6200 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/quake-info/9399392/mag4quake-May-23-2024-Japan-OFF-NEMURO-PENINSULA.htmlNearby places The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Kushiro , a city with more than 180,000 inhabitants in Japan , in 98 km (61 mi) distance west of the epicenter. People likely experienced weak shaking there. Several smaller towns and villages are located closer to the....2024-05-23T13:08+0200volcanodiscovery-54d5577788432232a7c5790ce1d998e220240523130800https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/quake-info/9399197/mag3quake-May-23-2024-Sumba-Region-Indonesia.htmlSeismic station: Kappang, Sulawesi, Indonesia (KAPI/II network) | Distance from quake: 586 km / 364 mi | Show on map Station Info Seismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Thin dotted red line indicates time of quake. Seismic waves arrive some time later, depending on distance. Bandpass filter applied: 0.2024-05-23T09:58+0200volcanodiscovery-b647b6c9ad3c612b032772997176205320240523095800https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/quake-info/9399058/mag4quake-May-23-2024-Indonesia-Northern-Molucca-Sea.htmlBased on data from the past 14 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 145 quakes on average per year in the area near the epicenter of this quake (within 100 km/61 mi): Mag. 7 or higher: 0.02 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 62.5 years) Mag. 6 or higher: 0.29 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 3.2024-05-23T07:42+0200volcanodiscovery-17ab1efe0ff559e04be2c73c13f159e120240523074200https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquake/news/242555/World-Earthquake-Report-for-Thursday-23-May-2024.htmlA magnitude 5.2 earthquake near Lae, Morobe, Papua New Guinea, was reported only 11 minutes ago by Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency, considered the main national agency that monitors seismic activity in this part of the world.2024-05-23T07:25+0200volcanodiscovery-361538fe33bf896d572b56e31ca7898020240523072500