World Earthquake Report for Saturday, 27 April 2024
Sun, 28 Apr 2024, 00:24 | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR
Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 28 Apr 2024
Global seismic activity level on 27 April 2024: HIGH
Magnitude 6+: 2 earthquakes
Magnitude 5+: 4 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 46 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 116 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 282 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 7 or higher
Total seismic energy estimate: 7.4 x 1014 joules (206 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 1.8 x 105 tons of TNT or 11.1 atomic bombs!) learn more
10 largest earthquakes in the world (27 Apr 2024)
#1: Mag 6.5 Indian Ocean, West Java, 250 km south of Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia
Saturday, Apr 27, 2024, at 11:29 pm (GMT +7) -
#2: Mag 6.5 Philippine Sea, 274 km west of Chichijima Island, Japan
Saturday, Apr 27, 2024, at 05:35 pm (GMT +9) -
#3: Mag 5.3 Aichi, Japan
Sunday, Apr 28, 2024, at 05:43 am (GMT +9) -
#4: Mag 5.3 Indian Ocean, 78 km northeast of Amsterdam Island, French Southern Territories
Saturday, Apr 27, 2024, at 06:43 am (GMT +5) -
#5: Mag 5.0 South Pacific Ocean, 78 km west of Tofua Island, Ha`apai, Tonga
Sunday, Apr 28, 2024, at 03:36 am (GMT +13) -
#6: Mag 5.0 Mid-Indian Ridge
Saturday, Apr 27, 2024, at 01:04 pm (GMT +5) -
#7: Mag 4.9 Philippine Sea, 53 km northeast of Bislig City, Philippines
Sunday, Apr 28, 2024, at 04:59 am (GMT +8) -
#8: Mag 4.9 South Pacific Ocean, 139 km south of Apia, Tuamasaga, Samoa
Sunday, Apr 28, 2024, at 06:23 am (GMT +13) -
#9: Mag 4.9 Banda Sea, 183 km northeast of Metang Island, Maluku, Indonesia
Saturday, Apr 27, 2024, at 07:46 pm (GMT +9) -
#10: Mag 4.9 Bering Sea, 49 mi west of Amatignak Island, Aleutians West, Alaska, United States
Friday, Apr 26, 2024, at 06:43 pm (GMT -10) -
Earthquakes reported felt
#1: Mag 6.5 Indian Ocean, West Java, 250 km south of Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia - 371 reports
Saturday, Apr 27, 2024, at 11:29 pm (GMT +7) -#2: Mag 2.9 Hunterdon County, 7.7 mi northwest of Bridgewater, Somerset County, New Jersey, United States - 178 reports
Saturday, Apr 27, 2024, at 09:49 am (New York time) -
#3: Mag 3.9 Tyrrhenian Sea, 19 km northeast of Ischia Island, Campania, Italy - 117 reports
Saturday, Apr 27, 2024, at 05:44 am (Rome time) -
#4: Mag 6.5 Philippine Sea, 274 km west of Chichijima Island, Japan - 19 reports
Saturday, Apr 27, 2024, at 05:35 pm (GMT +9) -#5: Mag 2.9 16 km northwest of Kalamata, Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece - 8 reports
Saturday, Apr 27, 2024, at 06:30 pm (Athens time) -
#6: Mag 3.1 Kabupaten Cianjur, 13 km northeast of Sukabumi, West Java, Indonesia - 6 reports
Saturday, Apr 27, 2024, at 08:22 pm (Jakarta time) -
#7: Mag 2.3 17 km southeast of Sankt'Heliero, St Helier, n/a - 6 reports
Saturday, Apr 27, 2024, at 02:42 am (Jersey time) -
#8: Mag 4.8 Indian Ocean, 100 km southwest of Labuan, Indonesia - 6 reports
Saturday, Apr 27, 2024, at 03:27 pm (GMT +7) -
#9: Mag 4.3 Tasman Sea, 50 km north of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand - 5 reports
Saturday, Apr 27, 2024, at 08:36 pm (Auckland time) -
#10: Mag 3.1 North Pacific Ocean, 17 km southeast of Mobara, Chiba, Japan - 5 reports
Saturday, Apr 27, 2024, at 05:11 pm (GMT +9) -
#11: Mag 4.4 31 km northwest of Yining, Xinjiang, China - 3 reports
Saturday, Apr 27, 2024, at 07:45 pm (Urumqi time) -
#12: Mag 3.2 Erbil, 39 km north of AlZwya, Salah ad Din, Iraq - 2 reports
Saturday, Apr 27, 2024, at 02:11 pm (Baghdad time) -
#13: Mag 4.9 Banda Sea, 183 km northeast of Metang Island, Maluku, Indonesia - 2 reports
Saturday, Apr 27, 2024, at 07:46 pm (GMT +9) -#14: Mag 4.7 Philippine Sea, 45 km north of Bislig City, Surigao del Sur, Caraga, Philippines - 2 reports
Saturday, Apr 27, 2024, at 07:34 pm (Manila time) -
#15: Mag 4.4 Indian Ocean, 81 km southwest of Labuan, Kabupaten Pandeglang, Banten, Indonesia - 2 reports
Saturday, Apr 27, 2024, at 11:22 am (Jakarta time) -
#16: Mag 4.0 Baja California, 220 km west of Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico - 2 reports
Friday, Apr 26, 2024, at 11:37 pm (Tijuana time) -
#17: Mag 2.1 1.7 km north of Mojacar, Almeria, Andalusia, Spain - 2 reports
Saturday, Apr 27, 2024, at 11:28 am (Madrid time) -
#18: Mag 2.8 26 km north of Florence, Florence, Tuscany, Italy - 2 reports
Saturday, Apr 27, 2024, at 02:52 am (Rome time) -
#19: Mag 4.1 Tasman Sea, 80 km west of Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand - 2 reports
Saturday, Apr 27, 2024, at 01:25 pm (Auckland time) -
#20: Mag 4.4 28 km east of Santiago Pinotepa Nacional, Oaxaca, Mexico - 2 reports
Saturday, Apr 27, 2024, at 04:23 am (Mexico City time) -
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