Falling masonry just misses people standing in a street in the eastern Turkish city of Elazig, that was hit by an earthquake.

Donegal itself is a hotbed of seismic activity and school equipment often picks up seismic activity.

Southern California has been shaken by two recent earthquakes. The way they were experienced in Los Angeles has a lot to do with the sediment-filled basin the city sits upon.

It is believed oarfish, which live in the deep sea, often come up to shore before earthquakes.

People are free to “go back to normal lifestyles”, but the risk of a major earthquake is not eliminated.

The quake shook homes and startled residents, but no structural damage or injuries have been reported.

An alert issued this week has caught the attention of a country used to earthquake warnings.

The warning comes after a 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck off southern Japan earlier on Thursday.