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Latest quakes in or near the North Pacific Ocean in the past 24 hours on Tuesday, March 19, 2024 - list, stats and map

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Latest quake today
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Mag. 1.5 earthquake Inyo County, Kern County, California -
Strongest todayMag. 5.3 North Pacific Ocean, 164 km east of Sulphur Island, Tokyo -
Updated: Mar 19, 2024 01:58 GMT -
Find all latest earthquakes in or near the North Pacific Ocean in our list below, updated every minute! Events are often reported within minutes. If you just felt a quake in or near the North Pacific Ocean, find out which quakes are happening right now!
In the past 24 hours, The North Pacific region has had 258 quakes of magnitudes up to 5.3:
  • 1 quake above magnitude 5
  • 11 quakes between magnitude 4 and 5
  • 35 quakes between magnitude 3 and 4
  • 45 quakes between magnitude 2 and 3
  • 166 quakes below magnitude 2 that people normally don't feel.
Latest today: Mag. 1.5 Earthquake Inyo County, United States, 29 mi N of Ridgecrest, Kern County, California -
Strongest today: Mag. 5.3 Earthquake North Pacific Ocean, Japan, 164 km E of Sulphur Island, Tokyo -

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Showing most recent quakes and quakes magnitude 1.1 or higher (171 out of 258 quakes, show more):
Date and TimeMag
Depth
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Mar 18, 06:49 pm (Los Angeles)
Mar 19, 01:49 GMT
1.5

1.7 km
Inyo County, United States, 29 mi north of Ridgecrest, Kern County, California Info
Mar 18, 06:39 pm (Los Angeles)
Mar 19, 01:39 GMT
1.3

1.8 km
Inyo County, United States, 29 mi north of Ridgecrest, Kern County, California Info
Mar 18, 07:30 pm (GMT -6)
Mar 19, 01:30 GMT
2.8

21 km
North Pacific Ocean, El Salvador, 46 km southwest of Acajutla, Departamento de Sonsonate Info
Mar 18, 06:29 pm (Los Angeles)
Mar 19, 01:29 GMT
1.5

0 km
Mono County, United States, 37 mi southeast of South Lake Tahoe, El Dorado County, California Info
Mar 19, 10:15 am (GMT +9)
Mar 19, 01:15 GMT
4.6

42 km
North Pacific Ocean, Japan, 132 km south of Obihiro, Hokkaido
I FELT IT
Info
Mar 18, 07:59 pm (Chicago)
Mar 19, 00:59 GMT
1.9

4.1 km
Culberson County, Texas, United States, 54 mi south of Carlsbad, Eddy County, New Mexico Info
Mar 18, 05:58 pm (Los Angeles)
Mar 19, 00:58 GMT
1.1

1.9 km
United States, 26 mi north of Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California Info
Mar 18, 05:58 pm (Los Angeles)
Mar 19, 00:58 GMT
1.1

1.9 km
United States, 26 mi north of Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California Info
Mar 19, 09:43 am (GMT +9)
Mar 19, 00:43 GMT
3.7

69 km
North Pacific Ocean, Japan, 240 km east of Miyako, Iwate
I FELT IT
Info
Mar 19, 09:39 am (GMT +9)
Mar 19, 00:39 GMT
2.6

66 km
Japan, 9.2 km north of Chiba, Chiba Info
Mar 18, 06:39 pm (GMT -6)
Mar 19, 00:39 GMT
4.1

18 km
North Pacific Ocean, Mexico, 80 km southwest of Puerto Madero, Chiapas
I FELT IT
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Estimated combined seismic energy released: 8.8 x 1012 joules (2.44 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 2103 tons of TNT or 0.1 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy

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Earthquake statistics

Average number of earthquakes

Based on data from the past 10 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 110,000 quakes on average per year in or near the North Pacific Ocean:
  • Mag. 8 or higher: 0.3 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 3.3 years)
  • Mag. 7 or higher: 4.4 quakes per year
  • Mag. 6 or higher: 37.6 quakes per year (or 3.1 quakes per month)
  • Mag. 5 or higher: 377 quakes per year (or 31.4 quakes per month)
  • Mag. 4 or higher: 4,100 quakes per year (or 11.2 quakes per day)
  • Mag. 3 or higher: 22,000 quakes per year (or 60 quakes per day)
  • Mag. 2 or higher: 45,000 quakes per year (or 122 quakes per day)
  • Mag. 1 or higher: 80,000 quakes per year (or 219 quakes per day)
North Pacific Ocean has a high level of seismic activity. North Pacific Ocean has had at least 2 quakes above magnitude 9 since 1900, which suggests that larger earthquakes of this size occur infrequently, probably on average approximately every 60 to 65 years.

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