US Geological Survey

TAIPEI: A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck off Taiwan's eastern coast on Thursday, the island's weather bureau said, with shaking felt in the capital Taipei. The quake hit just after midday (0400 GMT) about 30 kilometres (19 miles) off…

MEXICO: An earthquake of 6.2 magnitude struck off the coast of Baja California in Mexico on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. The quake, about 30 km (18.6 miles) west-southwest of Las Brisas in BajaCalifornia, struck at a…

BOISE: A lengthy project to dig up and remove radioactive and hazardous waste buried for decades in unlined pits at a nuclear facility that sits atop a giant aquifer in eastern Idaho is nearly finished, US officials said. The US…

An earthquake of magnitude 7.5 struck northern Peru about 40 km (25 miles) from the town of Barranca early on Sunday, the US Geological Survey said. There were no immediate reports of injury or damage from the quake, which was felt as…

JAKARTA: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 jolted 61 km SSE of Gorontalo, Indonesia at 00:55:43 GMT on Monday, the US Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 160.32 km, was initially determined to be at 0.0033 degree…

AUCKLAND: A new 6.3 magnitude earthquake stroke off New Zealand on Saturday following a series of powerful tremors recorded earlier this week, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. The earthquake was registered at 00:16 GMT, with the…

PORT MORESBY/ PAPUA NEW GUINEA: A 5.7 magnitude earthquake was registered on Saturday in the eastern part of Papua New Guinea, the US Geological Survey said. The tremor was recorded at 03:19 GMT, 36 kilometers (over 22 miles) northwest…