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A magnitude 8.3 earthquake struck in the Sea of Okhotsk of Friday. According to the United States Geological Survey , the epicenter of the quake was located just off the coast of Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, in the far eastern part of the country.

Scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey may find themselves headed to Lake Almanor to determine which fault line triggered the 5.7-magnitude earthquake that shook the region Thursday night.

The earthquake that occurred in Uzbekistan on Saturday night at 3.18 caused no casualties or damage, Ministry of Emergency Situations told Trend.

Populations of frogs and other amphibians are declining at an average rate of 3.7 percent each year, according to a new U.S. Geological Survey study.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - More than two dozen earthquakes have rumbled through Arkansas in the past week.

A jarring 5.7-magnitude earthquake was recorded about 6 miles northwest of Greenville, near Lake Almanor, at about 8:47 p.m. Thursday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Arizona geologist notified Marquis Who's Who of inclusion in the forthcoming 68th Edition of Who's Who in America 2014 for discovering gold, diamonds and colored gemstones.

California was struck with two earthquakes and multiple aftershock effects, the first quake hitting the Greenville, Calif.

Russia issued a tsunami warning for the Sakhalin Island region in its Far East after a deep sea earthquake measured at a magnitude of 8.2 by the US Geological Survey.

A powerful earthquake on Friday hit Russia's Far East with tremors felt as far away as Moscow, about 7,000 kilometers west of the epicenter.

A magnitude 5.7 earthquake hit Northern California Thursday night that was widely felt across the region, but there were no reports of serious damage.

Rafael Abreau, a geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey's National Earthquake Center, says the temblor struck at 8:47 p.m. and was centred 10 kilometres west northwest of Greenville, and about 40 kilometres southwest of Susanville.

Boreal toads are found at high elevations. The endangered species is at risk from a fungus as well as human populations and climate change.

Geological Survey. The epicenter of the quake was located 2 miles north-northeast of the town of Canyondam, the USGS said.

A 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck 255 kilometres southwest of Tonga on Friday, according to the US Geological Survey, but there were no reports of damage.

There's a greeting that goes, "What's shaking?" If that question was asked in Butte County Wednesday the right answer could well be six miles north of Oroville.

A man points at a seismic chart at the Central Weather Bureau in Taipei on March 4, 2010.

A 7.4 magnitude quake occurred around 6:19a.m. Thursday, May 23, 2013 , in the Tonga region, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Mohamed Bah, an uncle of 10-year-old Zack Mohamed Fofana, talks to the media near Lilydale Regional Park on Thursday, May 23, 2013.

Hard rock mining production is expected to crack the $10 billion threshold once state production and taxation totals are finalized and published by the Division of Minerals and the Department of Taxation later this year.