Scientists: AR Earthquake Outbreak Akin to ‘Powerball Kind of Odds’
“Are they being being triggered or are they natural? That’s something we don’t know,” Arkansas Geological Survey scientist Scott Ausbrook said Sunday. The chances of so many temblors in the region in such a short time are “Powerball kind of odds,” says Ausbrook. “What was unusual was to have four different areas in the state to be active in the same week.”

Moderate earthquake jolts sea off eastern Taiwan coast
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck in the sea off Taiwan’s eastern coast Wednesday but did not cause any damage on land, according to the Central Weather Bureau. The earthquake hit at 9:33 a.m., with its epicenter located at sea 80.7 kilometers east of the Hualien County Government building at a depth of 22.2 km, the bureau’s Seismology Center said.  

‘Silent’ quake gently rocks Wellington
“This is what we call a silent earthquake,” Geonet scientist Caroline Little said on Firstline this morning. “Instead of this movement happening in seconds, this will take around a year to move.” Normal earthquakes release all their energy when one side of a fault suddenly slips past the other, and can be incredibly destructive – as the people of Christchurch know all too well. But in a silent earthquake the energy is released slowly, and in some cases can be predicted in advance.  

Unusual earthquake along the coast of Wales, United Kingdom
Most people described having been awoken from their sleep by the moderate shaking strength of the earthquake, which had a trembling effect. The sound strength was also described as moderate. Many of the reports stated that windows and crockery rattled. Reports described “the bed was shaking too scared to look at anything else”, “loud rumbling sound woke me, then noticed s sound of mirror rattling on bedside cabinet”, “gradually grew louder. Classic underground train passing sensation“ and “woke the household any many neighbours”.