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.

A swarm of at least six earthquakes reaching up to magnitude 2.9 rattled San Ramon near San Francisco, the U.S. Geological Survey reports.

The federal government and earthquake experts blamed a technical glitch for the alert that sent warnings hundreds of miles away last week.

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 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.

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

Expert urges quake preparedness for Karachi, says city sits near three-plate junction and multiple fault lines