WORLDWIDE EARTHQUAKE REPORT MAY 20_2023
Strong seismic activity continues in Loyalty Islands region Including New Caledonia
M 7.1 - southeast of the Loyalty Islands
M 6.5 - southeast of the Loyalty Islands
M 5.1 - southeast of the Loyalty Islands
●M 5.4 - southeast of the Loyalty Islands
2023-05-20 02:17:49 (UTC)
●M 5.4 - 298 km E of Vao, New Caledonia
2023-05-20 02:20:22 (UTC)
●M 5.3 - southeast of the Loyalty Islands
2023-05-20 02:56:26 (UTC)
●M 5.1 - southeast of the Loyalty Islands
2023-05-20 03:46:54 (UTC)
●M 5.1 - 299 km E of Vao, New Caledonia
2023-05-20 04:31:26 (UTC)
●M 5.2 - 284 km E of Vao, New Caledonia
2023-05-20 04:34:14 (UTC)
●M 5.2 - southeast of the Loyalty Islands
2023-05-20 11:36:08 (UTC)
●M 5.1 - southeast of the Loyalty Islands
2023-05-20 13:27:17 (UTC)
●M 5.2 - southeast of the Loyalty Islands
2023-05-20 13:29:27 (UTC)
●M 5.0 - southeast of the Loyalty Islands
2023-05-20 18:07:41 (UTC)
●M 5.1 - southeast of the Loyalty Islands
2023-05-20 22:08:47 (UTC)
According to Analyst
Jesus Ramos, the energy from the Loyalty Islands earthquakes is directed towards the Americas, mainly central Chile, Central America and Central Mexico but also towards Indonesia, Japan, Kamchatka and Alaska.
The M7.7 Loyalty Islands earthquake was the second strongest of the year after the M7.8 earthquake in Turkey and Syria.
According to Ka-tet's forecast for the next 7-10 days is likely:
● Indonesia at worst case M6+.
● Japan and Kamchatka Peninsula M6+ worst case scenario M7.2
● Central and southern Chile M6.5 worst case M7+ (Concepción and Constitución area)
Be on watch for the activity of the Nazca and Cocos plates; if earthquakes occur in those plates, an earthquake of greater magnitude would be imminent for Chile.
● Southern Mexico (Guerrero and Chiapas), and Central America (towards the Gulf of Panama) M6+ in the worst case M7+
~Atmospheric fluctuations in Asia
South America seismic activity
●M 5.0 - 210 km SSW of Ushuaia, Argentina
2023-05-20 07:34:12 (UTC)
56.633°S 69.242°W. 10.0 km depth
USGS earthquake alert
●M 4.5 - 20 km NE of Sama Grande, Peru
2023-05-20 16:25:36 (UTC)
17.657°S 70.367°W. 114.1 km depth
USGS earthquake alert
●M 5.1 - South Sandwich Islands region
2023-05-20 23:33:26 (UTC)
57.969°S 25.576°W. 63.1 km depth
USGS earthquake alert
● Summary
Seismic activity level has been at
very high levels in the last 24 hours. This is the last chart posted by Volcanodiscovery at 23:00 UTC on May 20
Global seismic activity chart
- 1 quake above magnitude 7
- 1 quake between magnitude 6 and 7
- 14 quakes between magnitude 5 and 6
- 34 quakes between magnitude 4 and 5
- 100 quakes between magnitude 3 and 4
- 221 quakes between magnitude 2 and 3
- 423 quakes below magnitude 2 that people normally don't feel.
~794 earthquakes in the past 24h (898 earthquakes in the 24 hours prior to this report) Estimated combined seismic energy release: 901 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 7.8 x 105 tons of TNT or
48.5 atomic bomb
Volcanodiscovery earthquake report 24h