A magnitude 4.3 earthquake has struck 30 km north-west of Wanaka at 11.14am on Tuesday.

GeoNet reported the earthquake at a depth of 15km at first, which was updated to a much shallower 3km depth.

It was first reported as being 'moderate', which has since been changed to 'strong'.

Within 40 minutes of the quake there had been almost 160 'felt it' reports on the website. Most reporting it being 'light' intensity.

An earthquake measuring 4.3 on the richter scale hit the Southern Aegean sea, just north of the Greek island of Crete, on Tuesday afternoon.

The centre of the earthquake was in the Aegean Sea, around 44 kilometres north of the Cretan city of Chania according to the Institute of Geodynamics. The depth of the earthquake is estimated at 30 kilometres.

The earthquake lasted for a few seconds and there have not been reports of any injuries or damages in Crete thus far, according to Greek media reports.

Crete is Greece's largest island and the country's most southern land point.

Nearly 280 people were killed when a powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake centred in the Hindu Kush mountains in Afghanistan ripped across South Asia, toppling buildings, triggering stampedes and knocking out communication lines.

The full scale of Monday's disaster and human toll was unclear when night fell over the remote and rugged terrain as authorities in Pakistan and Afghanistan rushed to mount rescue efforts.

In the most horrifying tragedy to emerge so far from the quake, 12 young Afghan girls were crushed to death in a stampede as they tried to flee their shaking school building.

The bulk of the casualties were reported from Pakistan, where 214 people were killed and more than 1800 injured, disaster management authorities said.

A magnitude-2.9 earthquake struck near San Ramon on Sunday night and a magnitude-2.6 quake hit the same area early Monday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The quake was centered 1 mile east of San Ramon and struck at 10:13 p.m. The smaller one hit at 2:48 a.m. in roughly the same area.

The area has seen more than 200 small quakes in recent weeks, part of a swarm that started Oct. 15. Seismologists have said there isn't anything to fear over the swarm. They say the Calaveras Fault is releasing tension, and the chances of a quake above magnitude 6.7 is only 7 percent within the next 30 years.

For a map of the latest quakes and more earthquake resources, check out the SFGATE earthquake page here.

Dozens of fatalities and hundreds of injuries have been reported following a 7.5 magnitude earthquake that hit in northern Afghanistan, Pakistan and India. There are fears the reported death toll will rise.

The earthquake has been followed by a series of aftershocks, USGS reported. Tremors with magnitudes of 4.7 and 4.8 have hit 42-45 km east of the town of Farkhar, Takhar Province, Afghanistan.

The total death toll from the earthquake that hit Pakistan, Afghanistan and India has risen to at least 180 as Pakistani officials announced that the number of people killed in the quake in that country has reached 145, AP reports. Inayatullah Khan, Pakistan's provincial minister, told AP that the death toll only in the Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has increased to 121.

A moderate earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.0 has struck near the town of Canela Baja in central Chile, seismologists say.

The earthquake, which struck at 6:24 p.m. local time on Saturday, was centered about 5 kilometers southeast of Canela Baja, which is located in Choapa province. It struck about 50 kilometers deep, making it a relatively shallow earthquake, according to Chile's national seismological center (CSN).

Chile's national seismological center initially measured the earthquake at 5.2 before downgrading it to 5.0.

Residents in the region reported feeling tremors, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.

ONEMI reported that there was no threat of a tsunami.

When NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory determined a 99.9 percent likelihood for a magnitude 5.0 earthquake or higher within Los Angeles before April 2018, the US Geological Survey stepped in saying NASA wasn't "clear" about the science behind its finding.

There will be an earthquake in Los Angeles - that much is certain - although it's impossible to be certain about exactly when, where, and how powerful it will be. However, using methods doubted by some seismologists, scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) seem to be convinced that they have a pretty good idea. On October 7, the peer-reviewed Earth and Space Science journal published the group's shocking findings.

JPL based its incredible 99.9 percent figure on previous quakes, including last year's M5.1 earthquake in La Habra, located 21 miles east of Los Angeles; GPS data, and aerial radar. The USGS, using what it considers the true scientific process, swooped in to more or less correct the record with their own figure - an 85 percent likelihood of such an event.

"As scientists, we were not putting out an official forecast. We are putting out something in a paper to test," said Andrea Donnellan, a JPL research scientist, to the Los Angeles Times. "If an earthquake happens in three years, we're both right." Others aren't as convinced, however.

"As far as I'm concerned, there has never been a successful earthquake prediction and a scientific breakthrough would be required for us to make a scientifically based prediction," Thomas Heaton, an engineering seismology professor and director of the Earthquake Engineering Research Laboratory at Caltech, said in an interview with the San Gabriel Valley Tribune. "While the authors are credible scientists, this paper does not meet my definition of science," said Heaton, who is unaffiliated with either finding, while commenting on the JPL study.

Co-author of the JPL study and UC Davis physics and geology professor John Rundle told the LA Times, "once you get to 1,000 magnitude 3 earthquakes, you expect a magnitude 6," referencing what is known as the Gutenberg-Richter relationship. It states that for every 1,000 M3 earthquakes, there are 100 M4's, 10 M5's, and one M6.

An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.7 occurred off northwest Vancouver Island this afternoon.

The earthquake occurred at 4:07 p.m., about 200 kilometres west of Port Hardy, according to Earthquakes Canada. It occurred at a depth of 10 kilometres.

Port Hardy Coun. Patricia Corbett-Labatt was at a meeting at the district's office and said no one there noticed it.

Earthquakes Canada said it had not received any reports from people who felt the quake. There are no reports of damage, and none would be expected, the federal agency said.

More aftershocks are on the cards in the wake of the latest earthquake to strike off Queensland's Fraser Coast.

A magnitude 4 quake was recorded at 6.45am on Friday, about 120 kilometres east of Fraser Island at a depth of 10km.

It was felt by people as far south as Brisbane but no damage was reported.

Geoscience Australia say the tremor is the 13th aftershock in the area following a 5.4 magnitude quake in late July.

Seismologist Marco Maldoni says plate activity could be ongoing but is not unusual.

"You get a large one but they tend to die off ... that's usually the pattern, so we assume it is part of that," he said.

A 5.3 magnitude earthquake shook Punjab province on Friday. The epicenter was located at 11lm north of the town of Dajal.

According to the US Geological Survey, an earthquake with magnitude 5.3 occurred near Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan at 00:27:42.40 UTC on Oct 23, 2015.

The tremors were felt in Multan, Lodhran, Dera Ghazi Khan, Jampur, Khairpur Tamiwali Tehsil, Ahmadpur whereas Rajanpur, Mailsi, Burewala, Rangpur and Jehanian were also shook by the quake, according to reports received from these areas.

Frightened people ran outside their houses and started reciting the Kalima. The epicenter of the earthquake was located at Monroe in D.G.Khan whereas its depth was recorded at 10 feet. According to rescue sources, no loss of life was recorded.

After the earthquake was over, people took to Twitter and started narrating their experiences. With #Earthquake trending at the top in Pakistan, here are some of the tweets:-