World Earthquake Report for Wednesday, 19 January 2022
Thu, 20 Jan 2022, 00:24
00:24 AM | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR
Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 20 Jan 2022
Summary: 2 quakes 5.0+, 37 quakes 4.0+, 120 quakes 3.0+, 205 quakes 2.0+ (364 total)
Global seismic activity level on 19 January 2022: MODERATE
Magnitude 5+: 2 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 37 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 120 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 205 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 6 or higher
Total seismic energy estimate: 3.2 x 1013 joules (8.99 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 7736 tons of TNT or 0.5 atomic bombs!) learn more
10 largest earthquakes in the world (19 Jan 2022):
#1: 5.4 quake South Atlantic Ocean Jan 19, 2022 6:46 am (GMT +1)#2: 5.3 quake Ceram Sea, Indonesia, Jan 19, 2022 11:29 pm (GMT +9)
#3: 4.9 quake South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand, Jan 18, 2022 1:47 pm (GMT -12)
#4: 4.9 quake Banda Sea, Indonesia, Jan 19, 2022 11:53 pm (GMT +8)
#5: 4.9 quake South Pacific Ocean, Tonga, Jan 20, 2022 12:23 pm (GMT +13)
#6: 4.8 quake South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand, Jan 19, 2022 8:15 pm (GMT +13)
#7: 4.8 quake South Pacific Ocean, Tonga, Jan 19, 2022 2:16 pm (GMT +13)
#8: 4.8 quake South Pacific Ocean, Chile, Jan 19, 2022 4:27 pm (GMT -5)
#9: 4.8 quake Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea, Jan 20, 2022 6:14 am (GMT +10)
#10: 4.8 quake Caribbean Sea, Venezuela, Jan 18, 2022 10:59 pm (GMT -4)
Earthquakes reported felt:
#1: 4.6 quake Labranzagrande, 94 km east of Tunja, Boyaca, Colombia, Jan 18, 2022 11:25 pm (GMT -5) - 60 reports#2: 4.8 quake Caribbean Sea, Venezuela, Jan 18, 2022 10:59 pm (GMT -4) - 35 reports
#3: 4.0 quake Caribbean Sea, British Virgin Islands, Jan 19, 2022 4:18 pm (GMT -4) - 4 reports
#4: 2.3 quake 11 Km ESE of McMinnville, Tennessee, Jan 18, 2022 11:33 pm (GMT -6) - 2 reports
#5: 3.4 quake Provincia de Colchagua, O'Higgins, 173 km southwest of Santiago de Chile, Provincia de Santiago, Chile, Jan 19, 2022 1:37 am (GMT -3) - 2 reports
#6: 3.5 quake Šandrovac, Bjelovar-Bilogora, 82 km east of Zagreb, Croatia, Jan 19, 2022 6:17 pm (GMT +1) - 2 reports
#7: 3.4 quake 31 km north of Bursa, Osmangazi, Bursa, Turkey, Jan 19, 2022 5:41 am (GMT +3) - 2 reports
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Previous news
Wed, 19 Jan 2022, 23:50
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Wed, 19 Jan 2022, 06:43
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake near Mazar-i-Sharif, Mazār-e Sharīf, Balkh, Afghanistan, was reported only 18 minutes ago by India's National Center for Seismology (NCS), considered the main national agency that monitors seismic activity in this part of the world. The earthquake occurred at an intermediate depth of 130 km beneath the epicenter in the morning on Wednesday, January 19th, 2022, at 10:23 am 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
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