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World Earthquake Report for Friday, 27 November 2020

Sat, 28 Nov 2020, 00:24

00:24 AM | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR

Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 28 Nov 2020

Summary: 5 quakes 5.0+, 34 quakes 4.0+, 89 quakes 3.0+, 226 quakes 2.0+ (354 total)
Magnitude 5+: 5 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 34 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 89 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 226 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 6 or higher

Total seismic energy estimate: 4.2 x 10¹³ joules (11.6 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 9974 tons of TNT or 0.6 atomic bombs!) learn more

10 largest earthquakes in the world (27 Nov 2020):

#1: 5.6 quake 8.8 km east of Santa Cruz, Calabarzon, Philippines, 27 November 02:37 UTC
#2: 5.3 quake North Pacific Ocean, 81 km south of Severo-Kuril’sk, Severo-Kurilsky District, Sakhalinskaya oblast', Russia, 28 Nov 4.45 am (GMT +10)
#3: 5.2 quake South Pacific Ocean, 730 km northeast of Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, 28 Nov 3.50 am (GMT +13)
#4: 5.1 quake North Pacific Ocean, 104 km southeast of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Kamchatka, Russia, 28 Nov 9.57 am (GMT +11)
#5: 5.0 quake Gulf of Aden, 234 km northeast of Bosaso, Bari, Somalia, 27 November 06:48 UTC
#6: 4.8 quake South Pacific Ocean, 699 km southwest of Nuku‘alofa, Nuku'alofa, Tongatapu, Tonga, 26 Nov 4.52 pm (GMT -12)
#7: 4.8 quake South Pacific Ocean, 869 km south of Suva, Balrampur, Central, Fiji, 27 Nov 4.52 pm (GMT +12)
#8: 4.8 quake Ceram Sea, 152 km northwest of Ambon City, Primorskiy Rayon, Maluku, Indonesia, 27 Nov 10.37 pm (GMT +9)
#9: 4.8 quake South Atlantic Ocean 27 Nov 8.00 pm (GMT -1)
#10: 4.7 quake Indian Ocean, 225 km east of Port Mathurin, Rodrigues, Mauritius, 27 Nov 5.47 am (GMT +4)

Earthquakes reported felt:

#1: 4.6 quake Battalgazi, Malatya, 16 km north of Sincik (Adıyaman), Turkey, 27 Nov 11.27 am (GMT +3) - 7 reports
#2: 4.3 quake Mediterranean Sea, Eastern Basin, 6 km northwest of Blida (Itaborai), Blida, Algeria, 27 Nov 3.12 am (GMT +1) - 5 reports
#3: 4.4 quake North Pacific Ocean, 53 km south of David, Abreu e Lima, Provincia de Chiriqui, Panama, 26 Nov 9.00 pm (GMT -5) - 4 reports
#4: 2.3 quake Sedgwick County, Kansas, 5.8 mi east of Wichita, USA, 27 Nov 12.27 pm (GMT -6) - 4 reports
#5: 5.6 quake 8.8 km east of Santa Cruz, Calabarzon, Philippines, 27 November 02:37 UTC - 2 reports
#6: 3.0 quake 3.9 mi south of Houston, Matanuska-Susitna County, Alaska, USA, 27 Nov 8.54 am (GMT -9) - 2 reports

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

Previous news

Fri, 27 Nov 2020, 23:50

Just 11 minutes ago, a 4.5-magnitude earthquake struck near San Ignacio, Philippines. The tremor was recorded in the morning on Saturday 28 November 2020 at 7.30 am local time, at an intermediate to considerable depth of 172 km below the surface. ... read all

Fri, 27 Nov 2020, 23:50

Fri, 27 Nov 2020, 23:17

The German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) reported a magnitude 5.1 quake in Russia near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy only 15 minutes ago. The earthquake hit in the morning on Saturday 28 November 2020 at 9.57 am local time at a moderately shallow depth of 59 km. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report. ... read all

Fri, 27 Nov 2020, 20:33

The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) reported a magnitude 4.6 quake in China near Aykol 42 minutes ago. The earthquake hit early morning on Saturday 28 November 2020 at 3.51 am local time at a very shallow depth of 1 km. Magnitude and other quake parameters can still change in the coming hours as the agency continues to process seismic data. ... read all

Fri, 27 Nov 2020, 20:09

Mexico's National Seismological Service (SSN) reported a magnitude 4.3 quake in Mexico near Santa Maria del Mar only 24 minutes ago. The earthquake hit around noon on Friday 27 November 2020 at 1.44 pm local time at a shallow depth of 16 km. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report. ... read all

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