A M4.6 earthquake struck 15 km from the 1989 M7.1 epicenter near Tobelo, Indonesia, highlighting the Molucca Sea’s persistent potential for destructive seismic events.
A rare magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 501 kilometers beneath the Pacific Ocean near Fiji, just 69 km from the epicenter of the 2018 M8.2 megaquake—one of the deepest significant tremors ever recorded.
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake at 80 km depth strikes near Cantwell, Alaska, just 73 km from the 2002 M7.9 Denali Fault rupture zone, offering scientists data on ongoing regional stress patterns.