Major 6.1 earthquake hits eastern Tajikistan: USGS

A major 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit southwest Pakistan on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said.The quake struck at around 1:20 am local time (2023 Tuesday GMT) at a depth of 10 kilometres (six miles) with its epicentre around 50 kilometres west of the town of Dalbandin, close to the border with Afghanistan.The epicentre was around 300 kilometres (200 miles) east of the Iranian city of Zahedan, USGS said.Pakistani-administered Kashmir, in the country's northeast, was hit by a major earthquake in 2005.

A magnitude 5.4 earthquake has rattled Los Angeles, San Diego and parts of southern California, the United States Geological Survey has said, revising down its initial report of a 5.7 temblor.The epicenter of the quake, which struck at 2353 GMT, was located 13 miles (22 kilometers) northwest of Borrego Springs, and 58 miles (94 kilometers) northeast of San Diego, USGS said on its web site.There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.

A powerful 7.2-magnitude earthquake in northwestern Mexico near the Mexico-US border rocked buildings as far away as Los Angeles, and was felt in a wide area in the two countries, officials said.Mexican officials reported some minor injuries and damage to buildings in Mexicali, a border city near the epicenter.The US Geological Survey (USGS) said the quake, which struck at 3:40 pm (2240 GMT) at a depth of 10 kilometers (6 miles) was located 26 kilometers (16 miles) south-southwest of Guadalupe Victoria, Baja California, Mexico.

A magnitude 5.4 earthquake rattled Los Angeles, San Diego and parts of southern California on Wednesday, the United States Geological Survey said.The epicenter of the quake, which struck at 2353 GMT, was located 13 miles (22 kilometers) northwest of Borrego Springs, 58 miles (94 kilometers) northeast of San Diego, and at a depth of 11.7 kilometers (7.3 miles) USGS said on its web site.There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.

A powerful 7.2-magnitude earthquake in northwestern Mexico near the Mexico-US border rocked buildings as far away as Los Angeles, and was felt in a wide area in the two countries, officials said.Mexican officials reported some minor injuries and damage to buildings in Mexicali, a border city near the epicenter.The US Geological Survey said the quake, which struck at 2240 GMT, was at a depth of 10 kilometers (16 miles) was located 26 kilometers (16 miles) south-southwest of Guadalupe Victoria, Baja California, Mexico.

A major 6.7-magnitude earthquake struck the southern Atlantic ocean early Tuesday east of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, a sparsely populated British territory, a US monitor said.The quake struck at 3:55 am (04:55 GMT) in waters 685 kilometers (425 miles) east of Bristol Island, part of an chain inhabited mainly by scientists on a series of bases, the US Geological Survey reported.The earthquake, about 2,800 kilometers (1,740 miles) east of the Falkland Islands, occurred at a depth of 10 kilometers (six miles) according to USGS.

A 7.2 magnitude earthquake was detected Sunday in the Pacific near the central coast of Chile, US authorities said, noting the risk of local -- but not widespread -- tsunamis.The US Geological Survey said the earthquake occurred at 2020 GMT, offshore the Bio-bio region in central Chile, a region struck by a massive 8.8 earthquake in February 2010.It occurred at a depth of 33 kilometers (20.5 miles)"No destructive widespread tsunami threat exists based on historical earthquake and tsunami data," the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said in a bulletin.

A powerful 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of northern California, the US Geological Survey said.The quake occurred 22 miles (35 kilometers) west of Ferndale and 224 miles (360 kilometers) northwest of Sacramento, at a depth of nine miles (16 kilometers).The temblor hit at 4:27 pm (0027 GMT) and was followed by a series of four aftershocks measuring 3.7, 3.8, 3.5 and 3.6 on the open-ended Moment Magnitude Scale."Oh yeah, it shook," Ferndale volunteer fireman Manuel Enos told AFP, "windows broke or popped out of storefronts."