Earthquakes

A powerful earthquake shook Indonesia’s easternmost region of Papua early Sunday, but there were no immediate reports of serious damage or casualties.

Hundreds of people reported feeling minor earthquakes of similar intensity on Hawaii's Big Island and on the Olympic Peninsula northwest of Seattle, but no damage was reported.

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park has closed some parking areas and trails around Kilauea due to an increase in seismic activity.

Men dug through rubble with their bare hands and shovels in western Afghanistan on Sunday after a magnitude 6.3 earthquake hit a densely populated area near Herat.

A powerful earthquake struck Morocco late Friday night, killing more than 2,000 people and damaging buildings and historic landmarks in major cities.

A 5.1-magnitude earthquake struck Southern California as Tropical Storm Hilary approached followed by at least 17 aftershocks ranging from 2.5 to 3.9-magnitude.

The 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck about 65 miles south of Sand Point, Alaska.

It was centered in the Gulf of California, also known as the Sea of Cortez, about 81 miles east of the resort of Cabo San Lucas.

A pair of small earthquakes were reported in Los Angeles County late Thursday afternoon.

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.9 struck southern Haiti early Tuesday, killing at least four people and injuring 36 others, authorities said.

The two skeletons, believed to be men, were found beneath a wall that collapsed before the area was covered in volcanic material.

Two earthquakes that were both stronger than magnitude 5 have hit Northern California since Thursday afternoon. 

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) says the quake was reported at 8:05 a.m. about a mile northwest of Las Flores, which is near Malibu just east of La Costa Beach.

A preliminary 4.2-magnitude earthquake was reported in near the edge of Riverside County Friday night.

The magnitude 6.8 quake hit about 50 miles south of Guayaquil, an area with over 3 million people.