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Recent earthquakes worldwide

How much the ground has moved in the last hour, day and week, which earthquakes were the biggest, and where to look next. Every event listed here has its own page.

Updated 2026-09-18 11:53 UTC

Worldwide activity right now

Last hour6all magnitudes
Last 24 hours181all magnitudes
Last 7 days2125all magnitudes
Largest in 7 daysM 6.5165 km W of Nikolski, Alaska

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The biggest earthquakes this week

Magnitude 4.5 and above, worldwide, largest first. Each links to its own page with the full catalog record.

M 6.5 165 km W of Nikolski, AlaskaFelt · 8Tsunami flagged
Depth 111.7 km · USGS
Sep 17, 2026, 06:19 AM (local time at the epicentre — AKDT, UTC-8) M 6.5 126 km NNE of Teluknaga, IndonesiaFelt · 21
Depth 372.0 km · USGS
Sep 12, 2026, 04:23 AM (local time at the epicentre — UTC+7) M 5.9 253 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor LesteFelt · 8
Depth 111.8 km · USGS
Sep 11, 2026, 08:56 PM (local time at the epicentre — UTC+9) M 5.6 78 km NNE of Tobelo, IndonesiaFelt · 1
Depth 162.2 km · USGS
Sep 14, 2026, 07:58 PM (local time at the epicentre — UTC+9) M 5.5 187 km SSW of Pelabuhanratu, IndonesiaFelt · 2
Depth 10.0 km · USGS
Sep 14, 2026, 04:27 PM (local time at the epicentre — UTC+7) M 5.4 northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Depth 10.0 km · USGS
Sep 14, 2026, 02:56 AM (local time at the epicentre — UTC) M 5.3 191 km SE of Mata-Utu, Wallis and Futuna
Depth 10.0 km · USGS
Sep 17, 2026, 06:42 PM (local time at the epicentre — UTC+12) M 5.3 155 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga
Depth 10.0 km · USGS
Sep 17, 2026, 05:06 PM (local time at the epicentre — UTC+13) M 5.3 off the coast of Michoacan, Mexico
Depth 10.0 km · USGS
Sep 14, 2026, 02:38 PM (local time at the epicentre — CST, UTC-6) M 5.2 132 km E of Bitung, Indonesia
Depth 10.0 km · USGS
Sep 17, 2026, 03:20 PM (local time at the epicentre — UTC+9) M 5.2 135 km SE of Gizo, Solomon Islands
Depth 10.0 km · USGS
Sep 15, 2026, 03:15 AM (local time at the epicentre — UTC+11) M 5.2 43 km ESE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu
Depth 135.1 km · USGS
Sep 13, 2026, 06:19 PM (local time at the epicentre — UTC+11)

Most active regions this week

Chile124 events · M3.0+Mexico115 events · M3.5+Indonesia95 events · M3.5+Spain83 events · M1.5+Greece68 events · M2.5+Italy47 events · M2.0+

Counted over the last seven days in the 24 regions this site monitors, at each region's own minimum magnitude.

How these numbers are produced

Counts are recomputed every 30 minutes from the public USGS catalog and, in Europe, the EMSC catalog. Solutions are preliminary: magnitude, depth and location are revised as more station data arrives. SeismoWatch reports earthquakes after they are published — it is not an earthquake early-warning system.

Event data: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), in Venezuela FUNVISIS and in Brazil the RSBR through the Centro de Sismologia da USP. Populated places and time zones: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Preliminary solutions are revised as more observations arrive.

Frequently asked questions

How many earthquakes have there been today?

181 earthquakes were published worldwide in the last 24 hours, 6 of them in the last hour. Several hundred are detected on a normal day and most are too small to feel.

What is the difference between this page and "Earthquakes today"?

This page is the summary: the current counts, the biggest events of the week and a route into every other view. The Earthquakes today page is the live map and full list for the last 24 hours.

Where do these earthquakes come from?

The public USGS global catalog, plus the EMSC catalog for European regions, deduplicated. Every listed event links to its own page with the full record.

Does this site warn me before shaking starts?

No. These are post-event reports, published after seismologists’ systems detect and locate an earthquake. Earthquake early warning is a different kind of system.