Earthquakes around the world

EARTHQUAKE REPORT PAST 24HRS

▪︎Global seismic activity level: Moderate
▪︎1 quake above magnitude 6
▪︎4 quakes between magnitude 5 and 6
▪︎37 quakes between magnitude 4 and 5
▪︎119 quakes between magnitude 3 and 4
▪︎193 quakes between magnitude 2 and 3
▪︎598 quakes below magnitude 2 that people normally don't feel.
▪︎952 earthquakes past 24h -previous 1002
▪︎Strong magnitude 6.0 earthquake occurred in Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea (13:21 UTC Apr 28)
▪︎Earthquake M5.0 - 9 km NNE of Pilar, Philippines 2022-04-28
11:42:28 (UTC)
9.940°N 126.134°E
69.1 km depth
 
EARTHQUAKE REPORT PAST 24HRS

▪︎Global seismic activity level: Moderate
▪︎2 quakes above magnitude 5
▪︎35 quakes between magnitude 4 and 5
▪︎117 quakes between magnitude 3 and 4
▪︎188 quakes between magnitude 2 and 3
▪︎464 quakes below magnitude 2 that people normally don't feel.
▪︎806 quakes past 24h- previous 952
▪︎A strong magnitude 5.6 earthquake occurred in Central East Pacific Rise 08:33 UTC Apr.29
▪︎M 5.0 - 72 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga
2022-04-29 14:00:33 (UTC)
16.421°S 173.327°W
10.0 km depth
 
EARTHQUAKE REPORT PAST 24HRS

▪︎Global seismic activity level: Moderate
▪︎4 quakes above magnitude 5
▪︎42 quakes between magnitude 4 and 5
▪︎137 quakes between magnitude 3 and 4
▪︎195 quakes between magnitude 2 and 3
▪︎404 quakes below magnitude 2 that people normally don't feel.
▪︎780 quakes past 24h- previous 806
▪︎Strongest quake today: Mag. 5.4 | South Pacific Ocean - 20 hours ago

So far, seismic activity in April has been well below average with a M 6.0+ earthquake. I wonder if this seismic inhibition is due to the ongoing planetary alignment.


 
Last week saw 3 M6, with the highest being a M6.7 in Nicaragua.
In the usual area, there were 3 out of 125 earthquakes worldwide equal to or greater than 4.5 and 1702 out of 2102 quakes of all sizes.
Percentage: 81.0%
Last week saw 1 M6, a M6.0 in PNG.
In the usual area, there were 2 out of 71 earthquakes worldwide equal to or greater than 4.5 and 1572 out of 1900 quakes of all sizes.
Percentage: 82.7%
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EARTHQUAKE REPORT PAST 24HRS

▪︎Global seismic activity level: Low
▪︎1 quake above magnitude 5
▪︎22 quakes between magnitude 4 and 5
▪︎106 quakes between magnitude 3 and 4
▪︎191 quakes between magnitude 2 and 3
▪︎540 quakes below magnitude 2 that people normally don't feel.
▪︎860 quakes past 24h- previous 780
▪︎Strongest quake today: Mag. 5.5 | Solomon Sea, 87 km S of Arawa, Bougainville, Papua New Guinea - 1 hour 47 minutes ago. (12:50 UTC)
 
Ditrianum's opinion on the relationship of solar flares and earthquakes, as well as the decrease and subsequent increase in seismic activity with planetary alignments.

Could it be that the lower seismic activity is due to the alignment?
Seismic increase usually follows (2-3 days) after alignments (critical positions in general) have occurred. Often seismic activity first drops after which a sudden, short increase occurs. But it depends on the type of alignment (which planets are involved).

During this solar cycle 25 the earth has not had a direct impact of class X. One would have to expect one like in 2011 and the earthquake in Japan.
Earth direction is no requirement. There's no correlation between flares and large quakes; nothing in Dec 2004, no big quakes 3-10 Nov 2003 with biggest flare (Earth-directed) ever recorded. If a flare is followed by a big quake (2011, 2017), it's due to planetary positions. @ditrianum
Despite X-class solar flares on 17 and 20 April, seismic activity in the week after has been low (no direct correlation) with only two strong shakes on 21 April (M 6.7) and 28 April (M 6.0). See the earthquake reports on the website (Global Earthquake Forecast | 2022 earthquake reports | Ditrianum) for more information.
So far, seismic activity in April has been well below average with a M 6.0+ earthquake every 3.75 days (long-time average is 2.7 days).
1/3 The Sun has been very active as of late. Two X-class solar flares occurred on 17 and 20 April respectively and today another one occurred. @ditrianum
2/3 From SpaceWeather.com -- News and information about meteor showers, solar flares, auroras, and near-Earth asteroids: "The sun produced another X-class solar flare today. Even though the responsible sunspot was located behind the edge of the sun, enough radiation reached our planet to cause a strong shortwave radio blackout." @ditrianum
3/3 We're curious to see what will happen seismically with the critical planetary geometry today and tomorrow. @ditrianum

Some researchers think there is a correlation between flares and earthquakes
That's because they don't look at planetary positions under the assumption (no proof) that only the gravitational force between the planets should be considered. If they were to study Venus, a correlation with M7+ quakes would be revealed more tight than the result of this study.
Solar flares affect entire solar system, thus all planets. E.g: 2014/6/10, major flares. 6/23 convergence of 3 alignments with Mercury and Venus. Result: 6 quakes within hours ranging from 6.0 to 7.9 + meteo-tsunami in Mediterranean (6/23-27) due to "atmospheric forcing".
 
EARTHQUAKE REPORT PAST 24HRS

▪︎Global seismic activity level: Moderate
▪︎7 quakes above magnitude 5
▪︎26 quakes between magnitude 4 and 5
▪︎94 quakes between magnitude 3 and 4
▪︎201 quakes between magnitude 2 and 3
▪︎585 quakes below magnitude 2 that people normally don't feel.
▪︎923 quakes past 24h- previous 860

▪︎Izu Islands an volcanic regións of Japan showing moderate seismic activity
M4.9 Izu Islands, Japan region 2022-05-01 22:23:58 10.0 km depth
M5.3 Izu Islands, Japan region 2022-05-01 22:14:28 10.0 km depth
M5.5. Volcano Islands, Japan regio 2022-05-01 16:57:48 44.9 km depth
M4.6 Izu Islands, Japan region 2022-05-01 16:38:13 10.0 km depth

▪︎Moderate earthquake 5.2 - 32 km ENE of Nichinan, Japan 2022-05-02 (07:08:15 UTC) 31.702°N 131.687°E. 37.0 km depth

▪︎Strongest quake today: M 5.6 - South Sandwich Islands region 2022-05-02 (06:02:12 UTC) 57.057°S 25.164°W
10.0 km depth

 
EARTHQUAKE REPORT PAST 24HRS

▪︎Global seismic activity level: Moderate
▪︎2 quakes above magnitude 5
▪︎43 quakes between magnitude 4 and 5
▪︎106 quakes between magnitude 3 and 4
▪︎233 quakes between magnitude 2 and 3
▪︎476 quakes below magnitude 2 that people normally don't feel.
▪︎860 quakes past 24h- previous 923
▪︎Strongest quake today: Mag. 5.0 | South Pacific Ocean - 6 hours ago

▪︎Earthquake Forecast

From 4 to 6 May a convergence of critical planetary geometry may trigger strong to major seismic activity potentially reaching mid to high 7, maybe 8 magnitude. A seismic increase may occur as early as 4-5 May, but the most critical days are probably 6 to 8 May.
 
EARTHQUAKE REPORT FOR APRIL 2022

Summary: 8 quakes 6.0+, 145 quakes 5.0+, 1305 quakes 4.0+, 3558 quakes 3.0+, 7734 quakes 2.0+ (12750 total)
Magnitude 9+: none
Magnitude 8+: none
Magnitude 7+: none
Magnitude 6+: 8 earthquakes
Magnitude 5+: 145 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 1305 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 3558 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 7734 earthquakes


So far in 2022 March has been the month with the highest seismic activity and February with the least.

▪︎Total earthquakes April: 12750
Total seismic energy estimate: 3.2 x 1015 joules (876 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 7.5 x 105 tons of TNT or 47.1 atomic bombs)

▪︎Total earthquakes March: 15065
Total seismic energy estimate: 1.4 x 1016 joules (4009 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 3.4 x 106 tons of TNT or 215.6 atomic bombs!)


▪︎Total earthquakes February:11198
Total seismic energy estimate: 3.5 x 1015 joules (979 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 8.4 x 105 tons of TNT or 52.6 atomic bombs!)

▪︎Total earthquakes January: 12435
Total seismic energy estimate: 5.8 x 1015 joules (1620 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 1.4 x 106 tons of TNT or 87.1 atomic bombs)

Volcanodiscovery data per month
 
EARTHQUAKE REPORT PAST 24HRS

▪︎Global seismic activity level: Moderate
▪︎6 quakes above magnitude 5
▪︎34 quakes between magnitude 4 and 5
▪︎130 quakes between magnitude 3 and 4
▪︎192 quakes between magnitude 2 and 3
▪︎495 quakes below magnitude 2 that people normally don't feel.
▪︎857 quakes past 24h- previous 860 quakes
Strongest quake today M 5.2 - 65 km WNW of Valparaiso, Chile. 2022-05-04 (11:59:34 UTC) 19 km depth
 
A seismic swarm is hitting the central zone of Chile from the night of Tuesday, May 03 to Wednesday, May 04, 2022.

▪︎M 4.5 - 125 km SE of Arica, Chile 2022-05-04 15:03:43 (UTC)19.244°S 69.428°W
109.7 km depth

▪︎M 5.1 - 76 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile 2022-05-04 12:48:22 (UTC)32.231°S 71.998°W
22.1 km depth

▪︎M 5.2 - Near the coast of Valparaiso, Chile
2022-05-04 11:59:34 (UTC) 32.235°S 71.876°W. 19.0 km depth

▪︎M 4.8 - 65 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile
2022-05-04 06:54:12 (UTC)
32.230°S 71.873°W. 18.0 km depth

Two moderate earthquakes in Lukatan Philippines

▪︎M 5.6 - 92 km ESE of Lukatan, Philippines
2022-05-04 21:41:08 (UTC)6.556°N 127.127°E. 35.0 km depth

▪︎M 5.1 - 82 km SE of Lukatan, Philippines
2022-05-04 20:16:05 (UTC)
6.595°N 127.040°E. 10.0 km depth

▪︎Earthquake Forecast

 

5.7-magnitude offshore quake jolts southern Philippines

2022-05-05
MANILA, May 5 (Xinhua) -- An offshore earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 jolted Davao Oriental province in southern Philippines on Thursday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said.

The institute initially reported the magnitude as 6.2 before revising it down to 5.7. The quake, which occurred at 5:41 a.m. local time (2141 GMT Wednesday), hit at a depth of 96 km, about 136 km southeast of Tarragona town of Davao Oriental province.

The quake was also felt in nearby provinces on Mindanao island. The institute said the tectonic quake will trigger aftershocks but not cause damage.

The Philippines has frequent seismic activity due to its location along the Pacific "Ring of Fire."

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EARTHQUAKE REPORT PAST 24HRS

▪︎Global seismic activity level: Moderate
▪︎7 quakes above magnitude 5
▪︎35 quakes between magnitude 4 and 5
▪︎123 quakes between magnitude 3 and 4
▪︎218 quakes between magnitude 2 and 3
▪︎682 quakes below magnitude 2 that people normally don't feel.
▪︎1065 quakes past 24h previous 857
▪︎This was the third earthquake in the region of Lukatan Philippines According with the latest USGS data it was updated to M5.9

M 5.9 - 96 km SE of Lukatan, Philippines
2022-05-05
08:21:17 UTC (5 hours ago)
6.506°N 127.131°E
26.2 km depth.

Other earthquakes that hit Philippines today

▪︎M 5.1 - 72 km ESE of Bobon, Philippines
2022-05-05 10:37:33 (UTC)
6.558°N 126.911°E
79.0 km depth
▪︎M 4.7 - 65 km W of Cabra, Philippines
2022-05-05 11:06:54 (UTC)
13.876°N 119.444°E
10.0 km depth
 
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