2024 World Press Photo contest winners announced

2024-04-22T09:55+0200rappler (en)

MANILA, Philippines — An image of Inas Abu Maamar cradling the body of her niece Saly, who was killed along with four other family members when an Israeli missile struck their home in Khan Younis, Gaza, on October 17, 2023, taken by Mohammed Salem of Reuters, was adjudged Photo of the Year.

5.4 magnitude earthquake hits Of Mexico’s Pacific Coast

2024-04-22T09:48+0200wn (en)

Mexico , Apr. 22 (BNA): An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.4 on the Richter scale struck off the coast of Mexico in the Pacific Ocean last night.

5.4 magnitude earthquake hits Of Mexico’s Pacific Coast

2024-04-22T09:15+0200bna-en (en)

Mexico , Apr. 22 (BNA): An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.4 on the Richter scale struck off the coast of Mexico in the Pacific Ocean last night. The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre reported that the earthquake’s epicenter was at a depth of 10 kilometers, located 169 kilometers southwest of the city of Manzanillo.

Moderate mag. 4.1 earthquake - Mexico: 22 km al OESTE de PINOTEPA NACIONAL, OAX, on Sunday, Apr 21, 2024, at 05:12 pm (GMT -6)

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Nearby places The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Santiago Pinotepa Nacional , a town with 30,000 inhabitants in Mexico , in 21 km (13 mi) distance east of the epicenter. People likely experienced weak shaking there. Several smaller towns and villages are located closer....

Light mag. 4.0 earthquake - Mexico: 53 km al SUR de MINATITLAN, VER, on Sunday, Apr 21, 2024, at 03:39 pm (Mexico City time)

2024-04-22T00:07+0200volcanodiscovery (en)

Based on data from the past 54 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 741 quakes on average per year in the area near the epicenter of this quake (within 100 km/61 mi): Mag. 6 or higher: 0.05 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 20.8 years) Mag. 5 or higher: 0.81 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 1.

Light mag. 4.8 earthquake - 24 km west of Mapastepec, Chiapas, Mexico, on Sunday, Apr 21, 2024, at 10:51 am (Mexico City time)

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Nearby places The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Villaflores , a town with 37,000 inhabitants in Mexico , in 97 km (60 mi) distance north of the epicenter. People likely experienced weak shaking there. Many smaller towns and villages are located closer to the epicenter and might have experienced stronger shaking.

Moderate mag. 4.7 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 170 km southwest of Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico, on Sunday, Apr 21, 2024, at 09:41 am (GMT -7)

2024-04-21T19:04+0200volcanodiscovery (en)

Nearby places The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is , a town with 358 inhabitants in Mexico , in 145 km (90 mi) distance northeast of the epicenter. People likely experienced weak shaking there. In the capital of , Mexico, 699 km (434 mi) away from the epicenter, the earthquake could not be felt.

Moderate mag. 4.5 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 181 km southwest of Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico, on Sunday, Apr 21, 2024, at 09:34 am (GMT -7)

2024-04-21T19:04+0200volcanodiscovery (en)

Nearby places The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is , a town with 358 inhabitants in Mexico , in 149 km (93 mi) distance northeast of the epicenter. People likely experienced very weak shaking there. In the capital of , Mexico, 714 km (444 mi) away from the epicenter, the earthquake could not be felt.

World Earthquake Report for Sunday, 21 April 2024

2024-04-21T07:22+0200volcanodiscovery (en)

This report is being updated every hour. Magnitude 5 +: 1 earthquake Magnitude 4 +: 36 earthquakes Magnitude 3 +: 115 earthquakes Magnitude 2 +: 213 earthquakes No quakes of magnitude 6 or higher. Total seismic energy estimate: 1.1 x 10 13 joules (3.09 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 2657 tons of TNT or 0.

Moderate mag. 4.3 earthquake - 58 km south of Florencio Villarreal, Guerrero, Mexico, on Saturday, Apr 20, 2024, at 09:30 pm (GMT -7)

2024-04-21T07:03+0200volcanodiscovery (en)

Nearby places The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is San Marcos , a town with 13,000 inhabitants in Mexico , in 68 km (42 mi) distance north of the epicenter. People likely experienced weak shaking there. Many smaller towns and villages are located closer to the epicenter and might have experienced stronger shaking.

Moderate mag. 4.5 earthquake - 65 km south of Florencio Villarreal, Guerrero, Mexico, on Sunday, Apr 21, 2024, at 04:10 am (Universal Time time)

2024-04-21T06:43+0200volcanodiscovery (en)

Nearby places The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is San Marcos , a town with 13,000 inhabitants in Mexico , in 74 km (46 mi) distance north of the epicenter. People likely experienced weak shaking there. Many smaller towns and villages are located closer to the epicenter and might have experienced stronger shaking.

Light mag. 4.0 earthquake - 77 km southwest of Pijijiapan, Chiapas, Mexico, on Sunday, Apr 21, 2024, at 03:50 am (Universal Time time)

2024-04-21T06:22+0200volcanodiscovery (en)

Nearby places The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Pijijiapan , a town with 17,000 inhabitants in Mexico , in 77 km (48 mi) distance northeast of the epicenter. People likely experienced very weak shaking there. Many smaller towns and villages are located closer to the....

Moderate mag. 4.2 earthquake - Mexico: 177 km al SUROESTE de CIHUATLAN, JAL, on Saturday, Apr 20, 2024, at 02:22 pm (GMT -7)

2024-04-20T23:52+0200volcanodiscovery (en)

Based on data from the past 54 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 81 quakes on average per year in the area near the epicenter of this quake (within 100 km/61 mi): Mag. 6 or higher: 0.15 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 6.8 years) Mag. 5 or higher: 1.02 quakes per year; Mag.

Forte terremoto in Messico: paura anche in Guatemala

2024-04-20T19:29+0200meteoweb (it)

Una scossa di terremoto di magnitudo 4.9 avvenuta al confine Messico Guatemala ha scatenato il panico tra gli abitanti dei dipartimenti di San Marcos, Quetzaltenango e Huehuetenango, in Guatemala. L’Istituto nazionale di sismologia, vulcanologia, meteorologia e idrologia (Insivumeh) ha riferito che....

Moderate mag. 4.1 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 83 km southwest of Ometepec, Guerrero, Mexico, on Saturday, Apr 20, 2024, at 09:54 am (GMT -7)

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Nearby places The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Ometepec , a town with 24,000 inhabitants in Mexico , in 83 km (51 mi) distance northeast of the epicenter. People likely experienced very weak shaking there. Many smaller towns and villages are located closer to the epicenter and might have experienced stronger shaking.

Moderate mag. 4.1 earthquake - 104 km south of Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico, on Saturday, Apr 20, 2024, at 09:07 am (GMT -6)

2024-04-20T17:38+0200volcanodiscovery (en)

Based on data from the past 54 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 148 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: 0.03 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 31.

Light mag. 4.2 earthquake - 18 km northwest of Cintalapa de Figueroa, Chiapas, Mexico, on Saturday, Apr 20, 2024, at 08:41 am (Mexico City time)

2024-04-20T17:38+0200volcanodiscovery (en)

Nearby places The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Emiliano Zapata , a town with 1,500 inhabitants in Mexico , in 8.2 km (5.1 mi) distance southeast of the epicenter. People likely experienced very weak shaking there. In the capital of , Mexico, 630 km (392 mi) away from the epicenter, the earthquake could not be felt.

Light mag. 4.7 earthquake - 45 km north of Tapachula de Cordova y Ordoñez, Chiapas, Mexico, on Saturday, Apr 20, 2024, at 08:09 am (Mexico City time)

2024-04-20T16:35+0200volcanodiscovery (en)

Nearby places The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Tapachula de Cordova y Ordoñez , a city with more than 200,000 inhabitants in Mexico , in 45 km (28 mi) distance southeast of the epicenter. People likely experienced weak shaking there.

Moderate mag. 4.0 earthquake - 37 km west of Ciudad Valles, San Luis Potosi, Mexico, on Saturday, Apr 20, 2024, at 07:30 am (GMT -6)

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Nearby places The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Ciudad Valles , a city with more than 120,000 inhabitants in Mexico , in 37 km (23 mi) distance east of the epicenter. People likely experienced weak shaking there. Many smaller towns and villages are located closer to the....

Light mag. 4.1 earthquake - 82 km south of Salina Cruz, Oaxaca, Mexico, on Saturday, Apr 20, 2024, at 06:37 am (GMT -6)

2024-04-20T14:51+0200volcanodiscovery (en)

Nearby places The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Salina Cruz , a town with 77,000 inhabitants in Mexico , in 82 km (51 mi) distance north of the epicenter. People likely experienced very weak shaking there. Several smaller towns and villages are located closer to the....

Light mag. 4.0 earthquake - 70 km northeast of San Luis, Baja California, Mexico, on Saturday, Apr 20, 2024, at 04:54 am (Tijuana time)

2024-04-20T14:31+0200volcanodiscovery (en)

Nearby places The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is San Luis , a town with 7,900 inhabitants in Mexico , in 70 km (43 mi) distance southwest of the epicenter. People likely experienced very weak shaking there. Several smaller towns and villages are located closer to the....

Light mag. 4.1 earthquake - 67 km east of Matias Romero Avendaño, Oaxaca, Mexico, on Friday, Apr 19, 2024, at 03:49 pm (Mexico City time)

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Nearby places The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is , a town with 203 inhabitants in Mexico , in 27 km (17 mi) distance west of the epicenter. People likely experienced very weak shaking there. In the capital of , Mexico, 568 km (353 mi) away from the epicenter, the earthquake could not be felt.

Moderate mag. 4.0 earthquake - 44 km west of Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico, on Friday, Apr 19, 2024, at 08:48 am (Mazatlan time)

2024-04-19T18:16+0200volcanodiscovery (en)

Nearby places The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Manzanillo , a city with more than 130,000 inhabitants in Mexico , in 44 km (28 mi) distance east of the epicenter. People likely experienced weak shaking there. Many smaller towns and villages are located closer to the....

Moderate mag. 4.1 earthquake - Mexico: 82 km al SUR de COALCOMAN, MICH, on Friday, Apr 19, 2024, at 07:33 am (Mazatlan time)

2024-04-19T17:03+0200volcanodiscovery (en)

Nearby places The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Aguililla , a town with 8,800 inhabitants in Mexico , in 92 km (57 mi) distance northeast of the epicenter. People likely experienced very weak shaking there. Many smaller towns and villages are located closer to the epicenter and might have experienced stronger shaking.

Moderate mag. 4.1 earthquake - 51 km east of Loreto, Baja California Sur, Mexico, on Friday, Apr 19, 2024, at 04:03 am (Hermosillo time)

2024-04-19T14:58+0200volcanodiscovery (en)

Based on data from the past 54 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 45 quakes on average per year in the area near the epicenter of this quake (within 100 km/61 mi): Mag. 6 or higher: 0.16 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 6.3 years) Mag. 5 or higher: 0.68 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 1.

Moderate mag. 4.3 earthquake - 79 km northeast of Loreto, Baja California Sur, Mexico, on Friday, Apr 19, 2024, at 08:03 am (Universal Time time)

2024-04-19T10:29+0200volcanodiscovery (en)

Based on data from the past 54 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 47 quakes on average per year in the area near the epicenter of this quake (within 100 km/61 mi): Mag. 6 or higher: 0.16 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 6.3 years) Mag. 5 or higher: 0.71 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 1.

World Earthquake Report for Friday, 19 April 2024

2024-04-19T07:30+0200volcanodiscovery (en)

This report is being updated every hour. Magnitude 5 +: 7 earthquakes Magnitude 4 +: 46 earthquakes Magnitude 3 +: 128 earthquakes Magnitude 2 +: 293 earthquakes No quakes of magnitude 6 or higher. Total seismic energy estimate: 7.1 x 10 13 joules (19.7 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 16977 tons of TNT or 1.

Light mag. 4.1 earthquake - Offshore Oaxaca, Mexico, on Friday, Apr 19, 2024, at 02:34 am (Universal Time time)

2024-04-19T05:23+0200volcanodiscovery (en)

Nearby places The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Salina Cruz , a town with 77,000 inhabitants in Mexico , in 51 km (32 mi) distance northeast of the epicenter. People likely experienced very weak shaking there. Many smaller towns and villages are located closer to the....

Magnitude 5.4 earthquake strikes near Loreto, Baja California Sur, Mexico

2024-04-18T17:42+0200volcanodiscovery (en)

The German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) reported a magnitude 5.4 quake in Mexico near Loreto, Baja California Sur, only 14 minutes ago. The earthquake hit in the morning on Thursday, April 18th, 2024, at 8:12 am local time at a shallow depth of 10 km.

Strong mag. 5.4 earthquake - 77 km northeast of Loreto, Baja California Sur, Mexico, on Thursday, Apr 18, 2024, at 08:12 am (GMT -7)

2024-04-18T17:42+0200volcanodiscovery (en)

The German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) reported a magnitude 5.4 quake in Mexico near Loreto, Baja California Sur, only 14 minutes ago. The earthquake hit in the morning on Thursday, April 18th, 2024, at 8:12 am local time at a shallow depth of 10 km.

Light mag. 4.1 earthquake - Oaxaca, Mexico, on Thursday, Apr 18, 2024, at 08:50 am (Mexico City time)

2024-04-18T17:24+0200volcanodiscovery (en)

Nearby places The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is , a town with 543 inhabitants in Mexico , in 6 km (3.7 mi) distance north of the epicenter. People likely experienced very weak shaking there. In the capital of , Mexico, 610 km (379 mi) away from the epicenter, the earthquake could not be felt.

Moderate mag. 4.6 earthquake - 108 km south of Tonala, Chiapas, Mexico, on Thursday, Apr 18, 2024, at 12:09 pm (Universal Time time)

2024-04-18T14:31+0200volcanodiscovery (en)

Nearby places The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Tamaulipas , a town with 1,600 inhabitants in Mexico , in 96 km (60 mi) distance northeast of the epicenter. People likely experienced weak shaking there. Several smaller towns and villages are located closer to the epicenter and might have experienced stronger shaking.

Moderate mag. 4.2 earthquake - 78 km east of Loreto, Baja California Sur, Mexico, on Thursday, Apr 18, 2024, at 04:14 am (GMT -7)

2024-04-18T13:39+0200volcanodiscovery (en)

Based on data from the past 54 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 48 quakes on average per year in the area near the epicenter of this quake (within 100 km/61 mi): Mag. 6 or higher: 0.2 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 5.1 years) Mag. 5 or higher: 0.75 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 1.

Light mag. 4.0 earthquake - 51 km northeast of Ixtapa Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, Mexico, on Thursday, Apr 18, 2024, at 12:55 am (Mexico City time)

2024-04-18T09:24+0200volcanodiscovery (en)

Nearby places The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Ixtapa Zihuatanejo , a town with 67,000 inhabitants in Mexico , in 51 km (32 mi) distance southwest of the epicenter. People likely experienced very weak shaking there. Many smaller towns and villages are located closer to....

Light mag. 4.0 earthquake - 60 km southwest of Apatzingan, Michoacan, Mexico, on Wednesday, Apr 17, 2024, at 11:43 pm (Mexico City time)

2024-04-18T08:16+0200volcanodiscovery (en)

Nearby places The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Apatzingan , a town with 99,000 inhabitants in Mexico , in 60 km (37 mi) distance northeast of the epicenter. People likely experienced very weak shaking there. Many smaller towns and villages are located closer to the....

Moderate mag. 4.1 earthquake - 99 km southwest of Huatabampo, Sonora, Mexico, on Thursday, Apr 18, 2024, at 01:34 am (Universal Time time)

2024-04-18T04:18+0200volcanodiscovery (en)

Nearby places The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Huatabampo , a town with 30,000 inhabitants in Mexico , in 99 km (61 mi) distance northeast of the epicenter. People likely experienced very weak shaking there. Several smaller towns and villages are located closer to the....

Light mag. 4.1 earthquake - Mexico: 3 km al NORTE de MATIAS ROMERO, OAX, on Thursday, Apr 18, 2024, at 01:03 am (Universal Time time)

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Nearby places The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Ixtepec , a town with 25,000 inhabitants in Mexico , in 38 km (24 mi) distance south of the epicenter. People likely experienced very weak shaking there. Many smaller towns and villages are located closer to the epicenter and might have experienced stronger shaking.

Moderate mag. 4.0 earthquake - Mexico: 83 km al SUROESTE de HUATABAMPO, SON, on Wednesday, Apr 17, 2024, at 05:27 pm (GMT -7)

2024-04-18T03:11+0200volcanodiscovery (en)

Nearby places The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Huatabampo , a town with 30,000 inhabitants in Mexico , in 83 km (52 mi) distance northeast of the epicenter. People likely experienced very weak shaking there. Several smaller towns and villages are located closer to the....

Moderate mag. 4.4 earthquake - 76 km east of Loreto, Baja California Sur, Mexico, on Wednesday, Apr 17, 2024, at 03:01 pm (GMT -7)

2024-04-18T00:54+0200volcanodiscovery (en)

Based on data from the past 54 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 47 quakes on average per year in the area near the epicenter of this quake (within 100 km/61 mi): Mag. 6 or higher: 0.15 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 6.8 years) Mag. 5 or higher: 0.74 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 1.

Five megathrust earthquakes destroyed the city-state of Teotihuacán

2024-04-18T00:18+0200elpais-en (en)

Why the impressive city-state of Teotihuacán — one of the most important pre-Hispanic centers of power in Central America — disappeared is one of the great mysteries of world archaeology. Experts agree that it went from housing more than 100,000 inhabitants in the second century to just under 5,000 in the seventh.

Earthquake hazard model update shows threat to US communities

2024-04-17T21:12+0200exbulletin (en)

Milner, who recently joined the USGS, spent more than 17 years working at SCEC headquarters at USC Dornsife, where he started as a college intern while earning his bachelor's degree from the USC Viterbi School of Engineering. He then took a staff position at SCEC and earned his master's and....

Moderate mag. 4.2 earthquake - Mexico: 41 km al ESTE de LORETO, BCS, on Wednesday, Apr 17, 2024, at 04:12 pm (Universal Time time)

2024-04-17T18:56+0200volcanodiscovery (en)

Based on data from the past 54 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 47 quakes on average per year in the area near the epicenter of this quake (within 100 km/61 mi): Mag. 6 or higher: 0.18 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 5.6 years) Mag. 5 or higher: 0.68 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 1.

Moderate mag. 3.9 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 129 km southwest of Mapastepec, Chiapas, Mexico, on Wednesday, Apr 17, 2024, at 04:47 am (GMT -6)

2024-04-17T16:22+0200volcanodiscovery (en)

Based on data from the past 14 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 652 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: 0.16 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 6.