M5

earthquake M 5.8, 72 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
Monday 17th August 2026 14:38 GMT
Depth: 55 km
earthquake M 5.1, 28 km SW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea
Monday 17th August 2026 13:00 GMT
Depth: 35 km
earthquake M 5.4, 75 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia
Monday 17th August 2026 12:44 GMT
Depth: 10 km
earthquake M 5.2, 81 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia
Monday 17th August 2026 12:42 GMT
Depth: 10 km
earthquake M 5.2, 70 km NNW of Ende, Indonesia
Monday 17th August 2026 05:48 GMT
Depth: 16 km
earthquake M 5.3, 68 km NNW of Ende, Indonesia
Monday 17th August 2026 05:36 GMT
Depth: 10 km
earthquake M 5.7, 65 km NNW of Ende, Indonesia
Monday 17th August 2026 02:46 GMT
Depth: 49 km
earthquake M 5, 215 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji
Monday 17th August 2026 02:08 GMT
Depth: 564 km
earthquake M 5.2, 67 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico
Sunday 16th August 2026 17:52 GMT
Depth: 35 km
There is a large spread in yearly magnitude 5+ earthquakes. In 1998 we had 1108 of those earthquakes in 2010 we had 2408 M5+ earthquakes. How many earthquakes will 2022 bring?
For more information about the damage and occurrences of earthquakes, take a look at the Richter Scale Table.