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Earthquake report world-wide for Wednesday, 18 September 2019

Thursday Sep 19, 2019 00:24 AM | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR

World map showing earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 19 Sep 2019
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 vs time
Number of quakes and energy released vs magnitude
Number of quakes and energy vs magnitude
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Magnitude of quakes and energy vs time

Largest 20 quakes past 24 hours

Largest 20 quakes on martes, 17 sep 2019

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Volcano earthquake report for Wednesday, 18 Sep 2019
World map showing volcanoes with shallow (less than 20 km) earthquakes within 20 km radius during the past 24 hours on 18 Sep 2019 Number in brackets indicate nr of quakes.
Wednesday, Sep 18, 2019
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) ... [more]
Earthquake report world-wide for Tuesday, 17 September 2019
World map showing earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 18 Sep 2019
Wednesday, Sep 18, 2019
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Volcano earthquake report for Tuesday, 17 Sep 2019
World map showing volcanoes with shallow (less than 20 km) earthquakes within 20 km radius during the past 24 hours on 17 Sep 2019 Number in brackets indicate nr of quakes.
Tuesday, Sep 17, 2019
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) ... [more]
Earthquake report world-wide for Monday, 16 September 2019
World map showing earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 17 Sep 2019
Tuesday, Sep 17, 2019
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Volcano earthquake report for Monday, 16 Sep 2019
World map showing volcanoes with shallow (less than 20 km) earthquakes within 20 km radius during the past 24 hours on 16 Sep 2019 Number in brackets indicate nr of quakes.
Monday, Sep 16, 2019
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) ... [more]
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