World Earthquake Report for Tuesday, 20 April 2021
Wed, 21 Apr 2021, 00:24
00:24 AM | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR
Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 21 Apr 2021
Summary: 2 quakes 5.0+, 38 quakes 4.0+, 151 quakes 3.0+, 253 quakes 2.0+ (444 total)
Global seismic activity level on 20 April 2021: MODERATE
Magnitude 5+: 2 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 38 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 151 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 253 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 6 or higher
Total seismic energy estimate: 3.3 x 1013 joules (9.29 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 7992 tons of TNT or 0.5 atomic bombs!) learn more
10 largest earthquakes in the world (20 Apr 2021):
#1: 5.6 quake South Pacific Ocean 21 Apr 7:21 am (GMT +12)#2: 5.0 quake North Pacific Ocean, Northern Mariana Islands, 21 Apr 6:01 am (GMT +10)
#3: 4.9 quake South Atlantic Ocean, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands, 19 Apr 10:43 pm (GMT -2)
#4: 4.9 quake 139 km southwest of Kumul, Xinjiang, China, 20 Apr 6:58 pm (GMT +8)
#5: 4.9 quake Kitasaku-gun, 16 km northeast of Saku, Nagano, Japan, 21 Apr 2021 2:39 am (GMT +9)
#6: 4.8 quake Banda Sea, Indonesia, 20 Apr 10:35 am (GMT +9)
#7: 4.8 quake Papua, Papua New Guinea, 21 Apr 1:26 am (GMT +9)
#8: 4.7 quake South Pacific Ocean, 69 km south of Lima, Peru, 19 Apr 11:53 pm (GMT -5)
#9: 4.7 quake South Pacific Ocean 20 Apr 11:48 pm (GMT +13)
#10: 4.7 quake North Pacific Ocean, 51 km southwest of Sonsonate, El Salvador, 2021-04-20 09:52:32
Earthquakes reported felt:
#1: 3.3 quake 3.2 km north of Zagreb, HR.21.3186885, City of Zagreb, Croatia, 20 April 2021 21:15 GMT - 664 reports#2: 3.4 quake Politischer Bezirk Neunkirchen, 20 km southwest of Wiener Neustadt, Lower Austria, 20 Apr 2021 8:01 pm (GMT +2) - 115 reports
#3: 4.7 quake South Pacific Ocean, 69 km south of Lima, Peru, 19 Apr 11:53 pm (GMT -5) - 108 reports
#4: 3.8 quake Glenn County, 18 mi southwest of Chico, Butte County, California, USA, 19 Apr 2021 7:39 pm (GMT -7) - 69 reports
#5: 3.0 quake Dol pri Ljubljani, 13 km east of Ljubljana, Slovenia, 20 April 2021 11:03 GMT - 55 reports
#6: 3.0 quake Politischer Bezirk Neunkirchen, 12 km west of Wiener Neustadt, Lower Austria, 20 Apr 2021 7:16 am (GMT +2) - 32 reports
#7: 4.1 quake 5.3 Km NE of Grindavík, Iceland, 20 Apr 11:05 pm (GMT +0) - 27 reports
#8: 2.4 quake Politischer Bezirk Neunkirchen, 8.8 km west of Wiener Neustadt, Lower Austria, 20 Apr 2021 05:38 - 17 reports
#9: 4.0 quake Aegean Sea, 15 km northeast of Fira, Nomos Kykladon, South Aegean, Greece, 20 Apr 11:21 am (GMT +3) - 13 reports
#10: 4.0 quake 52 mi southeast of Eureka, Humboldt County, California, USA, 20 Apr 2021 2:48 am (GMT -7) - 12 reports
#11: 4.9 quake Kitasaku-gun, 16 km northeast of Saku, Nagano, Japan, 21 Apr 2021 2:39 am (GMT +9) - 10 reports
#12: 2.5 quake 2 Km ESE of Eureka, Missouri, USA, 20 April 2021 08:38 GMT - 10 reports
#13: 4.4 quake 25 km northwest of Golfito, Provincia de Puntarenas, Costa Rica, 2021-04-20 05:22:48 - 10 reports
#14: 4.4 quake Aegean Sea, 51 km south of Kos Town, Dodecanese, South Aegean, Greece, 20 Apr 2021 8:09 am (GMT +3) - 9 reports
#15: 4.3 quake South Pacific Ocean, 44 km southwest of Minas de Marcona, Peru, 19 Apr 7:17 pm (GMT -5) - 8 reports
#16: 2.5 quake Politischer Bezirk Neunkirchen, 10.4 km southwest of Wiener Neustadt, Lower Austria, 20 Apr 2021 19:17 - 7 reports
#17: 3.3 quake 3.4 km east of Kameoka, Kyoto, Japan, Apr 20, 2021 09:58:47.66 - 6 reports
#18: 4.7 quake North Pacific Ocean, 51 km southwest of Sonsonate, El Salvador, 2021-04-20 09:52:32 - 5 reports
#19: 2.1 quake 3.2 km west of Wiener Neustadt, Lower Austria, 20 Apr 2021 03:06 - 5 reports
#20: 2.7 quake 1.5 mi west of Redlands, San Bernardino County, California, USA, 20 April 2021 07:03 GMT - 4 reports
#21: 3.2 quake 5.4 km southwest of Kameoka, Kyoto, Japan, Apr 21, 2021 04:43:30.24 - 4 reports
#22: 2.4 quake Pokupsko, Zagreb County, 32 km south of Zagreb, Croatia, 20 April 2021 23:36 GMT - 4 reports
#23: 2.8 quake 13 mi southeast of Mammoth Lakes, Mono County, California, USA, 20 April 2021 05:07 GMT - 3 reports
#24: 3.8 quake Provincia de Camana, 45 km northwest of Mollendo, Peru, 20 Apr 3:34 am (GMT -5) - 3 reports
#25: 3.2 quake Klis, 15 km north of Split, Split-Dalmatia, Croatia, 20 April 2021 22:46 GMT - 2 reports
#26: 4.4 quake 20 km northeast of Bandar-e Genāveh, Bushehr, Iran, 20 Apr 10:25 pm (GMT +4:30) - 2 reports
#27: 2.6 quake 26 km northeast of Novi Pazar, Raška, Central Serbia, 20 April 2021 03:22 GMT - 2 reports
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