Ranked by distance from you
Earthquakes near me
See the most recent earthquakes around your own location, nearest first, from the last seven days of the USGS and EMSC catalogs. Your position is used in your browser only and is never sent to SeismoWatch.
Earthquakes nearest to you
Share your location above and this list fills with the nearest earthquakes, each with its distance and direction from you. Until then, pick the region you are in:
How this page finds earthquakes near you
Your browser asks for permission and, if you agree, hands this page a position. That position stays in the page: it is used to sort the catalog and is not sent to any server.
The page reads the public USGS feed for the last seven days worldwide and, for the small local events the global catalog omits, the EMSC catalog around your position. The two are deduplicated, then every event is ranked by distance from you.
Events within 300 km are listed first. If there are fewer than three, the search widens to 1,000 km so the page is never empty in a quiet area.
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.
Be first to know about the next earthquake near you
SeismoWatch pushes a notification to your Android phone within minutes of a matching earthquake — for the area and magnitude you choose.
Frequently asked questions
Why don’t I see the earthquake I just felt?
Small earthquakes take a few minutes to be published, and the first solution is often revised. Reload after five minutes. Very small events in some countries only appear in the national catalog, which is why the region pages name the official local source.
How far away can an earthquake be felt?
A magnitude 3 is usually felt within 20–30 km of the epicentre if it is shallow; a magnitude 5 can be felt 200 km away, and a magnitude 7 across an entire country. Depth matters as much as distance: deep earthquakes are felt more weakly but over a wider area.
Does the page track my location?
No. The position your browser provides is used once, in the page, to sort the list. Nothing is stored on a server, and the address bar shows a rounded coordinate only so you can share or bookmark the view.
Can I get an alert for the next earthquake near me?
Yes. The free SeismoWatch Android app sends a push notification within minutes of an earthquake in the area and above the magnitude you choose. It is a notification after the event is published, not an early warning.