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Earthquake report world-wide for Wednesday, 22 April 2020

Thursday Apr 23, 2020 00:24 AM | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR

World map showing earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 23 Apr 2020
World map showing earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 23 Apr 2020

Summary: 204 quakes M2+, 124 quakes M3+, 43 quakes M4+, 5 quakes M5+ (376 total)
Magnitude 2+: 204 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 124 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 43 earthquakes
Magnitude 5+: 5 earthquakes
Magnitude 6+: none
Magnitude 7+: none
Magnitude 8+: none
Magnitude 9+: none
Total seismic energy estimate: 4.3*10^13 J (11.8 GWh / 10194 tons of TNT / 0.6 atomic bombs equivalent) [learn more]

List of 10 largest earthquakes in the world (22 Apr 2020):


#1: M 5.5 quake: Tonga Islands on Wed, 22 Apr 22h31
#2: M 5.4 quake: Kuril Islands (Russia) on Wed, 22 Apr 06h51
#3: M 5.2 quake: Southeast of Loyalty Islands (Vanuatu) on Wed, 22 Apr 13h00
#4: M 5.1 quake: Eastern Gulf of Aden (Yemen) on Wed, 22 Apr 20h22
#5: M 5.0 quake: Tonga Islands Region on Wed, 22 Apr 23h19
#6: M 4.9 quake: Ryukyu Islands, Japan on Wed, 22 Apr 17h21
#7: M 4.9 quake: Off East Coast of Kamchatka (Russia) on Wed, 22 Apr 19h53
#8: M 4.8 quake: Crete, Greece on Wed, 22 Apr 06h05
#9: M 4.8 quake: New Zealand on Wed, 22 Apr 19h04
#10: M 4.8 quake: Mindanao, Philippines on Wed, 22 Apr 14h04

Earthquake stats:

Number of quakes and energy released vs time
Number of quakes and energy vs time
Number of quakes and energy released vs magnitude
Number of quakes and energy vs magnitude
Magnitude of quakes and energy released vs time
Magnitude of quakes and energy vs time

Largest 20 quakes past 24 hours

Largest 20 quakes on martes, 21 abr 2020

Complete earthquake list (latest and archive)

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Volcano earthquake report for Wednesday, 22 Apr 2020
World map showing volcanoes with shallow (less than 20 km) earthquakes within 20 km radius during the past 24 hours on 22 Apr 2020 Number in brackets indicate nr of quakes.
Wednesday, Apr 22, 2020
Quakes detected near: Apoyeque (1 quake mag 1.9), Bardarbunga (3 quakes between mag 0.3-1.1), Bulusan (1 quake mag 1.7), Cabalian (3 quakes between mag 2.4-3.2), Clear Lake (12 quakes between mag 0.6-1.4), Coso (11 quakes between mag 0.2-1.5) ... [more]
Earthquake report world-wide for Tuesday, 21 April 2020
World map showing earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 22 Apr 2020
Wednesday, Apr 22, 2020
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Volcano earthquake report for Tuesday, 21 Apr 2020
World map showing volcanoes with shallow (less than 20 km) earthquakes within 20 km radius during the past 24 hours on 21 Apr 2020 Number in brackets indicate nr of quakes.
Tuesday, Apr 21, 2020
Quakes detected near: Aurora-Bodie (1 quake mag 1.6), Cabalian (1 quake mag 4.6), Clear Lake (15 quakes between mag 0.6-1.9), Coso (9 quakes between mag 0.4-1.5), El Hierro (1 quake mag 1.5), Etrusk (1 quake mag 2.6) ... [more]
Earthquake report world-wide for Monday, 20 April 2020
World map showing earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 21 Apr 2020
Tuesday, Apr 21, 2020
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Volcano earthquake report for Monday, 20 Apr 2020
World map showing volcanoes with shallow (less than 20 km) earthquakes within 20 km radius during the past 24 hours on 20 Apr 2020 Number in brackets indicate nr of quakes.
Monday, Apr 20, 2020
Quakes detected near: Apastepeque (2 quakes between mag 1.5-2.3), Augustine (1 quake mag 2.2), Aurora-Bodie (2 quakes between mag 1.4-1.6), Bardarbunga (16 quakes between mag 0.1-4.6), Campi Flegrei (Phlegrean Fields) (1 quake mag 1.0), Clear Lake (25 quakes between mag 0.3-2.0) ... [more]
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