World Earthquake Report for Thursday, 7 January 2021
Fri, 8 Jan 2021, 00:24
00:24 AM | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR
Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 8 Jan 2021
Summary: 2 quakes 5.0+, 23 quakes 4.0+, 115 quakes 3.0+, 196 quakes 2.0+ (336 total)
Global seismic activity level on 7 January 2021: LOW
Magnitude 5+: 2 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 23 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 115 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 196 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 6 or higher
Total seismic energy estimate: 1.3 x 1013 joules (3.57 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 3076 tons of TNT or 0.2 atomic bombs!) learn more
10 largest earthquakes in the world (7 Jan 2021):
#1: 5.1 quake South Pacific Ocean 7 Jan 1:26 am (GMT -6)#2: 5.0 quake Bay of Bengal, 146 km northwest of Banda Aceh, Kota Banda Aceh, Indonesia, 7 Jan 6:57 am (GMT +5:30)
#3: 4.8 quake Indian Ocean, 476 km southeast of Jakarta, Indonesia, 7 Jan 9:44 pm (GMT +7)
#4: 4.7 quake Banda Sea, 47 km west of Pulau Kekeh Besar Island, Maluku, Indonesia, 8 Jan 12:59 am (GMT +9)
#5: 4.6 quake 17 km south of Piedecuesta, Departamento de Santander, Colombia, 6 Jan 11:37 pm (GMT -5)
#6: 4.6 quake Coral Sea, Solomon Islands, 8 Jan 8:27 am (GMT +11)
#7: 4.6 quake 51 km southwest of Copal, Provincia de Loreto, Peru, 7 Jan 6:53 pm (GMT -5)
#8: 4.5 quake North Atlantic Ocean 7 Jan 7:17 am (GMT -2)
#9: 4.5 quake South Pacific Ocean, 1253 km northeast of Wellington, Wellington City, New Zealand, 8 Jan 3:20 am (GMT +13)
#10: 4.5 quake 805 km east of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, 8 Jan 8:16 am (GMT +11)
Earthquakes reported felt:
#1: 3.7 quake 1.7 km northwest of Strašnik, Grad Petrinja, Sisak-Moslavina, Croatia, 7 Jan 12:06 pm (GMT +1) - 186 reports#2: 3.8 quake 4.2 km southwest of Sisak, Grad Sisak, Sisak-Moslavina, Croatia, 7 Jan 6:24 pm (GMT +1) - 159 reports
#3: 3.3 quake Grad Sisak, 2.9 km northeast of Petrinja, Grad Petrinja, Sisak-Moslavina, Croatia, 7 Jan 2:28 pm (GMT +1) - 30 reports
#4: 3.0 quake 4.1 mi northeast of East Foothills, Santa Clara County, California, USA, 7 Jan 3:44 am (GMT -8) - 12 reports
#5: 4.3 quake Sulu Sea, 28 km west of Siocon, Zamboanga City, Zamboanga Peninsula, Philippines, 7 Jan 10:20 am (GMT +8) - 5 reports
#6: 4.1 quake Sulu Sea, 37 km west of Siocon, Zamboanga City, Zamboanga Peninsula, Philippines, 8 Jan 12:47 am (GMT +8) - 4 reports
#7: 3.8 quake Aegean Sea, 26 km northwest of Atsiki, Lesbos, North Aegean, Greece, 7 Jan 2:58 am (GMT +2) - 3 reports
#8: 2.6 quake 0.8 km northwest of Velika Jamnička, Pisarovina, Zagreb County, Croatia, 8 Jan 12:25 am (GMT +1) - 2 reports
#9: 4.8 quake Indian Ocean, 476 km southeast of Jakarta, Indonesia, 7 Jan 9:44 pm (GMT +7) - 2 reports
#10: 5.0 quake Bay of Bengal, 146 km northwest of Banda Aceh, Kota Banda Aceh, Indonesia, 7 Jan 6:57 am (GMT +5:30) - 2 reports
#11: 3.0 quake 27 km south of Nevesinje, Bosnia Serb Republic, Bosnia & Herzegovina, 7 Jan 3:50 am (GMT +1) - 2 reports
#12: 4.0 quake Philippines Sea, 40 km south of Yilan, Taiwan, 7 Jan 2:01 pm (GMT +8) - 2 reports
#13: 2.2 quake 3.9 mi northeast of Running Springs, San Bernardino County, California, USA, 6 Jan 11:58 pm (GMT -8) - 2 reports
#14: 4.1 quake North Pacific Ocean, 18 km southwest of Puerto San José, Municipio de San José, Departamento de Escuintla, Guatemala, 7 Jan 3:53 pm (GMT -6) - 2 reports
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