News articles on recent significant earthquakes. We publish articles with in-depth background information gathered from multiple sources whenever a significant earthquake occurs near population centers.
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- January 27th, 2025
Shallow M4.2 Earthquake struck on Monday Morning 93mi from Boise in The United States. - January 27th, 2025
Significant M5.1 AFTERSHOCK hit in the Coral Sea near Port-Vila (Vanuatu) on Monday Afternoon. - January 26th, 2025
On Monday Night a Significant M5.3 Earthquake struck near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia. - January 26th, 2025
On Sunday Afternoon a Significant M5.3 Earthquake struck in the Coral Sea near Port-Vila (Vanuatu). - January 25th, 2025
On Sunday Morning a Shallow M5.2 Earthquake struck near Tainan in Taiwan. - January 25th, 2025
Shallow M5.1 FORESHOCK hit near Tainan in Taiwan on Saturday Evening. - January 24th, 2025
Shallow M5.7 Earthquake struck on Saturday Night in the Bismarck Sea 173km from Kokopo (Papua New Guinea). - January 24th, 2025
Significant M5.3 Earthquake struck on Friday Morning 102km from Arica in Chile. - January 24th, 2025
Shallow M4.8 FORESHOCK hit near Yujing in Taiwan on Friday Evening. - January 23rd, 2025
Significant M5.0 Earthquake hit 80mi from Mawlaik in Myanmar on Friday Night. - January 23rd, 2025
Shallow M5.4 Earthquake struck on Thursday Morning in the Sulu Sea near Zamboanga (The Philippines). - January 22nd, 2025
Shallow M5.7 Earthquake struck on Thursday Morning near Surigao in The Philippines. - January 21st, 2025
Shallow M5.1 Earthquake hit in the South China Sea 153km from Kaohsiung (Taiwan) on Wednesday Night. - January 21st, 2025
Shallow M5.5 Earthquake hit in the Bismarck Sea 102km from Kokopo (Papua New Guinea) on Tuesday Evening. - January 21st, 2025
Significant M5.5 Earthquake struck on Tuesday Afternoon in the Philippine Sea near Dededo Village (Guam). - January 20th, 2025
Shallow M5.1 AFTERSHOCK hit near Yujing in Taiwan on Tuesday Night. - January 20th, 2025
Shallow M6.0 Earthquake struck on Tuesday Night near Tainan in Taiwan. - January 20th, 2025
On Monday Evening a Significant M5.4 Earthquake struck near Nasugbu in The Philippines. - January 18th, 2025
Significant M5.1 Earthquake hit in the Maluku Sea 110km from Ternate (Indonesia) on Saturday Afternoon. - January 14th, 2025
Significant M5.1 Earthquake struck on Wednesday Night in the Bismarck Sea near Kimbe (Papua New Guinea). - January 14th, 2025
Significant M5.3 AFTERSHOCK struck on Wednesday Night in the Philippine Sea near Miyazaki (Japan). - January 14th, 2025
On Tuesday Morning a Shallow M5.2 Earthquake struck 116km from Akureyri in Iceland. - January 13th, 2025
Significant M5.2 AFTERSHOCK struck on Tuesday Night in the Philippine Sea near Miyazaki (Japan). - January 13th, 2025
On Monday Evening a Shallow M5.1 AFTERSHOCK struck 162km from Rikaze in China. - January 13th, 2025
On Monday Evening a Shallow M5.1 Earthquake struck 161km from Rikaze in China. - January 13th, 2025
Significant M5.1 Earthquake struck on Monday Evening 135km from Jayapura in Indonesia. - January 13th, 2025
Strong M6.8 Earthquake hit in the Philippine Sea near Miyazaki (Japan) on Monday Evening. - January 13th, 2025
Significant M5.0 Earthquake struck on Sunday Evening near Guayaquil in Ecuador. - January 13th, 2025
On Monday Morning a Significant M5.4 Earthquake struck in the Sulawesi Sea near Malingao (The Philippines). - January 13th, 2025
M4.8 AFTERSHOCK hit in the Sulawesi Sea near Malingao (The Philippines) on Monday Morning. - January 12th, 2025
Significant M5.0 Earthquake struck on Monday Night in the South Pacific Ocean 281km from Labasa (Fiji). - January 12th, 2025
On Sunday Night a Strong M6.2 Earthquake struck near Colima in Mexico. - January 11th, 2025
Shallow M5.2 AFTERSHOCK hit near Gelemso in Ethiopia on Saturday Evening. - January 11th, 2025
Shallow M5.2 AFTERSHOCK struck on Saturday Night 158km from Addis Ababa in Ethiopia. - January 10th, 2025
On Friday Night a Shallow M5.6 Earthquake struck in the North Pacific Ocean near Quibdó (Colombia). - January 10th, 2025
Shallow M5.3 Earthquake struck on Friday Afternoon in the South Pacific Ocean 170km from Nuku‘alofa (Tonga). - January 9th, 2025
Significant M5.8 Earthquake hit near Sonsonate in El Salvador on Thursday Morning. - January 8th, 2025
Shallow M5.3 Earthquake hit near Metahāra in Ethiopia on Wednesday Night. - January 7th, 2025
On Tuesday Morning a DESTRUCTIVE M7.1 Earthquake struck 165km from Rikaze in China. - January 4th, 2025
Unusually powerful M5.7 Earthquake struck on Saturday Night near Debre Birhan in Ethiopia. - January 2nd, 2025
On Thursday Afternoon a Strong M6.1 Earthquake struck near Calama in Chile. - January 2nd, 2025
Shallow M4.7 Earthquake struck on Wednesday Evening near Santa Rosa in The United States. - December 24th, 2024
On Tuesday Evening an Unusually powerful M5.9 Earthquake struck 143km from La Rioja in Argentina. - December 23rd, 2024
On Monday Night a Shallow M5.9 Earthquake struck in the Caribbean Sea near Santiago de Cuba (Cuba). - December 22nd, 2024
Unusually powerful M5.3 Earthquake struck on Sunday Night 275km from Upington in South Africa. - December 21st, 2024
On Sunday Night a Strong M6.1 Earthquake struck in the Coral Sea near Port-Vila (Vanuatu). - December 17th, 2024
On Tuesday Afternoon an Unusually powerful M7.3 Earthquake struck in the Coral Sea near Port-Vila (Vanuatu). - December 15th, 2024
Significant M5.9 Earthquake hit in the South Pacific Ocean 268km from Nuku‘alofa (Tonga) on Monday Night. - December 15th, 2024
On Saturday Evening a Shallow M5.3 Earthquake struck in the North Pacific Ocean near Eureka (The United States). - December 13th, 2024
On Friday Evening a Strong M6.4 Earthquake struck near Curicó in Chile. - December 9th, 2024
Shallow M5.7 Earthquake hit near Reno in The United States on Monday Afternoon. - December 9th, 2024
Shallow M5.6 Earthquake hit near La Unión in El Salvador on Sunday Evening. - December 5th, 2024
On Thursday Morning an Unusually powerful M7.0 Earthquake struck in the North Pacific Ocean near Eureka (The United States). - December 3rd, 2024
On Wednesday Night a Significant M5.7 Earthquake struck near Laoag in The Philippines. - November 30th, 2024
Significant M5.7 Earthquake hit in the East China Sea near Hirara (Japan) on Saturday Afternoon. - November 27th, 2024
Shallow M5.8 Earthquake hit in the South Pacific Ocean 183km from Gisborne (New Zealand) on Thursday Morning. - November 27th, 2024
Significant M5.7 Earthquake struck on Thursday Night near Cabanatuan City in The Philippines. - November 26th, 2024
Shallow M6.1 Earthquake hit in the Sea of Japan near Kanazawa (Japan) on Tuesday Evening. - November 23rd, 2024
On Sunday Morning a Significant M5.9 Earthquake struck in the South Pacific Ocean 323km from Suva (Fiji). - November 17th, 2024
On Sunday Evening an Unusually powerful M6.1 Earthquake struck in the Philippine Sea 291km from Kagoshima (Japan). - November 15th, 2024
On Friday Afternoon a Strong M6.6 Earthquake struck in the South Pacific Ocean 124km from Kokopo (Papua New Guinea). - November 13th, 2024
On Wednesday Night a Shallow M4.5 Earthquake struck 87mi from Anchorage in The United States. - November 10th, 2024
Unusually powerful M6.8 Earthquake hit in the Caribbean Sea near Manzanillo (Cuba) on Sunday Morning. - November 9th, 2024
Shallow M5.8 Earthquake struck on Saturday Afternoon in the North Pacific Ocean 101km from David (Panama). - September 17th, 2024
On Monday Evening a Shallow M5.1 Earthquake struck near Midland in The United States. - August 26th, 2024
On Monday Night an Unusually powerful M5.4 Earthquake struck in the North Atlantic Ocean near Lisbon (Portugal). - August 7th, 2024
Shallow M5.2 Earthquake struck on Tuesday Evening near Bakersfield in The United States. - July 26th, 2024
Unusually powerful M5.1 Earthquake hit near Abilene in The United States on Friday Morning. - April 3rd, 2024
Unusually powerful M7.4 Earthquake struck on Wednesday Morning in the Philippine Sea near Hualien City (Taiwan). - February 26th, 2024
Shallow M4.9 Earthquake hit near Boise in The United States on Monday Morning. - February 9th, 2024
On Friday Morning a Significant M5.7 Earthquake struck near Hilo in The United States. - February 3rd, 2024
On Friday Evening an Unusually powerful M5.1 Earthquake struck near Oklahoma City in The United States. - January 22nd, 2024
DESTRUCTIVE M7.0 Earthquake hit 136km from Aksu in China on Tuesday Night. - January 19th, 2024
Shallow M5.3 Earthquake struck on Friday Afternoon near Fairbanks in The United States. - January 1st, 2024
On Monday Afternoon a DESTRUCTIVE M7.5 Earthquake struck near Toyama in Japan. - December 18th, 2023
On Monday Evening a DESTRUCTIVE M5.9 Earthquake struck near Linxia Chengguanzhen in China. - December 2nd, 2023
On Saturday Evening an Unusually powerful M7.6 Earthquake struck in the Philippine Sea near Bislig (The Philippines). - November 8th, 2023
Unusually powerful M5.2 Earthquake hit near Carlsbad in The United States on Wednesday Night. - October 15th, 2023
On Sunday Morning a DAMAGING M6.3 Earthquake struck near Herāt in Afghanistan.
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