Latest Earthquakes Magnitude 5.0 and Greater in the World - Last 7 days
Magnitude 5 and greater earthquakes located by the USGS and contributing networks in the last week (168 hours). Magnitudes 6 and above are in red. (Some early events may be obscured by later ones on the maps.)
The most recent earthquakes are at the top of the list. Times are in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Click on the word "map" to see a ten-degree tall map displaying the earthquake. Click on an event's "DATE" to get a detailed report.
Update time = Thu Apr 12 16:00:05 UTC 2012
Most recent earthquakes are at the top of this list.
DISCLAIMER - The maps and lists show events which have been located by the USGS and contributing agencies within the last 7 days. They should not be considered to be complete lists of all events M2.5+ in the US and adjacent areas and especially should not be considered to be complete lists of all events M4.5+ in the world. Beginning January 1, 2009, earthquakes outside the US below M4.5 are not reported unless NEIC obtains felt reports. The World Data Center for Seismology, Denver (a part of the USGS National Earthquake Information Center) continues to receive data from observatories throughout the world for several months after the events occurred, and using those data, adds new events and revises existing events in later publications. For a description of these later publications and the data available, see Scientific Data.
| MAG |
UTC DATE-TIME y/m/d h:m:s |
LAT deg |
LON deg |
DEPTH km |
Region | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAP | 5.6 | 2012/04/12 14:50:53 | 37.539 | 141.568 | 23.2 | NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN |
| MAP | 5.0 | 2012/04/12 14:46:28 | 3.287 | 93.729 | 27.8 | OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA |
| MAP | 5.3 | 2012/04/12 13:09:49 | 2.409 | 93.421 | 30.4 | OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA |
| MAP | 5.3 | 2012/04/12 11:19:59 | 36.874 | 141.060 | 14.3 | NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN |
| MAP | 5.1 | 2012/04/12 07:43:49 | 2.973 | 92.742 | 30.4 | OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA |
| MAP | 5.0 | 2012/04/12 07:34:57 | 3.394 | 89.817 | 15.8 | NORTH INDIAN OCEAN |
| MAP | 6.9 | 2012/04/12 07:15:49 | 28.790 | -113.142 | 10.3 | GULF OF CALIFORNIA |
| MAP | 6.2 | 2012/04/12 07:06:01 | 28.841 | -113.072 | 10.1 | GULF OF CALIFORNIA |
| MAP | 5.0 | 2012/04/12 07:01:47 | 1.955 | 93.926 | 26.9 | OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA |
| MAP | 5.0 | 2012/04/12 02:54:45 | 1.223 | 91.774 | 14.8 | NORTH INDIAN OCEAN |
| MAP | 5.5 | 2012/04/11 23:56:34 | 1.798 | 89.670 | 13.9 | NORTH INDIAN OCEAN |
| MAP | 6.5 | 2012/04/11 22:55:11 | 18.272 | -102.732 | 20.0 | MICHOACAN, MEXICO |
| MAP | 5.4 | 2012/04/11 22:51:59 | 2.897 | 89.597 | 14.7 | NORTH INDIAN OCEAN |
| MAP | 5.9 | 2012/04/11 22:41:47 | 43.593 | -127.557 | 10.2 | OFF THE COAST OF OREGON |
| MAP | 5.0 | 2012/04/11 22:15:26 | 0.514 | 92.443 | 13.8 | OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA |
| MAP | 5.0 | 2012/04/11 21:36:09 | 1.787 | 90.927 | 15.0 | NORTH INDIAN OCEAN |
| MAP | 5.5 | 2012/04/11 19:04:20 | 1.202 | 92.090 | 10.3 | OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA |
| MAP | 5.4 | 2012/04/11 18:54:46 | 2.496 | 92.712 | 14.3 | OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA |
| MAP | 5.1 | 2012/04/11 16:04:24 | 3.426 | 92.860 | 10.8 | OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA |
| MAP | 5.1 | 2012/04/11 15:46:53 | 2.987 | 92.249 | 21.6 | OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA |
| MAP | 5.0 | 2012/04/11 15:09:26 | 2.969 | 90.062 | 13.1 | OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA |
| MAP | 5.3 | 2012/04/11 14:54:29 | 1.336 | 91.841 | 11.9 | NORTH INDIAN OCEAN |
| MAP | 5.3 | 2012/04/11 14:34:19 | 1.504 | 90.894 | 14.4 | NORTH INDIAN OCEAN |
| MAP | 5.0 | 2012/04/11 14:26:27 | 2.287 | 92.385 | 9.4 | OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA |
| MAP | 5.0 | 2012/04/11 14:18:45 | 2.569 | 92.296 | 10.3 | OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA |
| MAP | 5.2 | 2012/04/11 14:08:41 | 1.147 | 92.158 | 9.6 | OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA |
| MAP | 5.5 | 2012/04/11 13:58:06 | 1.485 | 90.836 | 15.6 | NORTH INDIAN OCEAN |
| MAP | 5.3 | 2012/04/11 13:42:40 | 2.159 | 93.597 | 11.0 | OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA |
| MAP | 5.0 | 2012/04/11 13:19:38 | 2.345 | 90.302 | 20.4 | OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA |
| MAP | 5.1 | 2012/04/11 13:15:28 | 4.614 | 90.764 | 5.3 | OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA |
| MAP | 5.1 | 2012/04/11 12:37:48 | 2.528 | 92.602 | 10.0 | OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA |
| MAP | 5.1 | 2012/04/11 12:21:58 | 3.136 | 92.775 | 9.9 | OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA |
| MAP | 5.1 | 2012/04/11 12:10:53 | 1.385 | 92.639 | 10.4 | OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA |
| MAP | 5.7 | 2012/04/11 11:53:37 | 2.929 | 89.534 | 14.9 | NORTH INDIAN OCEAN |
| MAP | 5.3 | 2012/04/11 11:52:29 | 0.989 | 91.942 | 14.9 | NORTH INDIAN OCEAN |
| MAP | 5.4 | 2012/04/11 11:34:02 | 0.743 | 92.865 | 15.5 | OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA |
| MAP | 5.4 | 2012/04/11 11:29:00 | -56.847 | -27.966 | 259.0 | SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION |
| MAP | 8.2 | 2012/04/11 10:43:09 | 0.773 | 92.452 | 16.4 | OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA |
| MAP | 5.4 | 2012/04/11 10:36:55 | 1.072 | 91.943 | 15.5 | NORTH INDIAN OCEAN |
| MAP | 5.4 | 2012/04/11 10:21:16 | 2.833 | 92.476 | 14.8 | OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA |
| MAP | 5.1 | 2012/04/11 10:08:30 | 2.646 | 90.084 | 16.1 | OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA |
| MAP | 5.3 | 2012/04/11 10:01:20 | 2.499 | 90.365 | 20.0 | OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA |
| MAP | 5.3 | 2012/04/11 09:51:42 | 2.510 | 90.316 | 20.0 | OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA |
| MAP | 6.0 | 2012/04/11 09:27:57 | 1.281 | 91.731 | 9.8 | NORTH INDIAN OCEAN |
| MAP | 5.5 | 2012/04/11 09:00:13 | 51.518 | -176.312 | 56.5 | ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA |
| MAP | 8.6 | 2012/04/11 08:38:37 | 2.311 | 93.063 | 22.9 | OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA |
| MAP | 5.3 | 2012/04/11 07:41:46 | -6.227 | 130.158 | 132.2 | BANDA SEA |
| MAP | 5.1 | 2012/04/11 05:44:42 | -16.900 | -14.406 | 10.5 | SOUTHERN MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE |
| MAP | 5.2 | 2012/04/11 04:53:26 | -16.822 | -14.440 | 9.7 | SOUTHERN MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE |
| MAP | 5.8 | 2012/04/10 05:09:09 | -1.148 | -13.968 | 9.9 | NORTH OF ASCENSION ISLAND |
| MAP | 5.4 | 2012/04/08 21:43:32 | 24.094 | 122.303 | 25.5 | TAIWAN REGION |
| MAP | 5.0 | 2012/04/07 20:37:52 | 1.034 | -28.110 | 10.0 | CENTRAL MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE |
| MAP | 5.2 | 2012/04/07 20:09:40 | -6.067 | 130.687 | 76.4 | BANDA SEA |
| MAP | 5.8 | 2012/04/07 11:58:08 | -6.785 | 149.549 | 39.6 | NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA |
| MAP | 5.5 | 2012/04/06 19:24:13 | -3.376 | 100.453 | 5.5 | KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA |
| MAP | 6.2 | 2012/04/06 16:15:56 | -4.534 | 153.497 | 85.4 | NEW IRELAND REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA |