The largest earthquakes today
The largest earthquake in the latest snapshot we hold is M 5.1, 90 km ENE of Tadine, New Caledonia, which released about 670 tons of TNT.
Source USGS · snapshot · the ranking below updates every minute
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World, largest first
- 5.1 90 km ENE of Tadine, New Caledonia
- 4.2 114 km S of Mişrātah, Libya
- 3.8 136 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska
- 3.3 129 km E of Chignik, Alaska
- 3.2 2 km SW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii
- 2.9 24 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska
- 2.7 110 km NNE of Arctic Village, Alaska
- 2.7 9 km NE of Pleasant Hill, Louisiana
- 2.6 11 km NE of Toyah, Texas
- 2.5 22 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska
- 2.5 55 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska
- 2.5 6 km SSE of Salinas, Puerto Rico
- 2.4 26 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska
- 2.4 30 km W of Denali Park, Alaska
- 2.3 32 km SW of Garden City, Texas
- 2.3 19 km ESE of Anza, CA
- 2.3 46 km WSW of Carlsbad, CA
- 2.2 7 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii
- 2.2 11 km SE of Ninilchik, Alaska
- 2.2 15 km N of Susanville, CA
Source USGS · as of
What the ranking means
This is every earthquake USGS recorded in the last 24 hours, sorted by magnitude rather than time. Switch to US for the United States only, or Felt for the ones people reported feeling.
Magnitude is logarithmic. Each whole step releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 6 releases roughly a thousand times the energy of a magnitude 4. That is why a single large quake can outweigh an entire day of small ones.
Outside the United States, the global network reliably records earthquakes from about magnitude 4.5 up; smaller ones abroad are often missing from the USGS feed, so a small quake near the top of the US list may not appear at all in a quieter country's.
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