World Earthquake Report for January 2023
Wed, 1 Feb 2023, 00:24
00:24 AM | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR
Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 5.5 during January 2023
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Summary: 3 quakes 7.0+, 7 quakes 6.0+, 133 quakes 5.0+, 1147 quakes 4.0+, 3669 quakes 3.0+, 7754 quakes 2.0+ (12713 total)Magnitude 9+: none
Magnitude 8+: none
Magnitude 7+: 3 earthquakes
Magnitude 6+: 7 earthquakes
Magnitude 5+: 133 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 1147 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 3669 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 7754 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 8 or higher
Total seismic energy estimate: 5.3 x 1016 joules (14650 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 1.3 x 107 tons of TNT or 787.8 atomic bombs!) learn more
List of 10 largest earthquakes in the world during January 2023:
#1: Mag 7.9 Banda Sea, Indonesia
Tuesday, Jan 10, 2023 at 3:17 am (GMT +9:30) -
#2: Mag 7.1 Molucca Sea, 291 km northeast of Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia
Wednesday, Jan 18, 2023 at 3:06 pm (GMT +9) -
#3: Mag 7.0 Coral Sea, 72 km northwest of Santo, Luganville, Sanma Province, Vanuatu
Sunday, Jan 8, 2023 at 11:32 pm (GMT +11) -
#4: Mag 6.8 Santiago Del Estero Prov., Argentina
Friday, Jan 20, 2023 at 7:09 pm (GMT -3) -
#5: Mag 6.4 32 km southwest of Campo Gallo, Departamento de Alberdi, Santiago del Estero, Argentina
Tuesday, Jan 24, 2023 at 3:37 pm (GMT -3) -
#6: Mag 6.3 Philippine Sea, Japan
Monday, Jan 16, 2023 at 1:49 pm (GMT +9) -
#7: Mag 6.2 Indian Ocean, 42 km south of Singkil, Aceh, Indonesia
Monday, Jan 16, 2023 at 5:30 am (GMT +7) -
#8: Mag 6.2 Caribbean Sea, 71 km west of Abymes, Guadeloupe
Friday, Jan 20, 2023 at 7:23 am (GMT -4) -
#9: Mag 6.0 61 km south of Gorontalo, Indonesia
Wednesday, Jan 18, 2023 at 8:34 am (GMT +8) -
#10: Mag 6.0 South Pacific Ocean
Wednesday, Jan 11, 2023 at 8:17 am (GMT -8) -
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Tue, 31 Jan 2023, 21:00
Volcanic activity worldwide 31 Jan 2023: Etna volcano, Fuego, Popocatépetl, Reventador, Sangay, Aso...
Etna (Sicily, Italy): (31 Jan) The effusive activity from the vent at 2850 m elevation at the eastern base of the SE crater complex remains active, but fluctuates strongly. While several new lava flows were seen on the surface near the vent yesterday, only one of them can still be seen weakly alimented this morning. ... Read all
Mon, 30 Jan 2023, 21:00
Volcanic activity worldwide 30 Jan 2023: Stromboli volcano, Fuego, Popocatépetl, Reventador, Sangay...
Stromboli (Eolian Islands, Italy): A stronger-than-usual explosion occurred at the volcano this morning, the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) in Catania reported. ... Read all
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