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A 5.5 magnitude earthquake struck on Wednesday in the California desert about 150 miles (241 km) northeast of Los Angeles, but there were no reports of damage or injuries in the sparsely populated area. The temblor hit in a sparsely populated area near the Mojave Desert community of Searles Valley …

A 6.5 magnitude earthquake has hit Nevada, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. The quake struck 35-miles west-northwest of Tonopah, Nevada, just after 4 am (PDT) on Friday. There have been at least four aftershocks reported. Early morning earthquake felt in DTLA. #earthquake #DTLA pic.twitter.com/2NNPnzd6nu — Sean Ward (@seanpward) May …

A strong 5.8 magnitude tremor has hit the Pakistani capital Islamabad and other cities in the eastern Punjab province, leaving at least 19 people dead and 300 injured, officials said. The earthquake was also felt in Lahore, Peshawar and Pakistan-administered Kashmir, with people rushing into the streets in case of …

An earthquake of 5.7 magnitudes has rocked Turkey’s southwestern city of Denizli, the country’s monitoring agency said on Thursday. The city’s mayor said there were no immediate reports of casualties, Reuters reports. The Kandilli observatory had initially said the tremor measured 6.5 in magnitude. The earthquake occurred 8km (5 miles) …

Emergency officials in southern California’s high desert are braced for strong, potentially dangerous aftershocks from a major earthquake that damaged buildings, ruptured gas lines and sparked numerous fires near its remote epicenter. The magnitude 7.1 tremor rocked the Mojave desert town of Ridgecrest near Death Valley National Park as darkness …