Philippines Earthquake 2012

A tsunami alert has been issued after a magnitude-7.9 earthquake struck off the east coast of the Philippines, the United States Geological Survey says.
 
The earthquake struck at 8:47 a.m. Eastern time and 8:47 p.m. local time in the Philippines, officials said, at a depth of 21.7 miles.
The closest city to the epicenter of the quake, which was several miles off shore, is in Guinan, about 66 miles away. Manilla, the country's capital, is about 465 miles away from the epicenter.
There is no word as to damage or injuries.

Los Angeles Earthquake

The southern California town of Brawley has taken the unusual step of declaring a state of emergency after a swarm of earthquakes rattled nearly 20 mobile homes off their blocks and forced a slaughterhouse to close, the mayor said on Wednesday.
 
It is uncommon for quake-hardy California cities to declare emergencies due to tremors, but Brawley mayor George Nava said the earthquake swarm is a unique case because it has lasted for days and caused millions of dollars in damage.
The cluster of relatively small quakes, which are caused by water and other fluids moving around in the Earth's crust, began on Saturday evening and climaxed the next day with a 5.5 temblor, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
The tremors were continuing on Wednesday and geologists say there have been hundreds in total.