Historical earthquake records for 2020 in the Quake Pulse database.
Server-rendered world view of qualifying events. Dot size follows magnitude.
6,511 events
| Magnitude | Location | Depth | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M 4.8 | 74 km SSE of Bima, Indonesia | 85.7 km | 2020-12-31 23:12:35 UTC | View event → |
| M 5.2 | 144 km NNW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea | 10.0 km | 2020-12-31 19:50:17 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.9 | 41 km SE of Shimoda, Japan | 15.5 km | 2020-12-31 16:53:35 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.5 | 98 km NNE of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea | 108.9 km | 2020-12-31 16:45:03 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.6 | southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge | 10.0 km | 2020-12-31 15:33:40 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.6 | south of the Fiji Islands | 520.9 km | 2020-12-31 15:04:07 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.5 | 241 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji | 537.9 km | 2020-12-31 14:44:24 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.7 | south of the Fiji Islands | 553.4 km | 2020-12-31 11:52:07 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.9 | 191 km SW of Sibolga, Indonesia | 26.1 km | 2020-12-31 10:49:04 UTC | View event → |
| M 5.1 | 15 km SSE of Maumere, Indonesia | 130.1 km | 2020-12-31 10:18:54 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.5 | 62 km NNW of Amahai, Indonesia | 10.0 km | 2020-12-31 03:38:30 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.6 | Mid-Indian Ridge | 10.0 km | 2020-12-31 03:11:48 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.5 | south of the Fiji Islands | 581.6 km | 2020-12-31 02:51:18 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.7 | 176 km WSW of Bandar Lampung, Indonesia | 35.0 km | 2020-12-31 02:33:13 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.6 | 104 km SSW of Atico, Peru | 30.9 km | 2020-12-31 02:28:49 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.6 | 38 km SW of Sarangani, Philippines | 54.1 km | 2020-12-30 23:03:00 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.7 | north of Ascension Island | 10.0 km | 2020-12-30 21:58:16 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.6 | 40 km E of Baganga, Philippines | 53.3 km | 2020-12-30 21:27:32 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.5 | 208 km NNE of Lospalos, Timor Leste | 393.4 km | 2020-12-30 20:29:33 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.5 | 38 km SSW of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea | 68.4 km | 2020-12-30 19:36:05 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.8 | 163 km NNW of Ambon, Indonesia | 16.4 km | 2020-12-30 19:10:20 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.6 | Fiji region | 593.0 km | 2020-12-30 16:44:06 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.5 | 187 km N of Baukau, Timor Leste | 423.0 km | 2020-12-30 11:03:09 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.5 | 293 km E of Levuka, Fiji | 630.2 km | 2020-12-30 06:18:09 UTC | View event → |
| M 5.0 | 7 km NNW of Shingli Bala, Pakistan | 10.0 km | 2020-12-30 05:33:43 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.6 | 57 km WNW of Mosteiros, Portugal | 10.0 km | 2020-12-30 04:31:48 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.5 | 90 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska | 27.3 km | 2020-12-30 03:22:18 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.6 | 103 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines | 163.8 km | 2020-12-30 00:58:06 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.5 | 10 km N of Kamárai, Greece | 10.0 km | 2020-12-30 00:39:21 UTC | View event → |
| M 5.0 | 4 km ENE of Funaishikawa, Japan | 43.5 km | 2020-12-30 00:35:27 UTC | View event → |
| M 5.7 | central Mid-Atlantic Ridge | 10.0 km | 2020-12-29 23:34:57 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.8 | 9 km WSW of Pucón, Chile | 107.6 km | 2020-12-29 19:29:27 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.5 | south of Panama | 10.0 km | 2020-12-29 18:26:27 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.6 | 4 km NE of Rengo, Chile | 92.5 km | 2020-12-29 17:31:59 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.8 | 31 km SW of Sarangani, Philippines | 48.2 km | 2020-12-29 17:05:22 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.5 | 29 km SSW of Sarangani, Philippines | 45.8 km | 2020-12-29 16:45:13 UTC | View event → |
| M 5.3 | 24 km SW of Sarangani, Philippines | 35.0 km | 2020-12-29 16:21:48 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.6 | 0 km NNW of Nogara, Italy | 10.0 km | 2020-12-29 14:36:56 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.5 | 139 km WNW of Corral, Chile | 10.0 km | 2020-12-29 12:58:12 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.5 | 8 km SSW of Petrinja, Croatia | 10.0 km | 2020-12-29 11:29:05 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.9 | 6 km SW of Petrinja, Croatia | 10.0 km | 2020-12-29 11:23:46 UTC | View event → |
| M 6.4 | 2 km WSW of Petrinja, Croatia | 10.0 km | 2020-12-29 11:19:54 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.7 | 42 km SW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands | 23.4 km | 2020-12-29 10:09:51 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.8 | 140 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia | 57.8 km | 2020-12-29 10:08:35 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.5 | 245 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska | 10.0 km | 2020-12-29 09:41:35 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.9 | 91 km WSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea | 10.0 km | 2020-12-29 09:23:06 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.5 | 80 km ENE of Mutsu, Japan | 65.4 km | 2020-12-29 08:08:50 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.9 | 14 km S of Kastrí, Greece | 10.0 km | 2020-12-29 08:06:09 UTC | View event → |
| M 5.7 | 212 km W of Bandon, Oregon | 10.0 km | 2020-12-29 07:10:29 UTC | View event → |
| M 5.4 | 92 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea | 23.6 km | 2020-12-29 06:23:29 UTC | View event → |
| M 5.0 | 92 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea | 10.0 km | 2020-12-29 06:19:04 UTC | View event → |
| M 5.1 | 90 km WSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea | 10.0 km | 2020-12-29 06:13:37 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.9 | 77 km WSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea | 10.0 km | 2020-12-29 06:06:49 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.6 | 82 km S of Puerto San José, Guatemala | 35.0 km | 2020-12-29 03:54:39 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.5 | 186 km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines | 47.4 km | 2020-12-29 01:46:25 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.6 | 75 km S of Waingapu, Indonesia | 35.0 km | 2020-12-29 00:37:03 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.9 | 45 km E of Severomuysk, Russia | 10.0 km | 2020-12-29 00:31:53 UTC | View event → |
| M 5.0 | Bougainville region, Papua New Guinea | 35.0 km | 2020-12-28 23:34:07 UTC | View event → |
| M 5.0 | 94 km SE of Lata, Solomon Islands | 51.8 km | 2020-12-28 20:03:26 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.7 | 62 km SSW of Shing?, Japan | 441.9 km | 2020-12-28 19:23:21 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.5 | 3 km W of Putol, Philippines | 154.2 km | 2020-12-28 13:43:32 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.7 | 82 km SSW of Mawu, China | 10.0 km | 2020-12-28 12:46:09 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.6 | central Mid-Atlantic Ridge | 10.0 km | 2020-12-28 11:53:48 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.7 | Mid-Indian Ridge | 10.0 km | 2020-12-28 10:46:36 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.5 | 157 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia | 52.0 km | 2020-12-28 10:23:43 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.6 | 175 km NE of Codrington, Antigua and Barbuda | 10.0 km | 2020-12-28 08:25:34 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.7 | Kermadec Islands, New Zealand | 33.1 km | 2020-12-28 07:56:06 UTC | View event → |
| M 5.1 | 170 km S of Tomohon, Indonesia | 51.8 km | 2020-12-28 07:31:11 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.9 | southeast Indian Ridge | 10.0 km | 2020-12-28 06:25:06 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.7 | Mid-Indian Ridge | 10.0 km | 2020-12-28 06:08:39 UTC | View event → |
| M 5.4 | Owen Fracture Zone region | 10.0 km | 2020-12-28 05:46:46 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.8 | 8 km W of Petrinja, Croatia | 10.0 km | 2020-12-28 05:28:07 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.5 | southeast Indian Ridge | 10.0 km | 2020-12-28 04:53:56 UTC | View event → |
| M 5.0 | 178 km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines | 96.3 km | 2020-12-28 04:46:17 UTC | View event → |
| M 5.7 | southeast Indian Ridge | 10.0 km | 2020-12-28 04:32:20 UTC | View event → |
| M 5.1 | southeast Indian Ridge | 10.0 km | 2020-12-28 04:30:25 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.7 | Chagos Archipelago region | 10.0 km | 2020-12-28 01:30:59 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.5 | 151 km WNW of Corral, Chile | 10.0 km | 2020-12-27 22:19:09 UTC | View event → |
| M 5.0 | 153 km W of Corral, Chile | 10.0 km | 2020-12-27 21:46:59 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.8 | 142 km W of Corral, Chile | 10.0 km | 2020-12-27 21:45:13 UTC | View event → |
| M 6.7 | 146 km WNW of Corral, Chile | 10.0 km | 2020-12-27 21:39:14 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.5 | central East Pacific Rise | 10.0 km | 2020-12-27 20:16:30 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.7 | off the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand | 40.6 km | 2020-12-27 18:57:15 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.6 | Carlsberg Ridge | 10.0 km | 2020-12-27 18:23:12 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.8 | 166 km SW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu | 10.0 km | 2020-12-27 15:16:26 UTC | View event → |
| M 5.1 | 114 km SE of Arica, Chile | 110.8 km | 2020-12-27 13:55:20 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.8 | southeast Indian Ridge | 10.0 km | 2020-12-27 13:15:50 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.6 | south of the Fiji Islands | 144.9 km | 2020-12-27 13:13:07 UTC | View event → |
| M 5.7 | 25 km SSE of Atiquipa, Peru | 39.0 km | 2020-12-27 07:11:10 UTC | View event → |
| M 5.5 | 7 km WNW of Sivrice, Turkey | 9.0 km | 2020-12-27 06:37:32 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.5 | 107 km E of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea | 10.0 km | 2020-12-27 02:39:48 UTC | View event → |
| M 5.4 | 111 km ESE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea | 59.1 km | 2020-12-27 02:32:08 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.6 | Bonin Islands, Japan region | 541.0 km | 2020-12-27 01:16:44 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.9 | 88 km NNW of Pangoa, Peru | 10.0 km | 2020-12-26 23:32:42 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.9 | south of Africa | 10.0 km | 2020-12-26 22:20:16 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.5 | 93 km SSE of Hayuliang, India | 10.0 km | 2020-12-26 21:48:15 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.5 | 247 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan | 10.0 km | 2020-12-26 19:42:58 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.7 | 119 km SW of La Esperanza (El Zapotal), Mexico | 11.0 km | 2020-12-26 18:54:23 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.8 | 74 km S of Port-Vila, Vanuatu | 53.4 km | 2020-12-26 18:52:33 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.5 | south of the Fiji Islands | 501.1 km | 2020-12-26 16:29:09 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.5 | 205 km WSW of Pathein, Myanmar | 10.0 km | 2020-12-26 14:19:09 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.8 | 172 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu | 10.0 km | 2020-12-26 12:25:59 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.8 | 23 km NW of Shohimardon, Uzbekistan | 20.4 km | 2020-12-26 10:28:35 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.8 | Volcano Islands, Japan region | 178.1 km | 2020-12-26 09:53:50 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.9 | 175 km S of Tondano, Indonesia | 57.7 km | 2020-12-26 09:15:16 UTC | View event → |
| M 5.1 | 59 km ESE of Lata, Solomon Islands | 146.9 km | 2020-12-26 07:49:29 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.6 | 90 km E of Shikotan, Russia | 45.1 km | 2020-12-26 07:03:41 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.5 | 43 km WNW of Abra Pampa, Argentina | 235.3 km | 2020-12-26 04:37:10 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.6 | south of the Kermadec Islands | 10.0 km | 2020-12-26 04:00:34 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.6 | 81 km W of El Aguilar, Argentina | 217.3 km | 2020-12-26 03:18:04 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.7 | 250 km WSW of Puerto Chacabuco, Chile | 10.0 km | 2020-12-26 02:19:26 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.5 | 2 km SSW of Sigaboy, Philippines | 123.0 km | 2020-12-26 00:08:25 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.5 | 19 km N of El Algarrobal, Peru | 63.8 km | 2020-12-25 23:52:12 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.7 | 165 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu | 10.0 km | 2020-12-25 23:37:25 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.6 | 178 km WNW of Isangel, Vanuatu | 10.0 km | 2020-12-25 23:09:11 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.9 | 166 km SW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu | 10.0 km | 2020-12-25 20:52:05 UTC | View event → |
| M 5.0 | 162 km SW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu | 10.0 km | 2020-12-25 20:47:46 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.9 | 117 km SSE of Isangel, Vanuatu | 23.8 km | 2020-12-25 18:53:23 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.7 | 213 km W of Port McNeill, Canada | 10.0 km | 2020-12-25 17:13:47 UTC | View event → |
| M 4.8 | 114 km W of Ternate, Indonesia | 29.8 km | 2020-12-25 14:28:38 UTC | View event → |
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