Summary: 7 quakes 5.0+, 12 quakes 4.0+, 92 quakes 3.0+, 174 quakes 2.0+ (285 total)
Magnitude
5
+: 7 earthquakes
Magnitude
4
+: 12 earthquakes
Magnitude
3
+: 92 earthquakes
Magnitude
2
+: 174 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude
6
or higher
Total seismic energy estimate: 4.7 x 10
13
joules (13 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 11162 tons of TNT or 0.7 atomic bombs!) [
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List of 10 largest earthquakes in the world (6 Aug 2020):
#1:
M 5.6 quake: Prince Edward Islands Region on Thu, 6 Aug 23h36
- 15 hours ago
#2:
M 5.5 quake: Near Coast of Peru on Thu, 6 Aug 22h18
- 16 hours ago
#3:
M 5.1 quake: Near West Coast of Honshu, Japan on Thu, 6 Aug 03h06
- 1 day 11 hours ago
#4:
M 5.1 quake: South of Fiji Islands (New Zealand) on Thu, 6 Aug 12h46
- 1 day 2 hours ago
#5:
M 5.1 quake: Easter Island Region on Thu, 6 Aug 13h57
- 1 day 1 hours ago
#6:
M 5.1 quake: Near S. Coast of Western Honshu (Japan) on Thu, 6 Aug 15h34
- 23 hours ago
#7:
M 5.0 quake: Talaud Islands, Indonesia on Thu, 6 Aug 15h40
- 23 hours ago
#8:
M 4.8 quake: Off W Coast Of Northern Sumatra (Indonesia) on Thu, 6 Aug 10h12
- 1 day 4 hours ago
#9:
M 4.8 quake: Solomon Islands (Papua New Guinea) on Thu, 6 Aug 11h06
- 1 day 3 hours ago
#10:
M 4.8 quake: Kepulauan Talaud, Indonesia on Thu, 6 Aug 15h40
- 23 hours ago
남아공 프린스 에드워드 제도에서 규모 6.3 지진
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000badi/dyfi/intensity
일본 니이가타현 5.1 지진…이바라키현 동쪽서도 5.6 지진
http://news.imaeil.com/AP/2020080616212106725
https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquake/news/107855/World-Earthquake-Report-for-Thursday-6-August-2020.html
Quakes detected near:
Akyarlar
(1 quake mag 1.7),
Bardarbunga
(2 quakes between mag 1.2-2.1),
Clear Lake
(20 quakes between mag 0.2-2.0),
Cosigüina
(2 quakes between mag 1.4-2.5),
Coso
(10 quakes between mag 0.2-1.9),
Eldey
(7 quakes between mag 0.3-2.1)
Herdubreid
(2 quakes between mag 0.9-1.4),
Hrómundartindur
(11 quakes between mag 0.3-1.4),
Kilauea
(2 quakes between mag 0.9-1.8),
Krísuvík
(14 quakes between mag 0.3-1.5),
Long Valley
(9 quakes between mag 0.2-1.0),
Mauna Loa
(2 quakes between mag 1.4-1.9),
Nisyros
(1 quake mag 3.2),
Reykjanes
(9 quakes between mag 0.3-1.2),
Santa Ana
(1 quake mag 1.6),
Takawangha
(3 quakes between mag 0.3-1.3),
Tenerife
(2 quakes between mag 1.1-1.2),
Torfajökull
(4 quakes between mag 0.9-1.9),
Öraefajökull
(2 quakes between mag 0.5-2.1) (updated 23h50)
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