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1,045 quakes Mag. 3+
29 quakes Mag. 5+
Number of quakes vs long-term average, past 7 days
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Latest quakes worldwide in the past 30 days - list, stats and map

: Magnitude 6.3 Earthquake 17 km WSW of Uwajima, Japan
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Mag. 5.6 earthquake 71 km east of Loreto - Baja California Sur, Mexico -
Strongest past 30 daysMag. 7.4 Philippine Sea - 18 km south of Hualien City, Taiwan - Apr 3, 2024 -
Updated: Apr 18, 2024 23:31 GMT -
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In the past 30 days, there were 30,635 quakes of magnitudes up to 7.4:
  • 1 quake above magnitude 7
  • 12 quakes between magnitude 6 and 7
  • 167 quakes between magnitude 5 and 6
  • 1,224 quakes between magnitude 4 and 5
  • 3,421 quakes between magnitude 3 and 4
  • 7,424 quakes between magnitude 2 and 3
  • 18,386 quakes below magnitude 2 that people normally don't feel.
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Latest quakes worldwide in the past 30 days - list, stats and map
Date and TimeMag
Depth
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Apr 18, 08:12 am (GMT -7)
5.6

10 km
70 km al ESTE de LORETO, BCS  I FELT IT - 14 reportsInfo
Apr 18, 06:11 pm (Istanbul)
5.6

10 km
9 km W of Sulusaray, Turkey  I FELT IT - 18 reportsInfo
Apr 18, 11:09 pm (GMT +12)
5.4

33 km
New Zealand  I FELT IT Info
Apr 18, 07:29 pm (GMT +10)
5.4

98 km
Volcano Islands, Japan region  I FELT IT Info
Apr 18, 07:26 am (GMT -1)
5.2

10 km
southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge  I FELT IT Info
Wednesday, April 17, 2024 GMT (3 quakes)
Apr 18, 10:31 am (GMT +13)
5.4

390 km
272 km W of Houma, Tonga  I FELT IT Info
Apr 17, 03:21 pm (Managua)
5.5

154 km
21 km ESE of Cárdenas, Nicaragua  I FELT IT - 219 reportsInfo
Apr 17, 11:14 pm (GMT +9)
6.3

26 km
17 km WSW of Uwajima, Japan  I FELT IT - 299 reportsInfo
Tuesday, April 16, 2024 GMT (1 quake)
Apr 17, 12:58 am (GMT +10)
5.5

10 km
78 km ESE of Inarajan Village, Guam  I FELT IT - 6 reportsInfo
Monday, April 15, 2024 GMT (2 quakes)
Apr 16, 07:38 am (GMT +9)
5.9

8 km
143 km SE of Koshima, Japan  I FELT IT - 3 reportsInfo
Apr 15, 08:43 pm (Port Moresby)
5.4

52 km
106 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea  I FELT IT - 6 reportsInfo
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Estimated combined seismic energy released: 1.5 x 1016 joules (4113 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 3.5 x 106 tons of TNT or 221.2 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy

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Earthquake statistics

Average number of earthquakes

Based on data from the past 14 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 340,000 quakes on average per year worldwide:
  • Mag. 8 or higher: 0.61 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 1.6 years)
  • Mag. 7 or higher: 9.4 quakes per year
  • Mag. 6 or higher: 146 quakes per year (or 12.2 quakes per month)
  • Mag. 5 or higher: 2,000 quakes per year (or 5.5 quakes per day)
  • Mag. 4 or higher: 16,000 quakes per year (or 45 quakes per day)
  • Mag. 3 or higher: 57,000 quakes per year (or 156 quakes per day)
  • Mag. 2 or higher: 150,000 quakes per year (or 401 quakes per day)
  • Mag. 1 or higher: 340,000 quakes per year (or 934 quakes per day)

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