14 km SW of Pitaloza Arriba, Panama
2026-10-09 17:56:08 UTC
33.0 kmQuake Pulse · visual observatory
Global seismic dashboard
A visual snapshot of current earthquake activity: recent volume, stronger events, active countries and M4.5+ clusters.
Events · Last 24 hours268
M4.5+ events35
M6+ events4
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Global M4.5+ activity map
Each bubble represents a 10° grid cell containing at least one M4.5+ earthquake during the selected period. Bubble size follows event count; intensity follows the strongest magnitude.
Hourly activity
Last 72 hours
Daily activity
M4.5+ · Last 30 days
Most active countries
Last 30 days · M4.5+
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Indonesia
82 events · M4.5+ 66 · M6+ 1Japan
62 events · M4.5+ 40 · M6+ 0New Caledonia
37 events · M4.5+ 37 · M6+ 2Russia
39 events · M4.5+ 27 · M6+ 0Papua New Guinea
25 events · M4.5+ 22 · M6+ 1Colombia
38 events · M4.5+ 21 · M6+ 0Philippines
20 events · M4.5+ 18 · M6+ 0Fiji
28 events · M4.5+ 16 · M6+ 0Vanuatu
15 events · M4.5+ 15 · M6+ 2United States
6,868 events · M4.5+ 14 · M6+ 3Strongest in 24h
Last 24 hours
12 km WSW of Pitaloza Arriba, Panama
2026-10-09 17:56:06 UTC
12.6 km8 km NW of Río Grande, Panama
2026-10-09 20:25:40 UTC
10.0 km14 km W of Río Grande, Panama
2026-10-09 20:25:39 UTC
10.0 kmwest of Macquarie Island
2026-10-09 14:49:41 UTC
10.0 km1 km S of El Cacao, Panama
2026-10-09 18:37:46 UTC
10.0 km3 km SW of Bajo Corral, Panama
2026-10-09 18:22:15 UTC
10.0 km99 km NE of Norsup, Vanuatu
2026-10-09 13:51:42 UTC
10.0 kmRecent remarkable earthquakes
An automated selection based on magnitude, reported impact, tsunami flag, PAGER level and USGS significance.
37 km NE of Tambo, Peru
2026-08-20 18:00:18 UTC
38/1009 km WNW of Pematangsiantar, Indonesia
2026-08-15 10:54:51 UTC
38/10062 km N of Ende, Indonesia
2026-08-14 22:28:37 UTC
38/10064 km NNW of Ende, Indonesia
2026-08-14 21:58:21 UTC
72/1002 km SE of San José del Palmar, Colombia
2026-08-10 12:34:28 UTC
100/10057 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska
2026-08-08 04:50:34 UTC
41/100Methodology
These visualisations describe the Quake Pulse database. They do not predict future earthquakes or measure local hazard. Long-term comparisons are more robust at higher magnitudes.
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