Global Earthquake Report for Sunday, August 30, 2020 / VolcanoDiscovery

Global Earthquake Report for Sunday August 30, 2020

Sunday, August 30, 2020 6:20 PM | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR

Global earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the last 24 hours on August 30, 2020

Summary: 2 5.0+ earthquakes, 28 4.0+ earthquakes, 120 3.0+ earthquakes, 212 2.0+ earthquakes (362 total)
This report is updated every hour.
Magnitude 5+: 2 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 28 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 120 earthquakes
Magnitude two+: 212 earthquakes
No tremors of magnitude 6 or higher

List of the 10 largest earthquakes in the world (last 24 hours):

# 1: 5.2 earthquake: South Shetland Islands (Antarctica), August 30, 2020 10:31 am
# 2: earthquake 5.0: Mindanao, Philippines, August 30, 2020 5:44 pm
# 3: 4.7 earthquake: New Zealand, August 30, 2020 1:26 pm
# 4: earthquake 4.7: Minahassa Peninsula, Sulawesi (Indonesia), August 30, 2020 12:01
# 5: 4.7 earthquake: 101 km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga (Samoa), August 30, 2020 10:52 AM
# 6: 4.6 quake: 228 Km South-West of San Pedro De Lloc, Pacasmayo – La Libertad (Peru), 30 Aug 2020 00h55
# 7: 4.5 earthquake: Seram, Indonesia, August 30, 2020 10:24 AM
# 8: 4.5 earthquake: 104 km SSE of San José Village, Northern Mariana Islands, August 30, 2020 1:42 AM
# 9: 4.5 earthquake: 99 km SW of Nsanje, Malawi (Mozambique), August 30, 2020 04:06 AM
# 10: 4.5 earthquake: east of Honshu, Japan, August 30, 2020 05h37

The earthquakes reported felt:

# 1: 3.6 earthquake: 3 km NW of Marked Tree, Arkansas (USA), August 30, 2020 02h34 – 37 reports

A small but shallow earthquake of magnitude 3.6 struck 30 miles northwest of the city of Memphis last night at 9:34 p.m. local time.

Many people living in areas close to the epicenter felt a short, weak vibration or a short jolt, similar to a truck passing by.

The earthquake occurred at the SE end of the tectonically active New Seismic Zone of Madrid, which runs southwest from New Madrid, Missouri, to northeast Arkansas west of Memphis, Tennessee.

Another earthquake of magnitude slightly less than 3.4 occurred shortly after in northwestern Arkansas SE of Fayetteville.

# 2: earthquake 5.0: Mindanao, Philippines, August 30, 2020 5:44 pm – 26 reports
# 3: earthquake 4.0: 9 km ENE of Pamplona (Spain), August 30, 2020 05h57 – 15 reports

A slight earthquake of magnitude 4 struck this morning at 07:57 local time approx. 10 km NE near the Spanish city of Pamplona (population 198,000) in the southern foothills of the Pyrenees.

Due to its shallow depth and proximity to houses, many people felt the shaking, most of whom were still in their beds.

The earthquake tremor was primarily perceived as a short, light vibration that lasted less than 5 seconds. One user reported that the earthquake-induced vibration caused the vessels to “sing,” that is, presumably when the frequency of the earthquake vibration hit the resonant frequency of the vessels.

No damage should have occurred from this earthquake.

# 4: earthquake 4.2: Amargosa / BA (Brazil), August 30, 2020 10:44 – 13 reports
# 5: earthquake 3.4: 8 km east of Sunset, Arkansas (USA), August 30, 2020 02h35 – 13 reports
# 6: earthquake 3.1: NW LIZO (Spain), August 30, 2020 05h55 – 9 reports
# 7: 3.7 earthquake: Sao Miguel Das Matas / BA (Brazil), August 30, 2020 11:18 – 4 reports
# 8: 4.5 earthquake: East of Honshu, Japan, August 30, 2020 05h37 – 3 reports
# 9: 5.2 earthquake: South Shetland Islands (Antarctica), August 30, 2020 10:31 am – 3 reports
# 10: 3.0 earthquake: 3.8 km NW of Krýsuvík (Iceland), August 29, 2020 19:08 – 3 reports
# 11: Earthquake 3.6: 4.2 Km NW of Krýsuvík (Iceland), August 29, 2020 19:06 – 3 reports
# 12: 3.5 earthquake: Near the east coast of Honshu, Japan, August 30, 2020 02:43 – 3 reports
# 13: 2.8 earthquake: W LIZO (Spain), August 30, 2020 09:41 – 2 reports

Earthquake statistics:

Number of earthquakes and energy released versus time

Number of earthquakes and energy released versus magnitude

Magnitude of earthquakes and energy released versus time

The 20 largest earthquakes in the last 24 hours

The 20 biggest earthquakes of Saturday 29, 2020

Complete list of earthquakes (most recent and archive)

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