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Earthquake archives 2025

Explore earthquake activity year by year and month by month using the historical Quake Pulse database.

Events8,558
Largest magnitudeM 8.8
M6+145
M7+16
Average depth53.2 km

Monthly activity

Historical small-earthquake detection varies through time. Long-term comparisons are most robust at higher magnitude thresholds.

January655 EventsMax M7.1 · M6+ 7February571 EventsMax M7.6 · M6+ 3March539 EventsMax M7.7 · M6+ 12April600 EventsMax M6.9 · M6+ 12May595 EventsMax M7.4 · M6+ 14June553 EventsMax M6.6 · M6+ 9July1,322 EventsMax M8.8 · M6+ 28August984 EventsMax M7.5 · M6+ 14September799 EventsMax M7.8 · M6+ 11October756 EventsMax M7.6 · M6+ 16November622 EventsMax M6.8 · M6+ 9December562 EventsMax M7.6 · M6+ 10

Strongest events

MagnitudeLocationDepthTime
M 8.82025 Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia Earthquake35.0 km2025-07-29 23:24:52 UTCView event →
M 7.8140 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia27.0 km2025-09-18 18:58:14 UTCView event →
M 7.72025 Mandalay, Burma (Myanmar) Earthquake10.0 km2025-03-28 06:20:52 UTCView event →
M 7.62025 Aomori Prefecture, Japan Earthquake40.7 km2025-12-08 14:15:09 UTCView event →
M 7.6Drake Passage5.6 km2025-10-10 20:29:20 UTCView event →
M 7.6210 km SSW of George Town, Cayman Islands14.3 km2025-02-08 23:23:14 UTCView event →
M 7.52025 Southern Drake Passage Earthquake10.0 km2025-08-22 02:16:18 UTCView event →
M 7.412 km E of Santiago, Philippines59.4 km2025-10-10 01:43:59 UTCView event →
M 7.4105 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia58.0 km2025-09-13 02:37:56 UTCView event →
M 7.42025 Eastern Kamchatka, Russia Earthquake34.0 km2025-07-20 06:49:04 UTCView event →
M 7.42025 Drake Passage Earthquake10.0 km2025-05-02 12:58:26 UTCView event →
M 7.32025 Sand Point, Alaska Earthquake38.0 km2025-07-16 20:37:41 UTCView event →
M 7.12025 Southern Tibetan Plateau Earthquake10.0 km2025-01-07 01:05:16 UTCView event →
M 7.02025 Hubbard Glacier Earthquake10.3 km2025-12-06 20:41:49 UTCView event →
M 7.0Macquarie Island region31.0 km2025-07-28 22:10:35 UTCView event →
M 7.061 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga29.0 km2025-03-30 12:18:50 UTCView event →
M 6.98 km ESE of Calape, Philippines10.0 km2025-09-30 13:59:43 UTCView event →
M 6.9125 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia36.6 km2025-07-30 00:09:58 UTCView event →
M 6.9184 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea9.0 km2025-04-04 20:04:38 UTCView event →
M 6.9Reykjanes Ridge10.0 km2025-04-03 14:09:29 UTCView event →
M 6.8122 km E of Yamada, Japan18.0 km2025-11-09 08:03:39 UTCView event →
M 6.8123 km E of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia30.0 km2025-08-03 05:37:55 UTCView event →
M 6.8Macquarie Island region19.0 km2025-04-29 14:53:37 UTCView event →
M 6.815 km SE of Miyazaki, Japan39.0 km2025-01-13 12:19:32 UTCView event →
M 6.7117 km NE of Kuji, Japan19.0 km2025-12-12 02:44:12 UTCView event →
M 6.712 km SE of Santiago, Philippines47.0 km2025-10-10 11:12:05 UTCView event →
M 6.7180 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia70.7 km2025-07-14 05:49:58 UTCView event →
M 6.7Burma (Myanmar)10.0 km2025-03-28 06:32:04 UTCView event →
M 6.7170 km WSW of Riverton, New Zealand21.0 km2025-03-25 01:43:11 UTCView event →
M 6.629 km ESE of Yilan, Taiwan63.0 km2025-12-27 15:05:55 UTCView event →
M 6.6129 km S of Honchō, Japan19.0 km2025-12-08 21:52:41 UTCView event →
M 6.617 km W of Lae, Papua New Guinea98.0 km2025-10-07 11:05:17 UTCView event →
M 6.6south of the Fiji Islands553.0 km2025-07-29 17:53:40 UTCView event →
M 6.6187 km SSE of Mata-Utu, Wallis and Futuna314.2 km2025-07-24 23:37:56 UTCView event →
M 6.6153 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia10.0 km2025-07-20 07:07:42 UTCView event →
M 6.6134 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia23.0 km2025-07-20 06:28:17 UTCView event →
M 6.6Scotia Sea10.0 km2025-06-28 08:32:20 UTCView event →
M 6.6southeast Indian Ridge10.0 km2025-04-16 01:42:59 UTCView event →
M 6.6central Mid-Atlantic Ridge12.3 km2025-03-28 17:17:27 UTCView event →
M 6.545 km NNE of Goroka, Papua New Guinea107.0 km2025-12-22 10:31:27 UTCView event →
M 6.5164 km E of Beauséjour, Guadeloupe9.0 km2025-10-27 12:38:40 UTCView event →
M 6.5143 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia35.0 km2025-07-20 07:23:02 UTCView event →
M 6.589 km ENE of Angoram, Papua New Guinea16.8 km2025-05-20 15:05:59 UTCView event →
M 6.5south of the Fiji Islands271.0 km2025-04-13 20:03:22 UTCView event →
M 6.534 km NE of Olonkinbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen10.0 km2025-03-10 02:33:14 UTCView event →
M 6.454 km WNW of Sinabang, Indonesia17.0 km2025-11-27 04:56:24 UTCView event →
M 6.4117 km E of Yamada, Japan10.0 km2025-11-09 08:54:36 UTCView event →
M 6.4Banda Sea142.0 km2025-10-28 14:40:18 UTCView event →
M 6.4192 km WNW of Abepura, Indonesia18.0 km2025-10-16 05:48:52 UTCView event →
M 6.4Vanuatu region10.0 km2025-09-08 21:47:48 UTCView event →
M 6.4264 km WNW of Sabang, Indonesia21.0 km2025-07-28 18:41:50 UTCView event →
M 6.445 km SW of Diego de Almagro, Chile75.0 km2025-06-06 17:15:06 UTCView event →
M 6.4142 km W of Neiafu, Tonga260.0 km2025-05-14 04:15:40 UTCView event →
M 6.4289 km SSE of Ushuaia, Argentina8.0 km2025-05-02 17:59:07 UTCView event →
M 6.3Drake Passage8.0 km2025-10-16 01:42:32 UTCView event →
M 6.3139 km SE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea10.0 km2025-10-10 02:08:10 UTCView event →
M 6.325 km ENE of Mene Grande, Venezuela14.0 km2025-09-25 03:51:39 UTCView event →
M 6.3115 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands45.0 km2025-08-14 16:22:34 UTCView event →
M 6.3195 km WNW of Abepura, Indonesia14.0 km2025-08-12 08:24:23 UTCView event →
M 6.3Pacific-Antarctic Ridge10.0 km2025-08-03 04:57:10 UTCView event →

Most represented countries

Historical small-earthquake detection varies through time. Long-term comparisons are most robust at higher magnitude thresholds.

Historical small-earthquake detection varies through time. Long-term comparisons are most robust at higher magnitude thresholds.

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