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World Earthquake Report for April 2021

Sat, 1 May 2021, 00:24 | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR
Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 5 during April 2021
Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 5 during April 2021
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Summary: 18 quakes 6.0+, 156 quakes 5.0+, 1127 quakes 4.0+, 3854 quakes 3.0+, 7789 quakes 2.0+ (12944 total)
Magnitude 9+: none
Magnitude 8+: none
Magnitude 7+: none
Magnitude 6+: 18 earthquakes
Magnitude 5+: 156 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 1127 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 3854 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 7789 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 7 or higher
Total seismic energy estimate: 3.7 x 1015 joules (1030 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 8.9 x 105 tons of TNT or 55.4 atomic bombs!) more info

List of 10 largest earthquakes in the world during April 2021:

#1: 6.6 quake South Atlantic Ocean 3 Apr 2021 12:16 am (GMT -1)
#2: 6.5 quake South Pacific Ocean, 282 km northwest of Nuku'alofa, Tongatapu, 24 Apr 1:23 pm (GMT +13)
#3: 6.5 quake South Pacific Ocean, Fiji, 26 Apr 11:28 am (GMT +13)
#4: 6.2 quake South Pacific Ocean, 197 km northeast of Gisborne, New Zealand, 5 Apr 2021 7:37 pm (GMT +12)
#5: 6.1 quake South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand, 1 Apr 2021 10:56 pm (GMT +13)
#6: 6.1 quake South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand, 6 Apr 2021 9:53 pm (GMT -12)
#7: 6.1 quake Indian Ocean, 89 km south of Blitar, East Java, Indonesia, 10 Apr 2:00 pm (GMT +7)
#8: 6.1 quake Mindanao Sea, Indonesia, 10 Apr 5:30 pm (GMT +8)
#9: 6.1 quake Bismarck Sea, 196 km north of Madang, Papua New Guinea, 10 Apr 9:38 pm (GMT +10)
#10: 6.1 quake North Pacific Ocean, 53 km east of Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan, Apr 18, 2021 09:29:11.44

Earthquake stats:

Number of quakes and energy released vs time
Number of quakes and energy vs time
Number of quakes and energy released vs magnitude
Number of quakes and energy vs magnitude
Magnitude of quakes and energy released vs time
Magnitude of quakes and energy vs time

Largest 20 quakes past 24 hours

Largest 20 quakes during April 2021

Complete earthquake list April 2021

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