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Wed, 21 May 2025, 00:24 | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR
Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 21 May 2025
Summary: 1 quake 6.0+, 1 quake 5.0+, 31 quakes 4.0+, 158 quakes 3.0+, 282 quakes 2.0+ (473 total)
Magnitude 6+: 1 earthquake
Magnitude 5+: 1 earthquake
Magnitude 4+: 31 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 158 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 282 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 7 or higherTotal seismic energy estimate: 2.8 x 1014 joules (77 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 66284 tons of TNT or 4.1 atomic bombs!) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 6.4 learn more10 largest earthquakes in the world (20 May 2025)#1: Mag 6.4 Bismarck Sea, 39 km northwest of Volcano Island, Papua New GuineaWednesday, May 21, 2025, at 01:05 am (Port Moresby time) – #2: Mag 5.6 North Atlantic Ocean, PortugalTuesday, May 20, 2025, at 03:11 am (GMT -2) – #3: Mag 4.9 Indian Ocean, MauritiusTuesday, May 20, 2025, at 09:57 pm (GMT +4) – #4: Mag 4.9 Central Mid-Atlantic RidgeTuesday, May 20, 2025, at 02:22 pm (GMT -2) – #5: Mag 4.7 South Pacific Ocean, FijiWednesday, May 21, 2025, at 01:53 am (GMT +13) – #6: Mag 4.7 Kabupaten Pegunungan Bintang, South Papua, 250 km south of Jayapura, IndonesiaTuesday, May 20, 2025, at 03:50 pm (Jayapura time) – #7: Mag 4.6 South Pacific Ocean, 236 km southeast of Matuku Island, Eastern, FijiTuesday, May 20, 2025,
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