M4.5

earthquake M 6.1, Volcano Islands, Japan region
Wednesday 21st January 2026 17:37 GMT
Depth: 25 km
earthquake M 5.1, Banda Sea
Wednesday 21st January 2026 06:49 GMT
Depth: 134 km
earthquake M 5.2, South Sandwich Islands region
Wednesday 21st January 2026 05:54 GMT
Depth: 35 km
earthquake M 5.4, 32 km WSW of Sangay, Philippines
Wednesday 21st January 2026 02:33 GMT
Depth: 9 km
earthquake M 5.3, 196 km N of Qalansīyah, Yemen
Wednesday 21st January 2026 02:05 GMT
Depth: 10 km
earthquake M 5, 178 km NNE of Qalansīyah, Yemen
Wednesday 21st January 2026 01:27 GMT
Depth: 10 km
earthquake M 5.3, 72 km ENE of Mutsu, Japan
Tuesday 20th January 2026 18:51 GMT
Depth: 66 km
earthquake M 5.4, 49 km SSE of Mbumi, Tanzania
Tuesday 20th January 2026 18:11 GMT
Depth: 10 km
earthquake M 5, 17 km SSW of Santa Gertrudis Miramar, Mexico
Tuesday 20th January 2026 12:30 GMT
Depth: 42 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.