This is the complete overview of all the lastest earthquakes occurring around the world today. Earthquakes happening now will usually appear within minutes.
Earthquakes Today in Numbers
Past 24 hours: During the past 24 hours, we have recorded 332 earthquakes around the world. Of those, 42 earthquakes had a magnitude of 4.0 or higher. The earthquake activity of the past 24 hours can be considered below average compared to an average day.
May 6th, 2026: So far, a total of 332 earthquakes have been detected today. Yesterday the world registered 425 earthquakes. For these calculations we use the UTC timezone, and this section is updated every hour with today's earthquake statistics (last calculated on May 6th 23:59 UTC).
Strongest Earthquakes Today
The strongest earthquake today occurred on May 6, 2026 14:15 UTC. It had a magnitude of 5.8.
Today's strongest earthquakes (in the past 24 hours) are listed in the table below. You can click on any earthquake to find out more details.
Visitor Spikes (past 24 hours)
When an earthquake hits, many people start searching for information immediately. This leads to increased visitors looking for information about earthquakes in affected regions. By detecting these visits we are often able to predict that an earthquake occurred before any official data is available.
Visitor spikes of the past 24 hours are listed below. They may indicate that an earthquake occurred in the region today, but can also be caused by other reasons, like a link to our site being shared with a large audience.
Reporting Speed of Recent Earthquakes
Earthquakelist.org aims to let you know about recent earthquakes as soon as possible, ideally within minutes after they happen. We continuously work to increase our reporting speed by aggregating data from multiple natural disaster agencies every minute. Read more on our data gathering methods.
We try to be upfront about our reporting speed to give you an indication how quickly information about an earthquake you just felt might appear on our website. Our reporting speed performance of the past couple of days is displayed below.
| Date | Fastest Reporting Time | Median Reporting Time | Within 30 minutes | Within 1 hour |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6th, 2026 332 earthquakes |
1m26s | 10m43s | 80.1% | 88% |
| May 5th, 2026 425 earthquakes |
1m31s | 11m5s | 80% | 87.1% |
| May 4th, 2026 342 earthquakes |
1m54s | 12m54s | 71.3% | 78.7% |
| May 3rd, 2026 331 earthquakes |
1m59s | 11m33s | 77.6% | 84.3% |
| May 2nd, 2026 314 earthquakes |
2m0s | 12m21s | 75.2% | 81.2% |
