WORLDWIDE EARTHQUAKE REPORT MAY 05_2024
Moderate levels of seismic activity occurred in the past 24h hours. A very strong magnitude 6.2 earthquake occurred in the Ceram Sea near the coast of Maluku. The quake might have been felt by over 400,000 people across Indonesia. The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Bula, a town with 0 inhabitants in Indonesia, in 55 km distance west of the epicenter. USGS issued a Green alert for shaking-related fatalities and economic losses. For this earthquake, 15 aftershocks have been detected so far. The strongest was a magnitude 5.6 that hit 2 hours after the mainshock and was detected 5 km west of epicenter. The strongest-ever (since 1900) recorded quake in this area measured magnitude 8.5. It occurred 86 years ago. No seismogram available.
Earthquake swarm M5+ occurred around the world previous to M6.2
The total number of earthquakes recorded worldwide in the last 24 hours has increased to 981 which is within normal range of activity.
According to
Volcano earthquake report volcano earthquake swarm occurred in:
Brennisteinsfjöll (10 quakes between mag 0.1-1.5),
Clear Lake (37 quakes between mag 0.2-2.1),
Eldey (56 quakes between mag 0.8-3.5),
Kilauea (5 quakes between mag 1.8-2.3),
Krísuvík (7 quakes between mag 0.1-1.1),
Reykjanes (16 quakes between mag 0.1-1.6)
Strongest volcanic earthquake occurred at
Eldey volcano with magnitude 3.5 and epicenter 4.1 km W of Eldeyjardrangur on Sunday, May 5, 2024, at 08:33 pm (Reykjavik time)
Recent quakes worldwide map shows the distribution of the last 20 large earthquakes
● M 6.2 - 153 km WSW of Fakfak, Indonesia
2024-05-05 18:33:10 (UTC)
3.313°S 130.975°E. 12.1 km depth
USGS earthquake alert
● M 5.6 - 157 km WSW of Fakfak, Indonesia
2024-05-05 20:37:12 (UTC)3.315°S 130.934°E10.0 km depth
USGS earthquake alert
● M 5.6 - 143 km NNE of Fais, Micronesia
2024-05-05 05:44:19 (UTC)
10.862°N 141.216°E. 10.0 km depth
USGS earthquake alert
● M 5.4 - 168 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga
2024-05-05 07:13:39 (UTC)
19.310°S 175.874°W. 10.0 km depth
USGS earthquake alert
● M 5.4 - South Sandwich Islands region
2024-05-05 14:34:17 (UTC)
58.492°S 25.647°W. 70.0 km depth
USGS earthquake alert
● M 5.3 - Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
2024-05-05 06:15:37 (UTC)
29.448°S 178.629°W. 216.1 km depth
USGS earthquake alert
● M 5.2 - 195 km SE of Akutan, Alaska
2024-05-05 08:27:46 (UTC)
52.848°N 163.764°W. 10.0 km depth
USGS earthquake alert
● M 5.4 - 100 km NNW of Lae, Papua New Guinea
2024-05-05 15:40:22 (UTC)
5.848°S 146.764°E. 105.4 km depth
USGS earthquake alert
● M 5.2 - 96 km NNW of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea
2024-05-05 08:57:54 (UTC)
5.805°S 147.410°E. 139.4 km depth
USGS earthquake alert
● M 5.4 - central East Pacific Rise
2024-05-05 17:12:55 (UTC)
5.970°S 107.071°W. 10.0 km depth
USGS earthquake alert
● M 5.0 - 3 km NNW of Caicay, Peru
2024-05-05 04:38:16 (UTC)
13.567°S 71.704°W. 10.0 km depth
USGS earthquake alert
Other light earthquakes occurred in Penuh, Indonesia (M4.9) Navarro, Peru (M4.6) Tadine, New Caledonia (M4.5) Hihifo, Tonga (M4.6) Kokopo, Papua New Guinea (M4.9) Poblacion, San Felipe, Philippines (M4.8) West Chile Rise (M4.9) southeast of Easter Island (M4.9)
● Summary
Seismic activity has been at moderate levels in the last 24 hours. This is the last chart posted by Volcanodiscovery at 22:35 UTC on May 05
Global seismic activity chart.
In the past 24 hours, there were 981 quakes of magnitudes up to 6.0
- 1 quake above magnitude 6
- 10 quakes between magnitude 5 and 6
- 38 quakes between magnitude 4 and 5
- 127 quakes between magnitude 3 and 4
- 270 quakes between magnitude 2 and 3
- 535 quakes below magnitude 2 that people normally don't feel.
May 01 - 908 eq | Highest record |
May 02 - 953 eq | Jan. 14 - 1479 eq |
May. 03 - 985 eq | M7.4 Hualien, Taiwan |
May. 04 - 838 eq | M7.5 Noto Japan |
May. 05 - 981 eq | |
Estimated combined seismic energy release equivalent to 35930 tons of TNT or 2.2 atomic bombs
Volcanodiscovery