A preliminary magnitude 3.7 earthquake rattled the Bay Area on Thursday afternoon after a series of smaller quakes hours before in the same area, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The latest shake happened at 1:59 p.

A magnitude-7.6 earthquake shook the Caribbean Sea south of the Cayman Islands Saturday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Several islands and countries urged people near the coastline to move inland but authorities in most places later lifted the tsunami alerts.

An earthquake struck northern Groningen shortly after midnight on Thursday, with a magnitude of 2.2 on the Richter scale. The epicenter was located in Usquert, between the now-closed Groningen gas mining site and Warffum,

Seismologists have noted that the epicentre of the earthquakes is steadily drifting northward in the direction of Amorgos.

The Greek island of Santorini was struck by the latest in a string of earthquakes Tuesday, this time a 4.8 temblor. The government said it will backstop the island destination's tourist industry.

Authorities declared a state of emergency on a second Greek island Wednesday as a series of earthquakes continued to rattle the south-eastern Aegean Sea region. The emergency measure announced on the island of Amorgos follows a similar decision for nearby Santorini on Feb.

Scientists have detected several thousand earthquakes, the vast majority of them with small magnitudes, in just over two weeks near Greece’s volcanic island of Santorini, the University of Athens’