Indonesia lies strategically between the Asian and Australian continents along the boundary of the Pacific Ocean. This area forms part of the well-known “Ring of Fire,” a major seismic zone responsible for around 90 percent of global earthquakes and nearly three-quarters of all volcanic eruptions.

A magnitude 6.8 earthquake was recorded in the Beaus region on Monday morning, according to seismic data reviewed manually by authorities. The quake struck at 7:38 a.m. local time (12:38 UTC) at a shallow depth of less than 30 kilometers, centered at latitude 16.54°N and longitude 59.49°W.

The Afghanistan-Pakistan region, located at the juncture of the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates, has recently experienced a series of significant earthquakes. A recent 6.3-magnitude quake near Mazar-e Sharif led to casualties,

Search and rescue operations continued in Afghanistan on Tuesday, a day after a magnitude-6.3 earthquake struck the north of the country.

The epicenter of the 2.5 magnitude earthquake was found south and east of Columbia, Maryland, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake rattled parts of central Oklahoma late Tuesday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

A. 2.2-magnitude earthquake shook just north of Wayne County, in Lake Ontario, on Wednesday night. The earthquake hit around 11:19 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 22 and 12 miles north of Pultneyville, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The earthquake occurred at a depth of roughly 7.9 kilometers beneath the surface.

A small earthquake has been reported in Upstate New York. A 2.2 magnitude earthquake was detected in Lake Ontario about 12 kilometers (7.5 miles) north of Pulteneyville, Wayne County, on Wednesday night, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.