A swarm of small earthquakes jolted San Ramon over the last month. Scientists said the earthquakes are normal and aren’t indicative of the big one.

There were 47 earthquakes reported around the world within 24 hours ending Monday at 10:25 Mountain Standard Time. The strongest quakes were two 5.3-5.5 magnitude tremors detected 22 miles beneath the surface of the ocean in Russian waters off the coast of far Eastern Russia north of Japan.

The Record Breaking Chilean Earthquake 5, commonly referred to as the Valdivia earthquake or Great Chilean earthquake. It occurred in the afternoon at 15:11 local time and lasted an astonishing 10 minutes.

A rare, ultra-long earthquake in Myanmar revealed that mature faults can deliver their full force directly to the surface. The discovery could mean stronger shaking near faults like California’s San Andreas than current models predict.

A nagnitude-5.7 quake hits 67 miles northeast of Kuji, Japan, rattling coastal towns just days after a tsunami warning.

A powerful magnitude-7.5 earthquake struck off Japan’s northeastern coast on Monday, triggering evacuation orders and a tsunami warning for parts of the coastline.

Cupertino City Council set aside the first sum of money toward a multi-million-dollar renovation of a building deemed at risk in the face of earthquakes.

San Ramon has been hit by multiple quakes over the past four days, including magnitudes 2.9, 2.3, and 2.2 on December 13, a 2.8-magnitude quake on December 14 and 2.4 and 2.1 on December 15. There were dozens of other smaller tremors. Read More | San Jose earthquake: Massive jolt in California; tremors in Hollister, Salinas and Dublin