Today: 4.0 magnitude earthquake near Kenwood, California, United States

The Biggest Earthquakes Ever

There have been: (M1.5 or greater)

  • 135 earthquakes in the past 24 hours
  • 990 earthquakes in the past 7 days
  • 4,286 earthquakes in the past 30 days
  • 46,271 earthquakes in the past 365 days

The biggest earthquakes:

1938-06-10 09:53:43 UTC 7.7 magnitude, 20 km depth
Hirara, Okinawa, Japan
1938-05-12 15:39:06 UTC 7.7 magnitude, 35 km depth
Finschhafen, Morobe, Papua New Guinea
1938-05-19 17:08:41 UTC 7.7 magnitude, 35 km depth
Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia
1938-05-23 07:18:30 UTC 7.7 magnitude, 15 km depth
Takahagi, Ibaraki, Japan
1938-11-05 10:50:18 UTC 7.7 magnitude, 35 km depth
Namie, Fukushima, Japan
1938-11-06 08:53:55 UTC 7.7 magnitude, 30 km depth
Namie, Fukushima, Japan
1951-11-18 09:35:54 UTC 7.7 magnitude, 30 km depth
Nagqu, Tibet Autonomous Region, China
1950-02-28 10:21:00 UTC 7.7 magnitude, 329 km depth
Korsakov, Sakhalin, Russia
1950-11-02 15:28:15 UTC 7.7 magnitude, 199 km depth
Lospalos, Lautém, East Timor
1949-12-17 06:53:32 UTC 7.7 magnitude, 10 km depth
Punta Arenas, Magallanes, Chile
1957-11-29 22:19:50 UTC 7.7 magnitude, 232 km depth
Atocha, Potosí, Bolivia
1956-07-09 03:11:45 UTC 7.7 magnitude, 20 km depth
Amorgós, South Aegean, Greece
1971-01-10 07:17:05 UTC 7.7 magnitude, 30 km depth
Abepura, Papua, Indonesia
1966-09-08 21:15:56 UTC 7.7 magnitude, 115 km depth
Tobelo, Maluku Utara, Indonesia
1966-12-28 08:18:07 UTC 7.7 magnitude, 25 km depth
Taltal, Antofagasta, Chile
1965-05-20 00:40:27 UTC 7.7 magnitude, 120 km depth
Port-Olry, Sanma, Vanuatu
1963-08-15 17:25:09 UTC 7.7 magnitude, 550 km depth
La Rinconada, Puno, Peru
1979-12-12 07:59:03 UTC 7.7 magnitude, 24 km depth
Valdez, Esmeraldas, Ecuador
1978-06-12 08:14:26 UTC 7.7 magnitude, 44 km depth
Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan
1978-11-29 19:52:47 UTC 7.7 magnitude, 18 km depth
San Agustín Loxicha, Oaxaca, Mexico
1975-07-20 19:54:27 UTC 7.7 magnitude, 44 km depth
Panguna, Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
1975-05-10 14:27:38 UTC 7.7 magnitude, 6 km depth
Cañete, Biobío, Chile
1973-06-17 03:55:02 UTC 7.7 magnitude, 48 km depth
Nemuro, Hokkaido, Japan
1972-06-11 16:41:04 UTC 7.7 magnitude, 330 km depth
Sarangani, Davao, Philippines
1988-11-06 13:03:19 UTC 7.7 magnitude, 17 km depth
Jinghong, Yunnan, China
1986-10-20 06:46:09 UTC 7.7 magnitude, 29 km depth
‘Ohonua, ʻEua, Tonga
1981-09-01 09:29:31 UTC 7.7 magnitude, 25 km depth
Hihifo, Niuas, Tonga
1998-11-29 14:10:31 UTC 7.7 magnitude, 33 km depth
Luwuk, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia
1997-04-21 12:02:26 UTC 7.7 magnitude, 33 km depth
Sola, Torba, Vanuatu
1996-11-12 16:59:44 UTC 7.7 magnitude, 33 km depth
Minas de Marcona, Ica, Peru

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