WORLDWIDE EARTHQUAKE REPORT MAY 12_2024
Moderate levels of seismic activity occurred in the past 24 hours. A very strong magnitude 6.2 earthquake occurred in the North Pacific Ocean near the coast of Chiapas, Mexico. The earthquake was felt by over 15.2 million people across 2 countries: Guatemala (13.2 million) and Mexico (2 million).The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Tapachula de Cordova y Ordoñez, a city with more than 200,000 inhabitants in Mexico, in 87 km distance northeast of the epicenter. USGS issued a Yellow (moderate) alert for shaking-related fatalities and economic losses. No aftershocks have been recorded so far. The strongest-ever (since 1900) recorded quake in this area measured magnitude 8.1. It occurred 7 years ago.
Tepich, Yucatan, Mexico seismic station located at 814vkm from epicenter recorded the following seismogram
Images from a security camera captured the moment when the strong #earthquake of 6.4 shakes the restaurant 'YouAndMe' in the municipality of San Pedro Sacatepéquez, San Marcos, Guatemala (May 12, 2024)
Planetary geometry Mercury-Venus-Jupiter occurred at 00:28 UTC on May 11
At the moment we have low levels of seismic activity and no significant events (M6+) have been reported for Central and South America in the last month, for example, (including Mexico) so let's wait to see what the recent extreme geomagnetic storms in progress have in store for us
The M6.4 earthquake broke the silence of more than two months in the Americas for M6+ earthquakes. A similar event may be coming in response in North and South America.
Earthquake swarm in Baja California.
Seismic swarm near #Mexicali #BC #Mexico
In the last hour 21 #earthquakes have been recorded, the strongest M5.0.
Located in the region of Cerro Prieto (volcano that generates energy for Mexicali's thermoelectric plant).
#earthquake #earthquake #quake
News in progress
Geol. Sergio Almazan
The total number of earthquakes recorded worldwide in the last 24 hours has decreased to 830 which is within normal range of activity.
According to
Volcano earthquake report volcano earthquake swarm occurred in:
Campi Flegrei (8 quakes between mag 1.0-1.7),
Clear Lake (29 quakes between mag 0.2-2.6),
Coso (6 quakes between mag 0.5-2.6),
Fagradalsfjall (9 quakes between mag 0.0-1.9),
Kilauea (7 quakes between mag 1.4-2.3),
Krísuvík (9 quakes between mag 0.0-1.0),
Reykjanes (24 quakes between mag 0.0-1.2)
Strongest volcanic earthquake occurred at
San Miguel volcano with magnitude 4.2 and epicenter 15 km east of Usulutan, Usulutan, El Salvador, on Sunday, May 12, 2024, at 05:40 am local time.
Recent quakes worldwide map shows the distribution of the last 20 large earthquakes
● M 6.4 - 17 km WSW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico
2024-05-12 11:39:14 (UTC)
14.452°N 92.363°W. 75.4 km depth
USGS earthquake alert
● M 5.9 - Kermadec Islands region
2024-05-12 18:43:19 (UTC)
31.514°S 178.451°W. 19.1 km depth
USGS earthquake alert
● M 5.4 - Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
2024-05-12 03:26:19 (UTC)
30.085°S 177.979°W. 44.0 km depth
USGS earthquake alert
● M 5.0 - 9 km NNW of Delta, (Guadalupe Victoria) B.C., MX
2024-05-12 18:22:42 (UTC)
32.425°N 115.241°W. 6.9 km depth
SSN earthquake alert
● M 4.9 - 42 km NE of Turmi, Ethiopia
2024-05-12 21:36:09 (UTC)
5.260°N 36.727°E. 10.0 km depth
USGS earthquake alert
Other light earthquakes occurred in Diriamba, Nicaragua (M4.7) Dibulla, Colombia (M4.6, M4.9) south of the Kermadec Islands (M4.6) Kermadec Islands region (M4.9) Emiliano Zapata, Mexico (M4.5) Northern Mariana Islands (M4.5) Klyuchi, Russia (M4.8) Onagawa Chō, Japan (M4.2) Delta, B.C., MX (M3.3, M2.5, M2.9, M2.7, M3.4, M3.6, M3.5, M3.3, M3.3, M3.2, M3.2, M4.1, M3.5, M2.6, M2.6, M3.5, M3.6, M3.1, M2.7, M2.5, M3.6, M2.8, M4.6, M2.7, M2.5, M2.6) Puerto Ocopa, Peru (M4.4) Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia (M4.4)
● Summary
Seismic activity has been at moderate levels in the last 24 hours. This is the last chart posted by Volcanodiscovery at 22:23 UTC on May 12
Global seismic activity chart.
In the past 24 hours, there were 830 quakes of magnitudes up to 6.4
- 1 quake above magnitude 6
- 3 quakes between magnitude 5 and 6
- 46 quakes between magnitude 4 and 5
- 107 quakes between magnitude 3 and 4
- 221 quakes between magnitude 2 and 3
- 452 quakes below magnitude 2 that people normally don't feel.
May 08 - 926 eq | Highest record |
May 09 - 906 eq | Jan. 14 - 1479 eq |
May 10 - 907 eq | M7.4 Hualien, Taiwan |
May 11 - 850 eq | M7.5 Noto Japan |
May 12 - 830 eq | |
Estimated combined seismic energy release equivalent to 38564 tons of TNT or 2.4 atomic bombs.
Volcanodiscovery