World Earthquake Report for Sunday, 11 April 2021

Mon, 12 Apr 2021, 00:24

00:24 AM | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR

Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 12 Apr 2021

Summary: 2 quakes 5.0+, 45 quakes 4.0+, 135 quakes 3.0+, 217 quakes 2.0+ (399 total)

Global seismic activity level on 11 April 2021: MODERATE

Magnitude 5+: 2 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 45 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 135 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 217 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 6 or higher

Total seismic energy estimate: 3.1 x 10¹³ joules (8.49 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 7306 tons of TNT or 0.5 atomic bombs!) learn more

10 largest earthquakes in the world (11 Apr 2021):

#1: 5.3 quake Abriaqui, 76 km northwest of Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia, 2021-04-11 16:44:10
#2: 5.1 quake North Pacific Ocean, Northern Mariana Islands, 12 Apr 4:58 am (GMT +10)
#3: 4.9 quake SOUTHERN XINJIANG, CHINA, 11 Apr 1:58 pm (GMT +8)
#4: 4.9 quake El Saucito, Michoacan, 93 km southeast of Tecoman, Colima, Mexico, 11 Apr 2021 11:20 am (GMT -5)
#5: 4.9 quake South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand, 12 Apr 5:13 am (GMT +12)
#6: 4.8 quake Solomon Sea, 224 km southeast of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea, 11 Apr 11:21 am (GMT +10)
#7: 4.8 quake Indian Ocean, 120 km southwest of Bandar Lampung, Indonesia, 11 Apr 5:44 pm (GMT +7)
#8: 4.8 quake East China Sea, 109 km north of Naze, Amami Shi, Kagoshima, Japan, 11 Apr 9:00 pm (GMT +9)
#9: 4.8 quake South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand, 12 Apr 2:40 am (GMT +12)
#10: 4.8 quake Philippines Sea, Northern Mariana Islands, 12 Apr 4:08 am (GMT +10)

Earthquakes reported felt:

#1: 2.9 quake Politischer Bezirk Neunkirchen, 10 km southwest of Wiener Neustadt, Lower Austria, 11 Apr 2021 08:55 - 36 reports
#2: 4.9 quake El Saucito, Michoacan, 93 km southeast of Tecoman, Colima, Mexico, 11 Apr 2021 11:20 am (GMT -5) - 33 reports
#3: 3.9 quake 38 km east of Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh, India, 11 Apr 12:53 pm (GMT +5:30) - 28 reports
#4: 3.0 quake Sokolov District, 32 km west of Karlovy Vary, Karlovarský kraj, Czechia, 11 April 2021 07:44 GMT - 12 reports
#5: 2.9 quake Sokolov District, 24 km northeast of Cheb, Karlovarský kraj, Czechia, 11 April 2021 18:48 GMT - 11 reports
#6: 2.8 quake 7.7 mi northeast of Aspen, Pitkin County, Colorado, USA, 11 April 2021 03:02 GMT - 11 reports
#7: 3.1 quake San Bernardino Comitatus County, 12 mi north of Ridgecrest, Kern County, California, USA, 11 Apr 2021 2:45 am (GMT -7) - 6 reports
#8: 3.1 quake 42 mi southwest of Hilo, Hawaii County, USA, 10 Apr 2021 8:08 pm (GMT -10) - 6 reports
#9: 2.6 quake 18 km north of Cheb, Karlovarský kraj, Czechia, 11 April 2021 19:01 GMT - 3 reports
#10: 2.5 quake 22 km north of Cheb, Karlovarský kraj, Czechia, 11 April 2021 17:50 GMT - 3 reports
#11: 3.6 quake 6.5 km southwest of Bāneh, Ostān-e Kordestān, Iran, 11 April 2021 01:30 GMT - 3 reports
#12: 3.0 quake 39 mi southwest of Hilo, Hawaii County, USA, 10 Apr 2021 2:04 pm (GMT -10) - 3 reports
#13: 3.8 quake 5.5 km south of Bāneh, Ostān-e Kordestān, Iran, 11 April 2021 01:46 GMT - 3 reports
#14: 4.6 quake North Pacific Ocean, 83 km southwest of Nicaragua, Nicaragua, 10 Apr 7:42 pm (GMT -6) - 3 reports
#15: 3.4 quake 23 km northeast of Masterton, Wellington, New Zealand, 11 April 2021 09:41 GMT - 2 reports
#16: 3.9 quake Ionian Sea, 9 km east of Kefalonia Island, Greece, 11 Apr 3:17 am (GMT +3) - 2 reports
#17: 3.7 quake Penjwin District, 8.6 km northeast of Baynjiwayn, Penjwin, Sulaymaniyah, Iraq, 11 April 2021 07:16 GMT - 2 reports
#18: 3.1 quake Provincia di Macerata, The Marches, 36 km east of Foligno, Italy, 11 April 2021 21:13 GMT - 2 reports

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