World Earthquake Report for Saturday, 2 January 2021 - VolcanoDiscovery

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Sat, 2 Jan 2021, 18:20

18:20 PM | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR

Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 2 Jan 2021

Summary: 2 quakes 5.0+, 33 quakes 4.0+, 106 quakes 3.0+, 221 quakes 2.0+ (362 total)
This report is being updated every hour.
Magnitude 5+: 2 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 33 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 106 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 221 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 6 or higher

Total seismic energy estimate: 1.7 x 10¹³ joules (4.82 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 4147 tons of TNT or 0.3 atomic bombs!) learn more

10 largest earthquakes in the world (past 24 hours):

#1: 5.1 quake Solomon Sea, 185 km southeast of Kokopo, Kokopo District, East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea, 2 Jan 6:34 pm (GMT +10)
#2: 5.0 quake South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand, 2 Jan 8:16 am (GMT +13)
#3: 4.9 quake Indian Ocean 2 Jan 10:23 am (GMT +1)
#4: 4.9 quake North Pacific Ocean, 142 km south of Escuintla, Municipio de Escuintla, Departamento de Escuintla, Guatemala, 1 Jan 4:11 pm (GMT -6)
#5: 4.8 quake Banda Sea, 118 km south of Luwuk, Kabupaten Banggai, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, 2 Jan 9:59 pm (GMT +8)
#6: 4.7 quake Solomon Sea, 44 km southeast of Lambom Island, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, 3 Jan 2:36 am (GMT +10)
#7: 4.7 quake North Pacific Ocean, 167 km east of Hachijojima Island, Hachijō Shichō, Tokyo, Japan, 2 January 2021 00:45 UTC
#8: 4.7 quake North Pacific Ocean, 45 km south of La Gomera, Municipio de La Gomera, Departamento de Escuintla, Guatemala, 1 Jan 6:42 pm (GMT -6)
#9: 4.6 quake 331 km southwest of Jayapura, Nederlands Nieuw-Guinea, Indonesia, 2 Jan 3:33 pm (GMT +9)
#10: 4.5 quake 31 km east of Khorugh, Nohijai Şuƣnon, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan, 2 Jan 6:02 pm (GMT +5)

Earthquakes reported felt:

#1: 3.2 quake Liège Province, Wallonia, 5.2 km west of Monschau, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, 2 Jan 7:36 am (GMT +1) - 518 reports
#2: 4.3 quake Monterey County, California, 15 mi northeast of Gonzales, USA, 2 Jan 6:42 am (GMT -8) - 266 reports
#3: 3.3 quake 1.2 km north of Gora, Grad Petrinja, Sisak-Moslavina, Croatia, 2 Jan 7:00 pm (GMT +1) - 70 reports
#4: 3.2 quake San Benito County, 14 mi northeast of Soledad, Monterey County, California, USA, 2 Jan 6:36 am (GMT -8) - 17 reports
#5: 4.5 quake 11 km south of Novokayakent, Kayakentsky District, Dagestan Republic, Russia, 2 Jan 4:05 am (GMT +3) - 10 reports
#6: 2.7 quake 1.7 km west of Volavje, Grad Jastrebarsko, Zagreb County, Croatia, 2 Jan 8:12 am (GMT +1) - 8 reports
#7: 3.7 quake Aegean Sea, 14 km northwest of Karlovasi, Samos, North Aegean, Greece, 2 Jan 4:25 am (GMT +2) - 7 reports
#8: 3.3 quake 14 km north of Pānsemāl, Barwani, Madhya Pradesh, India, 2 Jan 1:24 pm (GMT +5:30) - 5 reports
#9: 4.2 quake North Atlantic Ocean, 55 km south of Funchal, Funchal Municipality, Madeira, Portugal, 1 Jan 9:06 pm (GMT +0) - 3 reports
#10: 2.3 quake 1.2 km northeast of Roženica, Pokupsko, Zagreb County, Croatia, 2 Jan 3:57 pm (GMT +1) - 2 reports
#11: 2.1 quake 1.4 km southeast of Kozjača, Grad Velika Gorica, Zagreb County, Croatia, 2 Jan 6:35 am (GMT +1) - 2 reports
#12: 2.4 quake San Benito County, 14 mi north of Soledad, Monterey County, California, USA, 2 Jan 8:11 am (GMT -8) - 2 reports

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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

Sat, 2 Jan 2021, 17:50

Sat, 2 Jan 2021, 15:02

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a magnitude 4.5 quake in the United States near Soledad, Monterey County, California, only 6 minutes ago. The earthquake hit early morning on Saturday 2 January 2021 at 6:42 am local time at a very shallow depth of 4 miles. 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

Sat, 2 Jan 2021, 14:56

An earthquake of magnitude 3.2 occurred early morning on Saturday 2 January 2021 at 6:36 am local time near Soledad, Monterey County, California, USA, as reported by the United States Geological Survey (USGS). ... read all

Sat, 2 Jan 2021, 14:19

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake near Luwuk, Kabupaten Banggai, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, was reported only 10 minutes ago by Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency (BMKG), considered the main national agency that monitors seismic activity in Indonesia. The earthquake occurred at a shallow depth of 10 km beneath the epicenter in the evening on Saturday 2 January 2021 at 9:59 pm local time. 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

Sat, 2 Jan 2021, 13:56

An earthquake of magnitude 4.3 occurred late at night on Saturday 2 January 2021 at 10:36 pm local time near Ōfunato, Ōfunato-shi, Iwate, Japan, as reported by NIED. ... read all

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2021-01-02 16:52:30Z