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People watch the waves come in after an earthquake was felt widely across Northern California at Ocean Beach in San Francisco, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)

National Weather Service cancels tsunami warning for the West Coast after 7.0 earthquake

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The Los Angeles skyline is seen from a Baldwin Hills overlook Friday, Feb. 9, 2024. A 4.6-magnitude earthquake struck the Southern California coast near Malibu on Friday and was widely felt in the Los Angeles region, rattling windows and shaking shelves but bringing no reports of major damage or injuries. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Watch the moment a quake shook homes in the Los Angeles area on Monday

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Pedestrians cross the street in New York on Friday, April 5, 2024. An earthquake shook the densely populated New York City metropolitan area Friday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey said, with residents across the Northeast reporting rumbling in a region where people are unaccustomed to feeling the ground move. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

An earthquake centered between NYC and Philadelphia rattles much of the Northeast

By Jennifer Peltz and Mike Catalini - Associated Press

The summit of Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawaii, on Saturday, July 15, 2023. Mauna Kea was born after a series of volcanic eruptions from the ocean floor created new land. Over a million years, it grew into the tallest mountain on earth when measured from its base in the Pacific Ocean to its summit soaring 13,796 feet (4,205 meters) above sea level. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)

Magnitude 5.7 earthquake strikes just south of Hawaii’s Big Island, U.S. Geological Survey says

By Audrey McAvoy - Associated Press

Ambulance. File image credit Chris D swabb via Shutterstock.

Magnitude 5.1 earthquake rattles central Oklahoma

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Strong 6.5-magnitude earthquake shakes Central America

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A car is seen crushed by a collapsed house after a strong earthquake in Suzu city, Ishikawa prefecture, northern Japan, Friday, May 5, 2023. A strong earthquake hit Friday afternoon near central Japan, but there were no reports of a tsunami threat.(Kyodo News via AP)

Strong earthquake hits Japan, killing one, injuring 13

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

This webcam image provided by the U.S. Geological Survey shows Hawaiis Kilauea volcano, from the west rim of the summit caldera, looking east, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. Hawaii's Kilauea began erupting inside its summit crater Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, less than one month after the volcano and its larger neighbor Mauna Loa stopped releasing lava. ( U.S. Geological Survey via AP)

Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupts again, summit crater glows

By Audrey McAvoy - Associated Press

A man is silhouetted against the sky at sunset after coming out of the Pacific Ocean at Mission Beach, Friday, Dec. 16, 2022, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) ** FILE **

Magnitude 6.4 earthquake shakes parts of Northern California

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In this aerial image provided by the U.S. Geological Survey, fissure 3 is seen erupting on the Northeast Rift Zone of Mauna Loa on the Big Island of Hawaii, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022. The world's largest volcano continues to erupt but scientists say lava is no longer feeding the flow front that has been creeping toward a crucial highway. That means the flow isn't advancing and is no longer an imminent threat to the road that connects the east and west sides of the Big Island. (U.S. Geological Survey via AP)

Scientists say eruption of Hawaii volcano continues to ease

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A man talks on a phone in his car alongside Saddle Road as the Mauna Loa volcano erupts Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022, near Hilo, Hawaii. Officials monitoring the Mauna Loa eruption on Hawaii's Big island said Wednesday, Dec. 7, the lava flow moving toward state Route 200 has slowed. They said they could not predict when, where or if the lava flow would cross the highway. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Crucial Hawaii road in limbo as Mauna Loa lava continues to crawl

By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher - Associated Press

Mauna Loa is seen from the Gilbert Kahele Recreation Area off Saddle Road on the Big Island of Hawaii on Oct. 27, 2022. The ground is shaking and swelling at Mauna Loa, the largest active volcano in the world, indicating that it could erupt. Scientists say they don't expect that to happen right away but officials on the Big Island are telling residents to be prepared in case it does erupt soon. (AP Photo/Megan Moseley)

Hawaii’s Mauna Loa starts to erupt, sending ash nearby

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People wait outside after evacuating a government building following an earthquake in Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021. The strong undersea earthquake struck off Indonesia's Flores Island on Tuesday, and the country's meteorological agency warned that tsunami waves are possible. (AP Photo/Daeng Mansur)

Indonesia lifts tsunami alert after powerful undersea quake

By Edna Tarigan - Associated Press

This June 2, 2013, file photo shows a damaged stone on the Washington Monument at the 491-foot level of the scaffolding surrounding the monument, in Washington. The monument, which sustained damage from an earthquake in August 2011, reopened to the public on Monday, May 12, 2014. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Low to moderate risk for earthquake in this region, despite recent shake in Maryland, experts say

By Shen Wu Tan - The Washington Times

A line of cars evacuates the Homer Spit in Homer, Alaska on July 28, 2021, after a tsunami warning was issued following a magnitude 8.2 earthquake. The tsunami warning for much of Alaska's southern coast was canceled when the biggest wave, of just over a half foot, was recorded in Old Harbor. Alaska. (Sarah Knapp/Homer News via AP)

Tsunami warning issued for parts of Alaska after 8.2 quake; Hawaii’s alert was canceled

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