World Earthquake Report for Monday, 1 February 2021
Tue, 2 Feb 2021, 00:24
00:24 AM | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR
Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 2 Feb 2021
Summary: 5 quakes 5.0+, 33 quakes 4.0+, 119 quakes 3.0+, 308 quakes 2.0+ (465 total)
Global seismic activity level on 1 February 2021: MODERATE
Magnitude 5+: 5 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 33 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 119 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 308 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 6 or higher
Total seismic energy estimate: 7 x 1013 joules (19.5 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 16776 tons of TNT or 1 atomic bombs!) learn more
10 largest earthquakes in the world (1 Feb 2021):
#1: 5.9 quake 96 km northeast of Huocheng, Ili Kazak Zizhizhou, Xinjiang, China, 1 Feb 2021 3:27 pm (GMT +8)#2: 5.2 quake 60 km southwest of Leninsk-Kuznetsky, Kemerovo Oblast, Russia, 1 Feb 2021 2:20 pm (GMT +7)
#3: 5.2 quake 114 km south of Krasnoyarsk, Russia, 1 Feb 2021 4:02 pm (GMT +7)
#4: 5.1 quake Aegean Sea, 15 km southeast of Nisida Garmpias Island, Greece, 1 Feb 2021 10:35 am (GMT +2)
#5: 5.0 quake South Atlantic Ocean, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands, 1 Feb 2021 3:20 am (GMT -2)
#6: 4.8 quake Philippines Sea, 45 km north of Pulau Garat Island, North Sulawesi, Indonesia, 1 Feb 2021 1:31 pm (GMT +8)
#7: 4.8 quake Aegean Sea, 16 km south of Nisida Garmpias Island, Lesbos, North Aegean, Greece, 1 Feb 2021 7:47 am (GMT +2)
#8: 4.8 quake North Pacific Ocean, 90 km south of San Miguel, El Salvador, 1 Feb 2021 11:29 am (GMT -6)
#9: 4.8 quake Ceram Sea, 71 km southwest of Pulau Nasaulang Island, West Papua, Indonesia, 2 Feb 2021 3:32 am (GMT +9)
#10: 4.7 quake Aegean Sea, 18 km south of Nisida Garmpias Island, Lesbos, North Aegean, Greece, 1 Feb 2021 10:35 am (GMT +2)
Earthquakes reported felt:
#1: 4.8 quake Aegean Sea, 16 km south of Nisida Garmpias Island, Lesbos, North Aegean, Greece, 1 Feb 2021 7:47 am (GMT +2) - 35 reports#2: 5.1 quake Aegean Sea, 15 km southeast of Nisida Garmpias Island, Greece, 1 Feb 2021 10:35 am (GMT +2) - 24 reports
#3: 4.5 quake Aegean Sea, 15 km south of Nisida Garmpias Island, Lesbos, North Aegean, Greece, 1 Feb 2021 8:00 am (GMT +2) - 15 reports
#4: 4.6 quake Aegean Sea, 39 km southwest of Mytilene, Lesbos, North Aegean, Greece, 1 Feb 2021 10:46 pm (GMT +2) - 15 reports
#5: 2.6 quake 11 Km N of Midland, Texas, USA, 31 Jan 2021 8:45 pm (GMT -6) - 9 reports
#6: 2.1 quake 4 Km S of Tunnel Hill, Georgia, USA, 1 February 2021 06:19 GMT - 8 reports
#7: 3.0 quake 9.1 km west of Granada, Andalusia, Spain, 1 Feb 2021 6:21 pm (GMT +1) - 7 reports
#8: 4.7 quake Aegean Sea, 18 km south of Nisida Garmpias Island, Lesbos, North Aegean, Greece, 1 Feb 2021 10:35 am (GMT +2) - 5 reports
#9: 4.6 quake Aegean Sea, 47 km west of Mytilene, Lesbos, North Aegean, Greece, 1 Feb 2021 3:10 pm (GMT +2) - 4 reports
#10: 3.8 quake Aegean Sea, 15 km south of Nisida Garmpias Island, Lesbos, North Aegean, Greece, 1 Feb 2021 7:03 am (GMT +2) - 3 reports
#11: 4.1 quake Manica Province, 69 km east of Chipinge, Manicaland, Zimbabwe, 1 Feb 2021 6:55 pm (GMT +2) - 3 reports
#12: 2.1 quake 2km WNW of Castro Valley, CA, USA, 1 Feb 2021 5:57 am (GMT -8) - 2 reports
#13: 3.0 quake 11 km west of Granada, Andalusia, Spain, 1 Feb 2021 2:22 pm (GMT +1) - 2 reports
#14: 3.2 quake 19 km west of Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya, Cagayan Valley, Philippines, 1 Feb 2021 8:44 am (GMT +8) - 2 reports
#15: 4.0 quake Indonesian Ocean, 89 km south of Singaparna, West Java, Indonesia, 1 Feb 2021 7:49 pm (GMT +7) - 2 reports
#16: 3.3 quake Aegean Sea, 15 km south of Nisida Garmpias Island, Lesbos, North Aegean, Greece, 1 Feb 2021 9:51 am (GMT +2) - 2 reports
#17: 3.9 quake Aegean Sea, 15 km south of Nisida Garmpias Island, Lesbos, North Aegean, Greece, 1 Feb 2021 8:34 am (GMT +2) - 2 reports
#18: 2.6 quake 8.6 km west of Granada, Andalusia, Spain, 1 Feb 2021 10:19 pm (GMT +1) - 2 reports
#19: 4.3 quake North Pacific Ocean, 6 km southeast of Acapulco de Juarez, Guerrero, Mexico, 1 Feb 2021 5:41 pm (GMT -6) - 2 reports
#20: 4.2 quake Myōzai Gun, 14 km southwest of Tokushima, Japan, 1 Feb 2021 11:30 pm (GMT +9) - 2 reports
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Previous news
Tue, 2 Feb 2021, 00:22
An earthquake of magnitude 4.7 occurred only 9 minutes ago 10 km southeast of Gemerek, Turkey, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) reported. ... read all
Tue, 2 Feb 2021, 00:01
An earthquake of magnitude 4.3 occurred only 19 minutes ago 6 km southeast of Acapulco de Juarez, Mexico, Mexico's National Seismological Service (SSN) reported. ... read all
Mon, 1 Feb 2021, 23:50
Quakes detected near: Aliso (1 quake mag 2.7), Bardarbunga (2 quakes between mag 1.1-1.6), Brennisteinsfjöll (1 quake mag 1.1), Clear Lake (14 quakes between mag 0.5-1.7), Coso (4 quakes between mag 0.6-1.9), El Chichón (1 quake mag 3.6) ... read all
Mon, 1 Feb 2021, 21:13
The Nicaraguan Institute of Territorial Studies (INETER) reported a magnitude 4.7 quake in Guatemala near Villa Canales, Municipio de Villa Canales, Guatemala, only 7 minutes ago. The earthquake hit early afternoon on Monday 1 February 2021 at 2:53 pm local time at a moderately shallow depth of 50 km. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report. ... read all
Mon, 1 Feb 2021, 20:09
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake near Enid, Garfield County, Oklahoma, USA, was reported only 11 minutes ago by the United States Geological Survey (USGS), considered the key international and national agency that monitors seismic activity in the US. The earthquake occurred at a very shallow depth of 0.7 miles beneath the epicenter around noon on Monday 1 February 2021 at 1:49 pm local time. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report. ... read all
