World Earthquake Report for Sunday, 24 January 2021
Mon, 25 Jan 2021, 00:24
00:24 AM | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR
Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 25 Jan 2021
Summary: 16 quakes 5.0+, 43 quakes 4.0+, 125 quakes 3.0+, 339 quakes 2.0+ (523 total)
Global seismic activity level on 24 January 2021: MODERATE
Magnitude 5+: 16 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 43 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 125 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 339 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 6 or higher
Total seismic energy estimate: 1.4 x 1014 joules (37.6 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 32385 tons of TNT or 2 atomic bombs!) learn more
10 largest earthquakes in the world (24 Jan 2021):
#1: 5.8 quake 42 km east of Santiago de Chile, Provincia de Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan, Chile, 23 Jan 2021 9:07 pm (GMT -3)#2: 5.6 quake Tasman Sea, New Zealand, 24 Jan 2021 4:47 pm (GMT +11)
#3: 5.4 quake 23 km north of Shihezi, Xinjiang, China, 24 Jan 2021 9:42 am (GMT +8)
#4: 5.4 quake 279 km east of Hotan, Xinjiang, China, 24 Jan 2021 4:17 pm (GMT +8)
#5: 5.4 quake South Atlantic Ocean, Antarctica, 24 Jan 2021 8:14 am (GMT -4)
#6: 5.3 quake South Pacific Ocean, Fiji, 24 Jan 2021 1:01 pm (GMT +12)
#7: 5.3 quake Papua, 128 km southwest of Manokwari, West Papua, Indonesia, 25 Jan 2021 3:42 am (GMT +9)
#8: 5.2 quake South Pacific Ocean, Fiji, 23 Jan 2021 6:36 pm (GMT -12)
#9: 5.2 quake Philippines Sea, 40 km east of Tandag, Philippines, 24 Jan 2021 10:26 pm (GMT +8)
#10: 5.2 quake Antarctica 24 Jan 2021 3:11 pm (GMT -3)
Earthquakes reported felt:
#1: 5.8 quake 42 km east of Santiago de Chile, Provincia de Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan, Chile, 23 Jan 2021 9:07 pm (GMT -3) - 154 reports#2: 4.9 quake 23 km east of Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, 25 Jan 2021 8:12 am (GMT +13) - 72 reports
#3: 4.5 quake 22 km east of Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, 25 Jan 2021 7:57 am (GMT +13) - 67 reports
#4: 5.2 quake Caribbean Sea, British Virgin Islands, 82 km northeast of St Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, 24 Jan 2021 7:21 pm (GMT -4) - 52 reports
#5: 3.5 quake 4.6 km west of Sisak, Sisak-Moslavina, Croatia, 24 Jan 2021 4:54 pm (GMT +1) - 31 reports
#6: 3.2 quake Sunja, 0.6 km southeast of Sisak, Sisak-Moslavina, Croatia, 24 Jan 2021 8:13 am (GMT +1) - 22 reports
#7: 3.3 quake 2.4 km southwest of Atarfe, Granada, Andalusia, Spain, 24 Jan 2021 8:50 am (GMT +1) - 21 reports
#8: 4.1 quake 1.6 km northeast of Makouda, Boumerdes, Algeria, 24 Jan 2021 12:50 pm (GMT +1) - 14 reports
#9: 2.5 quake 22 km east of Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, 25 Jan 2021 7:47 am (GMT +13) - 12 reports
#10: 2.6 quake 17 km northwest of Sisek, Grad Sisak, Sisak-Moslavina, Croatia, 24 Jan 2021 7:57 am (GMT +1) - 12 reports
#11: 4.1 quake 11 km northeast of Malaybalay, Bukidnon, Mindanao Polnocne, Philippines, 24 Jan 2021 3:44 pm (GMT +8) - 10 reports
#12: 3.5 quake 22 km east of Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, 25 Jan 2021 8:02 am (GMT +13) - 10 reports
#13: 4.4 quake Bujumbura Rural, 12 km southeast of Bujumbura, Burundi, 24 Jan 2021 7:07 pm (GMT +2) - 9 reports
#14: 2.8 quake 2.3 km west of Sisek, Grad Sisak, Sisak-Moslavina, Croatia, 24 Jan 2021 8:13 am (GMT +1) - 8 reports
#15: 3.9 quake Caribbean Sea, 16 km northeast of Road Town, British Virgin Islands, 24 Jan 2021 4:16 am (GMT -4) - 7 reports
#16: 3.3 quake 21 km east of Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, 25 Jan 2021 8:19 am (GMT +13) - 6 reports
#17: 5.2 quake 41 km south of Khorugh, Nohijai Şuƣnon, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan, 25 Jan 2021 12:01 am (GMT +5) - 5 reports
#18: 4.2 quake Departamento de Malargüe, Mendoza, Argentina, 104 km east of Linares, Maule Region, Chile, 24 Jan 2021 1:31 am (GMT -3) - 4 reports
#19: 5.2 quake Philippines Sea, 40 km east of Tandag, Philippines, 24 Jan 2021 10:26 pm (GMT +8) - 4 reports
#20: 2.9 quake 23 km east of Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, 25 Jan 2021 10:26 am (GMT +13) - 3 reports
#21: 3.8 quake North Atlantic Ocean, 70 km southeast of Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, 24 Jan 2021 6:19 am (GMT +0) - 2 reports
#22: 4.3 quake Zebak, 23 km southwest of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan, 24 Jan 2021 4:24 pm (GMT +4:30) - 2 reports
#23: 2.9 quake 5.9 km southeast of Ohrid, Macedonia, 24 Jan 2021 3:24 am (GMT +2) - 2 reports
#24: 5.1 quake South Atlantic Ocean 24 Jan 2021 4:11 pm (GMT +1) - 2 reports
#25: 3.7 quake Cautín, 13 km northeast of Temuco, Provincia de Cautin, Araucania, Chile, 24 Jan 2021 6:42 pm (GMT -3) - 2 reports
#26: 4.0 quake 87 km northwest of Gusinoozyorsk, Selenginsky District, Buryatiya Republic, Russia, 24 Jan 2021 5:01 pm (GMT +8) - 2 reports
#27: 3.5 quake Western Mediterranean, 17 km northwest of Dellys, Boumerdes, Algeria, 24 Jan 2021 12:51 pm (GMT +1) - 2 reports
#28: 3.6 quake 24 km east of Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, 25 Jan 2021 10:21 am (GMT +13) - 2 reports
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Sun, 24 Jan 2021, 21:42
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Sun, 24 Jan 2021, 19:32
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Sun, 24 Jan 2021, 19:21
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