Scientists: AR Earthquake Outbreak Akin to 'Powerball Kind of Odds'
"Are they being being triggered or are they natural? That's something we don't know," Arkansas Geological Survey scientist Scott Ausbrook said Sunday. The chances of so many temblors in the region in such a short time are "Powerball kind of odds," says Ausbrook. "What was unusual was to have four different areas in the state to be active in the same week."

Moderate earthquake jolts sea off eastern Taiwan coast
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck in the sea off Taiwan's eastern coast Wednesday but did not cause any damage on land, according to the Central Weather Bureau. The earthquake hit at 9:33 a.m., with its epicenter located at sea 80.7 kilometers east of the Hualien County Government building at a depth of 22.2 km, the bureau's Seismology Center said.  

'Silent' quake gently rocks Wellington
"This is what we call a silent earthquake," Geonet scientist Caroline Little said on Firstline this morning. "Instead of this movement happening in seconds, this will take around a year to move." Normal earthquakes release all their energy when one side of a fault suddenly slips past the other, and can be incredibly destructive – as the people of Christchurch know all too well. But in a silent earthquake the energy is released slowly, and in some cases can be predicted in advance.  

Unusual earthquake along the coast of Wales, United Kingdom
Most people described having been awoken from their sleep by the moderate shaking strength of the earthquake, which had a trembling effect. The sound strength was also described as moderate. Many of the reports stated that windows and crockery rattled. Reports described “the bed was shaking too scared to look at anything else”, “loud rumbling sound woke me, then noticed s sound of mirror rattling on bedside cabinet”, “gradually grew louder. Classic underground train passing sensation“ and “woke the household any many neighbours”.  

Calif. Homes Sinking One By One In Now-Abandoned Subdivision
“We have a dormant volcano, and I’m certain a lot of things that happen here are a result of that, but we don’t know about this.” Some of the subdivision movement is happening on shallow fill, according to De Leon. However, a geologist has warned that the ground could be compromised down to bedrock, which rests 25 feet below the surface. Cracks have also appeared recently in roads well beyond the shallow fill.  

6.2 magnitude earthquake hits Iran
The US Geological Survey registered the quake at 0738 IST, measured at 85 kilometres (52 miles) southeast of the town of Minab, located in the southern Hormuzgan province and off the Strait of Hormuz. The quake was registered at a depth of 36.44 kilometres (22.64 miles), the USGS said.

STRONGEST FLARE OF THE YEAR
A sunspot hiding behind the sun's northeastern limb erupted on May 13th at 02:17 UT, producing the strongest solar flare of the year so far. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory recorded the extreme UV flash from the X1.7-class eruption:  

WHO says new coronavirus may be passed person to person
The World Health Organization says it appears likely that the novel coronavirus (NCoV) can be passed between people in close contact. This comes after the French health ministry confirmed a second man had contracted the virus in a possible case of human-to-human transmission.