Japan
StrongestM 9.1
Felt reports73,313
With tsunami indicator30
PAGER orange/red9
Quake Pulse
Earthquake records by country
The strongest and most notable events observed for each country in Quake Pulse.
Chile
StrongestM 8.8
Felt reports47,859
With tsunami indicator21
PAGER orange/red2
Russia
StrongestM 8.8
Felt reports1,644
With tsunami indicator26
PAGER orange/red3
Indonesia
StrongestM 8.6
Felt reports24,396
With tsunami indicator18
PAGER orange/red3
Peru
StrongestM 8.4
Felt reports13,586
With tsunami indicator9
PAGER orange/red1
Mexico
StrongestM 8.2
Felt reports150,054
With tsunami indicator26
PAGER orange/red6
Fiji
StrongestM 8.2
Felt reports444
With tsunami indicator24
PAGER orange/red0
New Zealand
StrongestM 8.1
Felt reports8,055
With tsunami indicator23
PAGER orange/red2
Solomon Islands
StrongestM 8.1
Felt reports866
With tsunami indicator26
PAGER orange/red0
Tonga
StrongestM 8.0
Felt reports1,367
With tsunami indicator22
PAGER orange/red0
United States
StrongestM 7.9
Felt reports2,046,080
With tsunami indicator673
PAGER orange/red2
India
StrongestM 7.9
Felt reports10,903
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red3
China
StrongestM 7.9
Felt reports6,604
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red18
Papua New Guinea
StrongestM 7.9
Felt reports2,815
With tsunami indicator52
PAGER orange/red0
Canada
StrongestM 7.8
Felt reports146,130
With tsunami indicator129
PAGER orange/red1
Philippines
StrongestM 7.8
Felt reports24,390
With tsunami indicator35
PAGER orange/red3
Türkiye
StrongestM 7.8
Felt reports13,323
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red7
Nepal
StrongestM 7.8
Felt reports6,660
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red2
Ecuador
StrongestM 7.8
Felt reports5,010
With tsunami indicator5
PAGER orange/red2
Vanuatu
StrongestM 7.8
Felt reports2,023
With tsunami indicator35
PAGER orange/red0
Iran
StrongestM 7.7
Felt reports9,189
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red8
Myanmar (Burma)
StrongestM 7.7
Felt reports6,675
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red3
El Salvador
StrongestM 7.7
Felt reports5,339
With tsunami indicator3
PAGER orange/red0
Pakistan
StrongestM 7.7
Felt reports3,233
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red3
Jamaica
StrongestM 7.7
Felt reports1,922
With tsunami indicator1
PAGER orange/red0
Northern Mariana Islands
StrongestM 7.7
Felt reports1,084
With tsunami indicator5
PAGER orange/red0
Costa Rica
StrongestM 7.6
Felt reports10,577
With tsunami indicator1
PAGER orange/red0
Cayman Islands
StrongestM 7.6
Felt reports1,673
With tsunami indicator3
PAGER orange/red0
Afghanistan
StrongestM 7.5
Felt reports8,603
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red9
Venezuela
StrongestM 7.5
Felt reports8,568
With tsunami indicator4
PAGER orange/red2
Honduras
StrongestM 7.5
Felt reports4,903
With tsunami indicator2
PAGER orange/red0
East Timor
StrongestM 7.5
Felt reports825
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
New Caledonia
StrongestM 7.5
Felt reports243
With tsunami indicator14
PAGER orange/red0
Taiwan
StrongestM 7.4
Felt reports11,548
With tsunami indicator9
PAGER orange/red0
Colombia
StrongestM 7.4
Felt reports10,796
With tsunami indicator4
PAGER orange/red2
Guatemala
StrongestM 7.4
Felt reports10,394
With tsunami indicator2
PAGER orange/red0
Martinique
StrongestM 7.4
Felt reports2,850
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Argentina
StrongestM 7.2
Felt reports6,011
With tsunami indicator4
PAGER orange/red0
Haiti
StrongestM 7.2
Felt reports2,256
With tsunami indicator1
PAGER orange/red1
Tajikistan
StrongestM 7.2
Felt reports1,091
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Guam
StrongestM 7.1
Felt reports4,758
With tsunami indicator1
PAGER orange/red0
Brazil
StrongestM 7.1
Felt reports431
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Malaysia
StrongestM 7.1
Felt reports387
With tsunami indicator1
PAGER orange/red0
Nicaragua
StrongestM 7.0
Felt reports2,768
With tsunami indicator4
PAGER orange/red0
Mozambique
StrongestM 7.0
Felt reports512
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Turkmenistan
StrongestM 7.0
Felt reports30
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Greece
StrongestM 6.9
Felt reports14,947
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red2
Cuba
StrongestM 6.8
Felt reports6,748
With tsunami indicator2
PAGER orange/red0
Morocco
StrongestM 6.8
Felt reports2,917
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red1
Tanzania
StrongestM 6.8
Felt reports1,275
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Algeria
StrongestM 6.8
Felt reports771
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Bolivia
StrongestM 6.8
Felt reports594
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Azerbaijan
StrongestM 6.8
Felt reports578
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Panama
StrongestM 6.7
Felt reports6,511
With tsunami indicator9
PAGER orange/red0
Mongolia
StrongestM 6.7
Felt reports256
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Australia
StrongestM 6.6
Felt reports30,965
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Italy
StrongestM 6.6
Felt reports16,453
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red6
Cyprus
StrongestM 6.6
Felt reports2,010
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Micronesia
StrongestM 6.6
Felt reports75
With tsunami indicator3
PAGER orange/red0
Yemen
StrongestM 6.6
Felt reports11
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Botswana
StrongestM 6.5
Felt reports1,022
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Guadeloupe
StrongestM 6.5
Felt reports1,019
With tsunami indicator2
PAGER orange/red0
Iceland
StrongestM 6.5
Felt reports672
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Barbados
StrongestM 6.5
Felt reports295
With tsunami indicator2
PAGER orange/red0
Puerto Rico
StrongestM 6.4
Felt reports25,757
With tsunami indicator7
PAGER orange/red2
Dominican Republic
StrongestM 6.4
Felt reports13,714
With tsunami indicator17
PAGER orange/red0
Croatia
StrongestM 6.4
Felt reports3,305
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red1
Albania
StrongestM 6.4
Felt reports2,156
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red1
Kyrgyzstan
StrongestM 6.4
Felt reports637
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Portugal
StrongestM 6.3
Felt reports8,497
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Spain
StrongestM 6.3
Felt reports965
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Laos
StrongestM 6.3
Felt reports664
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
North Korea
StrongestM 6.3
Felt reports121
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Mauritius
StrongestM 6.3
Felt reports18
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Democratic Republic of the Congo
StrongestM 6.2
Felt reports358
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Palau
StrongestM 6.2
Felt reports65
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Samoa
StrongestM 6.2
Felt reports51
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
American Samoa
StrongestM 6.2
Felt reports10
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
U.S. Virgin Islands
StrongestM 6.1
Felt reports2,693
With tsunami indicator3
PAGER orange/red0
Trinidad and Tobago
StrongestM 6.1
Felt reports1,457
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Kazakhstan
StrongestM 6.1
Felt reports725
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Bhutan
StrongestM 6.1
Felt reports402
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Thailand
StrongestM 6.1
Felt reports354
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Georgia
StrongestM 6.0
Felt reports461
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Malawi
StrongestM 6.0
Felt reports54
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Somalia
StrongestM 6.0
Felt reports12
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
St. Helena
StrongestM 6.0
Felt reports4
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Romania
StrongestM 5.9
Felt reports6,876
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Ethiopia
StrongestM 5.9
Felt reports976
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Uganda
StrongestM 5.9
Felt reports449
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Mayotte
StrongestM 5.9
Felt reports198
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Zambia
StrongestM 5.9
Felt reports51
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Iraq
StrongestM 5.8
Felt reports572
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Greenland
StrongestM 5.8
Felt reports21
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Bangladesh
StrongestM 5.7
Felt reports2,352
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Bosnia and Herzegovina
StrongestM 5.7
Felt reports987
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Uzbekistan
StrongestM 5.7
Felt reports124
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Madagascar
StrongestM 5.7
Felt reports81
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Saudi Arabia
StrongestM 5.7
Felt reports12
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Antarctica
StrongestM 5.7
Felt reports0
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Bulgaria
StrongestM 5.6
Felt reports1,230
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Anguilla
StrongestM 5.6
Felt reports1,173
With tsunami indicator4
PAGER orange/red0
Dominica
StrongestM 5.6
Felt reports135
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Eritrea
StrongestM 5.6
Felt reports42
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
South Korea
StrongestM 5.5
Felt reports1,398
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Serbia
StrongestM 5.5
Felt reports1,009
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Egypt
StrongestM 5.5
Felt reports654
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Malta
StrongestM 5.5
Felt reports229
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Djibouti
StrongestM 5.5
Felt reports145
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Grenada
StrongestM 5.5
Felt reports77
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Guyana
StrongestM 5.5
Felt reports40
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Gabon
StrongestM 5.5
Felt reports15
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
South Africa
StrongestM 5.4
Felt reports3,046
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Montenegro
StrongestM 5.4
Felt reports295
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Namibia
StrongestM 5.4
Felt reports79
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Oman
StrongestM 5.4
Felt reports73
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Republic of Macedonia
StrongestM 5.3
Felt reports880
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Vietnam
StrongestM 5.3
Felt reports178
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Cape Verde
StrongestM 5.3
Felt reports14
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Jordan
StrongestM 5.3
Felt reports6
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Angola
StrongestM 5.3
Felt reports3
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Austria
StrongestM 5.3
Felt reports2
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
French Southern and Antarctic Lands
StrongestM 5.3
Felt reports1
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Réunion
StrongestM 5.3
Felt reports0
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Sudan
StrongestM 5.3
Felt reports0
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
France
StrongestM 5.2
Felt reports783
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Kenya
StrongestM 5.2
Felt reports364
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
St. Lucia
StrongestM 5.2
Felt reports247
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Norway
StrongestM 5.2
Felt reports224
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Syria
StrongestM 5.2
Felt reports180
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Armenia
StrongestM 5.2
Felt reports148
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Rwanda
StrongestM 5.2
Felt reports78
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Tunisia
StrongestM 5.2
Felt reports36
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Libya
StrongestM 5.2
Felt reports31
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Comoros
StrongestM 5.2
Felt reports23
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Lebanon
StrongestM 5.1
Felt reports175
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Slovakia
StrongestM 5.0
Felt reports469
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Poland
StrongestM 5.0
Felt reports63
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
French Guiana
StrongestM 5.0
Felt reports59
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
United Arab Emirates
StrongestM 5.0
Felt reports20
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Guinea
StrongestM 5.0
Felt reports3
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Tokelau
StrongestM 5.0
Felt reports0
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Ukraine
StrongestM 4.9
Felt reports82
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Sweden
StrongestM 4.9
Felt reports48
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Zimbabwe
StrongestM 4.9
Felt reports47
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
South Sudan
StrongestM 4.9
Felt reports24
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Maldives
StrongestM 4.9
Felt reports12
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
United Kingdom
StrongestM 4.8
Felt reports13,856
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Germany
StrongestM 4.8
Felt reports434
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Burundi
StrongestM 4.8
Felt reports56
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
French Polynesia
StrongestM 4.8
Felt reports5
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Hungary
StrongestM 4.8
Felt reports2
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Belgium
StrongestM 4.8
Felt reports0
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Netherlands
StrongestM 4.8
Felt reports0
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Tuvalu
StrongestM 4.8
Felt reports0
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Israel
StrongestM 4.7
Felt reports309
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Kuwait
StrongestM 4.7
Felt reports12
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Sri Lanka
StrongestM 4.7
Felt reports6
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Central African Republic
StrongestM 4.7
Felt reports0
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Bermuda
StrongestM 4.6
Felt reports84
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Switzerland
StrongestM 4.6
Felt reports51
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Slovenia
StrongestM 4.6
Felt reports27
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Niger
StrongestM 4.6
Felt reports2
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Republic of the Congo
StrongestM 4.6
Felt reports0
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Cameroon
StrongestM 4.6
Felt reports0
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Czechia
StrongestM 4.6
Felt reports0
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Equatorial Guinea
StrongestM 4.6
Felt reports0
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Mauritania
StrongestM 4.6
Felt reports0
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
The Bahamas
StrongestM 4.5
Felt reports0
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Lesotho
StrongestM 4.5
Felt reports0
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Nigeria
StrongestM 4.5
Felt reports0
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Palestinian Territories
StrongestM 4.5
Felt reports0
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Senegal
StrongestM 4.5
Felt reports0
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
Swaziland
StrongestM 4.5
Felt reports0
With tsunami indicator0
PAGER orange/red0
These indicators describe data available after detection. They are neither a forecast nor a direct estimate of damage or individual risk.
Blog
View all articles →Latest from the blog
Guides, explainers and practical reading to go beyond the live data.
Magnitude, depth and shaking: why two earthquakes of the same size can feel completely different
Magnitude is only one part of the story. Depth, distance, local ground conditions and building vulnerability help explain why shaking can differ so much from one earthquake to another.
Read article →
Earthquake-resistant building standards: what safer structures are actually designed to do
Earthquake-resistant design is not about making buildings immovable. It is about controlling forces, deformation and failure so people have a much better chance of staying safe.
Read article →
Earthquake early warning: how a few seconds can help, and why it is not a prediction
Early-warning systems detect an earthquake after it starts and try to send an alert before the strongest shaking arrives. The difference between warning and prediction matters.
Read article →