World Earthquake Report for Friday, 8 January 2021
Sat, 9 Jan 2021, 00:24
00:24 AM | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR
Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 9 Jan 2021
Summary: 2 quakes 6.0+, 8 quakes 5.0+, 26 quakes 4.0+, 93 quakes 3.0+, 203 quakes 2.0+ (332 total)
Global seismic activity level on 8 January 2021: MODERATE
Magnitude 6+: 2 earthquakes
Magnitude 5+: 8 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 26 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 93 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 203 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 7 or higher
Total seismic energy estimate: 2.3 x 1014 joules (62.9 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 54107 tons of TNT or 3.4 atomic bombs!) learn more
10 largest earthquakes in the world (8 Jan 2021):
#1: 6.1 quake South Pacific Ocean, 59 km south of Aneityum Island, Tafea Province, Vanuatu, 8 Jan 4:01 pm (GMT +11)#2: 6.0 quake South Pacific Ocean, 86 km west of Sunday Island, New Zealand, 8 Jan 1:28 pm (GMT +13)
#3: 5.8 quake South Pacific Ocean, 1299 km northeast of Wellington, Wellington City, New Zealand, 7 Jan 11:41 pm (GMT -12)
#4: 5.5 quake South Pacific Ocean, 309 km north of Nuku'alofa, Tongatapu, 9 Jan 1:09 am (GMT +13)
#5: 5.4 quake 5.6 km northwest of Mizunami, Mizunami-shi, Gifu, Japan, 8 Jan 9:35 pm (GMT +9)
#6: 5.3 quake South Pacific Ocean, 1321 km northeast of Wellington, Wellington City, New Zealand, 9 Jan 10:37 am (GMT +13)
#7: 5.1 quake Kazakhstan, 551 km west of Ürümqi, Xinjiang, China, 8 Jan 11:48 am (GMT +8)
#8: 5.1 quake South Atlantic Ocean, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands, 8 Jan 7:48 am (GMT -2)
#9: 5.0 quake South Pacific Ocean, 466 km northeast of Nuku'alofa, Tongatapu, 9 Jan 1:08 am (GMT +13)
#10: 5.0 quake South Pacific Ocean, 487 km northeast of Nuku'alofa, Tongatapu, 9 Jan 7:36 am (GMT +13)
Earthquakes reported felt:
#1: 3.2 quake 1.9 km north of Donji Hruševec, Kravarsko, Zagreb County, Croatia, 8 Jan 3:20 pm (GMT +1) - 33 reports#2: 3.8 quake 9.9 km east of Pamukkale, Denizli, Turkey, 8 Jan 3:46 am (GMT +3) - 10 reports
#3: 2.9 quake 2.5 km west of Donja Bačuga, Grad Petrinja, Sisak-Moslavina, Croatia, 8 Jan 9:47 pm (GMT +1) - 9 reports
#4: 6.1 quake South Pacific Ocean, 59 km south of Aneityum Island, Tafea Province, Vanuatu, 8 Jan 4:01 pm (GMT +11) - 7 reports
#5: 2.1 quake 3.4 km north of Letovanić, Lekenik, Sisak-Moslavina, Croatia, 8 Jan 6:47 am (GMT +1) - 7 reports
#6: 3.6 quake 9.5 km east of Pamukkale, Denizli, Turkey, 8 Jan 3:21 am (GMT +3) - 5 reports
#7: 3.8 quake South China Sea, 24 km south of Calatagan, Province of Batangas, Calabarzon, Philippines, 9 Jan 5:54 am (GMT +8) - 4 reports
#8: 2.1 quake Western Mediterranean, 1.3 km south of Le Pradet, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France, 8 Jan 9:25 am (GMT +1) - 2 reports
#9: 2.9 quake Aegean Sea, 14 km southeast of Sykia, Chalkidikí, Macedonia Centrale, Greece, 9 Jan 1:08 am (GMT +2) - 2 reports
#10: 3.2 quake Caribbean Sea, 5.8 km south of Ponce, Segundo Barrio, Ponce, Puerto Rico, 8 Jan 4:48 pm (GMT -4) - 2 reports
#11: 4.0 quake Departamento de Tafi del Valle, Tucuman, 39 km south of Cafayate, Salta, Argentina, 8 Jan 9:54 am (GMT -3) - 2 reports
#12: 4.3 quake El Cocoyult, 1 km east of El Cocoyult (Coacoyul), San Marcos, Guerrero, Mexico, 7 Jan 9:00 pm (GMT -6) - 2 reports
#13: 3.4 quake Caribbean Sea, 5.6 km south of Guanica, Guanica Barrio-Pueblo, Puerto Rico, 7 Jan 11:57 pm (GMT -4) - 2 reports
#14: 3.7 quake 19 km northeast of Denizli, Turkey, 8 Jan 4:33 am (GMT +3) - 2 reports
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