Latest Earthquakes M5.0+ in the World - Past 7 days
Latest Earthquakes Magnitude 5.0 and Greater in the World - Last 7 days
Magnitude 5 and greater earthquakes located by the USGS and contributing networks in the last week (168 hours). Magnitudes 6 and above are in red. (Some early events may be obscured by later ones on the maps.)
The most recent earthquakes are at the top of the list. Times are in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Click on the word "map" to see a ten-degree tall map displaying the earthquake. Click on an event's "DATE" to get a detailed report.
Update time = Thu May 24 18:12:01 UTC 2012
| MAG | UTC DATE-TIME y/m/d h:m:s |
LAT deg |
LON deg |
DEPTH km |
Region | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAP | 5.6 | 2012/05/23 23:19:18 | -50.399 | 139.469 | 10.0 | WESTERN INDIAN-ANTARCTIC RIDGE |
| MAP | 5.9 | 2012/05/23 22:59:52 | -50.474 | 139.458 | 10.0 | WESTERN INDIAN-ANTARCTIC RIDGE |
| MAP | 5.3 | 2012/05/23 20:25:58 | 46.516 | 152.714 | 34.0 | KURIL ISLANDS |
| MAP | 5.3 | 2012/05/23 17:50:28 | 0.844 | -27.635 | 13.9 | CENTRAL MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE |
| MAP | 6.0 | 2012/05/23 15:02:28 | 41.386 | 142.083 | 71.4 | HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION |
| MAP | 5.0 | 2012/05/23 01:04:32 | -16.806 | -70.886 | 101.4 | SOUTHERN PERU |
| MAP | 5.1 | 2012/05/22 02:38:52 | 2.338 | 126.666 | 69.4 | MOLUCCA SEA |
| MAP | 5.6 | 2012/05/22 00:00:33 | 42.686 | 23.009 | 9.4 | BULGARIA |
| MAP | 5.1 | 2012/05/21 10:17:12 | 39.382 | 143.536 | 31.3 | OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN |
| MAP | 5.3 | 2012/05/21 03:18:45 | 27.183 | 127.386 | 84.2 | RYUKYU ISLANDS, JAPAN |
| MAP | 5.2 | 2012/05/20 22:21:04 | 39.603 | 143.602 | 30.4 | OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN |
| MAP | 5.1 | 2012/05/20 22:15:45 | -3.210 | 143.940 | 21.1 | NEAR NORTH COAST OF NEW GUINEA, P.N.G. |
| MAP | 5.0 | 2012/05/20 21:15:18 | -19.052 | 169.392 | 47.6 | VANUATU |
| MAP | 5.1 | 2012/05/20 13:18:02 | 44.795 | 11.440 | 8.9 | NORTHERN ITALY |
| MAP | 5.0 | 2012/05/20 08:41:45 | 39.641 | 143.091 | 10.0 | OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN |
| MAP | 5.1 | 2012/05/20 08:40:40 | 39.554 | 143.208 | 10.0 | OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN |
| MAP | 5.3 | 2012/05/20 08:20:58 | 39.641 | 143.167 | 10.0 | OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN |
| MAP | 6.4 | 2012/05/20 07:20:38 | 39.727 | 143.037 | 15.6 | OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN |
| MAP | 5.9 | 2012/05/20 07:19:55 | 39.553 | 143.279 | 10.1 | OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN |
| MAP | 5.1 | 2012/05/20 06:54:44 | 44.687 | 151.807 | 17.1 | EAST OF THE KURIL ISLANDS |
| MAP | 5.1 | 2012/05/20 03:02:50 | 44.776 | 11.090 | 10.0 | NORTHERN ITALY |
| MAP | 6.0 | 2012/05/20 02:03:52 | 44.800 | 11.192 | 5.1 | NORTHERN ITALY |
| MAP | 5.1 | 2012/05/20 01:55:46 | 17.016 | 147.287 | 7.1 | MARIANA ISLANDS REGION |
| MAP | 5.0 | 2012/05/19 22:23:22 | 52.079 | -171.759 | 32.1 | FOX ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA |
| MAP | 5.0 | 2012/05/19 20:06:02 | 3.283 | 128.120 | 54.0 | NORTH OF HALMAHERA, INDONESIA |
| MAP | 5.9 | 2012/05/19 19:05:19 | 39.709 | 143.345 | 5.4 | OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN |
| MAP | 5.9 | 2012/05/19 08:35:10 | -25.783 | -70.793 | 25.0 | OFFSHORE ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE |
| MAP | 5.0 | 2012/05/18 21:23:26 | 39.677 | 143.172 | 16.5 | OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN |
| MAP | 6.2 | 2012/05/18 02:00:41 | -44.594 | -80.073 | 10.0 | OFF THE COAST OF AISEN, CHILE |
| MAP | 5.1 | 2012/05/17 21:40:42 | 27.078 | 53.957 | 9.9 | SOUTHERN IRAN |
| MAP | 5.0 | 2012/05/17 19:49:33 | -12.633 | 166.212 | 57.7 | SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS |
Most recent earthquakes are at the top of this list.
DISCLAIMER - The maps and lists show events which have been located by the USGS and contributing agencies within the last 7 days. They should not be considered to be complete lists of all events M2.5+ in the US and adjacent areas and especially should not be considered to be complete lists of all events M4.5+ in the world. Beginning January 1, 2009, earthquakes outside the US below M4.5 are not reported unless NEIC obtains felt reports. The World Data Center for Seismology, Denver (a part of the USGS National Earthquake Information Center) continues to receive data from observatories throughout the world for several months after the events occurred, and using those data, adds new events and revises existing events in later publications. For a description of these later publications and the data available, see Scientific Data.
