Earthquakes today
Every earthquake recorded worldwide in the last 24 hours, strongest first. Measurements come from USGS and EMSC.
Has there been an earthquake today?
79 earthquakes have been recorded in the last 24 hours. The most significant is M6.0 Earthquake — Vanuatu.
Counted over the last 24 hours, ending now. Updated automatically as sources publish.
Most significant earthquakes — showing 60 of 79
Ordered by severity, strongest first — not by how recently they arrived. Each entry says which source published it and whether that source rated the severity itself.
What this page counts
Instruments record several hundred earthquakes a day worldwide, but the great majority are too small to be felt and never reach this list. USGS and EMSC publish a magnitude and a location; neither publishes a severity rating, so the levels shown here are our own classification.
This site does not issue earthquakes
Earthquake measurements are published by the US Geological Survey and the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre. Neither issues instructions to the public — those come from your national or local emergency service.
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Questions
Has there been an earthquake today?
79 earthquakes have been recorded in the last 24 hours. The most significant is M6.0 Earthquake — Vanuatu. Instruments record several hundred earthquakes a day worldwide, but the great majority are too small to be felt and never reach this list. USGS and EMSC publish a magnitude and a location; neither publishes a severity rating, so the levels shown here are our own classification.
Does this site issue earthquakes?
No. Earthquake measurements are published by the US Geological Survey and the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre. Neither issues instructions to the public — those come from your national or local emergency service.