M5

earthquake M 5.2, 7 km ESE of Baghlān, Afghanistan
Thursday 1st October 2026 03:29 GMT
Depth: 50 km
earthquake M 5.6, 94 km SW of Tamarindo, Costa Rica
Wednesday 30th September 2026 23:55 GMT
Depth: 8 km
earthquake M 5, 142 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
Wednesday 30th September 2026 20:21 GMT
Depth: 35 km
earthquake M 5, 27 km N of Kupang, Indonesia
Wednesday 30th September 2026 12:58 GMT
Depth: 19 km
earthquake M 5.1, 121 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
Wednesday 30th September 2026 10:15 GMT
Depth: 28 km
earthquake M 5.2, Balleny Islands region
Wednesday 30th September 2026 09:07 GMT
Depth: 10 km
earthquake M 5, 83 km NE of Tadine, New Caledonia
Wednesday 30th September 2026 08:50 GMT
Depth: 10 km
earthquake M 5.6, 74 km S of Yonakuni, Japan
Wednesday 30th September 2026 07:00 GMT
Depth: 11 km
earthquake M 5.4, Balleny Islands region
Wednesday 30th September 2026 06:48 GMT
Depth: 10 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.