M 8.8 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
A magnitude 8.8 earthquake occurred off the coast of Kamchatka.
M 7.3 Sand Point, Alaska
A magnitude 7.3 earthquake occurred offshore Sand Point, Alaska.
M 7.7 Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)
A magnitude 7.7 earthquake occurred near Mandalay, Burma at a depth of 10 km.
M 7.6 near Cayman Islands
A magnitude 7.6 earthquake occurred southwest of the Cayman Islands in the Caribbean.
M 7.1 Southern Tibetan Plateau
A magnitude 7.1 earthquake occurred near Xizang, China.
M 7.3 Vanuatu
A major earthquake struck in the southwest Pacific Ocean at a depth of 57.1 km (35.5 miles) about 30 km (18 miles) west of Port Vila, the largest city in Vanuatu.
M 7.0 California
A magnitude 7.0 earthquake occurred offshore of Cape Mendocino, California at a depth of 10 km.
M 7.0 Russia
A magnitude 7.0 earthquake occurred at a depth of 29 km (18 miles) near the intersection of the Aleutian and Kuril-Kamchatka trenches.
M 7.1 Japan
M 7.4 Chile
A magnitude 7.4 earthquake occurred near Atacama, Chile on Thursday evening local time at a depth of 117 kilometers (72 miles).