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Earthquakes in 2025

18,267 magnitude-4-and-above earthquakes were catalogued worldwide in 2025, including 144 significant M6+ events. The strongest reached M8.8.

18,267
M4+ events
144
Significant M6+
M8.8
Strongest
72 km
Avg depth

The year in one line

2025 logged 18,267 catalogued M4+ earthquakes worldwide, 144 of them major M6+ events, topping out at magnitude 8.8.

18,267
M4+ events worldwide
144
major M6+ events
M8.8
strongest of the year
72 km
average hypocentral depth

Major-event activity peaked in Jul with 28 M6+ events, aftershock sequences can drive month-to-month spikes for over a year after a megathrust.

Magnitude breakdown - 2025

How 2025's 18,267 catalogued M4+ earthquakes split across the magnitude scale

Value

What this shows As in every year, the catalog is dominated by moderate M4–5 events; the rare M6+ band - 144 events in 2025 - is where damaging shaking lives.

Source USGS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog (ComCat) As of 2025

Major (M6+) events by month

Count of significant (M6+) earthquakes catalogued in each month of 2025.

Jan

7

Feb

3

Mar

12

Apr

12

May

14

Jun

9

Jul

28

Aug

14

Sep

11

Oct

16

Nov

9

Dec

9

Significant earthquakes in 2025 (144)

Every catalogued M6+ earthquake recorded during 2025, strongest impact first.

Mag Location Depth
8.8 2025 Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia Earthquake 35.0 km
7.8 140 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 27.0 km
7.7 2025 Mandalay, Burma (Myanmar) Earthquake 10.0 km
7.6 2025 Aomori Prefecture, Japan Earthquake 40.7 km
7.6 Drake Passage 5.6 km
7.6 210 km SSW of George Town, Cayman Islands 14.3 km
7.5 2025 Southern Drake Passage Earthquake 10.0 km
7.4 12 km E of Santiago, Philippines 59.4 km
7.4 105 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 58.0 km
7.4 2025 Eastern Kamchatka, Russia Earthquake 34.0 km
7.4 2025 Drake Passage Earthquake 10.0 km
7.3 2025 Sand Point, Alaska Earthquake 38.0 km
7.1 2025 Southern Tibetan Plateau Earthquake 10.0 km
7.0 2025 Hubbard Glacier Earthquake 10.3 km
7.0 Macquarie Island region 31.0 km
7.0 61 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga 29.0 km
6.9 8 km ESE of Calape, Philippines 10.0 km
6.9 125 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 36.6 km
6.9 184 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea 9.0 km
6.9 Reykjanes Ridge 10.0 km
6.8 122 km E of Yamada, Japan 18.0 km
6.8 123 km E of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia 30.0 km
6.8 Macquarie Island region 19.0 km
6.8 15 km SE of Miyazaki, Japan 39.0 km
6.7 117 km NE of Kuji, Japan 19.0 km
6.7 12 km SE of Santiago, Philippines 47.0 km
6.7 180 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia 70.7 km
6.7 Burma (Myanmar) 10.0 km
6.7 170 km WSW of Riverton, New Zealand 21.0 km
6.6 29 km ESE of Yilan, Taiwan 63.0 km
6.6 129 km S of Honchō, Japan 19.0 km
6.6 17 km W of Lae, Papua New Guinea 98.0 km
6.6 south of the Fiji Islands 553.0 km
6.6 187 km SSE of Mata-Utu, Wallis and Futuna 314.2 km
6.6 153 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 10.0 km
6.6 134 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 23.0 km
6.6 Scotia Sea 10.0 km
6.6 southeast Indian Ridge 10.0 km
6.6 central Mid-Atlantic Ridge 12.3 km
6.5 45 km NNE of Goroka, Papua New Guinea 107.0 km
6.5 164 km E of Beauséjour, Guadeloupe 9.0 km
6.5 143 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 35.0 km
6.5 89 km ENE of Angoram, Papua New Guinea 16.8 km
6.5 south of the Fiji Islands 271.0 km
6.5 34 km NE of Olonkinbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen 10.0 km
6.4 54 km WNW of Sinabang, Indonesia 17.0 km
6.4 117 km E of Yamada, Japan 10.0 km
6.4 Banda Sea 142.0 km
6.4 192 km WNW of Abepura, Indonesia 18.0 km
6.4 Vanuatu region 10.0 km
6.4 264 km WNW of Sabang, Indonesia 21.0 km
6.4 45 km SW of Diego de Almagro, Chile 75.0 km
6.4 142 km W of Neiafu, Tonga 260.0 km
6.4 289 km SSE of Ushuaia, Argentina 8.0 km
6.3 Drake Passage 8.0 km
6.3 139 km SE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea 10.0 km
6.3 25 km ENE of Mene Grande, Venezuela 14.0 km
6.3 94 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 16.4 km
6.3 115 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands 45.0 km
6.3 195 km WNW of Abepura, Indonesia 14.0 km
6.3 Pacific-Antarctic Ridge 10.0 km
6.3 109 km W of Gorontalo, Indonesia 142.0 km
6.3 15 km NE of Paratebueno, Colombia 9.0 km
6.3 19 km NE of Esmeraldas, Ecuador 18.0 km
6.3 Pacific-Antarctic Ridge 10.0 km
6.2 40 km W of Puerto Santa, Peru 58.0 km
6.2 30 km SE of Mazār-e Sharīf, Afghanistan 28.0 km
6.2 57 km NW of Pante Makasar, Timor Leste 75.0 km
6.2 5 km ENE of Mene Grande, Venezuela 9.0 km
6.2 202 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia 16.0 km
6.2 222 km SE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia 15.0 km
6.2 126 km SE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia 35.0 km
6.2 Macquarie Island region 17.0 km
6.2 west of Macquarie Island 10.0 km
6.2 91 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska 40.0 km
6.2 206 km S of Burica, Panama 10.0 km
6.2 213 km WSW of Riverton, New Zealand 22.0 km
6.2 southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge 10.0 km
6.2 east of the Philippine Islands 10.0 km
6.2 western Indian-Antarctic Ridge 10.0 km
6.2 Kermadec Islands region 10.0 km
6.2 southwest of Africa 10.0 km
6.2 66 km SE of Emporeío, Greece 64.0 km
6.2 285 km SW of Bluff, New Zealand 10.6 km
6.2 24 km SE of Marmara Ereğlisi, Turkey 12.7 km
6.2 271 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines 104.0 km
6.2 72 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga 17.0 km
6.2 88 km SSE of Adak, Alaska 17.0 km
6.2 124 km SSE of Burica, Panama 10.0 km
6.2 18 km SE of Aquila, Mexico 39.0 km
6.2 56 km SSE of La Libertad, El Salvador 46.0 km
6.1 142 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 29.0 km
6.1 121 km E of Ozernovskiy, Russia 56.5 km
6.1 177 km SE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia 19.0 km
6.1 east of the Kuril Islands 9.0 km
6.1 78 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 25.4 km
6.1 10 km WSW of Bigadiç, Turkey 10.0 km
6.1 215 km ESE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia 10.0 km
6.1 183 km SE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia 10.4 km
6.1 Kermadec Islands region 10.0 km
6.1 west of Macquarie Island 10.0 km
6.1 104 km ESE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea 52.0 km
6.1 56 km ENE of Nishinoomote, Japan 29.0 km
6.1 central Mid-Atlantic Ridge 10.0 km
6.1 45 km E of Modisi, Indonesia 21.7 km
6.1 84 km NNW of Calama, Chile 99.0 km
6.1 South Sandwich Islands region 70.0 km
6.0 2025 Taitung, Taiwan Earthquake 8.0 km
6.0 127 km S of Honchō, Japan 22.8 km
6.0 12 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska 69.4 km
6.0 129 km E of Yamada, Japan 11.0 km
6.0 149 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 28.0 km
6.0 191 km WSW of Merizo Village, Guam 65.0 km
6.0 7 km SE of Sındırgı, Turkey 8.0 km
6.0 194 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands 34.0 km
6.0 98 km ESE of Ozernovskiy, Russia 58.3 km
6.0 3 km N of Union, Philippines 32.0 km
6.0 3 km ESE of Bacolod, Philippines 67.7 km
6.0 31 km ESE of Kalianget, Indonesia 19.5 km
6.0 26 km S of Nabire, Indonesia 28.0 km
6.0 208 km SE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea 31.0 km
6.0 144 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 15.0 km
6.0 35 km WSW of Asadābād, Afghanistan 8.0 km
6.0 92 km E of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia 40.0 km
6.0 88 km SW of Acajutla, El Salvador 17.0 km
6.0 124 km ENE of Ozernovskiy, Russia 35.0 km
6.0 265 km ESE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia 11.0 km
6.0 165 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia 17.0 km
6.0 165 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia 35.0 km
6.0 138 km SE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia 35.0 km
6.0 163 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 14.0 km
6.0 154 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 12.3 km
6.0 65 km E of Sarangani, Philippines 99.8 km
6.0 82 km SE of Nemuro, Japan 18.0 km
6.0 Kuril Islands 35.0 km
6.0 Kermadec Islands region 10.0 km
6.0 78 km S of Kushiro, Japan 21.0 km
6.0 187 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga 48.0 km
6.0 20 km SSE of Fry, Greece 76.2 km
6.0 southern East Pacific Rise 10.0 km
6.0 Nicobar Islands, India region 23.0 km
6.0 98 km S of Calama, Chile 96.0 km
6.0 85 km SE of Lata, Solomon Islands 36.0 km
6.0 10 km NE of Yujing, Taiwan 16.0 km

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Frequently asked questions

How many earthquakes occurred in 2025? ▼
In 2025, the USGS catalog recorded 18,267 earthquakes of magnitude 4.0 or greater worldwide. Of these, 144 reached M6.0 or above.
What was the strongest earthquake in 2025? ▼
The strongest catalogued earthquake in 2025 reached magnitude 8.8, near 2025 Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia Earthquake. There were 15 M7+ events during the year.
How does 2025 compare to other years? ▼
A typical year sees roughly 13,000–18,000 catalogued M4+ earthquakes worldwide. 2025 recorded 18,267, with an average depth of 72 km. See the year index for the full long-term trend.
What magnitude scale is used? ▼
All magnitudes use the moment magnitude scale (Mw), the USGS standard. The scale is logarithmic, each whole step is roughly 32× more energy released.

About this data

Every figure on this page is computed directly from the USGS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog (ComCat), the public-domain record maintained by the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program. The worldwide catalog covers magnitude-4.0-and-above events from 2005 onward, the period over which the global seismograph network reliably detects and locates earthquakes everywhere. Magnitudes use the moment-magnitude scale (Mw), the modern standard that supersedes the older Richter scale; because the scale is logarithmic, each whole step up represents roughly thirty-two times more energy released. Depth is measured in kilometres from the surface, and shallow earthquakes generally produce stronger surface shaking than deep ones of the same magnitude. Annual counts reflect what instruments recorded, not every tremor that occurred; the current calendar year is always partial and will keep rising as the USGS adds and revises events, so it should never be compared directly against completed years.

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