Moderate Earthquakes (M5.0-5.9)

Moderate earthquakes — can cause damage to poorly built structures. Average ~800 per year worldwide.

Top Countries for M5.0-5.9

Indonesia 5,157
Papua New Guinea 2,682
Japan 2,650
US 2,106
Tonga 1,942
Philippines 1,796
Chile 1,624
Russia 1,495
Vanuatu 1,413
South Sandwich Islands region 1,364
Magnitude Location Date & Time Depth Alert
M 5.3 South Sandwich Islands region Sep 12, 2025 03:31 10.00 km
M 5.0 189 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia Sep 11, 2025 10:40 10.00 km
M 5.3 181 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia Sep 11, 2025 04:54 10.00 km
M 5.0 177 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia Sep 11, 2025 04:53 10.00 km
M 5.1 177 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia Sep 11, 2025 03:35 10.00 km
M 5.0 156 km S of Dampit, Indonesia Sep 11, 2025 03:14 49.65 km
M 5.0 76 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia Sep 10, 2025 19:30 57.49 km
M 5.2 188 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia Sep 10, 2025 18:03 10.00 km
M 5.1 173 km WSW of Port Orford, Oregon Sep 9, 2025 19:31 10.00 km
M 5.3 Mid-Indian Ridge Sep 9, 2025 15:21 10.00 km Green
M 5.1 163 km W of Port Orford, Oregon Sep 9, 2025 05:59 10.00 km
M 5.7 174 km WSW of Port Orford, Oregon Sep 9, 2025 04:08 10.00 km Green T
M 5.2 5 km ENE of Corralero, Mexico Sep 8, 2025 22:33 10.00 km
M 5.0 11 km NW of Néa Stíra, Greece Sep 8, 2025 21:27 10.00 km
M 5.3 10 km WSW of Dinagat, Philippines Sep 8, 2025 18:52 143.52 km
M 5.0 163 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia Sep 8, 2025 11:32 10.00 km
M 5.1 164 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia Sep 8, 2025 08:26 10.00 km
M 5.1 east of the South Sandwich Islands Sep 8, 2025 03:09 10.00 km
M 5.2 Auckland Islands, New Zealand region Sep 8, 2025 01:27 10.00 km
M 5.0 72 km ENE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia Sep 7, 2025 21:24 79.76 km
M 5.0 160 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia Sep 7, 2025 08:31 10.00 km
M 5.1 76 km ENE of Bacolod, Philippines Sep 7, 2025 07:29 10.00 km
M 5.4 81 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska Sep 6, 2025 20:40 37.69 km Green T
M 5.0 35 km NE of Hicks Bay, New Zealand Sep 6, 2025 19:55 43.92 km Green
M 5.1 141 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska Sep 6, 2025 06:25 10.00 km
M 5.2 168 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia Sep 5, 2025 20:55 39.69 km
M 5.4 44 km NNW of Salinas, Ecuador Sep 5, 2025 17:42 3.06 km Green
M 5.2 25 km ENE of Jalālābād, Afghanistan Sep 5, 2025 17:25 10.00 km
M 5.3 31 km WSW of Asadābād, Afghanistan Sep 5, 2025 01:30 8.99 km
M 5.0 232 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga Sep 5, 2025 01:27 36.77 km
M 5.2 167 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia Sep 4, 2025 22:38 10.00 km
M 5.2 92 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska Sep 4, 2025 19:54 35.00 km T
M 5.2 94 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska Sep 4, 2025 19:01 35.00 km T
M 5.6 40 km WSW of Asadābād, Afghanistan Sep 4, 2025 16:56 16.51 km Red
M 5.1 49 km E of Isangel, Vanuatu Sep 4, 2025 11:10 34.31 km
M 5.2 139 km ESE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea Sep 4, 2025 09:38 60.30 km
M 5.2 254 km NE of Fais, Micronesia Sep 4, 2025 04:37 10.00 km
M 5.9 85 km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina Sep 4, 2025 04:10 182.00 km Green
M 5.0 79 km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina Sep 4, 2025 04:10 172.48 km
M 5.0 239 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga Sep 3, 2025 22:56 35.00 km
M 5.0 33 km ESE of Union, Philippines Sep 3, 2025 22:45 35.00 km
M 5.9 92 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska Sep 3, 2025 20:57 18.00 km Green T
M 5.3 16 km E of Puyo, Ecuador Sep 3, 2025 14:56 161.77 km
M 5.2 183 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia Sep 3, 2025 03:38 10.00 km
M 5.0 southeast of the Loyalty Islands Sep 3, 2025 00:37 10.00 km
M 5.0 84 km SSW of Lata, Solomon Islands Sep 3, 2025 00:15 10.00 km
M 5.0 55 km E of Palu, Indonesia Sep 2, 2025 23:53 10.00 km
M 5.0 southeast of the Loyalty Islands Sep 2, 2025 20:14 10.00 km
M 5.2 34 km NE of Jalālābād, Afghanistan Sep 2, 2025 12:29 10.00 km
M 5.1 134 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia Sep 2, 2025 11:25 35.00 km