M4.9

earthquake M 5.6, 64 km ESE of Akkeshi, Japan
Wednesday 14th January 2026 23:13 GMT
Depth: 12 km
earthquake M 5.1, Kuril Islands
Wednesday 14th January 2026 21:36 GMT
Depth: 10 km
earthquake M 5, 197 km ENE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
Wednesday 14th January 2026 18:29 GMT
Depth: 10 km
earthquake M 5, central Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Wednesday 14th January 2026 18:27 GMT
Depth: 10 km
earthquake M 5.1, 119 km N of Lae, Papua New Guinea
Wednesday 14th January 2026 16:29 GMT
Depth: 173 km
earthquake M 5.1, 68 km E of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
Wednesday 14th January 2026 04:08 GMT
Depth: 64 km
earthquake M 6.2, 133 km SE of Kuril’sk, Russia
Tuesday 13th January 2026 08:34 GMT
Depth: 36 km
earthquake M 5.3, 72 km W of Ollagüe, Chile
Tuesday 13th January 2026 08:28 GMT
Depth: 118 km
earthquake M 5.6, Easter Island region
Tuesday 13th January 2026 04:39 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.