WORLDWIDE EARTHQUAKE REPORT MAY 21_2024
Moderate levels of seismic activity occurred in the past 24 hours. A strong magnitude 5.7 earthquake hit 59 km away from Lae, Morobe, Papua New Guinea. The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Lae, a town with 76,000 inhabitants in Papua New Guinea, in 59 km distance southwest of the epicenter. USGS issued a Green 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 8.0. It occurred 118 years ago
Port Moresby seismic station located at 346 km recorded the following seismogram
It is common for seismic clusters to occur before and during a critical planetary geometry. This is precisely what happened in the past 24 hours with M5+ seismic clusters in South America and Southeast Asia as shown in the map of the top 20 earthquakes.
The total number of earthquakes recorded worldwide in the last 24 hours has increased to 948 which is above normal range of activity.
According to
Volcano earthquake report volcano earthquake swarm occurred in:
Askja (5 quakes between mag 0.1-1.7),
Brennisteinsfjöll (5 quakes between mag 0.3-1.7),
Campi Flegrei (25 quakes between mag 1.0-3.0),
Clear Lake (34 quakes between mag 0.4-1.8),
Fagradalsfjall (14 quakes between mag 0.0-1.1),
Herdubreid (9 quakes between mag 0.2-1.3),
Kilauea (7 quakes between mag 1.7-2.4),
Krísuvík (9 quakes between mag 0.3-1.1),
Reykjanes (20 quakes between mag 0.0-1.8)
Strongest volcanic earthquake occurred at
Apastepeque volcano with magnitude 3.0 and epicenter 18 km east of San Vicente, San Vicente, El Salvador, on Tuesday, May 21, 2024, at 01:18 am local time.
Recent quakes worldwide map shows the distribution of the last 20 large earthquakes
● M 5.7 - 58 km NE of Lae, Papua New Guinea
2024-05-21 03:35:58 (UTC)
6.295°S 147.312°E. 49.3 km depth
USGS earthquake alert
● M 5.4 - Bonin Islands, Japan region
2024-05-21 00:39:37 (UTC)
26.184°N 141.392°E. 38.2 km depth
USGS earthquake alert
● M 5.4 - 260 km ESE of Biak, Indonesia
2024-05-21 08:31:58 (UTC)
2.217°S 138.185°E. 31.3 km depth
USGS earthquake alert
● M 5.3 - 201 km N of Sola, Vanuatu
2024-05-21 09:50:44 (UTC)
12.077°S 167.239°E. 261.9 km depth
USGS earthquake alert
● M 5.3 - Pacific-Antarctic Ridge
2024-05-21 11:09:54 (UTC)
54.923°S 129.919°W. 10.0 km depth
USGS earthquake alert
● M 5.2 - 2 km W of Zaruma, Ecuador
2024-05-21 02:43:11 (UTC)
3.695°S 79.635°W. 91.1 km depth
USGS earthquake alert
● M 5.2 - 73 km NE of Calama, Chile
2024-05-21 08:21:10 (UTC)
21.915°S 68.518°W. 107.6 km depth
USGS earthquake alert
● M 5.1 - 10 km SW of Azángaro, Peru
2024-05-20 23:53:50 (UTC)
14.988°S 70.256°W. 224.8 km depth
USGS earthquake alert
Other light earthquakes occurred in Pagar Alam, Indonesia (M4.9) Los Andes, Chile (M4.5) Chenega, Alaska (M4.5) Namuac, Philippines (M4.7) Pond Inlet, Canada (M4.5) Dabeiba, Colombia (M4.3) Tadine, New Caledonia (M4.9)
● Summary
Seismic activity has been at moderate levels in the last 24 hours. This is the last chart posted by Volcanodiscovery at 22:13 UTC on May 21
Global seismic activity chart.
In the past 24 hours, there were 948 quakes of magnitudes up to 5.7
- 8 quakes above magnitude 5
- 33 quakes between magnitude 4 and 5
- 103 quakes between magnitude 3 and 4
- 211 quakes between magnitude 2 and 3
- 593 quakes below magnitude 2 that people normally don't feel.
May 17 - 965 eq | Highest record |
May 18 - 1095 eq | Jan. 14 - 1479 eq |
May 19 - 1064 eq | M7.4 Hualien, Taiwan |
May 20 - 917 eq | M7.5 Noto Japan |
May 21 - 948 eq | |
Estimated combined seismic energy release equivalent to 16528 tons of TNT or 1 atomic bombs.
Volcanodiscovery.