# Earthquakes Today and Right Now: Live Earthquake Map

Updated 09:34 UTC, 29 Oct 2026. Canonical: https://monitorworld.app/live/earthquakes-today

USGS recorded **208 earthquakes** worldwide in the past 24 hours: 45 of magnitude 2.5 or more and 29 of M4.5 or more. The strongest was a **M6.4** southeast of Easter Island at 07:49 UTC.

## Earthquake right now: the last hour

USGS listed 5 earthquakes of any size worldwide in the past hour (as of 09:37 UTC). Most small ones are in the US, where the networks are densest.

- [LOW] [M2.1 · 23 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/aka2026vkrmtj) (2026-10-29 09:27 UTC, 18m ago, 58 km deep, USGS)
- [LOW] [M0.4 · 4 km WSW of Anza, CA](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ci41568728) (2026-10-29 09:16 UTC, 29m ago, 6 km deep, USGS)
- [LOW] [M0.2 · 8 km N of Anza, CA](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ci41568720) (2026-10-29 09:12 UTC, 33m ago, 14 km deep, USGS)
- [LOW] [M1.1 · 8 km N of Anza, CA](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ci41568712) (2026-10-29 09:09 UTC, 36m ago, 13 km deep, USGS)
- [MED] [M5.1 · 218 km NNW of Bamboo Flat, India](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000tty7) (2026-10-29 08:49 UTC, 56m ago, 10 km deep, USGS)

## Key numbers

- Earthquakes, past 24 h (all sizes): **208**
- Magnitude 2.5 and higher: **45**
- Magnitude 4.5 and higher: **29**
- Strongest, past 24 h: **M6.4** (southeast of Easter Island)

## Latest earthquakes today (M2.5+)

- [MED] [M5.1 · 218 km NNW of Bamboo Flat, India](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000tty7) (08:49 UTC, 56m ago, 10 km deep, USGS)
- [LOW] [M4.6 · 41 km W of Mosteiros, Portugal](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000tty0) (07:54 UTC, 2h ago, 10 km deep, USGS)
- [HIGH] [M6.4 · southeast of Easter Island](https://monitorworld.app/earthquake/2026-10-29-m6-4-southeast-of-easter-island) (07:49 UTC, 2h ago, 10 km deep, quake page)
- [MED] [M5.4 · 114 km ENE of Barcelona, Philippines](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000ttxn) (07:31 UTC, 2h ago, 10 km deep, USGS)
- [MED] [M5.1 · Balleny Islands region](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000ttx8) (05:33 UTC, 4h ago, 10 km deep, USGS)
- [LOW] [M4.3 · 270 km WSW of Masachapa, Nicaragua](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000ttx6) (05:26 UTC, 4h ago, 10 km deep, USGS)
- [MED] [M5.4 · South Sandwich Islands region](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000ttx0) (05:06 UTC, 5h ago, 9 km deep, USGS)
- [LOW] [M2.7 · 55 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/aka2026vkgavi) (03:44 UTC, 6h ago, 121 km deep, USGS)
- [MED] [M5.7 · 82 km NE of Kiunga, Papua New Guinea](https://monitorworld.app/earthquake/2026-10-29-m5-7-kiunga-papua-new-guinea) (03:26 UTC, 6h ago, 10 km deep, quake page)
- [MED] [M5.8 · 110 km ENE of Barcelona, Philippines](https://monitorworld.app/earthquake/2026-10-29-m5-8-barcelona-philippines) (03:19 UTC, 6h ago, 10 km deep, quake page)
- [MED] [M5.4 · 113 km ENE of Barcelona, Philippines](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000ttw2) (03:17 UTC, 6h ago, 10 km deep, USGS)
- [LOW] [M4.8 · 36 km SSW of Merizo Village, Guam](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000ttvy) (02:18 UTC, 7h ago, 70 km deep, USGS)
- [LOW] [M4.8 · western Indian-Antarctic Ridge](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000ttvs) (01:07 UTC, 9h ago, 10 km deep, USGS)
- [LOW] [M4.9 · 117 km E of Port-Olry, Vanuatu](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000ttvn) (00:57 UTC, 9h ago, 10 km deep, USGS)
- [LOW] [M2.7 · 2 km NE of Pacifica, CA](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/nc75459182) (00:17 UTC, 9h ago, 7 km deep, USGS)

## Strongest earthquakes this week (M4.5+)

- [CRIT] [M7.0 · 191 km ENE of Nagqu, China](https://monitorworld.app/earthquake/2026-10-22-m7-0-nagqu-china) (14:33 UTC, 7d ago, 18 km deep, quake page)
- [HIGH] [M6.9 · 197 km WNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu](https://monitorworld.app/earthquake/2026-10-24-m6-9-port-olry-vanuatu) (02:31 UTC, 5d ago, 10 km deep, tsunami flag, quake page)
- [HIGH] [M6.5 · Bonin Islands, Japan region](https://monitorworld.app/earthquake/2026-10-25-m6-5-bonin-islands-japan-region) (02:09 UTC, 4d ago, 492 km deep, tsunami flag, quake page)
- [HIGH] [M6.4 · southeast of Easter Island](https://monitorworld.app/earthquake/2026-10-29-m6-4-southeast-of-easter-island) (07:49 UTC, 2h ago, 10 km deep, quake page)
- [HIGH] [M6.3 · 170 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu](https://monitorworld.app/earthquake/2026-10-24-m6-3-port-olry-vanuatu) (02:35 UTC, 5d ago, 10 km deep, quake page)
- [HIGH] [M6.1 · 25 km ENE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu](https://monitorworld.app/earthquake/2026-10-25-m6-1-port-olry-vanuatu) (02:24 UTC, 4d ago, 116 km deep, quake page)
- [HIGH] [M6.0 · 214 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu](https://monitorworld.app/earthquake/2026-10-28-m6-0-port-olry-vanuatu) (02:21 UTC, 31h ago, 10 km deep, quake page)
- [MED] [M5.9 · 218 km ENE of Nagqu, China](https://monitorworld.app/earthquake/2026-10-25-m5-9-nagqu-china) (11:25 UTC, 4d ago, 7 km deep, quake page)

## Key context

### How to read this page

Each dot is one earthquake from the USGS real-time feed. The colour and size follow the magnitude: **LOW** is M2.5 to M4.9, **MED** is M5.0 to M5.9, **HIGH** is M6.0 to M6.9 and **CRIT** is M7.0 or a red USGS PAGER alert. The label is always in text, so the colours are never the only signal.

Magnitude is logarithmic. A M6.0 releases about 32 times more energy than a M5.0, and about 1,000 times more than a M4.0. Depth matters too: a shallow M6 under a city usually does more damage than a deep M7 far offshore.

### Earthquakes by region

| Region | 24 h | 30 days | Strongest, 30 d |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Japan](https://monitorworld.app/live/earthquakes/japan) | 4 | 61 | M6.5 |
| [California](https://monitorworld.app/live/earthquakes/california) | 3 | 60 | M4.8 |
| [Los Angeles](https://monitorworld.app/live/earthquakes/los-angeles) | 0 | 6 | M3.8 |
| [San Francisco Bay Area](https://monitorworld.app/live/earthquakes/bay-area) | 1 | 3 | M2.7 |
| [Mexico](https://monitorworld.app/live/earthquakes/mexico) | 0 | 23 | M5.2 |
| [Philippines](https://monitorworld.app/live/earthquakes/philippines) | 4 | 39 | M5.8 |
| [Turkey](https://monitorworld.app/live/earthquakes/turkey) | 0 | 6 | M5.1 |
| [India](https://monitorworld.app/live/earthquakes/india) | 1 | 9 | M5.1 |
| [Indonesia](https://monitorworld.app/live/earthquakes/indonesia) | 2 | 124 | M5.7 |
| [Taiwan](https://monitorworld.app/live/earthquakes/taiwan) | 0 | 6 | M5.5 |
| [Alaska](https://monitorworld.app/live/earthquakes/alaska) | 4 | 483 | M5.6 |
| [Hawaii](https://monitorworld.app/live/earthquakes/hawaii) | 0 | 30 | M3.6 |
| [Colombia](https://monitorworld.app/live/earthquakes/colombia) | 0 | 14 | M4.8 |

### Strong earthquakes this month (M5.5+)

Each quake of M5.5 or more gets its own page with aftershocks, the PAGER impact alert, felt reports and the largest past quakes nearby.

- [M6.4 southeast of Easter Island](https://monitorworld.app/earthquake/2026-10-29-m6-4-southeast-of-easter-island) (29 Oct 2026)
- [M5.7 82 km NE of Kiunga, Papua New Guinea](https://monitorworld.app/earthquake/2026-10-29-m5-7-kiunga-papua-new-guinea) (29 Oct 2026)
- [M5.8 110 km ENE of Barcelona, Philippines](https://monitorworld.app/earthquake/2026-10-29-m5-8-barcelona-philippines) (29 Oct 2026)
- [M5.7 271 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia](https://monitorworld.app/earthquake/2026-10-28-m5-7-tual-indonesia) (28 Oct 2026)
- [M5.5 5 km ESE of Asahi, Japan](https://monitorworld.app/earthquake/2026-10-28-m5-5-asahi-japan) (28 Oct 2026)
- [M5.5 Reykjanes Ridge](https://monitorworld.app/earthquake/2026-10-28-m5-5-reykjanes-ridge) (28 Oct 2026)
- [M5.6 174 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu](https://monitorworld.app/earthquake/2026-10-28-m5-6-port-olry-vanuatu) (28 Oct 2026)
- [M6.0 214 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu](https://monitorworld.app/earthquake/2026-10-28-m6-0-port-olry-vanuatu) (28 Oct 2026)
- [M5.5 221 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu](https://monitorworld.app/earthquake/2026-10-28-m5-5-port-olry-vanuatu) (28 Oct 2026)
- [M5.8 196 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu](https://monitorworld.app/earthquake/2026-10-27-m5-8-port-olry-vanuatu) (27 Oct 2026)
- [M5.5 283 km E of Levuka, Fiji](https://monitorworld.app/earthquake/2026-10-26-m5-5-levuka-fiji) (26 Oct 2026)
- [M5.9 218 km ENE of Nagqu, China](https://monitorworld.app/earthquake/2026-10-25-m5-9-nagqu-china) (25 Oct 2026)

### What the tsunami flag means

USGS sets a tsunami flag on large quakes in oceanic regions. **The flag is not a tsunami warning.** Real warnings come from the tsunami warning centers, listed at [tsunami.gov](https://www.tsunami.gov/), and from your national authority. No quake in the past 24 hours carried the flag.

### Strongest quakes of the past 7 days

| Magnitude | Place | Date (UTC) | Depth |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| M7.0 | 191 km ENE of Nagqu, China | 2026-10-22 14:33 | 18 km |
| M6.9 | 197 km WNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu | 2026-10-24 02:31 | 10 km |
| M6.5 | Bonin Islands, Japan region | 2026-10-25 02:09 | 492 km |
| M6.4 | southeast of Easter Island | 2026-10-29 07:49 | 10 km |
| M6.3 | 170 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu | 2026-10-24 02:35 | 10 km |
| M6.1 | 25 km ENE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu | 2026-10-25 02:24 | 116 km |
| M6.0 | 214 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu | 2026-10-28 02:21 | 10 km |
| M5.9 | 218 km ENE of Nagqu, China | 2026-10-25 11:25 | 7 km |
| M5.9 | Bouvet Island region | 2026-10-24 15:24 | 10 km |
| M5.9 | 196 km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu | 2026-10-24 08:56 | 10 km |

### Why counts change during the day

USGS reviews automatic solutions. A quake can first appear with one magnitude and be revised a few minutes later, and duplicates from different networks are merged. The numbers on this page are rebuilt every 10 minutes from the feed, so they can differ slightly from the USGS map at any given second.

## FAQ

### Was there an earthquake near me?

Tap the map above: every M2.5+ quake of the past 24 hours is on it, with time, depth and magnitude. Small local quakes (under about M2.5 in the US, under M4.5 elsewhere) may only appear on your national seismic network. For alerts within a radius of your own location, the MonitorWorld app sends a push alert when a quake hits near you. You can also use [Earthquake near me](https://monitorworld.app/live/earthquake-near-me) to sort recent quakes by distance from you, on your device.

### Was there just an earthquake?

The most recent M2.5+ earthquake in the USGS feed was a M5.1 218 km NNW of Bamboo Flat, India at 08:49 UTC (56m ago when this page was built). Small local quakes can take 5 to 20 minutes to appear, and quakes outside the US below about M4.5 are often listed late or not at all.

### Where were the earthquakes today?

In the past 24 hours the M2.5+ quakes were spread over 25 regions. The strongest M4.5+ events this week were M7.0 191 km ENE of Nagqu, China; M6.9 197 km WNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu; M6.5 Bonin Islands, Japan region.

### Why did I feel an earthquake that is not shown here?

This page lists magnitude 2.5 and larger. Many felt quakes are smaller, and quakes outside the United States are usually only reported by USGS from about M4.5. Local networks (for example EMSC, JMA or your national survey) often publish small events faster. You can also report what you felt to USGS "Did You Feel It?".

### Can earthquakes be predicted?

No. USGS states that no scientist has ever predicted a major earthquake, and it does not expect to be able to in the foreseeable future. What scientists can do is estimate the probability of quakes in an area over years and issue aftershock forecasts after a large event. Early-warning systems such as ShakeAlert detect a quake that has already started and warn seconds before shaking arrives.

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## Sources

- [USGS Earthquake Hazards Program](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/feed/): real-time GeoJSON feeds, public domain. Credit: U.S. Geological Survey.
- [USGS ComCat (FDSN event web service)](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/fdsnws/event/1/): the USGS earthquake catalog, used for the 30-year counts, history and aftershocks. Public domain. Credit: U.S. Geological Survey.

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