World Earthquake Report for Thursday, 8 December 2022
Fri, 9 Dec 2022, 00:24
00:24 AM | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR
Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 9 Dec 2022
Global seismic activity level on 8 December 2022: MODERATE
Magnitude 5+: 7 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 36 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 98 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 222 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 6 or higher
Total seismic energy estimate: 7.8 x 1013 joules (21.7 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 18711 tons of TNT or 1.2 atomic bombs!) learn more
10 largest earthquakes in the world (8 Dec 2022)
#1: Mag 5.8 14 km northwest of Ciranjang-hilir, West Java, Indonesia
Thursday, Dec 8, 2022 at 7:50 am (GMT +7) -
#2: Mag 5.5 Dagestan, Russia, 74 km north of Zaqatala, Azerbaijan
Thursday, Dec 8, 2022 at 9:42 am (GMT +3) -
#3: Mag 5.4 North Atlantic Ocean
Thursday, Dec 8, 2022 at 10:44 am (GMT -2) -
#4: Mag 5.4 184 km west of Hollandia, Papua, Indonesia
Thursday, Dec 8, 2022 at 1:58 pm (GMT +9) -
#5: Mag 5.3 South Pacific Ocean
Thursday, Dec 8, 2022 at 3:45 am (GMT -11) -
#6: Mag 5.1 South Pacific Ocean, 181 km southwest of Apia, Tuamasaga, Samoa
Thursday, Dec 8, 2022 at 11:06 pm (GMT +13) -
#7: Mag 5.0 95 km northwest of Cono Norte, Arequipa, Peru
Thursday, Dec 8, 2022 at 6:18 pm (GMT -5) -
#8: Mag 4.8 83 km east of Yermakovskoye, Krasnoyarskiy Kray, Russia
Thursday, Dec 8, 2022 at 2:32 pm (GMT +7) -
#9: Mag 4.7 32 km east of Sirsi, Uttar Kannad, Karnataka, India
Thursday, Dec 8, 2022 at 6:35 am (GMT +5:30) -
#10: Mag 4.6 North Pacific Ocean, 73 km south of Futami, Tokyo, Japan
Thursday, Dec 8, 2022 at 6:47 pm (GMT +9) -
Earthquakes reported felt
#1: Mag 2.7 2 mi southwest of Hendersonville, Henderson County, North Carolina, USA - 677 reports
Wednesday, Dec 7, 2022 at 10:23 pm (GMT -5) -
#2: Mag 5.5 Dagestan, Russia, 74 km north of Zaqatala, Azerbaijan - 127 reports
Thursday, Dec 8, 2022 at 9:42 am (GMT +3) -#3: Mag 4.1 14 km northeast of Vittoria, Province of Ragusa, Sicily, Italy - 70 reports
Thursday, Dec 8, 2022 at 9:26 pm (GMT +1) -
#4: Mag 3.1 32 km west of Karlovy Vary, Karlovarský kraj, Czechia - 59 reports
Thursday, Dec 8, 2022 at 4:45 pm (GMT +1) -
#5: Mag 5.8 14 km northwest of Ciranjang-hilir, West Java, Indonesia - 54 reports
Thursday, Dec 8, 2022 at 7:50 am (GMT +7) -#6: Mag 4.0 Adriatic Sea, 48 km north of Ancona, The Marches, Italy - 10 reports
Thursday, Dec 8, 2022 at 8:08 am (GMT +1) -
#7: Mag 4.3 39 km southeast of Chālūs, Māzandarān, Iran - 6 reports
Thursday, Dec 8, 2022 at 8:07 am (GMT +3:30) -
#8: Mag 4.1 East China Sea, 17 km southwest of Kanoya, Kagoshima, Japan - 3 reports
Thursday, Dec 8, 2022 at 10:30 pm (GMT +9) -
#9: Mag 3.8 Aegean Sea, 33 km southeast of Bodrum, Muğla, Turkey - 3 reports
Thursday, Dec 8, 2022 at 10:49 am (GMT +3) -
#10: Mag 5.0 95 km northwest of Cono Norte, Arequipa, Peru - 2 reports
Thursday, Dec 8, 2022 at 6:18 pm (GMT -5) -#11: Mag 4.3 16 km southeast of Puerto Barrios, Departamento de Izabal, Guatemala - 2 reports
Thursday, Dec 8, 2022 at 9:00 am (GMT -6) -
#12: Mag 4.2 Dagestan, Russia, 56 km north of Zaqatala, Azerbaijan - 2 reports
Thursday, Dec 8, 2022 at 10:16 am (GMT +3) -
#13: Mag 3.1 69 km northwest of Sulaymaniyah, Iraq - 2 reports
Thursday, Dec 8, 2022 at 9:12 pm (GMT +3) -
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