Earthquakes around the world

Last week there were no M6 earthquakes or higher.
In the usual map area, there was 1 earthquake out of 84 worldwide equal to or greater than 4.5 and 1841 out of 2461 quakes of all sizes.
Percentage: 74.8%
Last week there were two M6 earthquakes, both M6.1 and occuring in Alaska and Indonesia, respectively.
The usual map area showed some uptick in activity with two M5.9 off the coast of Oregon apart from the M6.1 in Alaska. In total there were 6 earthquakes out of 103 worldwide equal to or greater than 4.5 and 2844 out of 3255 quakes of all sizes.
Percentage: 87.4%
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5.6-magnitude quake hits 192 km SE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna: USGS

2021-06-07
NEW YORK, June 6 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 jolted 192 km southeast of Alo, Wallis and Futuna at 18:24:28 GMT on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 421.81 km, was initially determined to be at 15.8822 degrees south latitude and 177.3478 degrees west longitude.

M 5.7 - Kermadec Islands region

Time: 2021-06-06 23:16:40 (UTC)
Location: 27.693°S / 176.268°W
Depth: 10.0 km
 

Published on Jun 8, 2021 (0:15)

Published on Jun 8, 2021 (0:34)

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5.7-magnitude quake hits 134 km ENE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea -- USGS

2021-06-08
HONG KONG, June 8 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 jolted 134 km ENE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea at 10:56:38 GMT on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 139.06 km, was initially determined to be at 5.1724 degrees south latitude and 151.2911 degrees east longitude.
 
Last week there were two M6 earthquakes, both M6.1 and occuring in Alaska and Indonesia, respectively.
The usual map area showed some uptick in activity with two M5.9 off the coast of Oregon apart from the M6.1 in Alaska. In total there were 6 earthquakes out of 103 worldwide equal to or greater than 4.5 and 2844 out of 3255 quakes of all sizes.
Percentage: 87.4%
Last week saw no earthquakes reaching M6 or beyond.
The usual area had 1 earthquake out of 91 worldwide equal to or greater than 4.5 and 2743 out of 3161 quakes of all sizes.
Percentage: 86.8%
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Very strong mag. 6.0 earthquake - Seram, Indonesia

Date & time: 16 Jun 2021 04:43:10 UTC - 3 hours 23 minutes ago
Local time at epicenter: 16 Jun 1:43 pm (GMT +9)
Magnitude: 6
Depth: 19.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 3.42°S / 129.57°E
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(Banda Sea, Indonesia)
Nearest volcano: Banda Api (131 km / 81 mi)
 
Last week saw no earthquakes reaching M6 or beyond.
The usual area had 1 earthquake out of 91 worldwide equal to or greater than 4.5 and 2743 out of 3161 quakes of all sizes.
Percentage: 86.8%
Due to a late report for the week, there was one earthquake above M6, namely a M6.3 north of New Zealand an hour ago.
In the usual area, there were 3 earthquakes out of 79 worldwide equal to or greater than 4.5 and 2069 out of 2535 quakes of all sizes.
Percentage: 81.6%
Earthquakes 7 days to June 20th 2021.gif
 
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