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Earthquakes in Montserrat
Montserrat has catalogued 4 M4+ earthquakes since 2005 (ranked 158th of 187 countries), with the strongest reaching magnitude M4.1.
Montserrat ranks 158th of 187 countries by catalogued seismic activity - a country with limited but non-zero seismic activity, averaging about 0 M4+ events a year alongside 0 significant M6+ earthquakes since 1900.
- 4
- M4+ events (since 2005)
- 0
- Major M6+ (since 1900)
- M4.1
- Strongest
- ~0
- M4+ per year
The verdict
Montserrat is relatively quiet seismically compared to most places tracked here, with 4 M4+ earthquakes logged since 2005 and 0 major M6+ events since 1900, the strongest reaching magnitude 4.1.
- N/A
- no yearly breakdown available
- N/A
- average recorded event depth
- 0%
- of events are shallow (<70 km, the most damaging kind)
Average catalogued magnitude is 4.1 - most events are moderate M4-5 tremors that are felt but rarely cause damage. On the M4+ activity ladder Jordan sits immediately above at 5 events and Bahamas sits immediately below at 3.
Catalog event strip
Event tape MONTSERRAT · Montserrat M4+ · 158th/187
Montserrat · 4 M4+ · max M4.1 · 0 M6+
- VS-PEER 4
- COMCAT 158th/187
- TAPE M4.1
- EPIC 0
- YOY near Jordan
- BAND Dec 6, 2017
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Where Montserrat sits in the catalog
Rank 158th of 187 tracked countries (14th percentile by M4+ count since 2005). On the M4+ activity ladder Jordan sits immediately above at 5 events and Bahamas sits immediately below at 3.
Same M4+ count, broken by peak magnitude
4 tracked countries share Montserrat's exact count of 4 M4+ events since 2005. Among that cohort, Montserrat ranks 3rd of 4 by strongest recorded magnitude (M4.1).
| Country | M4+ count | Strongest |
|---|---|---|
| Cabo Verde | 4 | M4.9 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 4 | M4.5 |
| Montserrat (this page) | 4 | M4.1 |
| Qatar | 4 | M4.1 |
0 of 4 catalogued M4+ events since 2005 reached M6.0 or higher.
Other countries in this catalog sample
A Montserrat-keyed shuffle of the full 186-country roster, not the six nearest by count.
Bangladesh
64 M4+ events · strongest M5.5
Romania
186 M4+ events · strongest M5.6
Antigua and Barbuda
129 M4+ events · strongest M6.6
Tajikistan
1,594 M4+ events · strongest M7.2
Democratic Republic of the Congo
161 M4+ events · strongest M6.8
Solomon Islands
6,147 M4+ events · strongest M7.8
Peak-magnitude sample from the same roster
A second Montserrat-keyed shuffle of countries with a recorded max magnitude.
Showing 6 of 186 countries with a recorded max magnitude.
According to the US Geological Survey Earthquake Hazards Program, PlainQuake's figures are rendered directly from 317,293 recorded M4+ earthquakes and 14,444 significant M6+ events (USGS ComCat, 2005-present) -- no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-08-26.