Earthquakes around the world

[mabar]

Related to Reykjanes volcano

M 5.0 - 9 km SW of Grindavík, Iceland
Time 2023-11-10 12:09:00 (UTC-06:00)
Location 63.773°N 22.554°W
Depth 10.0 km

M 5.1 - 7 km W of Grindavík, Iceland
Time 2023-11-10 12:00:56 (UTC-06:00)
Location 63.850°N 22.579°W
Depth 10.0 km

 

[Ryan]

I do not know if it is relevant, but maybe the 2,000 kilometers distance pointed by @Ryan is not that large considering how everything is connected, especially in this region.

Yeah, I guess in geological terms, a couple of thousand kms is nearby.

 

[Puma]

WORLDWIDE EARTHQUAKE REPORT NOVEMBER 10_2023

High levels of seismic activity occurred in the past 24h. Well, something is cooking in the Banda Sea region. Now an M6.1 quake shook the sea, also three M5+ aftershocks have been recorded and a three M4.9 quakes so far, also part of the aftershock group.

Earthquakes in the Banda Sea are occurring at the boundary of the Indo-Australian Plate, and this boundary connects with the Krakatoa volcano.​

Krakatoa is one of many volcanoes located along an area around the Pacific basin where two huge tectonic plates meet. These two plates, the Indo-Australian and the Eurasian, constantly collide, resulting in much volcanic activity. This area is known by geologists as the Ring of Fire. Krakatoa Facts​

The earthquakes recorded in Tual Indonesia by USGS in fact occurred in the same region of the Banda Sea where great seismic activity has been recorded.

As expected, the energy of seismic activity in the Banda Sea is flowing into Japan region and the Kamchatka Peninsula region. Komandorskiye and Kuril Islands recorded moderate to strong seismic activity (Max M5.8) while in Kanoya, Japan was recorded a M5.3

The number of earthquakes in the past 24 hours increased significantly to 2555 earthquakes. This increase is mainly due to volcanic activity. According to Volcano earthquake report the most seismically active volcanoes are located in Iceland.​

Brennisteinsfjöll (93 quakes between mag 0.1-4.1), Eldey (56 quakes between mag 0.2-4.3), Fagradalsfjall (685 quakes between mag 0.1-4.2), Reykjanes (651 quakes between mag 0.1-5.0),​

Recent quakes worldwide map shows the distribution of the last 20 large earthquakes. We again see a line of seismic activity running from Iceland to the island of Samoa in the western Pacific Ocean. The seismic activity in Iceland indicates constant magma movement. For more information see the last posts in the "Volcanoes Erupting All Over" thread. Isolated light to moderate earthquakes were recorded in Iran, Colombia, Chile and the Dominican Republic. No damage or casualties were reported.​

● M 6.1 - Banda Sea
2023-11-10 20:45:11 (UTC)
6.155°S 130.088°E. 10.7 km depth
USGS earthquake alert

● M 5.3 - Banda Sea
2023-11-10 21:13:36 (UTC)
6.103°S 130.078°E. 16.6 km depth
USGS earthquake alert

● M 5.0 - Banda Sea
2023-11-10 21:05:59 (UTC)
6.111°S 130.024°E. 9.8 km depth
USGS earthquake alert

● M 5.9 - 289 km W of Tual, Indonesia
2023-11-10 03:50:35 (UTC)
6.043°S 130.169°E. 10.0 km depth
USGS earthquake alert

● M 5.6 - 294 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia
2023-11-10 21:20:12 (UTC)
6.159°S 130.146°E. 10.0 km depth
USGS earthquake alert


● M 5.8 - 255 km ENE of Kuril’sk, Russia
2023-11-10 10:10:04 (UTC)
45.903°N 151.003°E. 107.3 km depth
USGS earthquake alert

● M 5.3 - 13 km SSW of Kanoya, Japan
2023-11-10 20:50:30 (UTC)
31.263°N 130.810°E. 108.8 km depth
USGS earthquake alert


●M 5.2 - Samoa Islands region
2023-11-10 06:45:44 (UTC)
15.784°S 171.749°W. 10.0 km depth
USGS earthquake alert


●M 5.0 - 25 km SSE of Madang, Papua New Guinea
2023-11-10 01:06:11 (UTC)
5.440°S 145.872°E. 68.8 km depth
USGS earthquake alert


● M 5.2 - 29 km SE of Ābdānān, Iran
2023-11-10 15:36:29 (UTC)
32.797°N 47.637°E. 10.0 km depth
USGS earthquake alert


● M 5.1 - 87 km W of Vallenar, Chile
2023-11-10 15:27:38 (UTC)
28.693°S 71.643°W. 43.6 km depth
USGS earthquake alert


● M 5.0 - 7 km WNW of Las Matas de Santa Cruz, Dominican Republic
2023-11-10 17:22:28 (UTC)
19.691°N 71.577°W. 19.0 km depth
USGS earthquake alert


● M 5.1 - 7 km W of Grindavík, Iceland
2023-11-10 18:00:56 (UTC)
63.850°N 22.579°W. 10.0 km depth
USGS earthquake alert

● M 5.0 - 9 km SW of Grindavík, Iceland
2023-11-10 18:09:00 (UTC)
63.773°N 22.554°W. 10.0 km depth
USGS earthquake alert

● M 4.9 - 0 km WNW of Vogar, Iceland
2023-11-10 19:12:04 (UTC)
63.983°N 22.397°W. 10.0 km depth
USGS earthquake alert

Tual Indonesia (M4.5, M4.6) Houma, Tonga (M4.5) Banda Sea (M4.9, M4.9, M4.9,) Komandorskiye Ostrova, Russia region (M4.9) Colombia (M4.5) Kamchatsk Staryy Russia (M4.6) Aleutian Islands Alaska (M4.5) Hualien City, Taiwan (M4.7) Vogar, Iceland (M4.8, M4.6, M4.8, M4.7) Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia (M4.8) Vallenar, Chile (M4.5) Garður, Iceland (M4.9) Reykjanesbær, Iceland (M4.5,)​

● Summary

Seismic activity level has been at high levels in the last 24 hours. This is the last chart posted by Volcanodiscovery at 23:39 UTC on November 10 Global seismic activity chart

• 1 quake above magnitude 6
• 12 quakes between magnitude 5 and 6
• 112 quakes between magnitude 4 and 5
• 343 quakes between magnitude 3 and 4
• 693 quakes between magnitude 2 and 3
• 1394 quakes below magnitude 2 that people normally don't feel.

In the past 24 hours, there were 2555 quakes of magnitudes up to 6.1
Nov. 06 - 1142 eq.
Nov. 07 - 1244 eq.
Nov. 08 - 1131 eq.
Nov. 09 - 1464 eq.
Nov. 10 - 2555 eq
Estimated combined seismic energy release past 24h: 59893 tons of TNT or 3.7 atomic bombs
Volcanodiscovery

Edit: Earthquake preliminar M6.2 in Kuril Islands was updated to M5.8

 

[Puma]

AS IF WERE A MOVIE

In the middle of an interview with the mayor of Grindavík in Iceland continuous earthquakes are heard and felt, in the face of an already imminent volcanic eruption
​

https://twitter.com/x/status/1723141686044377374

Civil Protection Department @almannavarnir orders to evacuate the town of #Grindavik #Island given the uncertainty of where a probable #eruption will occur.
All citizens should leave the area immediately.
#evacuation

https://twitter.com/x/status/1723144761161155017

All is connected...

As previously stated we have what appears to be an imminent volcanic eruption in Iceland and a forecast for a M8+ event in the Southwest Pacific.

● M 4.5 - Banda Sea​

2023-11-10 23:29:57 (UTC)
6.095°S 130.065°E. 10.0 km depth
USGS earthquake alert

● M 4.6 - Iceland region
2023-11-10 23:41:40 (UTC)
63.958°N 22.501°W. 10.0 km depth
USGS earthquake alert



Oh look, Israel is on the African plate.... "However, watch Africa."

 

[Puma]

WORLDWIDE EARTHQUAKE REPORT NOVEMBER 11_2023

Moderate levels of seismic activity have been recorded in the past 24 hours. A M5.5 earthquake occurred in the Tual Indonesia region, the same region of the Banda Sea where strong to very strong earthquakes (between 5.0 and 7.1 magnitude) have been recorded.

An M4.8 earthquake shook Ethiopia. This is the fourth East African country that has felt an earthquake in the last weeks (DR Congo, Zambia and South Sudan shook before) Ethiopia also belongs to the "Great Rift of Africa". As can be seen, both in the map of earthquakes and earthquakes caused by volcanoes, the Levant region (current territories of Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Israel, Jordan and Cyprus) remains in seismic silence, it has not suffered a major earthquake since 1995 when the Gulf of Aqaba earthquake occurred, affecting Egypt, Palestine, Israel, Jordan and Saudi Arabia.

The total number of earthquakes recorded in the last 24 hours increased to 3056. This was mainly due to seismic activity in Iceland triggered by what may be an imminent volcanic eruption. According to Volcano earthquake report, the volcanoes with the highest seismic activity were:​

Iceland: Brennisteinsfjöll (109 quakes between mag 0.1-3.4) Eldey (150 quakes between mag 0.2-3.6) Fagradalsfjall (169 quakes between mag 0.1-2.5) Krísuvík (146 quakes between mag 0.1-3.3) Reykjanes (1572 quakes between mag 0.1-4.6)
California: Clear Lake (54 quakes between mag 0.2-2.5)​

https://twitter.com/x/status/1723472739196153860

There is a high probability of a new volcanic eruption in Iceland. The magma intrusion, according to authorities, is 15 km long, just northwest of Grindavík, a town that has already been evacuated.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1723473399270551704

Recent quakes worldwide map shows the distribution of the last 20 large earthquakes. We see a clustering of light to moderate seismic events from Central Asia (Tajikistan M4.5) to Southeast Asia (Fiji region M4.5). Isolated earthquake in Chile and seismic silence of earthquakes greater than M5+ in North and Central America and the Caribbean​

● M 5.7 - 285 km W of Tual, Indonesia
2023-11-11 06:41:51 (UTC)
5.732°S 130.179°E. 10.0 km depth
USGS earthquake alert


● M 5.5 - 28 km SW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu
2023-11-11 12:35:30 (UTC)
17.894°S 168.105°E. 23.9 km depth
USGS earthquake alert


● M 5.0 earthquake - Philippine Sea, Japan
2023-11-11 16:06:01 (UTC)
30.578°N / 138.678°E. 458 km depth
Volcanodiscovery earthquake alert


● M 4.8 - Ethiopia
2023-11-11 06:26:50 (UTC)
5.164°N 36.797°E. 10.0 km depth
USGS earthquake alert

Other light earthquakes occurred near the north coast of Papua, Indonesia (M4.7) Vahdat, Tajikistan (M4 5) South Sandwich Islands region (M4.9) Keflavík, Iceland (M4.7) San Pedro de Atacama, Chile (M4.5) Hirara, Japan (M4.6) Trawangan, Indonesia (M4.6) Fiji region (M4.5) Bonin Islands, Japan region (M4.9) Sand Point, Alaska (M4.9) El Estor, Guatemala (M4.2) Chiapas, Mexico (M4.2 M4.0) Veracruz, Mexico (M4.0) Guerrero, Mexico (M4.3) Oaxaca Mexico (M4.0)​

● Summary

Seismic activity level has been at high levels in the last 24 hours. This is the last chart posted by Volcanodiscovery at 23:39 UTC on November 10 Global seismic activity chart

• 3 quakes above magnitude 5
• 43 quakes between magnitude 4 and 5
• 152 quakes between magnitude 3 and 4
• 642 quakes between magnitude 2 and 3
• 2216 quakes below magnitude 2 that people normally don't feel.

In the past 24 hours, there were 3056 quakes of magnitudes up to 5.7
Nov. 07 - 1244 eq.
Nov. 08 - 1131 eq.
Nov. 09 - 1464 eq.
Nov. 10 - 2555 eq
Nov. 11 - 3056 eq.
Estimated combined seismic energy release past 24h: 13386 tons of TNT or 0.8 atomic bombs
Volcanodiscovery

 

[meadow_wind]

Publication sur MétéoMédia Québec (English Translation Below)
Publié le 11 novembre 2023 à 16h11
Possibilité d’éruption en Islande: 3000 résidents évacués - MétéoMédia

La propagation du magma et l’activité sismique sont rapidement devenues préoccupantes. Les autorités islandaises ont ordonné l’évacuation de 3000 résidents de Grindavik.

Une région sur le qui-vive​

L’évacuation s’est déroulée durant la nuit de vendredi à samedi: l’éruption serait imminente et plus précoce qu’anticipée. Selon le gouvernement islandais, la situation est suivie de près entre les diverses autorités, soit le Département de la protection civile et de la gestion des urgences, le Service météorologique de l’État insulaire ainsi que l’Université d’Islande.
Puisque les heures à venir sont déterminantes et par mesure de précaution, les habitants de Grindavik, située dans la péninsule de Reykjanes, ont dû trouver refuge en lieux sûrs.

Plus de 1000 tremblements de terre​

Une augmentation accrue de l’activité sismique est à l’origine de cette montée inquiétante du magma au sein du volcan. Au moment d’écrire ces lignes, plus de 1160 tremblements de terre ont été enregistrés tout près de Grindavik au cours des 48 dernières heures; on dénombre 380 secousses dont la magnitude est supérieure à 3 sur l’échelle de Richter. Des dommages ont été rapportés.
Selon les scientifiques, le magma se trouve à une profondeur d’environ 800 mètres et progresse lentement de façon ascendante. Les chercheurs estiment qu’une éruption sous-marine ne serait pas un scénario à exclure.



Bon à savoir : en mars 2010, l’éruption du volcan Eyjafjallajökull a causé un nuage de cendres d’environ 9 km de hauteur, perturbant le trafic aérien d’Europe pendant près d’un mois.

Les images satellites illustrent un tunnel de magma qui s’étend sur une distance d’environ 15 kilomètres; cette digue servirait ainsi à estimer les endroits ou une éruption pourrait survenir. Les prochaines heures sont cruciales et la situation demeure sous haute surveillance. Cependant, les autorités locales insistent pour dire qu’il ne s’agit d’un danger imminent et que les évacuations sont d’ordre préventif.


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The spread of magma and seismic activity quickly became a concern. Icelandic authorities have ordered the evacuation of 3,000 residents of Grindavik.

A region on alert
The evacuation took place during the night from Friday to Saturday: the eruption would be imminent and earlier than expected. According to the Icelandic government, the situation is being closely monitored between the various authorities, namely the Department of Civil Protection and Emergency Management, the Meteorological Service of the island state and the University of Iceland.

Since the coming hours are decisive and as a precautionary measure, the inhabitants of Grindavik, located on the Reykjanes peninsula, had to find refuge in safe places.

More than 1000 earthquakes
An increased increase in seismic activity is the cause of this worrying rise in magma within the volcano. At the time of writing, more than 1,160 earthquakes have been recorded very close to Grindavik in the last 48 hours; there were 380 tremors whose magnitude was greater than 3 on the Richter scale. Damage was reported.

According to scientists, the magma is at a depth of around 800 meters and is slowly moving upwards. Researchers believe that an underwater eruption would not be a scenario to be ruled out.

Good to know: in March 2010, the eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano caused an ash cloud approximately 9 km high, disrupting European air traffic for almost a month.

Satellite images illustrate a magma tunnel that extends for a distance of approximately 15 kilometers; this dike would thus be used to estimate the places where an eruption could occur. The next few hours are crucial and the situation remains under close surveillance. However, local authorities insist that this is not an imminent danger and that the evacuations are preventive.

 

[sToRmR1dR]

Magnitude 5.9 Earthquake Strikes Off Coast of Papua New Guinea

A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck off the coast of Papua New Guinea, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said on Sunday.

sputnikglobe.com

2 hours ago

 

[Aeneas]

Last week saw 3 M6, with the highest being a M6.6 quake in Chile.
In the usual area, there was 1 out of 98 earthquakes worldwide equal to or greater than 4.5 and 1594 out of 1937 quakes of all sizes.
Percentage: 82.3%

Last week saw 1 M7 (M7.1) and 3 M6. All in the Banda Sea.
In the usual area, there were 4 out of 158 earthquakes equal to or greater than 4.5 and 1530 out of 1880 quakes of all sizes.
Percentage: 81.4%

 

[Ca.]

La propagation du magma et l’activité sismique sont rapidement devenues préoccupantes. Les autorités islandaises ont ordonné l’évacuation de 3000 résidents de Grindavik.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1723409102884229500

Grindavik Iceland Latest update. Solar Storm dud? Earthquake update. SAT night 11/11/2023

EM

https://twitter.com/x/status/1723455564972196248

 

[Puma]

Light to strong seismic activity (M4+ to M5.9) was recorded in the last hours in the Bismarck Sea in Papua New Guinea. The Tabui volcano is located 112 km from the epicenter of the M5.9 earthquake, so far the highest magnitude.
​

Tavui is a large, mostly submerged caldera offshore from east New Britain, Papua New Guinea. It has impressive 1000 m cliffs at a location called Submarime Base, a popular diving spot in New Britain. The volcano was last active about 7000 years ago and might still be considered active.​

● M 4.9 - 114 km WNW of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
2023-11-12 04:47:58 (UTC)
3.782°S 151.224°E. 10.0 km depth
USGS earthquake alert

● M 5.9 - New Ireland region, Papua New Guinea
2023-11-12 04:51:41 (UTC)
3.625°S 151.325°E. 10.0 km depth
USGS earthquake alert

● M 5.2 - New Ireland region, Papua New Guinea
2023-11-12 05:54:39 (UTC)
3.814°S 151.111°E. 1.2 km depth
USGS earthquake alert

● M 5.2 - New Ireland region, Papua New Guinea
2023-11-12 06:12:20 (UTC)
3.911°S 151.165°E. 10.0 km depth
USGS earthquake alert

● M 5.2 - 131 km SSE of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea
2023-11-12 09:48:42 (UTC)
3.738°S 151.032°E. 10.0 km depth
USGS earthquake alert

 

[MK Scarlett]

Hereafter is an interesting video that talks about this Tavui volcano (4 mn):

One of the most destructive volcanoes in recent times is located offshore of the island of New Britain. There, a steep submarine cliff which is as much as 3,300 feet or 1,000 meters deep, encompassing the rim of a massive underwater caldera. Known as Tavui, this volcano is equally as dangerous to the better known Rabaul volcano which also contains a caldera. Despite only having produced two known eruptions, this volcano appears to exclusively produce large explosive eruptions.

 

[MK Scarlett]

And here is the link that shows the Live earthquakes map to follow the current seismic events related to a possible eruption in Iceland:

Skjálfti




Edit: Clarity

 

[T.C.]

Light to strong seismic activity (M4+ to M5.9) was recorded in the last hours in the Bismarck Sea in Papua New Guinea. The Tabui volcano is located 112 km from the epicenter of the M5.9 earthquake, so far the highest magnitude.
​

● M 4.9 - 114 km WNW of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
2023-11-12 04:47:58 (UTC)
3.782°S 151.224°E. 10.0 km depth
USGS earthquake alert

● M 5.9 - New Ireland region, Papua New Guinea
2023-11-12 04:51:41 (UTC)
3.625°S 151.325°E. 10.0 km depth
USGS earthquake alert

● M 5.2 - New Ireland region, Papua New Guinea
2023-11-12 05:54:39 (UTC)
3.814°S 151.111°E. 1.2 km depth
USGS earthquake alert

● M 5.2 - New Ireland region, Papua New Guinea
2023-11-12 06:12:20 (UTC)
3.911°S 151.165°E. 10.0 km depth
USGS earthquake alert

● M 5.2 - 131 km SSE of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea
2023-11-12 09:48:42 (UTC)
3.738°S 151.032°E. 10.0 km depth
USGS earthquake alert
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Puma, have you ever thought about making a YouTube channel where you do a daily or weekly Earthquake roundup for around the world?

 

[Puma]

Puma, have you ever thought about making a YouTube channel where you do a daily or weekly Earthquake roundup for around the world?

No, I lack a lot of knowledge to do something like a channel. Possibly later, right now I'm really enjoying doing the reports for all of you.

 

[Puma]

WORLDWIDE EARTHQUAKE REPORT NOVEMBER 12_2023

Moderate levels of seismic activity occurred in the past 24h. Seismic activity continues east of the Bismarck Sea in Indonesia. In addition to the 4 reported M5+ earthquakes, one more M5.0 and another M5.3 was recorded within the territory of Papua New Guinea west of the Bismarck Sea.​

Light to strong seismic activity (M4+ to M5.9) was recorded in the last hours in the Bismarck Sea in Papua New Guinea.

Earthquakes are occurring within the Pacific Plate which is constantly colliding with the Indo-Australian Plate. However most of the territory of Papua New Guinea is within the Indo-Australian Plate.​

Plate tectonics and the Papua—New Guinea—Solomon Islands region​

The region is basically a zone of interaction of the Australian and South Pacific plates. Within this zone are several minor sub-plates referred to as the Solomon Sea, New Britain, and Manus plates. A consistent system of relative velocity vectors has been deduced for these plates.​

The total number of earthquakes recorded in the last 24 hours decreased to 1666. This was mainly due to the reduction of seismic activity of the Reykjanes volcano in Iceland and other volcanoes in the same region. According to Volcano earthquake report the volcanoes with the highest seismic activity were:​

Fagradalsfjall (77 quakes between mag 0.1-2.7) Krísuvík (120 quakes between mag 0.1-3.7) Reykjanes (532 quakes between mag 0.1-3.0),​

Recent quakes worldwide map shows the distribution of the last 20 large earthquakes. We see a concentration of seismic activity in the western Pacific Ocean and especially in the Papua New Guinea Region. Seismic silence (>M5) in the Americas (central and south) continues. Only one isolated earthquake of M4.7 occurred in Ecuador.​

● M 5.3 - Papua, Indonesia
2023-11-12 20:38:14 (UTC)3.643°S 140.174°E24.6 km depth
USGS earthquake alert

● M 5.0 - Bismarck Sea, 139 km west of Kokopo, East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea
2023-11-12 06:02:26 (UTC)
3.89°S / 151.1°E. 10.0 km depth
EMSC earthquake alert


● M 5.2 - 31 km NNE of Kupang, Indonesia
2023-11-12 02:06:14 (UTC)
9.902°S 123.700°E. 30.0 km depth
USGS earthquake alert


● M 5.3 - South Atlantic Ocean, St. Helena
2023-11-12 14:48:54 (UTC)
35.582°S / 15.416°W. 10 km depth
EMSC earthquake alert

● M 5.1 - 127 km W of Neiafu, Tonga
2023-11-12 15:53:37 (UTC)
18.551°S 175.182°W. 193.6 km depth
USGS earthquake alert


● M 4.7 - near the coast of Ecuador
2023-11-12 08:26:49 (UTC)
2.525°S 80.661°W. 29.0 km depth
USGS earthquake alert

Other light earthquakes occurred in Fiji region (M4.8) Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska (M4.5, M4.6) Tonga region (M4.8) New Britain region, Papua New Guinea (M4.9, M4.9, M4.9, M4.8, M4.9) Hiroo, Japan (M4.5) Banda Sea (M4.6) Karakenja, Tajikistan (M4.5) Chiapas, Mexico (M4.0)​

● Summary

Seismic activity level has been at moderate levels in the last 24 hours. This is the last chart posted by Volcanodiscovery at 22:36 UTC on November 12 Global seismic activity chart​

• 9 quakes above magnitude 5
• 46 quakes between magnitude 4 and 5
• 94 quakes between magnitude 3 and 4
• 253 quakes between magnitude 2 and 3
• 1264 quakes below magnitude 2 that people normally don't feel.

In the past 24 hours, there were 1666 quakes of magnitudes up to 5.9
Nov. 08 - 1131 eq.
Nov. 09 - 1464 eq.
Nov. 10 - 2555 eq
Nov. 11 - 3056 eq.
Nov. 12 - 1666 eq.
Estimated combined seismic energy release past 24h: 23427 tons of TNT or 1.5 atomic bombs
Volcanodiscovery