A temblor occurred early Tuesday about 36 miles northwest of Springfield. “A magnitude 3.8 is a small earthquake," a USGS spokesperson said. "This is a quake that is typical for the central U.S." No damage or injuries were reported.

The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.2 miles and had an estimated intensity of VI on the modified Mercalli intensity scale.

Multiple earthquakes struck western Japan on Tuesday, local time, centered in Shimane Prefecture and neighboring Tottori Prefecture.

A magnitude 5.1 ‍earthquake jolted the southwestern Chinese province of ‌Yunnan on ‌Monday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Centre (CENC). The epicentre ​was in a ‍county ​in Zhaotong ​in northeastern ‍Yunnan at

Whether they are jokes - earthquakes are in no way caused by the weather - or genuine misunderstandings, earthquake myths have circulated in California for decades, shaping how people interpret seismic activity.