World Earthquake Report for February 2021 - VolcanoDiscovery

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Tue, 2 Feb 2021, 19:00

19:00 PM | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR

Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 5 during February 2021

Jump to daily reports for Feb 2021: 1 | 2

Summary: 8 quakes 5.0+, 59 quakes 4.0+, 188 quakes 3.0+, 517 quakes 2.0+ (772 total)
This report is being updated every day.
Magnitude 9+: none
Magnitude 8+: none
Magnitude 7+: none
Magnitude 6+: none
Magnitude 5+: 8 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 59 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 188 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 517 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 6 or higher

Total seismic energy estimate: 9 x 10¹³ joules (25.1 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 21579 tons of TNT or 1.3 atomic bombs!) more info

List of 10 largest earthquakes in the world during February 2021:

#1: 5.9 quake 96 km northeast of Huocheng, Ili Kazak Zizhizhou, Xinjiang, China, 1 Feb 2021 3:27 pm (GMT +8)
#2: 5.2 quake 60 km southwest of Leninsk-Kuznetsky, Kemerovo Oblast, Russia, 1 Feb 2021 2:20 pm (GMT +7)
#3: 5.2 quake 114 km south of Krasnoyarsk, Russia, 1 Feb 2021 4:02 pm (GMT +7)
#4: 5.2 quake Philippines Sea, Indonesia, 2 Feb 2021 10:37 pm (GMT +8)
#5: 5.2 quake Philippines Sea, 44 km northwest of Pulau Sara Kecil Island, Indonesia, 2 Feb 2021 10:37 pm (GMT +8)
#6: 5.1 quake Aegean Sea, 15 km southeast of Nisida Garmpias Island, Greece, 1 Feb 2021 10:35 am (GMT +2)
#7: 5.0 quake South Atlantic Ocean, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands, 1 Feb 2021 3:20 am (GMT -2)
#8: 5.0 quake 156 km west of Xigazê, Xizang, China, 2 Feb 2021 10:31 am (GMT +8)

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

Largest 20 quakes past 24 hours

Largest 20 quakes during February 2021

Complete earthquake list February 2021

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Mon, 1 Feb 2021, 00:24

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