Latest quakes near Gamalama volcano since 2021 - list, stats and map

Updated: May 4, 2024 07:44 GMT - refresh

Find all latest earthquakes near Gamalama volcano in our list below, updated every minute! Events are often reported within minutes. If you just felt a quake near Gamalama volcano, find out which quakes are happening right now!

There was one earthquake of magnitude 2.8 near Gamalama volcano in the past 7 days.

Since 2021, Gamalama volcano has had 17 quakes of magnitudes above 2 and up to 3.9:

6 quakes above magnitude 3
11 quakes between magnitude 2 and 3

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Showing all recent or significant quakes since 2021, magnitude 0 or higher, within up to 30 km (19 mi) distance (17 quakes):

Latest quakes near Gamalama volcano since 2021 - list, stats and map
Date and Time	Mag Depth	Distance	Location	Details
May 2, 02:14 am (Jayapura)	2.8 61 km	21 km (13 mi) to the SE	Tidore Kepulauan, 17 km south of Ternate, North Maluku, Indonesia	Info
Sunday, October 8, 2023 GMT (1 quake)
Oct 9, 2023 06:13 am (Jayapura)	3.5 113 km	10 km (6.2 mi) to the N	Halmahera, Indonesia	Info
Monday, May 22, 2023 GMT (1 quake)
May 23, 2023 07:15 am (Jayapura)	2.7 10 km	15 km (9.1 mi) to the SE	Halmahera, Indonesia	Info
Monday, April 24, 2023 GMT (1 quake)
Apr 24, 2023 10:58 pm (Jayapura)	2.6 56 km	27 km (17 mi) to the NE	Halmahera, Indonesia	Info
Wednesday, January 18, 2023 GMT (1 quake)
Jan 19, 2023 07:40 am (Jayapura)	3.5 750 km	27 km (17 mi) to the SE	HALMAHERA, INDONESIA	Info
Wednesday, January 4, 2023 GMT (1 quake)
Jan 4, 2023 03:24 pm (Jayapura)	3.1 174 km	30 km (19 mi) to the SE	HALMAHERA, INDONESIA	Info
Monday, December 5, 2022 GMT (1 quake)
Dec 5, 2022 09:23 am (Jayapura)	3.9 126 km	10.8 km (6.7 mi) to the E	HALMAHERA, INDONESIA	Info
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 GMT (1 quake)
May 3, 2022 08:48 pm (Jayapura)	2.7 74 km	28 km (17 mi) to the E	HALMAHERA, INDONESIA	Info
Friday, April 1, 2022 GMT (1 quake)
Apr 2, 2022 02:53 am (Jayapura)	2.5 129 km	20 km (13 mi) to the S	HALMAHERA, INDONESIA	Info
Tuesday, March 29, 2022 GMT (1 quake)
Mar 29, 2022 10:24 pm (Jayapura)	2.8 104 km	19 km (12 mi) to the W	HALMAHERA, INDONESIA	Info
Tuesday, November 16, 2021 GMT (1 quake)
Nov 17, 2021 02:25 am (Jayapura)	2.1 10 km	30 km (19 mi) to the NE	Halmahera, Indonesia	Info

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Estimated combined seismic energy released: 1.1 x 10¹¹ joules (31.8 megawatt hours, equivalent to 27.4 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy

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The apparent increase in the number of quakes is not because global seismic activity has increased, but because the number of seismic networks around the world and their sensitivity to detect smaller quakes has been constantly increasing.
This is most evident if one looks at the number of smaller earthquakes (below magnitude 5). For larger quakes (magnitude 5 or more), the effect disappears after around the 1990s. Since then, the global coverage of earthquake of larger quakes has been nearly complete.

Average number of earthquakes

Based on data from the past 54 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 5.7 quakes on average per year near Gamalama volcano:

Mag. 5 or higher: 0.15 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 6.7 years)
Mag. 4 or higher: 3.4 quakes per year
Mag. 3 or higher: 5 quakes per year
Mag. 2 or higher: 6.8 quakes per year

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Gamalama volcano (Halmahera) - Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report for 21 February-27 February 2024 (Continuing Activity)

Although there was no eruptive activity reported at Gamalama, in a 23 February press release PVMBG noted that the number of daily deep volcanic earthquakes had significantly increased. A total of 14 deep volcanic earthquakes were recorded by the seismic network on 22 February, higher than the average of 2-3 events per day that had been recorded since January 2023. At 1623 on 22 February an observer saw a dense white-to-gray ash plume rising 400 m above the summit and drifting W. ... Read all

Fri, 23 Feb 2024, 04:15