World Earthquake Report for Thursday, 23 June 2022

Fri, 24 Jun 2022, 00:24

00:24 AM | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR

Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 24 Jun 2022

Summary: 4 quakes 5.0+, 51 quakes 4.0+, 129 quakes 3.0+, 217 quakes 2.0+ (401 total)

Global seismic activity level on 23 June 2022: MODERATE

Magnitude 5+: 4 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 51 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 129 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 217 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 6 or higher

Total seismic energy estimate: 4.1 x 10¹³ joules (11.3 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 9685 tons of TNT or 0.6 atomic bombs!) learn more

10 largest earthquakes in the world (23 Jun 2022):

#1: 5.4 quake South Atlantic Ocean Jun 23, 2022 6:32 am (GMT -1)
#2: 5.2 quake North Pacific Ocean, 76 km east of Severo-Kuril'sk, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, Jun 23, 2022 11:45 am (GMT +10)
#3: 5.2 quake Solomon Sea, 189 km southeast of Popondetta, Papua New Guinea, Jun 23, 2022 12:04 pm (GMT +10)
#4: 5.1 quake Philippine Sea, Japan, 88 km east of Hualien City, Taiwan, Jun 24, 2022 7:32 am (GMT +9)
#5: 4.9 quake 74 km northeast of Magway, Magway Region, Myanmar (Burma), Jun 23, 2022 8:12 am (GMT +6:30)
#6: 4.9 quake 181 km southeast of Turpan, Xinjiang, China, Jun 24, 2022 2:27 am (GMT +8)
#7: 4.9 quake 47 km west of Shihezi, Xinjiang, China, Jun 23, 2022 3:51 pm (GMT +8)
#8: 4.9 quake Banda Sea, Indonesia, Jun 23, 2022 11:58 pm (GMT +9)
#9: 4.9 quake Region de Arica y Parinacota, 64 km northeast of Tacna, Peru, Jun 23, 2022 9:29 am (GMT -5)
#10: 4.9 quake North Pacific Ocean, Japan, Jun 23, 2022 5:06 pm (GMT +9)

Earthquakes reported felt:

#1: 4.6 quake Iceland: 13.5 Km SSE of Eiríksjökull Jun 23, 2022 10:12 pm (GMT +0) - 39 reports
#2: 4.8 quake Caribbean Sea, 52 km north of Guanaja, Islas de la Bahia, Honduras, Jun 23, 2022 2:37 pm (GMT -6) - 31 reports
#3: 4.0 quake Castille-La Mancha, 41 km southwest of Calatayud, Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain, Jun 23, 2022 2:56 pm (GMT +2) - 15 reports
#4: 3.6 quake Guayanilla, 22 km west of Ponce, Segundo Barrio, Ponce, Puerto Rico, Jun 23, 2022 6:54 am (GMT -4) - 11 reports
#5: 3.7 quake 13 km south of Glogow, Lower Silesia, Poland, Jun 23, 2022 2:57 am (GMT +2) - 2 reports
#6: 3.5 quake Samtse Dzongkhag, Bhutan, 22 km northwest of Jaigaon, India, Jun 23, 2022 8:20 am (GMT +6) - 2 reports

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