Earthquake News and Global Seismic Reports
Earthquake report world-wide for Wednesday, 18 September 2019
Thu, 19 Sep 2019, 00:24
00:24 AM | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR
World map showing earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 19 Sep 2019
Summary: 141 quakes M2+, 72 quakes M3+, 22 quakes M4+, 8 quakes M5+ (243 total)
Magnitude 2+: 141 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 72 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 22 earthquakes
Magnitude 5+: 8 earthquakes
Magnitude 6+: none
Magnitude 7+: none
Magnitude 8+: none
Magnitude 9+: none
Total seismic energy estimate: 3.8*10^13 J (10.6 GWh / 9104 tons of TNT / 0.6 atomic bombs equivalent) [learn more]
List of 10 largest earthquakes in the world (18 Sep 2019):
#1: M 5.3 quake: 12 km al Norte de Cahuita, Talamanca. (Costa Rica) on Wed, 18 Sep 04h58
#2: M 5.3 quake: Mindanao, Philippines (Indonesia) on Wed, 18 Sep 07h01
#3: M 5.2 quake: 21 km al Sur de Quepos. (Costa Rica) on Wed, 18 Sep 11h23
#4: M 5.1 quake: 153km WSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea on Wed, 18 Sep 06h26
#5: M 5.1 quake: eastern New Guinea region, Papua New Guinea on Wed, 18 Sep 16h10
#6: M 5.0 quake: Halmahera, Indonesia on Wed, 18 Sep 03h58
#7: M 5.0 quake: Bouvet Island Region on Wed, 18 Sep 11h54
#8: M 5.0 quake: D'Entrecasteaux Islands Region (Papua New Guinea) on Wed, 18 Sep 14h46
#9: M 4.9 quake: Kuril Islands (Russia) on Wed, 18 Sep 02h54
#10: M 4.8 quake: New Zealand on Wed, 18 Sep 03h17
Earthquake stats:
Number of quakes and energy released vs time
Number of quakes and energy released vs magnitude
Magnitude of quakes and energy released vs time
Largest 20 quakes past 24 hours
Largest 20 quakes on martes, 17 sep 2019
Complete earthquake list (latest and archive)
Previous news
Wed, 18 Sep 2019, 23:50
Quakes detected near: Balut (1 quake mag 1.7), Bardarbunga (1 quake mag 1.1), Brennisteinsfjöll (5 quakes between mag 0.1-1.2), Clear Lake (20 quakes between mag 0.3-2.5), Coso (31 quakes between mag 0.4-2.3), Grensdalur (1 quake mag 1.0) ... read all
Wed, 18 Sep 2019, 00:24
Summary: 152 quakes M2+, 86 quakes M3+, 29 quakes M4+, 4 quakes M5+ (271 total) ... read all
Tue, 17 Sep 2019, 23:50
Quakes detected near: Akyarlar (1 quake mag 2.3), Clear Lake (16 quakes between mag 0.2-1.4), Coso (24 quakes between mag 0.5-2.1), Etna (3 quakes between mag 2.4-3.1), Fourpeaked (1 quake mag 1.6), Grensdalur (2 quakes between mag 0.5-1.0) ... read all
Tue, 17 Sep 2019, 00:24
Summary: 148 quakes M2+, 75 quakes M3+, 27 quakes M4+, 4 quakes M5+ (254 total) ... read all
Mon, 16 Sep 2019, 23:50
Quakes detected near: Bardarbunga (2 quakes between mag 1.2-1.7), Chaîne des Puys (1 quake mag 1.4), Clear Lake (22 quakes between mag 0.5-2.8), Coso (30 quakes between mag 0.4-2.5), Eyafjallajökull (1 quake mag 1.1), Hualalai (1 quake mag 1.7) ... read all
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