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Earthquakes, WESTERN TURKEY

ALERT – Magnitude 6.1 Earthquake Depth 10 km Strikes Western Turkiye on 10th August 2025

First inhabited by modern humans during the Late Paleolithic, present-day Turkey was home to various ancient peoples. The Hattians were assimilated by the Hittites and other Anatolian peoples. Classical Anatolia transitioned into cultural Hellenization after Alexander the Great’s conquests, and later Romanization during the Roman and Byzantine eras. The Seljuk Turks began migrating into Anatolia in the 11th century, starting the Turkification process. The Seljuk Sultanate of…

Earth Extremities
August 11, 2025

Earthquakes, Guam Region, Pacific Ocean

Magnitude 5.9 Earthquake Depth 20 km Strikes Guam Region on 10th August 2025

In Oceania, Guam is the largest and southernmost of the Mariana Islands and the largest island in Micronesia. As of 2022, its population was 168,801. Chamorros are its largest ethnic group, but a minority on the multiethnic island. The territory…

Earth Extremities
August 10, 2025

Central America, Earthquakes, OFFSHORE GUATEMALA, Pacific Ocean

Magnitude 5.9 Earthquake Depth 10 km Strikes Offshore Guatemala on 9th August 2025

The territory of modern Guatemala hosted the core of the Maya civilization, which extended across Mesoamerica; in the 16th century, most of this was conquered by the Spanish and claimed as part of the viceroyalty of New Spain. Guatemala attained…

Earth Extremities
August 10, 2025

Earthquakes, EAST OF KURIL ISLANDS, Pacific Ocean, Quake Swarm, Russia, Seismic Swarm

Magnitude 6.0 Earthquake Depth 10 km Strikes East of Kuril Islands on 9th August 2025

The Kuril Islands consist of the Greater Kuril Chain and, at the southwest end, the parallel Lesser Kuril Chain. The group termed the ‘South Kurils’ consists of those of the Lesser Kuril Chain together with Kunashir and Iturup in the…

Earth Extremities
August 9, 2025

Earthquakes, Kuril Islands, Quake Swarm, Russia, Seismic Swarm

Earthquake Swarm Strikes Kuril Islands on 7th to 8th August 2025

Earth Extremities
August 8, 2025

Earthquakes, OFF EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA, Quake Swarm, Ring Of Fire, Russia, Seismic Swarm

Multiple Earthquake Swarms Striking Off East Coast of Kamchatka on 7th to 8th August 2025

The Kamchatka Peninsula, the Commander Islands, and Karaginsky Island constitute Kamchatka Krai of the Russian Federation. The majority of the 322,079 inhabitants are ethnic Russians, with about 13,000 being Koryaks (2014). More than half of the population lives in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky…

Earth Extremities
August 8, 2025

Earthquakes, New Britain Region P.N.G, Papua New Guinea, Ring Of Fire, Solomon Sea

Magnitude 5.9 Earthquake Depth 19 km Strikes New Britain Region, P.N.G. on 7th August 2025

When the island was part of German New Guinea, its name was Neupommern (“New Pomerania”). In common with most of the Bismarcks it was largely formed by volcanic processes, and has active volcanoes including Ulawun (highest volcano nationally), Langila, the…

Earth Extremities
August 7, 2025

Earthquakes, Europe, SOUTHERN GREECE

Magnitude 4.8 Earthquake Depth 20 km Strikes Southern Greece on 7th August 2025

Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, Greece shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to the east. The Aegean Sea lies to the east of the mainland,…

Earth Extremities
August 7, 2025

Asia, Earthquakes, Ring Of Fire, TAIWAN REGION

Magnitude 5.9 Earthquake Depth 116 km Strikes Taiwan Region on 7th August 2025

Taiwan has been settled for at least 25,000 years. Ancestors of Taiwanese indigenous peoples settled the island around 6,000 years ago. In the 17th century, large-scale Han Chinese immigration began under Dutch colonial rule and continued under the Kingdom of Tungning, the first predominantly Han Chinese state…