Earthquakes Today

Earthquake pages for the last 24 hours, 7 days and 30 days in seismically active countries:

• Afghanistan
• Albania
• Algeria
• Argentina
• Australia
• Bolivia
• Canada
• Chile
• China
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Croatia
• Ecuador
• El Salvador
• Fiji
• Greece
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• Iceland
• India
• Indonesia
• Iran
• Italy
• Japan
• Kyrgyzstan
• Mexico
• Morocco
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• New Zealand
• Nicaragua
• Pakistan
• Papua New Guinea
• Peru
• Philippines
• Portugal
• Romania
• Russia
• Solomon Islands
• Spain
• Taiwan
• Tajikistan
• Tonga
• Turkey
• United States
• Vanuatu
• Venezuela

LiveEarthquake is an independent earthquake tracker that shows earthquakes recorded around the world on a single live map. Choose any time range from the past hour to the past 30 days, filter by magnitude and focus on a continent or a country. The map, the list and the statistics always use the same data, so changing a filter updates all three at once.

LiveEarthquake is not an early warning system and does not predict earthquakes. It only shows events that have already happened and were recorded by seismic networks.

1. Start with your country. On your first visit the map focuses on the country estimated from your IP address, without asking for permission. Choose "Whole world" to go global; this choice is remembered.
2. Pick a time range. The default view is the past 24 hours; 1, 6 and 12 hours as well as 7 and 30 days are also available.
3. Set a magnitude threshold. Earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 and above are shown by default. Choose "All magnitudes" to see every record.
4. Zoom in on a region. Click a continent or type a country name or ISO code (for example "Japan" or "US"). You can also click an empty spot on the map to select that country.
5. Open the details. Click a dot on the map or a row in the list to see the magnitude, depth, coordinates and a link to the original record at the source agency.

Dot size shows magnitude and color shows how recent an earthquake is: red for the past hour, orange for the past 24 hours, yellow for the past 7 days and grey for older events. The mountain icon in the map controls toggles topographic relief. When zoomed out, many nearby earthquakes are grouped into numbered clusters; click a cluster to zoom in.

Magnitude is a logarithmic measure of the energy released by an earthquake. Each whole-number step means roughly 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 6.0 earthquake is far stronger than a 5.0. Records also show the magnitude type: Mw (moment magnitude) is the most reliable for large earthquakes, while ML, Md and mb are common for small and moderate ones.

Depth is the distance from the surface to the point where the rupture started (the focus). Earthquakes of 0–70 km are generally called shallow, 70–300 km intermediate and deeper than 300 km deep. A shallow earthquake is usually felt more strongly at the surface than a deep one of the same magnitude.

Magnitude alone does not determine the impact. Shaking at the surface depends on depth, distance to the epicenter, local soil conditions and how well buildings are built. Felt reports and intensity values in the details panel help describe that impact.

Each region is shown from its official agency: Turkey from AFAD, Europe from EMSC, Japan from JMA, New Zealand from GeoNet, Australia from Geoscience Australia, Canada from Earthquakes Canada (NRCan) and the rest of the world from the U.S. Geological Survey feeds. This way every region shows its most detailed official catalog and the same earthquake never appears twice. Every earthquake links to its original record at the source agency.

• Worldwide: USGS Earthquake Hazards Program (public domain).
• Turkey: AFAD Earthquake Department, Ministry of Interior of Türkiye, including small events; used with attribution.
• Europe (excluding Turkey): EMSC-CSEM SeismicPortal, CC BY 4.0. It combines solutions from national networks such as INGV (Italy), IGN (Spain) and ETHZ (Switzerland).
• Japan: Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), felt earthquakes and maximum seismic intensity (shindo). Source: JMA website (CC BY 4.0 compatible); data formatted by LiveEarthquake.
• New Zealand: GeoNet (Earth Sciences New Zealand), CC BY 3.0 NZ.
• Australia: Geoscience Australia, CC BY 4.0.
• Canada: Earthquakes Canada (Natural Resources Canada), Open Government Licence – Canada.
• Country borders: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified for matching; no position is taken on disputed areas.
• Topographic relief: Terrain Tiles (USGS SRTM, GMTED2010, NOAA ETOPO1 and other sources).
• Base map: OpenFreeMap, © OpenMapTiles, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Non-earthquake seismic events such as quarry blasts are removed. Country and continent are derived by matching coordinates against country borders.

While the page is open, data is checked about every 2 minutes and new earthquakes are briefly highlighted on the map. The status indicator at the top shows whether the data is really current: if the connection drops or a source is delayed, it says so clearly and the last successful data stays on screen.

It can take a few minutes for an earthquake to appear in the catalogs, and the first magnitude and location are often revised later by seismologists.

For official alerts and guidance, always follow the national agency of your country, such as the USGS in the United States, Earthquakes Canada, GeoNet in New Zealand or Geoscience Australia. LiveEarthquake brings their data together on one map but does not replace them.

Do not trust unverified claims that "a big earthquake is coming": earthquakes cannot be predicted scientifically. Prepare in advance with an emergency kit, a household plan and by securing heavy furniture.

• LiveEarthquake is for information only; base emergency decisions on announcements from official agencies.
• Values shown may be revised later by the source agencies, and records may be removed.
• Country matching is a geographic approximation and may differ near borders and for earthquakes at sea.
• LiveEarthquake is not affiliated with USGS, EMSC, AFAD, JMA or any other agency.