Two strong earthquakes shook southern Japan Wednesday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) map shows. The quakes were both measured at a 4.9 magnitude and were 106 km, about 65 miles, and 104 km, about 64 miles, off the southwest coast of Kurio, according to the USGS map. They struck about five minutes apart, according to the data from USGS.

According to the United States Geological Survey, USGS, 2 earthquakes happened over the weekend in South Carolina.

North Carolina was hit by two earthquakes recently, but you may not have felt them. Here's where they hit and more about quakes in the state.

Udalguri district in Assam experienced two mild earthquakes on Monday, September 15. The first tremor, measuring 2.8 in magnitude, struck at 1:52 AM at a shallow depth of 5 km. The second quake, a bit stronger at magnitude 3.

They follow two earthquakes earlier this week that have already ravaged the South Asian nation, which has been crushed by war, poverty and shrinking aid.

The strongest earthquake ever recorded in South Carolina — and on the East Coast of the United States — was a devastating 7.3 in Charleston in 1886. That quake killed 60 people and was felt over 2.5 million square miles, from Cuba to New York and Bermuda to the Mississippi River, according to the state EMD.

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) said two earthquakes were reported in the Carolinas over the last three days. Officials said the first quake hit Transylvania County with a magnitude of 2.1 and a depth of zero at 1:40 p.

INYO COUNTY, CA - A preliminary 2.6 magnitude quake was recorded near Little Lake Monday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Two powerful aftershocks struck eastern Afghanistan 12 hours apart, triggering fears of more deaths after earthquakes killed about 2,200 people.