M5.1 earthquake · 50 km WSW of Huarmey, Peru

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M5.3 quake strikes off Crete, Greece, on Monday amid a run of M5+ events worldwide

On Monday a magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck 81 km SSE of Palekastro, Greece, at 49 km depth. Later that day a magnitude 5.1 hit 50 km WSW of Huarmey, Peru, with one felt report. Earlier Monday a magnitude 5.1 was recorded near Tomohon, Indonesia, and another in the Kermadec Islands region. The largest events in the period were two magnitude 6.0 quakes, one near Port-Olry, Vanuatu on Sunday and one off Shima, Japan on Saturday.

• Vanuatu saw a cluster of quakes NW of Port-Olry from Saturday to Sunday, including M5.0, M5.2, M5.4, M5.1 and an M6.0 with a green PAGER alert level.
• The M6.0 near Shima, Japan, at 352 km depth, drew 30 felt reports and a green PAGER alert level.
• Other M5.0 to M5.2 quakes struck Iran, Panama, the Banda Sea, the Mid-Indian Ridge and the South Sandwich Islands region.