WORLDWIDE EARTHQUAKE REPORT MARCH 14_2024
Moderate levels of seismic activity occurred in the past 24 hours. A shallow earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.0 hit the northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge. The quake was preceded by an M5.1 and so far the strongest aftershock has been a M5.2 The USGS issued a Green alert for shaking-related fatalities and economic losses.
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake hit Fukushima Prefecture No tsunami advisory was issued for the quake. There were no immediate reports of damage.
The earthquakes coincided with the planetary alignment: Sun-Jupiter-Uranus
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck the border region between Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The earthquake was widely felt in both countries, with some reports coming from further afield in Italy, Croatia, Slovenia, Hungary, Serbia, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, and Albania. USGS issued a Green alert for shaking-related fatalities and economic losses. For this earthquake, 39 aftershocks have been detected so far. The strongest was a magnitude 3.4 quake that hit 8 minutes after the mainshock according to Volcanodiscovery data.
It is possible that this earthquake is related to the seismic activity in southwestern Italy. Given that two deep earthquakes were recorded, an M5+ earthquake was expected in the region.
Two M4+ earthquakes shook the northwest of Malfa Italy. The first with magnitude 4.8 occurred at 04:37 UTC at a depth of 221 km while the second, which occurred five hours later, had a magnitude 4.3 at a depth of 303 km.
... If these earthquakes were precursors we could expect an earthquake up to M5.4 following the depth to magnitude rule. So far, activity in south-central Italy has remained at light levels.
The total number of earthquakes recorded worldwide in the last 24 hours has decreased to 960 which is above normal range of activity.
According to
Volcano earthquake report, volcano earthquake swarm occurred in:
Clear Lake (22 quakes between mag 0.3-1.8),
Eldey (5 quakes between mag 1.2-2.0),
Kilauea (7 quakes between mag 1.3-2.4),
Krísuvík (18 quakes between mag 0.0-3.6),
Reykjanes (30 quakes between mag 0.0-1.6
Strongest volcanic earthquake occurred at
Krísuvík volcano with magnitude 3.6 located 0.8 Km Ene of Krýsuvík on Thursday, Mar 14, 2024, at 10:23 pm (Reykjavik time)
Recent quakes worldwide map shows the distribution of the last 20 large earthquakes
● M 5.1 - northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
(Precursor)
2024-03-14 20:00:06 (UTC)
29.732°N 42.666°W. 10.0 km depth
USGS earthquake alert
● M 6.0 - northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
(Main shock)
2024-03-14 21:10:25 (UTC)
29.832°N 42.662°W. 10.0 km depth
USGS earthquake alert
● M 5.2 - northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
(Aftershock)
2024-03-14 21:29:13 (UTC)
29.625°N 42.616°W. 10.0 km depth
USGS earthquake alert
● M 5.6 - 23 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan
2024-03-14 15:14:36 (UTC)
37.104°N 141.143°E. 53.1 km depth
USGS earthquake alert
● M 5.4 - 21 km SW of Plužine, Montenegro
2024-03-14 03:06:46 (UTC)
42.994°N 18.680°E. 7.6 km depth
USGS earthquake alert
● M 5.1 - Philippine Sea, 179 km west of Hachijojima Island, Tokyo, Japan
Mar 14, 2024 04:51:29 UTC
33.303°N / 137.89°E. 366 km depth
NIED earthquake alert
Other light earthquakes occurred in Masohi, Indonesia (M4.8) Port Blair, India (M4.8) Yanglong, China (M4.7) Kuqa, China (M4.7) Mutsu, Japan (M.6) Port-Olry, Vanuatu (M4.8) Urakawa, Japan (M4.6) northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge (M4.8, M4.8, M4.9) Hinatuan, Philippines (M4.7, M4.9)
● Summary
Seismic activity has been at moderate levels in the last 24 hours. This is the last chart posted by Volcanodiscovery at 23:21 UTC on March 14
Global seismic activity chart.
![seismic-activity-level.png seismic-activity-level.png](https://cassiopaea.org/forum/data/attachments/76/76053-ddd54d2fe865ba10d5bd69433a320b9d.jpg)
In the past 24 hours, there were 960 quakes of magnitudes up to 6.0
- 1 quake above magnitude 6
- 5 quakes between magnitude 5 and 6
- 31 quakes between magnitude 4 and 5
- 82 quakes between magnitude 3 and 4
- 272 quakes between magnitude 2 and 3
- 569 quakes below magnitude 2 that people normally don't feel.
Mar. 10 - 876 eq | Highest record |
Mar. 11 - 976 eq | Jan. 14 - 1479 eq |
Mar. 12 - 898 eq | |
Mar 13 - 1010 eq | Highest mag. |
Mar 14 - 960 eq | M7.5 Noto Japan |
Estimated combined seismic energy release equivalent to 26318 tons of TNT or 1.6 atomic bombs
Volcanodiscovery