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Earthquakes Today: latest quakes worldwide in the past 24 hours on Saturday, April 20, 2024 - list, stats and map

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Mag. 3.8 earthquake Kahramanmaras - Malatya, Turkey -
Strongest todayMag. 5.0 Philippine Sea - 81 km north of Anatahan Island, Northern Mariana Islands -
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Updated: Apr 20, 2024 11:44 GMT -
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In the past 24 hours, there were 834 quakes of magnitudes up to 5.0:
  • 1 quake above magnitude 5
  • 37 quakes between magnitude 4 and 5
  • 103 quakes between magnitude 3 and 4
  • 227 quakes between magnitude 2 and 3
  • 466 quakes below magnitude 2 that people normally don't feel.
Latest today: Mag. 3.8 Earthquake Kahramanmaras, 49 km W of Malatya, Malatya, Turkey -
Strongest today: Mag. 5.0 Earthquake Philippine Sea, 81 km N of Anatahan Island, Northern Mariana Islands -
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Earthquakes Today: latest quakes worldwide in the past 24 hours on Saturday, April 20, 2024 - list, stats and map
Date and TimeMag
Depth		Nearest VolcanoLocationDetailsMap
Apr 20, 02:13 pm (Istanbul)
3.8

9.1 km		 Kahramanmaras, 49 km west of Malatya, Malatya, Turkey  I FELT IT - 1 report
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Apr 20, 10:49 pm (GMT +12)
4.0

300 km		 New Zealand  I FELT IT
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Apr 20, 07:27 pm (GMT +9)
3.7

54 km		 North Pacific Ocean, 248 km east of Miyako, Iwate, Japan  I FELT IT
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Apr 20, 03:44 pm (Urumqi)
4.1

10 km		 Kazakhstan  I FELT IT
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Apr 20, 03:39 am (GMT -6)
3.5

121 km		 North Pacific Ocean, 127 km southwest of Chinandega, Chinandega, Nicaragua  I FELT IT
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Apr 20, 03:38 am (GMT -6)
4.6

26 km		 North Pacific Ocean, 227 km southwest of Managua, Managua, Nicaragua  I FELT IT
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Apr 20, 01:49 am (GMT -7)
4.0

16 km		 64 km east of Loreto, Baja California Sur, Mexico  I FELT IT
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Apr 20, 01:10 pm (Almaty)
3.8

10 km		 Abai, 72 km southwest of Urzhar, East Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan  I FELT IT
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Apr 20, 01:07 pm (Almaty)
4.2

10 km		 Jetisu, 43 km southwest of Aqtoghay, East Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan  I FELT IT - 1 report
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Apr 20, 02:23 am (Santiago)
3.7

52 km		 24 km west of Ovalle, Limari, Coquimbo, Chile  I FELT IT - 1 report
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Apr 20, 11:38 am (Urumqi)
3.9

10 km		 161 km north of Urumaci, Xinjiang, China  I FELT IT
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Estimated combined seismic energy released: 1.3 x 1013 joules (3.71 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 3191 tons of TNT or 0.2 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy
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Based on data from the past 14 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 340,000 quakes on average per year worldwide:
  • Mag. 8 or higher: 0.76 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 1.3 years)
  • Mag. 7 or higher: 11.8 quakes per year
  • Mag. 6 or higher: 98 quakes per year (or 8.2 quakes per month)
  • Mag. 5 or higher: 1,900 quakes per year (or 5.3 quakes per day)
  • Mag. 4 or higher: 16,000 quakes per year (or 45 quakes per day)
  • Mag. 3 or higher: 57,000 quakes per year (or 156 quakes per day)
  • Mag. 2 or higher: 150,000 quakes per year (or 401 quakes per day)
  • Mag. 1 or higher: 340,000 quakes per year (or 934 quakes per day)
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