World Earthquake Report for Friday, 5 March 2021
Sat, 6 Mar 2021, 00:24
00:24 AM | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR
Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 6 Mar 2021
Summary: 1 quake 6.0+, 49 quakes 5.0+, 86 quakes 4.0+, 338 quakes 3.0+, 409 quakes 2.0+ (883 total)
Global seismic activity level on 5 March 2021: HIGH
Magnitude 6+: 1 earthquake
Magnitude 5+: 49 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 86 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 338 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 409 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 7 or higher
Total seismic energy estimate: 4.4 x 1014 joules (121 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 1 x 105 tons of TNT or 6.5 atomic bombs!) learn more
10 largest earthquakes in the world (5 Mar 2021):
#1: 6.1 quake South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand, 5 Mar 2021 9:13 pm (GMT +13)#2: 5.7 quake 165 km southwest of Padang, Sumatera Barat, Indonesia, 5 Mar 2021 2:32 pm (GMT +7)
#3: 5.7 quake South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand, 5 Mar 2021 2:24 am (GMT -12)
#4: 5.7 quake South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand, 6 Mar 2021 8:37 am (GMT +13)
#5: 5.6 quake South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand, 6 Mar 2021 9:26 am (GMT +13)
#6: 5.5 quake South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand, 5 Mar 2021 1:19 pm (GMT +13)
#7: 5.5 quake South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand, 5 Mar 2021 1:58 pm (GMT +13)
#8: 5.5 quake South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand, 5 Mar 2021 3:30 pm (GMT +13)
#9: 5.5 quake South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand, 4 Mar 2021 2:49 pm (GMT -12)
#10: 5.5 quake South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand, 5 Mar 2021 4:21 pm (GMT +13)
Earthquakes reported felt:
#1: 4.1 quake 3.3 Km SW of Fagradalsfjall, Iceland, 5 Mar 2021 11:50 am (GMT +0) - 13 reports#2: 3.5 quake 2.4 Km ENE of Fagradalsfjall, Iceland, 5 Mar 2021 11:29 pm (GMT +0) - 12 reports
#3: 4.2 quake 41 km northwest of Larissa, Nomos Larisis, Thessaly, Greece, 5 Mar 2021 11:59 am (GMT +2) - 12 reports
#4: 4.2 quake 47 km south of Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 6 Mar 2021 2:52 am (GMT +5) - 11 reports
#5: 3.6 quake 1.4 Km SW of Fagradalsfjall, Iceland, 5 Mar 2021 11:59 am (GMT +0) - 11 reports
#6: 5.7 quake 165 km southwest of Padang, Sumatera Barat, Indonesia, 5 Mar 2021 2:32 pm (GMT +7) - 9 reports
#7: 2.4 quake 20 km west of Nicosia, Cyprus, 5 Mar 2021 4:45 pm (GMT +2) - 6 reports
#8: 3.5 quake Major County, 18 mi southwest of Enid, Garfield County, Oklahoma, USA, 5 Mar 2021 2:26 am (GMT -6) - 6 reports
#9: 5.4 quake South Pacific Ocean, 209 km northeast of Gisborne, New Zealand, 6 Mar 2021 9:33 am (GMT +12) - 6 reports
#10: 4.2 quake South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand, 5 Mar 2021 7:06 pm (GMT +13) - 4 reports
#11: 3.9 quake 39 km west of Larissa, Nomos Larisis, Thessaly, Greece, 5 Mar 2021 9:43 pm (GMT +2) - 4 reports
#12: 3.4 quake 32 km northwest of Larissa, Nomos Larisis, Thessaly, Greece, 5 Mar 2021 2:13 pm (GMT +2) - 3 reports
#13: 4.1 quake 36 km northeast of Trikala, Thessaly, Greece, 5 Mar 2021 12:01 pm (GMT +2) - 3 reports
#14: 3.2 quake 0.8 Km S of Fagradalsfjall, Iceland, 5 Mar 2021 9:54 am (GMT +0) - 3 reports
#15: 2.0 quake 3km ESE of Berkeley, CA, USA, 5 Mar 2021 2:57 pm (GMT -8) - 2 reports
#16: 2.4 quake 40 km northwest of Larissa, Nomos Larisis, Thessaly, Greece, 5 Mar 2021 11:32 am (GMT +2) - 2 reports
#17: 4.3 quake 24 km northwest of Blenheim, Marlborough District, New Zealand, 5 Mar 2021 2:01 pm (GMT +13) - 2 reports
#18: 4.2 quake South Pacific Ocean, 216 km northeast of Gisborne, New Zealand, 4 Mar 2021 1:03 pm (GMT -12) - 2 reports
#19: 4.7 quake South Pacific Ocean, 211 km northeast of Gisborne, New Zealand, 6 Mar 2021 6:58 am (GMT +12) - 2 reports
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