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The tremors came following an earthquake over the weekend. Click to read more. An aftershock rocked Melbourne city in the state of Victoria this week following an earthquake over the weekend.

A massive igneous rock underneath the coast of southern Japan could possibly be serving as a magnet or lightning rod for megaquakes. According to a new 3D image of the Kumano Pluton, tectonic energy from megaquakes appears to be channeled to a number of spots along its side.

Ten earthquakes struck Puerto Rico recently, but there has been no recorded tsunami threat to the island, the Caribbean, or even the U.S. East Coast. According to the USGS, majority of the earthquakes occurred in Puerto Rico's southwest, with just a single quake in the west.

Intense earthquakes are unnerving, frightening, and even deadly. Scientists would need to monitor animals under controlled settings over lengthy periods of time in order to show that odd animal behaviors might forecast earthquakes. Animals might be lifesavers if they could tell us when a quake is likely to happen. But is it possible?

The USGS released an update on an underway swarm of earthquakes rocking parts of Idaho well west of Yellowstone on November 29. For the last 20 months, seismic activity in central Idaho has been high. These earthquakes are aftershocks of a magnitude 6.5 earthquake that took place on March 31, 2020, according to the USGS.

Scientists are currently trying to confirm a record-breaking temblor. If they succeed, it would fundamentally alter how geologists see earthquakes. The improbable earthquake occurred 467 miles beneath the surface of the planet, at a layer known as the lower mantle. There have been clues of lower mantle quakes here and there, but scientists have never been able to locate them.