Get our newsletter!
Check out our volcano tours on VolcanoAdventures.com!
Volcanoes & Earthquakes - new app for Android
Volcanoes & Earthquakes - app for iPhone & iPad

Volcano Calendar 2020
Volcano Calendar 2020: We're proud to present our 2020 volcano calendar: 13 different and attractive images of volcanoes, volcanic landscapes and phenomena taken during volcano tours over the past two years.
Our New Book
Volcano Discoveries: "One of the most eye-catching guides to the world’s volcanoes ever published.
Volcano Travel
VolcanoAdventures: Our professional team of volcanologists and photographers offers unique travel opportunities: volcano expeditions, photo tours, and relaxed walking & study tours.
Volcano Adventure Guide
The Volcano Adventure Guide: Excellent information and background for anyone wishing to visit active volcanoes safely and enjoyably. The book presents guidelines to visiting 42 different volcanoes around the world.
Guaranteed tours:
23 Feb - 1 Mar 2020: Volcanoes of the Danakil desert - Danakil desert (Ethiopia)
4-8 May 2020: Krakatau Volcano Special - Krakatau volcano (Indonesia)
9-17 May 2020: From Stromboli to Etna - Eolian Islands + Etna volcano (Italy)
11-29 Aug 2020: Kamchatka - Land of Colors - Kamchatka (Russia)
3-19 Sep 2020: Volcanoes of Java - Java (Indonesia)
: spaces available / : guaranteed / : few spaces left / : booked out
Interactive map of latest earthquakes and active volcanoes in the world

Support us?


Maintaining the volcano and earthquake news sections on this website, the free Volcano Webcams tool and interactive map widget is a free-time, both time- and server cost intensive effort.
If you find the information useful and would like to support us, and help keep it alive and improve it, please consider making a small donation (PayPal).

Online cc payment
Thank you!
Random pictures
See also: Monthly reports

Earthquake reports and news:

Earthquake report world-wide for Tuesday, 21 May 2019

Tuesday May 21, 2019 23:20 PM | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR

World map showing earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 21 May 2019
World map showing earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 21 May 2019


Summary: 137 quakes M2+, 61 quakes M3+, 27 quakes M4+, 2 quakes M5+ (227 total)
Magnitude 2+: 137 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 61 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 27 earthquakes
Magnitude 5+: 2 earthquakes
Magnitude 6+: none
Magnitude 7+: none
Magnitude 8+: none
Magnitude 9+: none
Total seismic energy estimate: 1.8*10^13 J (5.12 GWh / 4407 tons of TNT / 0.3 atomic bombs equivalent) [learn more]

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


M 5.2 quake: Minahassa Peninsula, Sulawesi (Indonesia) on Tue, 21 May 18h42
M 5.1 quake: New Zealand on Tue, 21 May 19h05
M 4.9 quake: New Ireland Region, P.N.G. (Papua New Guinea) on Tue, 21 May 04h04
M 4.9 quake: Southern Peru on Tue, 21 May 13h37
M 4.8 quake: Minahassa Peninsula, Sulawesi (Indonesia) on Tue, 21 May 18h42
M 4.7 quake: West Chile Rise on Tue, 21 May 06h33
M 4.7 quake: 53km ESE of Buala, Solomon Islands on Tue, 21 May 18h49
M 4.6 quake: Jujuy Province, Argentina on Tue, 21 May 07h19
M 4.6 quake: Banda Sea (Indonesia) on Tue, 21 May 11h50
M 4.6 quake: Southern Peru on Tue, 21 May 12h55

Largest 20 quakes past 24 hours

Largest 20 quakes on Monday, 20 May 2019

Complete earthquake list (latest and archive)

Previous news
Volcano earthquake report for Monday, 20 May 2019
World map showing volcanoes with shallow (less than 20 km) earthquakes within 20 km radius during the past 24 hours on 20 May 2019 Number in brackets indicate nr of quakes.
Monday, May 20, 2019
Quakes detected near: Askja (28 quakes between mag 0.1-2.0), Clear Lake (31 quakes between mag 0.4-2.1), Coso (3 quakes between mag 0.8-1.6), Grímsvötn (3 quakes between mag 0.6-1.0), Hekla (2 quakes between mag 0.5-1.1), Hrómundartindur (5 quakes between mag 0.2-1.1) ... [more]
Earthquake report world-wide for Monday, 20 May 2019
World map showing earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 20 May 2019
Monday, May 20, 2019
... [more]
Volcano earthquake report for Sunday, 19 May 2019
World map showing volcanoes with shallow (less than 20 km) earthquakes within 20 km radius during the past 24 hours on 19 May 2019 Number in brackets indicate nr of quakes.
Sunday, May 19, 2019
Quakes detected near: Askja (5 quakes between mag 0.6-1.9), Brennisteinsfjöll (3 quakes between mag 0.2-1.3), Cancanajag (1 quake mag 3.4), Clear Lake (23 quakes between mag 0.4-2.5), Coso (5 quakes between mag 1.0-1.9), Etna (1 quake mag 1.2) ... [more]
Earthquake report world-wide for Sunday, 19 May 2019
World map showing earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 19 May 2019
Sunday, May 19, 2019
... [more]
Strong mag. 6.0 earthquake - Southeast of Loyalty Islands (New Caledonia) on Sunday, 19 May 2019 - information
Sunday, May 19, 2019
to top
go to: Monthly reports

to top

More on VolcanoDiscovery:

Stromboli Trekking
Climbing Stromboli volcano: Stromboli provides one of the most remarkable opportunities to watch volcanic eruptions from close: a natural ridge located 150 m above the active vents. A classic and all-time favorite tour by anyone interested in seeing active volcanoes!
Kamchatka 2018
Tour photos Sep 2018: Impressions from our Tour to Kamchakta during Sep 2018: northern group of volcanoes, Karymsky, and the southern plateau with Mutnovsky and Gorely.
Sakurajima videos
Raung
Raung volcano photos: One of the largest and most active volcanoes in East Java, rarely-visited and relatively unknown Raung became (in)famous during its recent eruption in 2015 when its frequent ash plumes forced the repeated closure of Bali's airport.
Copyrights: VolcanoDiscovery and other sources as noted.
Use of material: Most texts and images, in particular photographs, on this website are protected by copyright. Further reproduction and use of without authorization is usually not consented. If you are not sure or need licensing rights for photographs, for example for publications and commercial use, please contact us.