M4.5

earthquake M 5.1, West Chile Rise
Sunday 18th January 2026 17:06 GMT
Depth: 10 km
earthquake M 5.3, 126 km SSE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga
Sunday 18th January 2026 13:31 GMT
Depth: 10 km
earthquake M 5.1, 91 km SSE of Tondano, Indonesia
Sunday 18th January 2026 05:16 GMT
Depth: 73 km
earthquake M 5.4, South Sandwich Islands region
Saturday 17th January 2026 19:00 GMT
Depth: 68 km
earthquake M 5.3, 169 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
Saturday 17th January 2026 07:46 GMT
Depth: 23 km
earthquake M 5, 84 km SW of Yonakuni, Japan
Saturday 17th January 2026 05:18 GMT
Depth: 10 km
earthquake M 5.2, Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
Saturday 17th January 2026 04:34 GMT
Depth: 70 km
earthquake M 5, Izu Islands, Japan region
Saturday 17th January 2026 01:16 GMT
Depth: 10 km
earthquake M 5.1, 26 km W of Amahai, Indonesia
Saturday 17th January 2026 00:50 GMT
Depth: 69 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.