WORLDWIDE EARTHQUAKE REPORT SEPTEMBER 22_2023
A preliminary M6.6 earthquake occurred in Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia. It was later upgraded to magnitude 5.8.
Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
6.6 | 214 km | Indonesia: Di Laut 184 Km Barat Laut Tanimbar | BMKG |
5.8 | 155 km | Indonesia: Banda Sea | Raspberry
Shake |
5.7 | 157 km | Indonesia: Banda Sea | GeoAu |
5.7 | 165 km | Indonesia [Sea] | INGV |
5.7 | 166 km | Indonesia: Banda Sea | GFZ |
5.8 | 155 km | Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia | USGS |
5.8 | 10 km | Indonesia: Banda Sea | IRIS |
5.6 | 175 km | Indonesia: Near Ambon | RENASS |
Volcanodiscovery
● M 5.8 - Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia
2023-09-22 14:59:17 (UTC)
7.132°S 129.719°E. 155.3 km depth
USGS earthquake alert
● M 5.4 - 27 km WNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu
2023-09-22 16:19:32 (UTC)
14.929°S 166.840°E. 40.1 km depth
USGS earthquake alert
● M 5.0 - 50 km NNW of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
2023-09-22 01:11:42 (UTC)
3.798°S 151.946°E. 10.0 km depth
USGS earthquake alert
● M 5.0 - Izu Islands, Japan region
2023-09-22 16:33:14 (UTC)
30.903°N 142.086°E. 10.0 km depth
USGS earthquake alert
● M 5.0 - Alaska Peninsula
2023-09-22 09:04:41 (UTC)
54.983°N 160.475°W. 44.2 km depth
USGS earthquake alert
● M 4.6 - Vietnam
2023-09-22 00:45:48 (UTC)
14.916°N 108.202°E. 10.0 km depth
USGS earthquake alert
● M 4.9 - 35 km E of Honoria, Peru
2023-09-22 02:11:55 (UTC)
8.722°S 74.389°W. 131.9 km depth
USGS earthquake alert
● M 4.5 - 123 km S of Peru, Brazil border
2023-09-22 10:14:55 (UTC)
10.045°S 72.936°W. 220.4 km depth
USGS earthquake alert
Other light earthquakes were recorded in Izu Islands, Japan region (M4.7) near the coast of Nicaragua (M4.9) south of the Fiji Islands (M4.8) Claveria, Philippines (M4.5) Calama, Chile (M4.5) Neiafu, Tonga (M4.9)
● Earthquake Forecast September 22-30
During the week of September 13-21, four M6+ earthquakes were recorded and mainly, towards the end of the observation period, a series of M5+ seismic clusters occurred.
Clustering of stronger tremors are most likely to occur from 26 to 28 September, probably up to mid 6 magnitude.
SSGEOS
□ Planetary geometries
- Mars, Mercury, Jupiter on September 22
- Venus, Sun, Mars on September 25
- Sun, Venus, Jupiter on September 30
□ Lunar geometries
- Earth, Moon, Saturn on September 27
- Earth, Moon, Neptune on September 28
- Moon, Earth. Sun on September 29 (Full Moon)
- Moon, Earth, Mars on September 30
MAGNITUDE PROBABILITY
updated 22 September 2023, 18:20 UTC
6.0-6.4 | 6.5-6.9 | 7.0-7.4 | 7.5-8.4 | 8.5+ |
50% | 50% | 40% | 40% | 40% |
● Summary
Seismic activity level has been at moderate levels in the last 24 hours. This is the last chart posted by Volcanodiscovery at 23:12 UTC on September 22
Global seismic activity chart (Volcanodiscovery has not updated its information to correct the earthquake from M6.6 to M5.8 in Indonesia.)
- 5 quakes between magnitude 5 and 6
- 47 quakes between magnitude 4 and 5
- 107 quakes between magnitude 3 and 4
- 242 quakes between magnitude 2 and 3
- 669 quakes below magnitude 2 that people normally don't feel.
~1070 earthquakes in the past 24h (1080 earthquakes in the 24 hours prior to this report) Estimated combined seismic energy release: No updated information
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