Earth Report – Global Disaster Watch
Magnitude 5+ Earthquakes – Global
6.3 earthquake hits Papua, Indonesia.
5.8 earthquake hits the Santa Cruz Islands.
5.6 earthquake hits Tonga.
5.5 earthquake hits Mendoza, Argentina.
5.3 earthquake hits the South Sandwich Islands.
5.2 earthquake hits Fiji.
5.2 earthquake hits northern Peru.
5.1 earthquake hits New Guinea, Papua New Guinea.
5.0 earthquake hits near the east coast of Honshu, Japan.
5.0 earthquake hits Mindanao in the Philippines.
5.0 earthquake hits south of the Kermedec Islands.
Magnitude 5+ Earthquakes – Global
5.8 earthquake hits the Sichuan-Guizou border, China.
Twelve people have died and 125 others have been injured following the earthquake according to local reports.
5.6 earthquake hits the Kermedec Islands.
5.5 earthquake hits south of Fiji.
5.5 earthquake hits the central mid-Atlantic ridge.
Two 5.2 earthquakes hit eastern Sichuan, China.
5.1 earthquake hits the Pacific-Antarctic ridge.
5.1 earthquake hits the Kermedec Islands.
Two 5.0 earthquakes hit the Kermedec Islands.
Magnitude 5+ Earthquakes – Global
6.1 Earthquake hits the Flores region, Indonesia.
6.0 earthquake hits the Kermedec Islands.
5.6 earthquake hits the Kermedec Islands.
5.4 earthquake hits near the east coast of Honshu, Japan.
5.4 earthquake hits south of the Kermedec Islands.
5.3 earthquake hits the Banda Sea.
5.2 earthquake hits the Sumba region, Indonesia.
5.2 earthquake hits the Kermedec Islands.
5.1 earthquake hits Michoacan, Mexico.
5.1 earthquake hits southern Sumatra, Indonesia.
5.0 earthquake hits the southern mid-Atlantic ridge.
Magnitude 5+ Earthquakes – Global
7.2 earthquake hits the Kermedec Islands.
A powerful earthquake has struck the Kermadec Islands region in the Pacific Ocean north of New Zealand, briefly triggering a tsunami warning. The US Geological Survey said a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck the arc of islands, which are 800–1,000km (500-600 miles) from New Zealand’s North Island. There are no reports of damage.
6.2 earthquake hits the Kermedec islands.
6.1 earthquake hits Tonga.
Two 5.3 earthquakes hit the Kermedec islands.
5.0 earthquake hits offshore Chiapas, Mexico.
5.0 earthquake hits the Prince Edward Islands.
Two 5.0 earthquakes hit the Kermedec islands.
Magnitude 5+ Earthquakes – Global
6.0 earthquake hits the Banda Sea.
5.2 earthquake hits the Mayotte region.
5.1 earthquake hits offshore Chiapas, Mexico.
5.1 earthquake hits the northern mid-Atlantic ridge.
5.0 earthquake hits Vanuatu.
5.0 earthquake hits the Kermedec Islands.
Magnitude 5+ Earthquakes – Global
6.5 earthquake hits offshore Coquimbo, Chile.
5.4 earthquake hits Vanuatu.
5.4 earthquake hits south of Sumbawa, Indonesia.
5.3 earthquake hits Guam.
5.3 earthquake hits the Kermedec Islands.
5.2 earthquake hits Tonga.
5.0 earthquake hits Coquimbo, Chile.
Magnitude 5+ Earthquakes – Global
5.6 earthquake hits the southern mid-Atlantic ridge.
5.2 earthquake hits Tonga.
5.0 earthquake hits Hokkaido, Japan,
5.0 earthquake hits south of the Mariana Islands.
Magnitude 5+ Earthquakes – Global
5.9 earthquake hits Kepulauan Tanimbar, Indonesia.
5.7 earthquake hits the Mariana Islands.
5.2 earthquake hits Tonga.
5.0 earthquake hits Vanuatu.
5.0 earthquake hits the Mariana Islands.
Magnitude 5+ Earthquakes – Global
5.2 earthquake hits near the north coast of Papua. Indonesia.
5.0 earthquake hits south of Bali, Indonesia.
Magnitude 5+ Earthquakes – Global
5.5 earthquake hits Java, Indonesia.
5.3 earthquake hits south of Fiji.
Magnitude 5+ Earthquakes – Global
5.6 earthquake hits the Bougainville region, Papua New Guinea.
5.1 earthquake hits the Bismarck Sea.
5.0 earthquake hits the Kuril Islands.
5.0 earthquake hits Kodiak Island, Alaska.
5.0 earthquake hits the southeast Indian ridge.
Magnitude 5+ Earthquakes – Global
There are no magnitude 5+ earthquakes reported today so far.
Sinking Islands
An Australian study says that sinking caused by seismic activity around some Pacific islands may pose a greater threat to their survival than rising sea levels.
Researchers from the University of Newcastle found that sea levels around American Samoa rose at five times the global average due to the sinking effect brought on by 2009 Samoa-Tonga earthquakes.
They found the predicted subsidence is as much, if not more, than the official U.N. climate panel’s projected sea rise from man-made climate change. Other countries, such as Japan and New Zealand, may see their land areas rise, mitigating rising sea levels in those locations.
Magnitude 5+ Earthquakes – Global
5.4 earthquake hits Mindanao in the Philippines.
5.3 earthquake hits Atacama, Chile.
Magnitude 5+ Earthquakes – Global
5.0 earthquake hits the Komandorskiye Ostrova region, Russia.
Magnitude 5+ Earthquakes – Global
6.3 earthquake hits the Izu Islands off Japan.
5.6 earthquake hits Taiwan.
5.2 earthquake hits off the east coast of North Island, New Zealand.
5.1 earthquake hits Fiji.
5.0 earthquake hits Tonga.