Remy Bossu, Secretary-General of the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre, said "days, or perhaps, weeks" would be needed to evaluate the series of earthquakes but said that the series of quakes typically occur in the build-up to a larger tremor, as per CNN.
Records from the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) showed the quakes were continuing to occur a few minutes apart as of 7am on Tuesday (05:00 GMT), with the largest quake recorded at magnitude 5.1 on Monday afternoon.
An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 struck near Calama in Chile on Thursday evening (local time), according to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC)
The earthquake, measuring a magnitude of 7.6 according to the US Geological Survey (USGS) and 7.5 according to the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre, struck off the coast of Mindanao island at a depth of 32km. It was followed by four major aftershocks exceeding magnitudes of 6.0 ov
An earthquake of magnitude 4.6 on the Richter scale hit occurred 19 km SW of Malatya in Turkey, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) announced in a post on Twitter.
Tokyo [Japan], May 9 (ANI): An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 on the Richter scale hit Japan's Yonaguni on Monday, as per European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC).
Managua (Nicaragua), November 9 (ANI/Sputnik): A powerful 6.2 magnitude earthquake occurred on Tuesday off the western coast of Nicaragua, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center said.
Taipei [Taiwan], September 26 (ANI): A 5.0 magnitude earthquake has occurred in Taiwan, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said on Sunday.
Moscow [Russia], August 15 (ANI/Sputnik): A new 5.8 magnitude earthquake has hit Haiti, a day after a more powerful deadly tremor, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC) said on Sunday.