World Earthquake Report for Friday, 16 April 2021
Sat, 17 Apr 2021, 00:24
00:24 AM | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR
Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 17 Apr 2021
Summary: 10 quakes 5.0+, 30 quakes 4.0+, 103 quakes 3.0+, 215 quakes 2.0+ (358 total)
Global seismic activity level on 16 April 2021: MODERATE
Magnitude 5+: 10 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 30 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 103 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 215 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 6 or higher
Total seismic energy estimate: 6.3 x 1013 joules (17.4 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 15007 tons of TNT or 0.9 atomic bombs!) learn more
10 largest earthquakes in the world (16 Apr 2021):
#1: 5.6 quake Indian Ocean, 239 km southeast of Mataram, Indonesia, 16 Apr 11:42 am (GMT +8)#2: 5.5 quake Maluku Sea, Indonesia, 17 Apr 4:55 am (GMT +8)
#3: 5.4 quake South Pacific Ocean, Fiji, 16 Apr 4:40 am (GMT -12)
#4: 5.2 quake South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand, 17 Apr 8:00 am (GMT +12)
#5: 5.2 quake South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand, 17 Apr 10:13 am (GMT +12)
#6: 5.1 quake 29 km south of Kostanay, Qostanay Qalasy, Qostanay Oblysy, Kazakhstan, 16 Apr 11:58 pm (GMT +6)
#7: 5.1 quake Tasman Sea, 73 km northwest of Te Anau, Southland District, New Zealand, 17 Apr 2021 10:57 am (GMT +12)
#8: 5.0 quake North Pacific Ocean, Northern Mariana Islands, 16 Apr 10:23 am (GMT +10)
#9: 5.0 quake 149 km west of Altai, Yesunbulag, Govĭ-Altay Aymag, Mongolia, 16 Apr 8:11 am (GMT +7)
#10: 5.0 quake 17 km west of Karamay, Xinjiang, China, 16 Apr 3:38 pm (GMT +8)
Earthquakes reported felt:
#1: 3.1 quake Caddo County Parish, 15 mi west of Shreveport, Caddo County, Louisiana, USA, 15 Apr 2021 7:43 pm (GMT -5) - 15 reports#2: 3.1 quake Grad Glina, Sisak-Moslavina, 56 km southeast of Zagreb, Croatia, 16 April 2021 13:37 GMT - 13 reports
#3: 3.8 quake Adriatic Sea, 96 km east of Ancone, The Marches, Italy, 16 Apr 8:20 pm (GMT +1) - 3 reports
#4: 2.1 quake 7 km southwest of Balingen, Tuebingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Apr 16 11:48:23 - 3 reports
#5: 3.0 quake 4.9 km southeast of Vlorë, Albania, 16 April 2021 04:15 GMT - 2 reports
#6: 2.7 quake 47 km west of Zaragoza, Saragossa, Aragon, Spain, 16 April 2021 04:02 GMT - 2 reports
#7: 4.3 quake 23 km east of Linxi, Hebei, China, 16 Apr 2021 4:06 pm (GMT +8) - 2 reports
#8: 2.5 quake Aegean Sea, 44 km south of Kos Town, Dodecanese, South Aegean, Greece, 16 April 2021 10:07 GMT - 2 reports
#9: 5.6 quake Indian Ocean, 239 km southeast of Mataram, Indonesia, 16 Apr 11:42 am (GMT +8) - 2 reports
#10: 5.5 quake Maluku Sea, Indonesia, 17 Apr 4:55 am (GMT +8) - 2 reports
#11: 5.1 quake Tasman Sea, 73 km northwest of Te Anau, Southland District, New Zealand, 17 Apr 2021 10:57 am (GMT +12) - 2 reports
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Fri, 16 Apr 2021, 23:17
Just 6 minutes ago, a 5.1-magnitude earthquake struck near Te Anau, Southland District, Southland, New Zealand. The tremor was recorded in the morning on Saturday 17 April 2021 at 10:57 am local time, at a very shallow depth of 9.1 km below the surface. ... read all
Fri, 16 Apr 2021, 20:39
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Fri, 16 Apr 2021, 15:39
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Fri, 16 Apr 2021, 12:59
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