Recent significant earthquakes

The strongest earthquakes worldwide (magnitude 4.5+) in the last 30 days — each with its own page, updated as the catalog is revised.

Updated 2026-10-23 06:20 UTC

M 7.0 191 km ENE of Nagqu, ChinaFelt · 6PAGER Orange
Depth 18.0 km · USGS
Oct 22, 2026, 10:33 PM (local time at the epicentre — UTC+8)
M 6.3 197 km NW of Port-Olry, VanuatuFelt · 1Tsunami flagged
Depth 16.0 km · USGS
Oct 20, 2026, 03:20 PM (local time at the epicentre — UTC+11)
M 6.6 195 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu
Depth 10.0 km · USGS
Oct 20, 2026, 03:20 PM (local time at the epicentre — UTC+11)
M 5.7 203 km WNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu
Depth 10.0 km · USGS
Oct 20, 2026, 05:55 AM (local time at the epicentre — UTC+11)
M 5.7 198 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu
Depth 10.0 km · USGS
Oct 20, 2026, 05:52 AM (local time at the epicentre — UTC+11)
M 6.0 186 km NW of Port-Olry, VanuatuShaking IV
Depth 10.0 km · USGS
Oct 19, 2026, 06:49 PM (local time at the epicentre — UTC+11)
M 5.7 48 km WNW of Khuzdar, PakistanFelt · 2PAGER Yellow
Depth 10.0 km · USGS
Oct 17, 2026, 10:06 AM (local time at the epicentre — UTC+5)
M 6.9 76 km NE of Ozernovskiy, RussiaFelt · 2
Depth 135.0 km · USGS
Oct 16, 2026, 03:35 PM (local time at the epicentre — UTC+12)
M 5.6 43 km NNW of Lake Minchumina, AlaskaFelt · 107
Depth 4.5 km · USGS
Oct 15, 2026, 03:07 AM (local time at the epicentre — AKDT, UTC-8)
M 5.9 Fiji region
Depth 585.1 km · USGS
Oct 14, 2026, 10:49 PM (local time at the epicentre — UTC+12)
M 6.0 126 km S of Kokopo, Papua New GuineaFelt · 1
Depth 20.8 km · USGS
Oct 14, 2026, 04:45 AM (local time at the epicentre — UTC+10)
M 6.8 central Mid-Atlantic RidgeTsunami flagged
Depth 10.0 km · USGS
Oct 13, 2026, 12:23 PM (local time at the epicentre — UTC)
M 6.7 central Mid-Atlantic RidgeFelt · 1
Depth 10.0 km · USGS
Oct 13, 2026, 05:44 AM (local time at the epicentre — UTC)
M 6.1 15 km W of Río Grande, PanamaFelt · 72PAGER Yellow
Depth 11.0 km · USGS
Oct 12, 2026, 06:20 PM (local time at the epicentre — EST, UTC-5)
M 5.5 122 km W of Neiafu, TongaFelt · 1
Depth 195.2 km · USGS
Oct 12, 2026, 05:38 PM (local time at the epicentre — UTC+13)
M 6.2 86 km SSE of Panguna, Papua New GuineaShaking VI
Depth 31.0 km · USGS
Oct 12, 2026, 01:07 AM (local time at the epicentre — UTC+11)
M 6.0 7 km N of La Tronosa, PanamaFelt · 64PAGER Yellow
Depth 10.0 km · USGS
Oct 9, 2026, 11:14 PM (local time at the epicentre — EST, UTC-5)
M 6.6 12 km W of Río Grande, PanamaFelt · 36PAGER YellowTsunami flagged
Depth 24.0 km · USGS
Oct 9, 2026, 03:25 PM (local time at the epicentre — EST, UTC-5)
M 5.8 1 km S of El Cacao, PanamaFelt · 12PAGER Yellow
Depth 10.0 km · USGS
Oct 9, 2026, 01:37 PM (local time at the epicentre — EST, UTC-5)
M 5.5 3 km SW of Bajo Corral, PanamaFelt · 3
Depth 10.0 km · USGS
Oct 9, 2026, 01:22 PM (local time at the epicentre — EST, UTC-5)
M 7.7 12 km WSW of Pitaloza Arriba, PanamaFelt · 1,995PAGER Orange
Depth 12.6 km · USGS
Oct 9, 2026, 12:56 PM (local time at the epicentre — EST, UTC-5)
M 5.9 west of Macquarie Island
Depth 10.0 km · USGS
Oct 9, 2026, 02:49 PM (local time at the epicentre — UTC)
M 6.3 102 km NE of Norsup, VanuatuFelt · 5
Depth 10.0 km · USGS
Oct 8, 2026, 08:00 PM (local time at the epicentre — UTC+11)
M 5.5 13 km SW of Burias, PhilippinesFelt · 16
Depth 57.8 km · USGS
Oct 8, 2026, 04:07 PM (local time at the epicentre — UTC+8)
M 5.5 west of Macquarie Island
Depth 10.0 km · USGS
Oct 8, 2026, 06:46 AM (local time at the epicentre — UTC)
M 5.5 92 km NNW of Aleneva, AlaskaFelt · 342
Depth 87.6 km · USGS
Oct 6, 2026, 10:34 AM (local time at the epicentre — AKDT, UTC-8)
M 5.8 262 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, RussiaShaking IV
Depth 29.0 km · USGS
Oct 7, 2026, 03:48 AM (local time at the epicentre — UTC+11)
M 5.9 39 km WSW of Tambolaka, IndonesiaFelt · 5
Depth 46.0 km · USGS
Oct 4, 2026, 06:55 AM (local time at the epicentre — UTC+8)
M 5.7 152 km SE of Vilyuchinsk, RussiaShaking IV
Depth 17.0 km · USGS
Oct 3, 2026, 04:34 AM (local time at the epicentre — UTC+12)
M 5.6 91 km SW of Tamarindo, Costa RicaFelt · 4
Depth 8.0 km · USGS
Sep 30, 2026, 03:55 PM (local time at the epicentre — CST, UTC-6)
M 5.5 75 km S of Yonakuni, JapanFelt · 11
Depth 10.0 km · USGS
Sep 30, 2026, 02:00 PM (local time at the epicentre — UTC+9)
M 5.6 southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Depth 10.0 km · USGS
Sep 29, 2026, 01:06 PM (local time at the epicentre — UTC)
M 5.6 72 km ESE of Kokopo, Papua New GuineaFelt · 1
Depth 69.5 km · USGS
Sep 27, 2026, 12:08 AM (local time at the epicentre — UTC+10)
M 5.5 73 km ENE of Tadine, New CaledoniaShaking IV
Depth 10.0 km · USGS
Sep 26, 2026, 10:39 AM (local time at the epicentre — UTC+11)
M 6.7 74 km ENE of Tadine, New CaledoniaFelt · 14
Depth 10.0 km · USGS
Sep 26, 2026, 08:23 AM (local time at the epicentre — UTC+11)
M 5.7 194 km SSE of Mata-Utu, Wallis and FutunaShaking IV
Depth 10.0 km · USGS
Sep 24, 2026, 02:41 AM (local time at the epicentre — UTC+12)

About this page

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.