🌍 Earthquakes

Recent seismic activity worldwide. Earthquakes sorted by time, magnitude, or distance from Stadtilm.

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Magnitude Depth Distance Time Location
4.1 Moderate
-16.5 km 9814 km
Today
10:17
OFF COAST OF CHIAPAS, MEXICO
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2.7 Minor
-110.3 km 11098 km
Today
10:02
TARAPACA, CHILE
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2.6 Minor
-9.4 km 1500 km
Today
09:48
IONIAN SEA
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3.9 Light
-217.9 km 11035 km
Today
09:31
POTOSI, BOLIVIA
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2.7 Minor
-11.4 km 2427 km
Today
09:29
CENTRAL TURKEY
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3.3 Light
-10 km 11254 km
Today
09:19
KEPULAUAN SANGIHE, INDONESIA
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2.9 Minor
-108.2 km 11192 km
Today
09:13
ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE
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5.2 Strong
-10 km 8191 km
Today
09:13
VANCOUVER ISLAND, CANADA REGION
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2.5 Minor
-79.2 km 11845 km
Today
09:11
ATACAMA, CHILE
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4.5 Moderate
-10 km 8178 km
Today
09:03
VANCOUVER ISLAND, CANADA REGION
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4.2 Moderate
-7.2 km 5120 km
Today
08:53
EASTERN KAZAKHSTAN
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2.7 Minor
-7 km 9661 km
Today
08:52
OFFSHORE GUATEMALA
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2.7 Minor
-10 km 8896 km
Today
08:45
OFF COAST OF OREGON
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3.0 Light
-10 km 12080 km
Today
08:41
FLORES REGION, INDONESIA
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4.5 Moderate
-35 km 9458 km
Today
08:39
COLOMBIA
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4.0 Moderate
-99.4 km 9629 km
Today
08:36
CHIAPAS, MEXICO
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4.2 Moderate
-3 km 10010 km
Today
08:33
OFF COAST OF CENTRAL AMERICA
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2.8 Minor
-8 km 1728 km
Today
08:26
NEAR THE COAST OF WESTERN TURKEY
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3.7 Light
-10 km 10872 km
Today
08:16
MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES
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2.6 Minor
-140.1 km 11159 km
Today
08:14
ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE
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2.5 Minor
-232.5 km 11094 km
Today
07:55
POTOSI, BOLIVIA
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3.1 Light
-5 km 6097 km
Today
07:53
UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA
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3.4 Light
-86.5 km 7727 km
Today
07:35
MONA PASSAGE, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
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3.9 Light
-10 km 12123 km
Today
07:27
FLORES REGION, INDONESIA
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4.6 Moderate
-17.3 km 10058 km
Today
07:21
OFFSHORE COLIMA, MEXICO
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2.5 Minor
-10 km 1730 km
Today
07:21
NEAR THE COAST OF WESTERN TURKEY
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2.5 Minor
-21.4 km 12081 km
Today
07:17
ISLAND OF HAWAII, HAWAII
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2.7 Minor
-224.4 km 11164 km
Today
07:11
POTOSI, BOLIVIA
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3.5 Light
-471.9 km 18133 km
Today
06:50
OFF E. COAST OF N. ISLAND, N.Z.
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4.2 Moderate
-10 km 18218 km
Today
06:37
OFF E. COAST OF N. ISLAND, N.Z.
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3.1 Light
-10 km 12138 km
Today
06:36
FLORES REGION, INDONESIA
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3.2 Light
-10 km 12087 km
Today
06:08
FLORES REGION, INDONESIA
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2.8 Minor
-12 km 2136 km
Today
06:04
MOROCCO
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3.9 Light
-10 km 9738 km
Today
06:00
OFFSHORE CHIAPAS, MEXICO
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3.3 Light
0 km 8760 km
Today
05:53
NEVADA
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2.9 Minor
-10 km 12148 km
Today
05:47
CERAM SEA, INDONESIA
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3.1 Light
-26 km 9604 km
Today
05:47
OFFSHORE EL SALVADOR
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5.2 Strong
-10 km 16174 km
Today
05:45
LOYALTY ISLANDS
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4.6 Moderate
-10 km 16177 km
Today
05:42
LOYALTY ISLANDS
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4.1 Moderate
-20 km 8378 km
Today
05:37
KURIL ISLANDS
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2.6 Minor
-10 km 12147 km
Today
05:35
FLORES REGION, INDONESIA
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2.7 Minor
-10 km 12147 km
Today
05:31
FLORES REGION, INDONESIA
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3.1 Light
-45.2 km 11083 km
Today
05:28
OFFSHORE TARAPACA, CHILE
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5.1 Strong
-10 km 16180 km
Today
05:28
LOYALTY ISLANDS
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2.8 Minor
-10 km 12086 km
Today
05:11
FLORES REGION, INDONESIA
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2.9 Minor
-12 km 9581 km
Today
05:00
GUATEMALA
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2.5 Minor
-6 km 12626 km
Today
04:58
NEUQUEN, ARGENTINA
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4.6 Moderate
-259 km 8311 km
Today
04:42
KURIL ISLANDS
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4.9 Moderate
-47 km 12519 km
Today
04:41
SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION
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5.4 Strong
-10 km 8217 km
Today
04:41
VANCOUVER ISLAND, CANADA REGION
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2.7 Minor
-33.9 km 11321 km
Today
04:38
OFFSHORE ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE
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4.2 Moderate
-1 km 4882 km
Today
04:38
EASTERN KAZAKHSTAN
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4.3 Moderate
-10 km 12070 km
Today
04:30
FLORES REGION, INDONESIA
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3.9 Light
-10 km 12087 km
Today
04:03
FLORES REGION, INDONESIA
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4.1 Moderate
-33 km 4554 km
Today
04:03
EASTERN UZBEKISTAN
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2.5 Minor
-95 km 11063 km
Today
04:01
TARAPACA, CHILE
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3.0 Light
-115 km 9519 km
Today
03:55
NEAR COAST OF NICARAGUA
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3.2 Light
-33.7 km 12234 km
Today
03:55
COQUIMBO, CHILE
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2.6 Minor
-66.5 km 7554 km
Today
03:55
PUERTO RICO
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2.5 Minor
-2 km 9527 km
Today
03:52
GUATEMALA
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2.6 Minor
-45 km 12143 km
Today
03:52
FLORES REGION, INDONESIA
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2.6 Minor
-6 km 12623 km
Today
03:51
NEUQUEN, ARGENTINA
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3.3 Light
-80.7 km 1284 km
Today
03:48
ROMANIA
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2.8 Minor
-96.4 km 7546 km
Today
03:48
SOUTHERN ALASKA
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2.6 Minor
-26 km 1963 km
Today
03:45
CRETE, GREECE
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5.1 Strong
-40 km 12512 km
Today
03:43
SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION
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5.3 Strong
-10 km 16171 km
Today
03:25
LOYALTY ISLANDS
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3.0 Light
-20 km 11002 km
Today
03:18
MORO GULF, MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES
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5.1 Strong
-10 km 16165 km
Today
03:15
LOYALTY ISLANDS
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2.8 Minor
-10 km 12080 km
Today
03:14
FLORES REGION, INDONESIA
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3.0 Light
-10 km 12508 km
Today
03:01
TIMOR REGION, INDONESIA
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4.9 Moderate
-10 km 8187 km
Today
02:53
VANCOUVER ISLAND, CANADA REGION
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3.3 Light
-40 km 8876 km
Today
02:05
NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
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3.7 Light
-117.9 km 18202 km
Today
01:58
OFF E. COAST OF N. ISLAND, N.Z.
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3.4 Light
-40 km 8876 km
Today
01:50
NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
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3.0 Light
-10 km 12146 km
Today
01:43
FLORES REGION, INDONESIA
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4.0 Moderate
-18.4 km 9800 km
Today
01:33
OFF THE COAST OF GUATEMALA
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3.0 Light
-23 km 11078 km
Today
01:32
MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES
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2.8 Minor
-112.1 km 11284 km
Today
01:31
ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE
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3.3 Light
-106.7 km 11290 km
Today
01:19
ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE
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2.5 Minor
-5.8 km 8887 km
Today
01:15
WESTERN TEXAS
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3.2 Light
-22 km 11398 km
Today
01:10
KEPULAUAN TALAUD, INDONESIA
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3.2 Light
-160 km 7733 km
Today
01:05
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
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3.1 Light
-144.7 km 7633 km
Today
01:03
SOUTHERN ALASKA
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3.4 Light
-10 km 12146 km
Today
00:55
FLORES REGION, INDONESIA
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4.9 Moderate
-10 km 9927 km
Today
00:54
LUZON, PHILIPPINES
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2.5 Minor
-115 km 12114 km
Today
00:49
SAN JUAN, ARGENTINA
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4.8 Moderate
-10 km 16214 km
Today
00:47
LOYALTY ISLANDS
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2.6 Minor
-25 km 2052 km
Today
00:38
CRETE, GREECE
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2.9 Minor
-101.6 km 6672 km
Today
00:38
WESTERN XIZANG
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4.5 Moderate
-12 km 7591 km
Today
00:37
KAMCHATKA PENINSULA, RUSSIA
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3.0 Light
-10 km 9214 km
Today
00:37
NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
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2.5 Minor
-5 km 8314 km
Today
00:12
MOUNT ADAMS AREA, WASHINGTON
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3.0 Light
-11 km 5249 km
Today
00:10
NEAR THE COAST OF YEMEN
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2.6 Minor
-17 km 11224 km
Today
00:06
ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE
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2.7 Minor
-10 km 12074 km
Today
00:02
FLORES REGION, INDONESIA
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3.1 Light
-75.1 km 11624 km
Today
00:02
ATACAMA, CHILE
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3.1 Light
-10 km 11688 km
Yesterday
23:56
SULAWESI, INDONESIA
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4.5 Moderate
-602.2 km 16678 km
Yesterday
23:55
FIJI REGION
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2.5 Minor
-10 km 8891 km
Yesterday
23:45
WESTERN TEXAS
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About earthquakes

Earthquakes are caused by sudden slip on faults where blocks of the Earth's crust move past one another. The hypocenter (or focus) is the point below the surface where the rupture starts; the epicenter is the point directly above it on the surface. Stress can build up at plate boundaries for hundreds of years before being released in a single event (USGS Earthquake Hazards Program).

Magnitude measures the size of an earthquake and the seismic energy released at the hypocenter. The Richter scale (1935) is logarithmic: each whole number increase means about ten times larger wave amplitude and approximately 31 times more energy release. Earthquakes are recorded by seismographs; agencies such as the USGS use the moment magnitude scale for large events. Intensity describes the observed effects of shaking (on people, buildings, and the ground) and varies with distance from the epicenter (USGS; BSSA).

Foreshocks are smaller earthquakes that sometimes precede a mainshock; aftershocks follow the main event and can continue for weeks, months, or years depending on the mainshock size. The data above comes from the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC).

Sources: USGS Earthquake Hazards Program (The Science of Earthquakes; Earthquake Magnitude, Energy Release, and Shaking Intensity); Richter (1935), Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, "An instrumental earthquake magnitude scale".