World earthquake report for Sunday, August 9, 2020
Sunday 09 Aug 2020 13:40 PM | FAN: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR
Global earthquakes above magnitude 3 in the last 24 hours on 9 Aug 2020
Summary: 5 shakes 5.0+, 36 shakes 4.0+, 106 shakes 3.0+, 181 shakes 2.0+ (328 total)
This report is updated every hour.
Great 5+: 5 earthquakes
Great 4+: 36 earthquakes
Great 3+: 106 earthquakes
Great 2+: 181 earthquakes
No shakes of size 6 as higher
List of 10 largest earthquakes in the world (past 24 hours):
# 1: M 5.5 Shake: 67 km ESE from King Cove, Alaska (United States) on Saturday 8 Aug 14h42
# 2: M 5.2 quake: New Zealand on Sunday, 9 Aug 12h15
# 3: M 5.1 Shake: 4 km SE of Sparta, North Carolina (United States) on Saturday 9 Aug 12h07
# 4: M 5.1 Shake: Central Mid Atlantic Ridge on Sun, 9 Aug 12:42
# 5: M 5.0 quake: Sumbawa Region, Indonesia on Saturday, 9 Aug 04h52
# 6: M 4.9 quake: Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge on Sat, 8 Aug 14h26
# 7: M 4.9 quake: Sumbawa Region, Indonesia on Saturday 8th August 16h32
# 8: M 4.9 Edited: Minahassa Peninsula, Sulawesi (Indonesia) on Saturday August 08, 16:57
# 9: M 4.8 Shake: Sumba Region, Indonesia on Saturday 8th August 21h03
# 10: M 4.7 quake: Macquarie Island, Southern Ocean (Australia) on Saturday 8 August 18h12
Earthquakes reported fields:
# 1: M 5.1 Shake: 4 km SE of Sparta, North Carolina (United States) on Saturday 9 Aug 12h07 – 8803 reports
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 4 months ago SE of Sparta, North Carolina, at 8:07 a.m., waking up thousands of people. Within the first 10 minutes we received almost 500 I-felt-it reports!
When the quake was very shallow at a depth of 3.7 km, it was felt clearly and in parts strongly in an area of 15-20 miles around the epicenter, but as light to moderate shaking throughout North Carolina, as well as areas of the surrounding states in the eastern US.
For this area, shakes of this magnitude are very rare. Minor to moderate damage can be expected in areas near the epicenter, such as broken windows, objects falling from planks and so on. According to a submitted report, the quake lasted about 15 seconds.
# 2: M 2.6 Shake: 3 km SE of Sparta, North Carolina (United States) on Saturday 9 Aug 05h57 – 1747 report
# 3: M 4.0 security: Imst A (Austria) on Saturday 8 August 19h44 – 376 reports
A light 4.0 tremor at a depth of 7.9 km occurred yesterday, at 21:44 local time, in the Austrian Alps’ Tyrol region. The epicenter was reported between the cities of Landeck and Imst, 56 km west of the capital Innsbruck (pop .: 113,000).
Earthquakes above magnitude 3 are not very common in Austria. Hundreds of people near the epicenter felt the tremor as light to moderate. One user reported “about 3-4 seconds of heavy rattling and a sound like a heavy freight train“.
No damage was reported from the quake.
# 4: M 4.4 Shake: Southern Greece on Sunday, 9 Aug 06h11 – 183 reports
A light size 4.4. earthquake shook western Greece this morning at 09:11 local time. The epicenter was between the popular holiday island Zakynthos (20 km to the SE) and the Peloponnese and its depth at approx. 10-20 km.
It was widely felt in Zakynthos, especially in coastal areas, as a light to mild shaking that lasted a few seconds. Within the first 20 minutes, more than 100 people reported it to us. No injuries or injuries were reported from the tremor.
# 5: M 4.7 earthquake: Northern Algeria on Saturday 8 August 23h00 – 69 reports
# 6: M 3.0 Edited: Imst A (Austria) on Saturday 9th Aug 00h50 – 41 reports
# 7: M 5.1 Shake: Central Mid Atlantic Ridge on Sun, 9 Aug 12:42 – 12 reports
# 8: M 2.3 Shake: North Texas (USA) on Sunday, Aug 9 06h33 – 10 reports
# 9: M 4.7 quake: Iran-Iraq border region on sun, 9 Aug 09h16 – 5 report
# 10: M 3.6 Shake: 5 km S of Gramais, Austria on Saturday 8 August 19h44 – 4 reports
# 11: M 3.6 Shake: Northern Algeria on Sunday, 9 Aug 03h17 – 3 reports
# 12: M 3.0 Trembling: Sw Bagneres De Luchon.fra (France) on Saturday 8 Aug 21h07 – 3 reports
# 13: M 2.5 Shake: (Greece) on Saturday 9 Aug 09h07 – 3 reports
# 14: M 3.2 Shake: 7 km SSE of Guánica, Puerto Rico on Saturday, August 8 23:45 – 2 reports
# 15: M 4.1 Shake: Close to East Coast of Honshu, Japan on Sunday, 9 Aug 05h30 – 2 reports
# 16: M 2.9 quake: New Zealand on Sunday, 9 Aug 11:42 – 2 reports
# 17: M 3.3 Edited: Java, Indonesia on Sunday, 9 Aug 11h53 – 2 reports
# 18: M 2.8 Shake: (Greece) on Sunday, 9 Aug 05h45 – 2 reports
# 19: M 4.7 Edited: Macquarie Island, Southern Ocean (Australia) on Sat, 8 Aug 18h12 – 2 reports
# 20: M 3.3 Shake: 5 km SSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico on Saturday, 9 Aug 09h09 – 2 reports
# 21: M 2.0 Shake: Kusadasi Korfezi (Aegean Sea) (Greece) on Saturday 9 Aug 06h21 – 2 reports
# 22: M 3.2 Shake: 7 km S of Ponce, Puerto Rico on Saturday, 9 Aug 08h29 – 2 reports
# 23: M 5.2 quake: New Zealand on Sunday, 9 Aug 12h15 – 2 reports
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