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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)

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Monday, May 20, 2019
Volcano earthquake report for Monday, 20 May 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) ... read all
Monday, May 20, 2019
Earthquake report world-wide for Monday, 20 May 2019
Summary: 157 quakes M2+, 75 quakes M3+, 26 quakes M4+, 5 quakes M5+ (263 total) ... read all
Sunday, May 19, 2019
Volcano earthquake report for Sunday, 19 May 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) ... read all
Sunday, May 19, 2019
Earthquake report world-wide for Sunday, 19 May 2019
Summary: 204 quakes M2+, 74 quakes M3+, 31 quakes M4+, 5 quakes M5+, 2 quakes M6+ (316 total) ... read all
Sunday, May 19, 2019
Strong mag. 6.0 earthquake - Southeast of Loyalty Islands (New Caledonia) on Sunday, 19 May 2019 - information
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