World Earthquake Report for May 2021
Tue, 1 Jun 2021, 00:24 | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR
Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 5 during May 2021
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Summary: 1 quake 7.0+, 11 quakes 6.0+, 181 quakes 5.0+, 1219 quakes 4.0+, 3885 quakes 3.0+, 7166 quakes 2.0+ (12463 total)Magnitude 9+: none
Magnitude 8+: none
Magnitude 7+: 1 earthquake
Magnitude 6+: 11 earthquakes
Magnitude 5+: 181 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 1219 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 3885 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 7166 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 8 or higher
Total seismic energy estimate: 1.3 x 1016 joules (3695 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 3.2 x 106 tons of TNT or 198.7 atomic bombs!) more info
List of 10 largest earthquakes in the world during May 2021:
#1: 7.4 quake 388 km southwest of Xining, Qinghai, China, 22 May 2:04 am (GMT +8)#2: 6.8 quake North Pacific Ocean, 36 km southeast of Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan, 1 May 10:27 am (GMT +9)
#3: 6.7 quake Indian Ocean, 145 km southwest of Nias Island, North Sumatra, Indonesia, 14 May 12:33 pm (GMT +6)
#4: 6.7 quake South Pacific Ocean 18 May 5:42 pm (GMT -7)
#5: 6.6 quake Indian Ocean 12 May 6:05 pm (GMT +4)
#6: 6.5 quake South Pacific Ocean, Fiji, 22 May 11:13 am (GMT +13)
#7: 6.1 quake Indian Ocean 8 May 1:21 am (GMT +10)
#8: 6.1 quake Matanuska-Susitna Parish, 58 mi northeast of Fishhook, Matanuska-Susitna, Alaska, USA, 30 May 2021 10:59 pm (GMT -8)
#9: 6.0 quake South Pacific Ocean, Fiji, 7 May 11:35 am (GMT -12)
#10: 6.0 quake North Pacific Ocean, 195 km south of David, Provincia de Chiriqui, Panama, 13 May 4:42 am (GMT -5)
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Number of quakes and energy released vs time
Number of quakes and energy released vs magnitude
Magnitude of quakes and energy released vs time
Largest 20 quakes past 24 hours
Largest 20 quakes during May 2021
Complete earthquake list May 2021
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Summary: 1 quake 8.0+, 2 quakes 7.0+, 17 quakes 6.0+, 340 quakes 5.0+, 1621 quakes 4.0+, 5575 quakes 3.0+, 11416 quakes 2.0+ (18972 total) ... Read allShow more