No information about casualties or damage is available at the moment.
No tsunami warning has been issued so far.
Preliminary Earthquake Report:
Earthquakes
No information about casualties or damage is available at the moment.
No tsunami warning has been issued so far.
Preliminary Earthquake Report:
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The epicentre of the earthquake was located 5 km from Montendre.
The epicentre of the earthquake was located 5 km from Montendre.
The earthquake struck at around 10.56 am about 50 kilometres north of Bordeaux. It could be felt all the way from Bordeaux to the city of Poitiers in western France, according to France's National Seismic Monitoring Network (RéNass).
The epicentre of the earthquake was about 5 km from Montendre in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France.
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A map showing earthquakes and the various tectonic plates around the Pacific Ocean.
A map showing earthquakes and the various tectonic plates around the Pacific Ocean.
"In our part of the world, there are the big Pacific and North American [tectonic] plates, and caught in-between the two is the Juan de Fuca plate system," says Taimi Mulder, seismologist at the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC), which monitors all seismic activity in Western Canada.
Over millions of years, these plates push and grind under and past each other in areas called subduction zones. Earthquakes are caused and can be tiny or they can be massive, like the 2004 Sumatran earthquake, which ruptured 1,000 kilometres of coastline.
"An earthquake is like ringing a bell. The earthquake is the clapper that sets it off and the bell reverberates," said Mulder. "In an earthquake, energy is sent shooting in all directions and it pings around inside the earth making the whole earth vibrate."
Magnitude 4 or 5 earthquakes will likely wake you up, while a 7 will result in toppled bookcases and fallen chimneys. Thanks to B.C.'s stringent building code, structural collapse is not expected in magnitude 7s. Magnitude 8 or 9s have the same severity of shaking as a 7, but their duration lasts longer, often over 2 or 3 minutes. They cause structural building damage and ruptured gas lines, often causing fire.
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A resident of Montong Gading district, East Lombok, stands by her collapsed house after an earthquake on Sunday
A resident of Montong Gading district, East Lombok, stands by her collapsed house after an earthquake on Sunday
According to a statement issued by the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency on Sunday afternoon, a 5.4-magnitude tectonic earthquake jolted East Lombok regency. The earthquake struck at about 2 p.m. local time, with its epicenter located approximately 20 kilometers north of the regency's Selong city. It was estimated to be 20 km deep.
While the agency stated the earthquake did not trigger a tsunami, North Lombok regency administration said it had caused a landslide at the Tiu Kelep Waterfall in Bayan district. The earthquake also destroyed several houses.
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It was not immediately clear whether anyone was injured. The quake struck some 55 km (34 miles) southeast of Cochabamba, the USGS said.
Reporting by Darren Schuettler; editing by Christian Schmollinger
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The epicenter, with a depth of 567.38 km, was initially determined to be at 17.8313 degrees south latitude and 178.662 degrees west longitude.
Initially, the institute said the quake was magnitude 6.4. But a few minutes later the institute revised its magnitude to 6.2.
In an updated bulletin, the institute said the quake, which struck at 11:06 p.m., hit at a depth of 16 kilometers, about 38 km northwest of Burgos town in Surigao del Norte.
However, in the main Burgos town, the institute said the intensity of the earthquake was only magnitude 5.
The tremor was also felt in Dinagat Island, Butuan City, Abuyog in Leyte province, Tacloban City in Southern Leyte, Camiguin Island, Cebu City in the central Philippines.
The institute said the tremor, which was tectonic in origin, is not expected to cause damage. However, it said that aftershocks are expected.
The epicenter, with a depth of 46.0 km, was initially determined to be at 32.2 degrees south latitude and 177.8 degrees west longitude.
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The epicentre, with a depth of 10km, was initially determined to be at a 41.9336 degrees north latitude and 146.9481 degrees east longitude.
The epicentre, with a depth of 10km, was initially determined to be at a 41.9336 degrees north latitude and 146.9481 degrees east longitude.
There were no immediate reports of casualties, and no tsunami warning was issued.
The quake, which struck at 12:23 p.m., registered a 4 on the 7-point Japanese seismic intensity scale in the northern Nemuro district and the town of Shibetsu, eastern Hokkaido, and a 3 in extensive areas of the Tokachi, Nemuro and Kushiro districts, according to the JMA.
The focus of the temblor was about 10 kilometers below the seabed off the Nemuro Peninsula.
