU research ship to take water samples, looking for evidence that sediment has been stirred up and chemicals that would indicate magma is moving up through the Juan de Fuca Plate. The Juan de Fuca Plate is a small piece of crust being crushed between the Pacific Plate and North America. The quakes HAVE NOT FOLLOWED THE TYPICAL PATTERN of a major shock followed by a series of diminishing aftershocks, and few have been strong enough to be felt on shore.  5.0 Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands5.8 Near West Coast Of Honshu, Japan5.8 Molucca Sea5.0 South Of Fiji Islands6.5 Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Is.6.3 Tonga 5.5 Nicobar Islands, India Region5.4 Vanuatu5.4 Vanuatu Region5.0 Vanuatu5.4 Macquarie Island Region5.5 Saipan Reg., N. Mariana Islands5.2 Philippine Islands Region 5.1 Offshore Tarapaca, Chile5.3 Chiapas, Mexico 5.0 Off W Coast Of Northern Sumatra5.2 Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia5.0 Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia5.3 Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia6.0 Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia5.9 Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia5.0 Kepulauan Talaud, Indonesia 5.0 East Timor Region6.4 Loyalty Islands5.0 Fiji Region5.3 Kermadec Islands Region 6.4 Fiji Region5.2 South Of Africa5.0 Bonin Islands, Japan Region5.0 Ryukyu Islands, Japan5.2 Ryukyu Islands, Japan 5.5 Kuril Islands 5.2 Illinois 5.6 Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia5.1 Tonga5.2 Democratic Republic Of The Congo5.1 Samar, Philippines. 5.5 Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia5.0 Southwest Of Sumatra, Indonesia5.0 Southern Sumatra, Indonesia 5.0 Loyalty Islands5.0 Taiwan Region5.8 Taiwan Region5.2 Ceram Sea, Indonesia5.2 Off East Coast Of Honshu, Japan5.1 South Atlantic Ocean. 5.1 Vanuatu5.5 Vanuatu 5.4 Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge5.0 Banda Sea6.1 Off W. Coast Of S. Island, N.Z.5.1 South Of Fiji Islands5.0 Western Kazakhstan 5.1 Tonga5.1 Java, Indonesia5.3 Southern Sumatra, Indonesia 5.1 Southwestern Ryukyu Isl., Japan5.0 Bonin Islands, Japan Region5.1 Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge5.1 Solomon Islands5.0 Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Is. 5.8 Loyalty Islands6.7 Vanuatu5.6 South Sandwich Islands Region5.0 South Sandwich Islands Region5.2 Molucca Sea5.7 Guerrero, Mexico. 5.9 Banda Sea5.3 Michoacan, Mexico5.8 Hokkaido, Japan Region5.0 New Britain Region, P.N.G.5.1 Fiji Region 5.2 Kermadec Islands Region5.3 Northern California. April 18- This morning there has been a 5.2 quake in ILLINOIS centered 127 miles east of St. Louis, Missouri. It shook southern Illinois at 4:36 a.m. (5:36 a.m. ET). There were no immediate reports of damage. People as far north as Chicago and as far west as St. Louis reported feeling the quake. More than a dozen aftershocks have been recorded in the wake of Friday's early morning quake that measured 5.2 on the Richter scale but only two were strong, including one early Monday morning. This morning's quake, recorded at 12:38 a.m., measured 4.5 on the Richter scale, the second strongest aftershock from this weekend's activity. Another Friday morning quake, at about 10:14 a.m., measured 4.6. The U.S. Geological Survey says there have been 22 aftershocks since the initial quake. Friday morning's quake shook a wide area of the American Midwest and caused minor damage. Earthquake tremors were felt up to 450 miles northwest of the epicenter, in Chicago, Milwaukee and Des Moines, Iowa. April 28- In just 16 hours, 35 earthquakes from 1.9 to 4.7 magnitude rocked the Reno, Nevada area. April 29- California - A magnitude 5.2 earthquake shook a rural part of northern California on Tuesday evening. The moderate quake hit shortly after 8 p.m. (11 p.m. ET) about 11 miles east-southeast of Willow Creek, which is about 190 miles northwest of Sacramento. Officials had received no reports of injuries or damage. ‘Sonic boom’ preceded the 5.2 quake - The United States Geological Survey termed it a level VI temblor with a strong shake and light damage. A magnitude-2.0 aftershock hit five minutes later, 16 miles to the east of Willow Creek. “It was sort of like a sonic boom. It was a very loud noise before the house started shaking. It was pretty scary, the biggest thing I’ve ever felt here. (It) lasted 10 seconds max. I didn’t feel the aftershock.” “We felt it good. It was a short one with a heavy shake. We’ve got a free-floating ceiling fan and it was rocking and rolling.” “Everyone had time to go outside and come back and the glass shelf was still shaking. It was a hard jolt, but things kept swaying for a couple minutes afterwards. We had a few things fall off the shelf. Nothing major. It wasn’t as bad as the big one in Ferndale a few years ago. That knocked me off my feet.” “I’ve felt earthquakes before, but NEVER HEARD THAT LOUD OF A NOISE BEFORE.” 

 

March - Earthquakes 2008:  5.2 Pacific-Antarctic Ridge 5.7 Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Is.5.1 Azores Islands Region5.1 Azores Islands Region 5.4 Southern Sumatra, Indonesia5.4 East Of North Island, N.Z.5.6 East Of North Island, N.Z.5.2 Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Is.5.6 Tarapaca, Chile5.6 Near East Coast Of Kamchatka 5.2 Near The Coast Of Djibouti. 6.1 Kep. Mentawai Region, Indonesia 5.3 Off W Coast Of Northern Sumatra5.7 Southern Sumatra, Indonesia5.4 New Britain Region, P.N.G. 5.3 Owen Fracture Zone Region5.2 Off Coast Of Oregon5.3 Philippine Islands Region 7.0 Philippine Islands Region 6.1 Babuyan Island Region, Philippines5.2 Kuril Islands5.2 Kuril Islands5.2 Kuril Islands6.4 Kuril Islands5.0 Guam Region. 5.5 Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Is.5.0 Taiwan 5.0 Kuril Islands5.2 Northern Sumatra, Indonesia 5.1 Kepulauan Talaud, Indonesia5.4 Kep. Mentawai Region, Indonesia6.0 Halmahera, Indonesia 5.3 Salta, Argentina5.6 Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. 5.0 Halmahera, Indonesia  Bonin Islands, Japan Region5.0 Kuril Islands5.1 Southern Peru5.3 Near East Coast Of Honshu, Japan5.0 Philippine Islands Region 5.0 Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge5.0 South Sandwich Islands Region 5.0 Eastern Iran 5.0 Molucca Sea5.5 La Rioja, Argentina5.0 Antofagasta, Chile5.2 Kuril Islands5.1 Kyushu, Japan 5.1 Kep. Mentawai Region, Indonesia5.5 Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands 5.1 Papua Region, Indonesia5.0 Kep. Mentawai Region, Indonesia 5.7 Vanuatu6.5 Vanuatu5.4 Vanuatu 5.0 Offshore Chiapas, Mexico 5.3 Prince Edward Islands Region5.6 Kuril Islands 5.3 Kermadec Islands, New Zealand 5.5 Molucca Sea 5.9 Off W Coast Of Northern Sumatra5.1 Samar, Philippines5.6 Off Coast Of Oregon5.0 Mariana Islands Region 6.0 Bonin Islands, Japan Region5.4 Tonga5.2 Tonga Region5.5 Kuril Islands 5.1 New Guinea, Papua New Guinea5.1 New Ireland Region, P.N.G. March 3: This morning there has been a 6.4 quake in the KURIL ISLANDS and a 6.1 quake in the KEP. MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA. This afternoon there have been several large quakes in the Philippines- The largest was an earthquake of 6.9 magnitude at 10:11 pm which rocked the Bicol region southeast of Manila. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. The quake was felt in Legazpi city in Albay province, site of the restive Mayon volcano, and southern Leyte province. A 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck Batanes at 9:49 pm. There have been two quakes off the coast of Oregon - 4.9 & 5.1. March 4: PHILIPPINES- Officials closed schools in the Bicol region southeast of Manila on Tuesday as a series of aftershocks to a powerful earthquake and heavy rains increased the risk of landslides in the area. A 6.9 magnitude earthquake rocked Legazpi city in Albay province, site of the Mayon volcano, and southern Leyte province on Monday night. Some 126 villages in Albay province alone are considered highly vulnerable to landslides. 5.2 Southern Sumatra, Indonesia 5.1 Philippine Islands Region5.1 Bonin Islands, Japan Region 5.0 Near East Coast Of Honshu, Japan 5.9 Kermadec Islands Region 5.4 Bougainville Region, P.N.G. 5.3 Halmahera, Indonesia 5.1 Xinjiang-Xizang Border Region 5.5 Xinjiang-Xizang Border Region5.4 Xinjiang-Xizang Border Region7.2xinjiang-Xizang Border Region6.0 Mindanao, Philippines5.3 Fiji Region6.2 Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Is.5.0 Alaska Peninsula5.6 West Chile Rise5.1 Tonga 5.0 Southwest Of Sumatra, Indonesia5.1 Philippine Islands Region5.0 Izu Islands, Japan Region5.0 Mariana Islands Region 5.0 Xinjiang-Xizang Border Region5.3 Xinjiang-Xizang Border Region5.2 Tonga5.9 Tarapaca, Chile5.2 Guam Region5.0 Xinjiang-Xizang Border Region5.3 Vanuatu5.4 Near East Coast Of Honshu, Japa5.1 Kuril Islands 5.0 Xinjiang-Xizang Border Region 5.0 Fiji Region6.2 Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Is.5.0 Alaska Peninsula5.6 West Chile Rise5.1 Tonga5.0 Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands5.1 Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands5.1 Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands5.4 Guam Region5.5 Kuril Islands5.0 Kuril Islands5.1 Off East Coast Of Kamchatka5.0 South Of Fiji Islands5.2 Xinjiang-Xizang Border Region3.2 San Francisco Bay Area, California2.8 Northern California3.1 Greater Los Angeles Area, California3.1 Nevada3.5 Arizona2.5 In The Seattle-Tacoma Urban Area, Washington4.2 In Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming & 2.6 And 2.5 In Nevada5.2 Southern Alaska5.2 Rota Region, N. Mariana Islands5.0 Fiji Region5.1 New Guinea, Papua New Guinea5.7 North Of Honduras6.5 Off W Coast Of Northern Sumatra5.2 Alaska Peninsula5.4 Near Coast Of Central Peru5.0 Isla Chiloe, Los Lagos, Chile 5.5 Batan Isl Region, Philippines5.8 Philippine Islands Region5.1 Molucca Sea5.5 Molucca Sea5.0 Halmahera, Indonesia5.0 Vanuatu5.8 Batan Isl Region, Philippines5.1 Northern Colombia5.3 South Of Kermadec Islands5.7 Crete, Greece. March 20: There were no immediate reports of casualties in China's most powerful quake since 2002. The 7.2-magnitude quake hit about 140 miles southeast of the city of Hotan in sparsely populated southwest Xinjiang province. Four quakes Friday morning initially rocked the Kunlun Mountain region. A subsequent fifth quake was detected in Yutian County in southwest China's Xinjiang Uygur region. March 20: CALIFORNIA- A swarm of nearly 20 minor earthquakes struck near Dublin on Thursday along a small fault near the Calaveras fault. The first quake, of a 2.9 magnitude, hit two miles west of Dublin at 4:18 p.m. Sixteen smaller earthquakes followed at two- to 15-minute intervals. There were no reports of injuries of damage. The last earthquake struck at 7:38 p.m., two miles west southwest of Dublin at a magnitude 1.6. The largest of the temblors was a 3.2 magnitude that hit at 6:28 p.m. "It's real common. You can have up to a dozen little earthquakes a day." Mar 21, 7.2-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes China: BEIJING  — A major earthquake struck a sparsely populated region of western China early Friday. Some houses collapsed, but there were no injuries, state media reported. The 7.2-magnitude quake hit about 140 miles southeast of the city of Hotan in southwest Xinjiang province, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. A spokesman for China's Earthquake Administration said it was a 7.3 magnitude quake. There were no reports of injuries, he said, and the area is sparsely populated. There were four aftershocks in the region, ranging from 5.0 to 5.2 magnitudes, according to a notice on the Web site of the administration. March 29: A 6.1-magnitude quake has hit northern Chile close to the border with Bolivia, the US Geological Survey reports.

 

Febuary - Earthquakes 2008:  5.2 Mozambique 5.0 Rwanda6.1 Lac Kivu Region, Congo5.0 Southern Iran 5.2 New Ireland Region, P.N.G.5.4 Antofagasta, Chile 5.2 Izu Islands, Japan Region 6.1 Fiji Region5.3 Tonga5.0 South Of Java, Indonesia5.4 Puerto Rico Region5.1 Luzon, Philippines5.1 Luzon, Philippines5.0 South Of Java, Indonesia5.1 Hindu Kush Region, Afghanistan6.3 Tarapaca, Chile5.1 Kuril Islands5.4 Puerto Rico Region 5.1 Luzon, Philippines5.1 Luzon, Philippines5.7 Sulawesi, Indonesia5.1 Martinique Region, Windward Isl.5.0 Guam Region5.5 Molucca Sea6.0 Molucca Sea 5.3 Molucca Sea 5.2 Baja California, Mexico (The Quake Hit Late Friday Night About 100 Miles East Of Tijuana And Was Followed By At Least 15 Aftershocks. 5.0 Java, Indonesia5.0 Near East Coast Of Honshu, Japan5.1 Tonga 6.9 Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge5.4 State Of Yap, Micronesia6.5 South Sandwich Islands Region 5.3 Near East Coast Of Honshu, Japan. 5.0 Chiapas, Mexico5.1 Baja California, Mexico5.0 Fiji 5.6 Southern Sumatra, Indonesia 5.0 Kuril Islands6.5 Oaxaca, Mexico 6.2 Timor Sea5.2 Gulf Of Paria, Venezuela5.0 Southern Peru5.1 South Of Kermadec Islands 5.1 Timor Sea5.0 Mindanao, Philippines5.2 South Of Fiji Islands6.2 Southern Greece6.8 Southern Greece5.4 Rwanda. RWANDA- Many people remain trapped under rubble in Rwanda after a series of earthquakes hit in Africa's Great Lakes region. At least 40 were killed in Rwanda and neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo after Sunday's quakes. The two most powerful occurred hours apart in the Democratic Republic of Congo and neighboring Rwanda, with magnitudes of 6.0 and 5.0 respectively. More than 300 people were injured by the powerful earthquakes. The quakes were also felt in neighboring Burundi, disrupting hydroelectric power and causing a half-hour electricity cut.CHILE- Earthquake-prone Chile was rocked again by another tremor on Monday. The temblor, which was measured at 6.3 on the Richter scale, did not cause any damage or casualties. It was felt in northern Chile and the southern part of Peru. Magnitude 6.9 Earthquake hits Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge on Friday, February 08. CALIFORNIA- A string of earthquakes along the U.S. - Mexico border over the past few days is rattling nerves. The latest quake hit Monday morning, near Mexicali. Officials said the magnitude 4.9 - downgraded from 5.1 - earthquake struck at 10:29 a.m. The quake was centered 24 miles south-southeast of Calexico and was felt in parts of San Diego, Imperial and Orange counties and as far away as Yuma, Arizona. Late Friday, that same area was hit by a 5.4 earthquake, which shut down factories near the border and left 400,000 people without power. The recent quakes are actually a swarm or collection of quakes that hit roughly around the same time in the same area. Normally, you have a big quake, followed by smaller aftershocks. But a swarm is different. The big quake is not at the beginning of the series and it's not always that much bigger than the other quakes. Monday's quake was followed by a series of aftershocks, including one that measured a 3.6 magnitude. Earthquakes are typical for this area near the border, which is basically the southern extension of the San Andreas Fault. "South of the Salton Sea, the San Andreas tends to develop complex faults - many smaller faults - in several directions. It's most likely related to this system." Swarms tend to range from 2 to 5 magnitudes and tend to repeat. LEBANON- A moderate 4.0 earthquake shook southern Lebanon overnight causing no damage but sending many panicked residents into the streets in the coastal town of Tyre. The last earthquake of such magnitude to shake the country took place in 2001 with its epicenter in the Bekaa region of eastern Lebanon. The Geophysical Institute of Israel measured the tremor at 4.1 and said it was also felt in northern Israel, across the border from Lebanon. Seismology experts in Israel warn of a major earthquake within years because of a major fault line in the region. There have been many small aftershocks.  6.1 Antofagasta, Chile5.0 Solomon Islands 5.0 Papua, Indonesia5.0 Nias Region, Indonesia 5.4 Southeast Of Loyalty Islands 5.3 Tonga5.5 Northern Colombia5.3 Taiwan5.0 South Sandwich Islands Region 5.1 Molucca Sea 5.4 Kep. Mentawai Region, Indonesia5.3 Kep. Mentawai Region, Indonesia 5.0 Baja California, Mexico5.6 Batan Isl Region, Philippines. 5.3 Simeulue, Indonesia5.5 Simeulue, Indonesia 6.2 Southern Greece5.5 South Atlantic Ocean5.0 Solomon Islands. 5.7 Kep. Mentawai Region, Indonesia5.5 Papua, Indonesia5.4 Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Is. (Lots Of 4.0+ Aftershocks)5.1 Izu Islands, Japan Region6.0 Nevada (Lots Of 3.0+ Aftershocks, One 4.0 & One 4.6)5.3 Santa Cruz Islands5.3 Santa Cruz Islands5.2 Kuril Islands5.1 Fiji Region6.2 Svalbard Region5.5 Kep. Mentawai Region, Indonesia5.2 South Sandwich Islands Region6.9 South Sandwich Islands Region5.2 Azores Islands Region5.0 Azores Islands Region5.2 Azores Islands Region5.0 Kuril Islands5.0 South Of Panama 5.2 Tonga5.5 Kep. Mentawai Region, Indonesia 6.1 Kep. Mentawai Region, Indonesia5.4 Kep. Mentawai Region, Indonesia5.5 Kep. Mentawai Region, Indonesia5.5 Southern Sumatra, Indonesia5.5 Kep. Mentawai Region, Indonesia6.4 Kep. Mentawai Region, Indonesia5.3 Kep. Mentawai Region, Indonesia5.5 Kep. Mentawai Region, Indonesia5.5 Southern Sumatra, Indonesia This Morning Feb. 25; There Has Been A 7.1 Quake And A 6.2, 5.0, 5.1, 5.2 In The Kep. Mentawai Region, Indonesia. 6.6 Kep. Mentawai Region, Indonesia5.3 Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia5.8 Southern Sumatra, Indonesia 5.1 Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands 5.0 Mindanao, Philippines. 5.2 Mindoro, Philippines5.8 Bonin Islands, Japan Region5.4 South Of Kermadec Islands5.3 Kuril Islands5.1 Kepulauan Talaud, Indonesia5.0 Mariana Islands Region5.5 Mariana Islands Region5.1 Off W Coast Of Northern Sumatra5.2 Offshore Los Lagos, Chile5.2 Guam Region5.1 Taiwan Region5.4 North Pacific Ocean5.3 Southern East Pacific Rise.  There are a lot of jangled nerves in the California-Mexico border region following the latest jolt in an earthquake swarm that's been going on for nearly two weeks. The biggest one so far today measured 5.0 by the U.S. Geological Survey and 5.3 in a seismic network operated by Mexico. It struck at 2:41 local time about 20 miles southeast of the U.S. border city of Calexico. There are no reports of any injuries or damage on the U.S. side. It was the fourth moderate quake since the swarm began on February 8th. Feb. 20: A magnitude-7.5 earthquake struck west of Sumatra Island in Indonesia, killing at least three people. Feb.21: A large earthquake 6.0 occurred in Nevada, USA. The epicenter was located at Independence Valley fault system which only rarely produces earthquakes. Las Vegas, the gambling capital of the world, has not reported any damage; however, reports estimate that over 2 million people in Nevada, Utah, Southern California and Idaho felt the earthquake. So far no injuries have been reported as a result of the Nevada earthquake. OSLO, Norway  An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 has struck Arctic waters off Norway's Svalbard islands. Senior researcher Conrad Lindholm of the national seismic monitoring center says it is the most powerful earthquake since Norway started keeping records about a century ago. A magnitude 4.8 quake was felt in the Yuma area at 12:31 p.m. Friday, followed minutes later by a magnitude 4.4 aftershock. This swarm of quakes began Feb. 9 when an earthquake measuring 5.5 was felt in Yuma. That quake has been followed by numerous aftershocks, some striking twice in one day. Aftershock quakes have so far measured from magnitude 2.1 to 4.7. Experts with USGS said the Friday quake was likely just another aftershock related to the recent BAJA CALIFORNIA SWARM over the past several weeks. Quakes measuring 2.9 and 4.1 followed within minutes of Friday's initial temblor. A 4.7 quake in the same region was felt on Wednesday. Recent quakes have originated south of Mexicali, Baja California. LONDON - Britain's strongest earthquake in nearly 25 years woke up people across the country Wednesday morning, officials said. The earthquake measuring 4.7 on the Richter Scale, according to the US Geological Survey, struck at 0100 GMT with the epicenter 48 kilometers south of Hull, east Yorkshire, 205 kilometers north of London.

 

January - Earthquakes 2008:  5 .6 Eastern New Guinea Reg., P.N.G.6.2 Eastern New Guinea Reg., P.N.G. 5.4 Sulawesi, Indonesia5.0 Solomon Islands5.0 New Britain Region, P.N.G. 5.2 Timor Region, Indonesia5.0 near Coast of Southern Peru5.1 Easter Island Region5.0 Offshore Antofagasta, Chile5.1 Celebes Sea. 5.3 Northern Sumatra, Indonesia 5.0 Queen Charlotte Islands Region 6.5 Queen Charlotte Islands Region6.6 Queen Charlotte Islands Region5.6 Queen Charlotte Islands Region5.6 Antofagasta, Chile5.3 Catanduanes, Philippines5.0 Catanduanes, Philippines5.3 Guatemala 5.9 Kep. Mentawai Region, Indonesia5.7 Antofagasta, Chile5.1 Southern Sumatra, Indonesia 5.3 South Of Java, Indonesia5.0 Tarapaca, Chile5.1 Guatemala 6.2 Southern Greece5.1 Queen Charlotte Islands Region5.8 Near N Coast Of Papua, Indonesia5.1 Sumbawa Region, Indonesia 5.5 Kermadec Islands, New Zealand5.2 Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Is.5.3 Samar, Philippines6.0 Queen Charlotte Islands Region5.0 Western Xizang 6.3 Western Xizang 5.1 Salta, Argentina 5.7 Ceram Sea, Indonesia 5.0 Papua, Indonesia5.1 South Of Fiji Islands5.0 Offshore Chiapas, Mexico.3 Halmahera, Indonesia6.0 Queen Charlotte Islands Region5.0 Western Xizang 6.3 Western Xizang 5.1 Salta, Argentina. 5.0 South Of Java, Indonesia5.0 Eastern Honshu, Japan 6.4 Off Coast Of Oregon5.0 Fiji Region. 5.0 India-Bangladesh Border Region 5.2 Kepulauan Talaud, Indonesia5.5 South Sandwich Islands Region 5.0 South Of Java, Indonesia 5.3 Luzon, Philippines 5.2 Tonga 5.6 Andaman Islands, India Region 5.3 Southwest Indian Ridge  5.2 Fiji Region 5.9 Fiji Region {{{A Magnitude 6.4 Earthquake Hit Off The Oregon Coast.}}}.  INDIA - Series of aftershocks rock Gir forest - A series of aftershocks, measuring 3.8 on the Richter, rocked parts of Junagadh district, including the Gir forest region. Tremors were felt in some parts of the adjoining district. Thereafter six more aftershocks with magnitude ranging between one and three were reported in the area, particularly in the Gir region throughout the night. An earthquake of 5.1 magnitude struck Junagadh district on November 6 killing one and injuring several persons, besides damaging around 200 houses. The Gir region has been experiencing a series of mild tremors every day since then. Talala town and nearby villages have experienced not less than 300 tremors since then. 5.1 Fiji Region 5.2 Northwest Territories, Canada 5.4 Off East Coast Of Kamchatka6.0 Western Xizang5.2 Northwest Territories, Canada 5.4 Off East Coast Of Kamchatka5.5 Vanuatu5.0 Hindu Kush Region, Afghanistan 5.1 Fiji Region 5.0 Near Coast Of Southern Peru 5.2 Fiji Region5.3 Volcano Islands, Japan Region5.9 Molucca Sea5.2 South Island Of New Zealand5.2 Molucca Sea5.4 Southern East Pacific Rise5.1 South Sandwich Islands Region5.0 Papua, Indonesia5.0 Comoros Region5.1 Comoros Region 5.7 Southern East Pacific Rise6.1 Nias Region, Indonesia5.0 Hokkaido, Japan Region5.4 Western Xizang6.0 Tonga6.0 Tonga 5.1 Tarapaca, Chile5.0 Southern Sumatra, Indonesia 5.0 Santa Cruz Islands Region 5.1 Tonga5.0 Southeast Of Loyalty Islands5.6 Offshore Chiapas, Mexico. 5.4 Southern Sumatra, Indonesia5.3 Southern Sumatra, Indonesia5.7 Eastern New Guinea Reg., P.N.G.5.1 Molucca Sea5.9 South Of Panama5.0 Izu Islands, Japan Region5.1 State Of Yap, Micronesia. 5.1 Near Coast Of Ecuador 5.0 New Britain Region, P.N.G.5.0 Eastern Kazakhstan 5.6 South Sandwich Islands Region 5.0 New Britain Region,P.N.G.5.2 Kermadec Islands Region5.0 Kuril Islands5.2 South Of Java, Indonesia5.3 Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia 5.0 South Of Java, Indonesia5.1 Northern Sumatra, Indonesia 6.1 Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia 5.5 Vanuatu5.2 Banda Sea5.4 Molucca Sea5.0 South Of Panama5.0 Offshore Los Lagos, Chile5.0 Sichuan-Guizhou Border Region, China5.3 Banda Sea5.7 Banda Sea.  CUBA - Over 40 earth tremors in the country's south-eastern zone in a few hours on Thursday concern experts and people from that region. The National Seismological Researches Center reported that six of 41 telluric events that occurred Thursday as of 17:12 hours were perceptible in zones of Santiago de Cuba and Granma provinces. The magnitude of the movements generated in the Oriente fault, the country's main seism-generating zone, ranged between 3.4 degrees and four degrees in the Richter scale.  JAKARTA - A strong 6.6-magnitude earthquake rocked the eastern Indonesian province of Maluku, prompting the issuing of a tsunami alert.