Kermedec Islands – Report From Peter

March 23, 2023

Earthquakes

Magnitude 5+ Earthquakes – Global

6.4 earthquake hits Jujuy, Argentina.

5.9 earthquake hits Tajikistan.

5.7 earthquake hits near the north coast of New Guinea, Papua New Guinea.

5.6 earthquake hits the Babuyan Islands in the Philippines.

5.5 earthquake hits the Kermedec Islands.

5.4 earthquake hits Jujuy, Argentina.

5.3 earthquake hits central Turkey.

5.2 earthquake hits the Santa Cruz Islands.

5.1 earthquake hits the west Chile rise.

5.1 earthquake hits the Flores region, Indonesia.

5.1 earthquake hits northern Iran.

March 18, 2023

Earthquakes

Magnitude 5+ Earthquakes – Global

5.3 earthquake hits Fiji.

5.3 earthquake hits North Islands, New Zealand.

5.2 earthquake hits the Hindu Kush, Afghanistan.

5.1 earthquake hits Luzon, Philippines.

5.0 earthquake hits south of Java, Indonesia.

5.0 earthquake hits Mindanao, Philippines.

5.0 earthquake hits North Island, New Zealand.

5.0 earthquake hits the Kermedec Islands.

5.0 earthquake hits eastern Xizang, China.

March 16, 2023

Earthquakes

Magnitude 5+ Earthquakes – Global

6.9 earthquake hits the Kermedec Islands.

5.5 earthquake hits south of Java, Indonesia.

5.3 earthquake hits Kepulauan Talaud, Inodnesia.

5.0 earthquake hits the Kermedec Islands.

5.0 earthquake hits the Solomon Islands.

March 14, 2023

Earthquakes

Magnitude 5+ Earthquakes – Global

6.2 earthquake hits eastern New Guinea, Papua New Guinea.

5.5 earthquake hits Catamarca, Argentina.

5.4 earthquake hits New Ireland, Papua New Guinea.

5.2 earthquake hits southern Peru.

5.1 earthquake hits the Kuril Islands.

5.0 earthquake hits the Kermedec Islands.

50 earthquake hits the Santa Cruz Islands.

5.0 earthquake hits off the east coast of Kamchatka, Russia.

March 4, 2023

Earthquakes

Magnitude 5+ Earthquakes – Global

6.7 earthquake hits the Kermedec Islands.

5.5 earthquake hits the southern mid-Atlantic ridge.

5.0 earthquake hits south of the Kermedec Islands.

February 27, 2023

Earthquakes

Magnitude 5+ Earthquakes – Global

5.5 earthquake hits Fiji.

5.3 earthquake hits the Pagan region, North Mariana Islands.

5.2 earthquake hits Sulawesi, Indonesia.

5.1 earthquake hits central Turkey.

5.1 earthquake hits south of the Kermedec Islands.

5.1 earthquake hits the Flores region, Indonesia.

5.0 earthquake hits the Andreanof Islands in the Aleutian Islands.

5.0 earthquake hits the Kermedec Islands.

Two 5.0 earthquakes hit southern Xinjiang, China.

February 14, 2023

Earthquakes

Magnitude 5+ Earthquakes – Global

5.8 earthquake hits the Kermedec Islands.

5.6 earthquake hits Vanuatu.

5.2 earthquake hits Romania.

5.1 earthquake hits northern Qinghai, China.

5.0 earthquake hits Hokkaido, Japan.

5.0 earthquake hits Minahasa, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Meanwhile the death toll in the Turkey/Syria earthquake has passed 35 000. As hopes of finding people alive under the debris fade more than a week after the quake struck, the focus has switched to providing food and shelter to the vast numbers of survivors. According to the Turkish government, about 1.2 million people have been housed in student residences, more than 206,000 tents have been erected and 400,000 victims evacuated from the devastated areas.

February 11, 2023

Earthquakes

Magnitude 5+ Earthquakes – Global

5.9 earthquake hits Kepulauan Talud, Indonesia.

5.4 earthquake hits New Ireland, Papua New Guinea.

5.3 earthquake hits Tonga.

5.2 earthquake hits Trinidad de Cunha.

5.1 earthquake hits the west Chile rise.

5.0 earthquake hits near the north coast of Papua, Indonesia.

5.0 earthquake hits the Kermedec Islands.

Turkey and Syria

The death toll from Monday’s earthquake has now risen beyond 25,000 – including 21,848 people who have died in Turkey and a reported 3,553 in Syria. UN emergency relief coordinator Martin Griffiths said the death toll from the earthquake is likely to “more than double”, adding that he expected tens of thousands more deaths. Griffiths, who visited the Turkish province of Kahramanmaraş on Saturday, described the earthquake as the “worst event in 100 years in this region”. At least 870,000 people urgently need food in the two countries after the quake, which has made up to 5.3 million people homeless in Syria alone, the UN warned. Search operations continue with one boy reportedly stretchered out of the rubble in Turkey after 128 hours.

February 10, 2023

Earthquakes

Magnitude 5+ Earthquakes – Global

6.1 earthquake hits the Solomon Islands.

5.2 earthquake hits the South Sandwich Islands.

5.1 earthquake hits the Kermedec Islands.

5.0 earthquake hits the South Sandwich Islands.

5.0 earthquake hits eastern Turkey.

February 6, 2023

Earthquakes

Magnitude 5+ Earthquakes – Global

7.8 earthquake hits central Turkey.

7.6 earthquake hits central Turkey.

6.2 earthquake hits central Turkey.

5.9 earthquake hits central Turkey.

5.7 earthquake hits eastern Turkey.

5.6 earthquake hits the Turkey-Syria border.

5.5 earthquake hits central Turkey.

Three 5.2 earthquakes hit central Turkey.

Two 5.2 earthquakes hit eastern Turkey.

Two 5.1 earthquakes hit central Turkey.

5.1 earthquake hits the Dodecanese Islands-Turkish border.

5.1 earthquake hits the Kermedec Islands.

Four 5.0 earthquakes hit central Turkey.

5.0 earthquake hits eastern Turkey.

5.0 earthquake hits the Turkey-Syria border.

A major earthquake of magnitude 7.8 struck central Turkey and northwest Syria on Monday, killing more than 500 people and injuring hundreds as buildings collapsed across the region, triggering searches for survivors in the rubble. Initial reports indicate more than 4 000 people have been injured.

The quake, which hit in the early darkness of a winter morning, was also felt in Cyprus and Lebanon. Numerous building collapsed. Numerous substantial aftershocks rocked the region.

It is the most severe quake in Turkey since 1999 when a similar magnitude quake devastated Izmit and the heavily populated eastern Marmara Sea region near Istanbul, killing more than 17 000.

January 30, 2023