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Earthquake report world-wide for Thursday, 4 Jan 2018

Thursday Jan 04, 2018 23:20 PM | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR

World map showing earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 4 Jan 2018
World map showing earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 4 Jan 2018


Summary: 34 quakes M3+, 19 quakes M4+, 3 quakes M5+ (56 total)
Magnitude 3+: 34 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 19 earthquakes
Magnitude 5+: 3 earthquakes
Magnitude 6+: none
Magnitude 7+: none
Magnitude 8+: none
Magnitude 9+: none

List of 10 largest earthquakes in the world (past 24 hours):


M 5.5 quake: Near East Coast of Kamchatka on Thu, 4 Jan 02h44
M 5.1 quake: NW Balkan Region on Thu, 4 Jan 10h46
M 5.0 quake: Nicobar Islands, India Region on Thu, 4 Jan 19h57
M 4.6 quake: Southern Sumatra, Indonesia on Thu, 4 Jan 10h39
M 4.6 quake: Southern Sumatra, Indonesia on Thu, 4 Jan 15h54
M 4.5 quake: SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, CALIF. on Thu, 4 Jan 10h39
M 4.5 quake: Flores Region, Indonesia on Thu, 4 Jan 13h26
M 4.4 quake: 100km NNW of Kali, Indonesia on Thu, 4 Jan 00h34
M 4.4 quake: 37 km al N de Valparaíso on Thu, 4 Jan 06h01
M 4.4 quake: 3km E of Chiba-shi, Japan on Thu, 4 Jan 06h20

Largest 20 quakes past 24 hours

Largest 20 quakes on Wednesday, 3 Jan 2018

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Volcano earthquake report for Wednesday, 3 Jan 2018
World map showing volcanoes with shallow (less than 20 km) earthquakes within 20 km radius during the past 24 hours on 3 Jan 2018 Number in brackets indicate nr of quakes.
Wednesday, Jan 03, 2018
Quakes detected near: Akyarlar (1 quake mag 1.8), Apo (1 quake mag 2.3), Askja (5 quakes between mag 0.8-1.3), Bardarbunga (4 quakes between mag 1.1-1.8), Cerro Prieto (1 quake mag 1.8), Clear Lake (17 quakes between mag 0.5-2.4) ... [more]
Earthquake report world-wide for Wednesday, 3 Jan 2018
World map showing earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 3 Jan 2018
Wednesday, Jan 03, 2018
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Volcano earthquake report for Tuesday, 2 Jan 2018
World map showing volcanoes with shallow (less than 20 km) earthquakes within 20 km radius during the past 24 hours on 2 Jan 2018 Number in brackets indicate nr of quakes.
Tuesday, Jan 02, 2018
Quakes detected near: Akyarlar (2 quakes between mag 1.5-3.6), Clear Lake (20 quakes between mag 0.2-2.1), Hengill (1 quake mag 1.0), Katla (11 quakes between mag 0.1-1.9), Kilauea (1 quake mag 1.7), Krísuvík (2 quakes between mag 0.7-1.4) ... [more]
Earthquake report world-wide for Tuesday, 2 Jan 2018
World map showing earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 2 Jan 2018
Tuesday, Jan 02, 2018
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Earthquake report world-wide for 2017
World map showing earthquakes above magnitude 6.5 during 2017
Tuesday, Jan 02, 2018
Summary: 15740 quakes M3+, 6829 quakes M4+, 1471 quakes M5+, 93 quakes M6+, 6 quakes M7+, 1 quake M8+ (24140 total) ... [more]
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