WORLDWIDE EARTHQUAKE REPORT APRIL 07_2024
Moderate levels of seismic activity occurred in the past 24 hours. A 5+ magnitude seismic cluster was recorded mainly in Southeast Asia. Papua New Guinea (M5.2, M5.1) Indonesia (M5.2) New Caledonia (M5.0) Fiji region (M5.0) Timor Leste (M5.0) also Asia Central China (M5.0, M5.1)
Apr 06 & 07 seismic clusters have been recorded in Southeast Asia for the second consecutive day.
The total number of earthquakes recorded worldwide in the last 24 hours has increased to 839 which is within the above range of activity.
According to
Volcano earthquake report volcano earthquake swarm occurred in:
Bardarbunga (5 quakes between mag 0.8-2.4),
Campi Flegrei (5 quakes between mag 1.0-3.0),
Clear Lake (22 quakes between mag 0.2-1.6)
Fagradalsfjall (5 quakes between mag 0.3-1.2),
Kilauea (5 quakes between mag 1.7-2.5)
Strongest volcanic earthquake occurred at
Acatenango volcano with magnitude 3.4 with epicenter in Guatemala, 25 km southwest of Chimaltenango, Chimaltenango, on Sunday, Apr 7, 2024, at 03:00 pm (Guatemala time)
Recent quakes worldwide map shows the distribution of the last 20 large earthquakes.
● M 5.2 - 43 km SW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea
2024-04-07 07:25:08 (UTC)
6.437°S 149.229°E. 56.1 km depth
USGS earthquake alert
● M 5.1 - 92 km SSE of Angoram, Papua New Guinea
2024-04-07 20:31:05 (UTC)
4.840°S 144.380°E. 11.4 km depth
USGS earthquake alert
● M 5.2 - 191 km SW of Bandar Lampung, Indonesia
2024-04-07 17:46:18 (UTC)
6.551°S 103.945°E. 42.1 km depth
USGS earthquake alert
● M 5.1 - east of the South Sandwich Islands
2024-04-07 05:23:42 (UTC)
59.271°S 17.593°W. 10.0 km depth
USGS earthquake alert
● M 5.1 - 59 km WNW of Kuqa, China
2024-04-07 08:46:17 (UTC)
41.883°N 82.255°E. 10.0 km depth
USGS earthquake alert
● M 5.0 - 67 km WNW of Kuqa, China
2024-04-07 20:47:58 (UTC)
41.887°N 82.154°E. 10.0 km depth
USGS earthquake alert
● M 5.0 - 244 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia
2024-04-07 02:38:38 (UTC)
21.973°S 170.203°E. 19.0 km depth
USGS earthquake alert
● M 5.0 - south of the Fiji Islands
2024-04-07 12:08:39 (UTC)
26.297°S 178.696°W. 353.9 km depth
USGS earthquake alert
● M 5.0 - 164 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste
2024-04-07 22:19:57 (UTC)
7.504°S 128.092°E. 143.8 km depth
USGS earthquake alert
● M 5.0 - 1 km NE of Tecoluca, El Salvador
2024-04-07 17:49:32 (UTC)
13.798°N 88.995°W. 192.3 km depth
USGS earthquake alert
Other light earthquakes occurred in Hualien City, Taiwan (M4.6, M4.9, M4.6) Kuqa, China (M4.6, M4.5, M4.6) Fiji region (M4.5) Dompu, Indonesia (M4.9) Mejillones, Chile (M4.9)
● Summary
Seismic activity has been at moderate levels in the last 24 hours. This is the last chart posted by Volcanodiscovery at 00:25 UTC on April 07
Global seismic activity chart.
In the past 24 hours, there were 839 quakes of magnitudes up to 5.2:
- 10 quakes above magnitude 5
- 56 quakes between magnitude 4 and 5
- 133 quakes between magnitude 3 and 4
- 212 quakes between magnitude 2 and 3
- 428 quakes below magnitude 2 that people normally don't feel.
Apr. 03 - 1015 eq | Highest record |
Apr. 04 - 999 eq | Jan. 14 - 1479 eq |
Apr. 05 - 923 eq | Highest mag |
Apr. 06 - 830 eq | M7.4 Hualien, Taiwan |
Apr. 07 - 839 eq | M7.5 Noto Japan |
Estimated combined seismic energy release equivalent to 10152 tons of TNT or 0.6 atomic bombs.
Volcanodiscovery