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 Izu Islands, Japan region Sep 2, 2025 03:32 10.00 km
M 5.6 133 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska Sep 1, 2025 11:02 12.00 km Green T
M 5.0 29 km SW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea Sep 1, 2025 08:58 32.99 km
M 5.2 41 km NE of Jalālābād, Afghanistan Aug 31, 2025 23:46 8.46 km
M 5.2 38 km WSW of Asadābād, Afghanistan Aug 31, 2025 21:33 10.00 km
M 5.6 South Sandwich Islands region Aug 31, 2025 16:24 67.46 km Green
M 5.2 southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge Aug 31, 2025 03:50 10.00 km
M 5.5 110 km SE of Lata, Solomon Islands Aug 30, 2025 20:09 60.03 km Green
M 5.0 119 km SE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia Aug 30, 2025 16:59 24.39 km
M 5.1 109 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands Aug 30, 2025 14:58 55.57 km
M 5.0 89 km SSW of Pagar Alam, Indonesia Aug 30, 2025 13:35 65.04 km
M 5.0 southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge Aug 30, 2025 09:35 10.00 km
M 5.1 140 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia Aug 29, 2025 23:53 57.84 km
M 5.0 83 km ENE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia Aug 29, 2025 23:48 73.82 km
M 5.2 70 km ENE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia Aug 29, 2025 22:58 79.74 km
M 5.5 53 km E of Onagawa Chō, Japan Aug 29, 2025 16:29 51.70 km Green
M 5.1 260 km W of Adak, Alaska Aug 29, 2025 09:14 81.29 km Green T
M 5.0 167 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia Aug 28, 2025 22:10 10.00 km
M 5.2 135 km SSE of Isangel, Vanuatu Aug 28, 2025 11:40 50.25 km
M 5.9 237 km W of Adak, Alaska Aug 28, 2025 11:07 130.00 km Green T
M 5.2 155 km SSE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea Aug 28, 2025 04:31 10.00 km
M 5.4 54 km SSE of Ulaangom, Mongolia Aug 28, 2025 02:22 10.00 km
M 5.1 27 km SSW of Ashkāsham, Afghanistan Aug 27, 2025 13:27 138.77 km
M 5.3 17 km ENE of Yilan, Taiwan Aug 27, 2025 13:10 114.91 km
M 5.2 Carlsberg Ridge Aug 27, 2025 10:19 10.00 km
M 5.0 South Sandwich Islands region Aug 27, 2025 05:34 10.00 km
M 5.2 south of Tonga Aug 27, 2025 00:10 35.00 km
M 5.2 Drake Passage Aug 27, 2025 00:04 10.00 km
M 5.4 21 km ENE of Novokayakent, Russia Aug 26, 2025 20:33 66.28 km Yellow
M 5.0 western Xizang Aug 26, 2025 20:16 10.00 km
M 5.1 95 km SSW of Puerto San José, Guatemala Aug 26, 2025 12:25 31.70 km
M 5.0 103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska Aug 26, 2025 08:03 31.20 km
M 5.6 230 km E of Levuka, Fiji Aug 26, 2025 01:32 614.10 km Green
M 5.1 western Xizang Aug 26, 2025 00:03 10.00 km
M 5.6 174 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia Aug 25, 2025 22:13 31.00 km Green
M 5.1 South Sandwich Islands region Aug 25, 2025 06:36 10.00 km
M 5.4 Fiji region Aug 24, 2025 08:01 352.44 km Green
M 5.2 154 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia Aug 24, 2025 03:10 10.00 km Green
M 5.0 175 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia Aug 24, 2025 02:31 35.00 km
M 5.3 147 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia Aug 23, 2025 21:29 35.00 km Green
M 5.0 Drake Passage Aug 23, 2025 18:52 10.00 km
M 5.1 221 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga Aug 23, 2025 15:49 10.00 km
M 5.2 South Sandwich Islands region Aug 23, 2025 12:58 76.16 km
M 5.8 57 km SSE of Sinabang, Indonesia Aug 23, 2025 12:24 18.00 km Green
M 5.2 182 km SE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia Aug 23, 2025 04:22 10.00 km
M 5.4 85 km E of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia Aug 23, 2025 03:44 45.00 km Green
M 5.0 south of Tonga Aug 23, 2025 00:43 35.00 km
M 5.5 south of Tonga Aug 23, 2025 00:10 10.00 km Green
M 5.0 196 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia Aug 22, 2025 15:57 40.39 km
M 5.2 43 km ENE of Port-Vila, Vanuatu Aug 22, 2025 12:53 210.85 km