During June the Mediterranean region experienced earthquakes that are considered typical for this part of the world.

Many of the earthquakes took place beneath Greece, Crete, Cyprus and Turkey (yellow circles on large map). Despite the daily seismic activity, many of these earthquakes have a low magnitude (less than five) and cause no damage, albeit being felt by locals as a gentle shake.

Locally, two earthquakes struck offshore, west of Malta, on June 1 and 23. Readers who felt any earthquake-related shaking on these dates are invited to report their experience to the Seismic Monitoring and Research Unit at the University of Malta via the online questionnaire at http://seismic.research.um.edu.mt .

Globally, a major earthquake of magnitude 7.9 struck near Alaska’s Aleutian Islands. The strong shaking triggered a tsunami warning, but only small waves measuring several centimetres hit coastal communities.

Other tectonically active regions along the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans experienced earthquakes of magnitudes between six and seven during June (red circles on global map).

These earthquakes took place far away from inhabited areas, thus causing no civil damage.