Recent earthquakes around the world
Every earthquake of magnitude 2.5 or greater recorded in the past 24 hours, and everything from magnitude 4.5 up over the past week, straight from the U.S. Geological Survey. Updated every minute.
42 earthquakes in the past 24 hours. Strongest in the past week: M 7.4.
Earthquake near me
Where they struck
Past 24 hours
- M 2.5 5 km SSW of Pāhala, Hawaii
- M 2.7 92 km SE of King Cove, Alaska
- M 3.6 44 km WSW of Lorino, Russia
- M 2.9 7 km SSW of Pāhala, Hawaii
- M 3.6 45 km WSW of Stella, Puerto Rico
- M 2.5 239 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
- M 5.3 11 km S of Sarangani, Philippines felt by 1
- M 5.1 west of Macquarie Island
- M 2.8 4 km N of San Germán, Puerto Rico
- M 5.6 Kermadec Islands region
- M 2.8 4 km N of San Leandro, CA felt by 48
- M 3.0 3 km NNE of San Leandro, CA felt by 160
- M 3.8 3 km N of San Leandro, CA felt by 7,687
- M 4.3 13 km WSW of San José del Palmar, Colombia felt by 1
- M 4.3 222 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji
- M 2.5 55 km NW of Kalaoa, Hawaii
- M 5.0 45 km SSW of Angoram, Papua New Guinea felt by 1
- M 2.6 16 km NE of Milford, Utah
- M 4.6 3 km ESE of Gambiran Satu, Indonesia felt by 1
- M 2.8 Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska
- M 2.5 95 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska
- M 2.6 91 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska
- M 2.6 28 km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA felt by 1
- M 5.1 22 km ENE of Lapuan, Philippines felt by 11
- M 2.5 19 km WSW of Stella, Puerto Rico
- M 2.5 Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska
- M 2.9 36 km WSW of Mentone, Texas
- M 2.7 86 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska
- M 3.4 215 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
- M 2.8 132 km SW of Yakutat, Alaska
- M 4.5 222 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
- M 2.6 21 km W of Garden City, Texas
- M 4.4 17 km S of Cuyutlán, Mexico felt by 2
- M 4.3 70 km NNW of Barishal, Pakistan
- M 3.4 35 km SSE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
- M 3.4 240 km ESE of Attu Station, Alaska
- M 2.6 2 km WSW of Fuig, Puerto Rico
- M 2.5 95 km S of King Cove, Alaska
- M 5.1 59 km NNW of Barishal, Pakistan felt by 1
- M 4.7 Greenland Sea
- M 5.5 69 km SSW of Chirilagua, El Salvador felt by 15
- M 2.8 31 km NNW of Covelo, CA
Strongest of the past week
- M 7.4 5 km S of San José del Palmar, Colombia USGS red impact alert
- M 6.0 South Sandwich Islands region
- M 5.6 42 km E of Noda, Japan
- M 5.6 57 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska
- M 5.5 east central Pacific Ocean
- M 5.5 southeast of Easter Island
- M 5.3 197 km SSW of Pagar Alam, Indonesia
- M 5.2 42 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii
- M 5.2 Galapagos Triple Junction region
- M 5.2 southeast of Easter Island
- M 5.1 226 km E of Levuka, Fiji
- M 5.1 Pacific-Antarctic Ridge
- M 5.1 51 km E of Tobelo, Indonesia
- M 5.1 232 km SSW of Pagar Alam, Indonesia
- M 5.1 central East Pacific Rise
- M 5.1 6 km NNE of Xunchang, China
- M 5.0 66 km E of Chayek, Kyrgyzstan
- M 5.0 89 km ESE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
- M 5.0 107 km WNW of Kerema, Papua New Guinea
- M 5.0 16 km W of San José del Palmar, Colombia
- M 5.0 northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
- M 5.0 206 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines
- M 5.0 180 km NW of Sabang, Indonesia
- M 5.0 Kermadec Islands region
- M 5.0 49 km SE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
- M 5.0 7 km NW of Cabacao, Philippines
- M 4.9 14 km WSW of Honmachi, Japan
- M 4.9 149 km SSE of Port Blair, India
- M 4.9 88 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga
- M 4.9 211 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines
- M 4.9 68 km ESE of Atka, Alaska
- M 4.9 237 km E of Levuka, Fiji
- M 4.9 56 km SW of Sarangani, Philippines
- M 4.8 81 km ENE of Mutsu, Japan
- M 4.8 Pulau Pulau Tanimbar, Indonesia
- M 4.8 173 km ENE of Sola, Vanuatu
- M 4.8 80 km ESE of Isangel, Vanuatu
- M 4.8 46 km WNW of Hicks Bay, New Zealand
- M 4.8 7 km ESE of Mabini, Philippines
- M 4.8 northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
How to read these numbers
Magnitude is not damage
Magnitude measures the energy released at the source, and the scale is logarithmic: one whole number up is about 32 times the energy. It says nothing about who felt it. A magnitude 7 under open ocean can hurt nobody, while a magnitude 6 under a city at shallow depth is a catastrophe. Depth and what is built above the fault decide the damage.
What the alert colours mean
USGS also publishes a PAGER level, which estimates human impact rather than size, usually within half an hour of the event.
- green No expected impact. Most quakes, including large ones far from anyone.
- yellow Local impact expected. Some damage, limited casualties.
- orange Significant impact. A regional or national response is likely.
- red Extensive impact. Past events at this level needed international help.
A number in a headline is not final either. Tolls climb for days and sometimes for years, for reasons that have little to do with the earthquake: why the death toll from a disaster keeps changing .
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