A rare earthquake struck the Midwest on Sunday morning. The Midwestern part of the United States typically isn't home to many earthquakes. However, in recent weeks, earthquakes have been striking more and more,

Defiance County experienced a rare earthquake Sunday morning. The weak to minor earthquake at 6:46 a.m. registered as a 2.9 magnitude around 1 mile from Hicksville.

The earthquake was more than 14 miles below the surface and the U.S. Geological Service reported it was felt in Ohio and W. Va. along the Ohio River.

If you were in northwest Ohio Sunday morning, you may have felt an earthquake. According to the United States Geological Survey, a 2.9 magnitude earthquake hit just south of Hicksville, Ohio, near the state border with Indiana. USGS reports it happened at 6:48 a.m. Sunday, nearly 2.3 miles below the surface.

The earth moved in the Maniwaki area this Sunday morning. No damage was reported after a 4.1 magnitude earthquake rattled the Maniwaki area in western Quebec, according to Earthquakes Canada.

Twenty years ago, on Dec. 26, 2004, a 9.1-magnitude earthquake beneath the Indian Ocean triggered a tsunami with waves up to 100 feet high, killing an estimated 230,000 people. On March 11, 2011, a powerful tsunami traveling nearly 500 miles per hour with 10-meter-high waves swept over the east coast of Japan, killing more than 18,000 people.

An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 struck Russia's Kuril Islands on Friday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said.

A deadly earthquake has struck the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu, damaging buildings in the capital, including one housing the U.S. embassy.

John Yoo, a former clerk for conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and the former deputy assistant attorney general, warned on a podcast this week that Donald Trump may cause a "constitutional earthquake" with some of his suggested plans once he takes office.

A magnitude-3.7 earthquake was reported near the village of Hāna on the Island of Maui at 8:44 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 19. The quake occurred at a depth of 6.2 miles below sea level and had no apparent impact on either Mauna Loa or Kīlauea volcanoes on the Island of Hawaiʻi, according to the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.

Video shows the embassy wrecked after the powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck Vanuatu's capital, Port Vila.

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Witnesses in Vanuatu recounted the moment a violent magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck the South Pacific island ...