Earthquakes in May 2019

116 earthquakes recorded worldwide at magnitude 2.5 and above, listed strongest first.

Events

116

Strongest

M8.0

78 km NE of Navarro, Peru

Busiest day

6 May

8 events

Daily average

3.7

Events per day

Strongest earthquakes

Showing the 100 strongest of 116.

8.0
M8.0 earthquake near Yurimaguas, Loreto
2700 d ago123 km deep Tsunami flag
Extreme
7.6
M7.6 earthquake near Kokopo, East New Britain Province
2712 d ago10 km deep Tsunami flag
Extreme
7.1
M7.1 earthquake near Bulolo, Morobe Province
2720 d ago146 km deep Tsunami flag
Extreme
6.6
M6.6 earthquake near La Libertad, La Libertad Department
2696 d ago58 km deep Tsunami flag
Major
6.3
M6.3 earthquake - 164 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia
2707 d ago20 km deep Tsunami flag
Major
6.3
M6.3 earthquake - 196 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia
2707 d ago20 km deep Tsunami flag
Major
6.2
M6.2 earthquake near Miyazaki, Miyazaki
2716 d ago22 km deep
Major
6.2
M6.2 earthquake - 144 km NNE of Buala, Solomon Islands
2723 d ago27 km deep
Major
6.1
M6.1 earthquake near Mati, Davao Region
2695 d ago99 km deep
Major
6.0
M6.0 earthquake near Nuku‘alofa, Tongatapu
2696 d ago178 km deep
Major
6.0
M6.0 earthquake - 127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
2703 d ago30 km deep Tsunami flag
Major
6.0
M6.0 earthquake - 176 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia
2707 d ago16 km deep
Major
6.0
M6.0 earthquake near La Concepción, Chiriquí Province
2714 d ago19 km deep
Major
5.9
M5.9 earthquake near Kokopo, East New Britain Province
2709 d ago21 km deep
Strong
5.9
M5.9 earthquake - central East Pacific Rise
2710 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.9
M5.9 earthquake near El Viejo, Chinandega Department
2710 d ago72 km deep
Strong
5.8
M5.8 earthquake - 224 km SW of La Cruz de Loreto, Mexico
2695 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.8
M5.8 earthquake - 61 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska
2699 d ago64 km deep Tsunami flag
Strong
5.8
M5.8 earthquake - 26 km SW of Isangel, Vanuatu
2716 d ago105 km deep
Strong
5.7
M5.7 earthquake - South Sandwich Islands region
2698 d ago115 km deep
Strong
5.7
M5.7 earthquake - Vanuatu
2701 d ago145 km deep
Strong
5.7
M5.7 earthquake - 198 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia
2703 d ago19 km deep
Strong
5.7
M5.7 earthquake near Kokopo, East New Britain Province
2710 d ago21 km deep
Strong
5.7
M5.7 earthquake near Nishinoomote, Kagoshima
2711 d ago29 km deep
Strong
5.7
M5.7 earthquake - Kermadec Islands region
2716 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.7
M5.7 earthquake near Minas de Marcona, Ica
2718 d ago15 km deep
Strong
5.7
M5.7 earthquake near Manado, North Sulawesi
2722 d ago327 km deep
Strong
5.7
M5.7 earthquake near San Jose, Mimaropa
2722 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.6
M5.6 earthquake near Diglipur, Andaman and Nicobar
2704 d ago29 km deep
Strong
5.6
M5.6 earthquake - 219 km SSW of Kroya, Indonesia
2708 d ago8 km deep
Strong
5.6
M5.6 earthquake near Miyazaki, Miyazaki
2717 d ago22 km deep
Strong
5.5
M5.5 earthquake - 106 km W of Buala, Solomon Islands
2699 d ago102 km deep
Strong
5.5
M5.5 earthquake near Illapel, Coquimbo Region
2706 d ago108 km deep
Strong
5.5
M5.5 earthquake - 213 km WSW of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea
2711 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.5
M5.5 earthquake - south of the Kermadec Islands
2715 d ago86 km deep
Strong
5.5
M5.5 earthquake near Sanchez-Mira, Cagayan Valley
2720 d ago35 km deep
Strong
5.5
M5.5 earthquake - southern East Pacific Rise
2722 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.4
M5.4 earthquake near Kokopo, East New Britain Province
2695 d ago9 km deep
Strong
5.4
M5.4 earthquake near Sumbawa Besar, West Nusa Tenggara
2695 d ago572 km deep
Strong
5.4
M5.4 earthquake - southeast of Easter Island
2704 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.4
M5.4 earthquake - Kermadec Islands region
2711 d ago18 km deep
Strong
5.4
M5.4 earthquake - east of Severnaya Zemlya
2713 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.4
M5.4 earthquake near Sanchez-Mira, Cagayan Valley
2714 d ago30 km deep
Strong
5.4
M5.4 earthquake - north of Ascension Island
2720 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.3
M5.3 earthquake - off the coast of Ecuador
2705 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake near Daruba, North Maluku
2697 d ago73 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake near Belén, Catamarca
2702 d ago149 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake near Mendi, Southern Highlands Province
2703 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake near Arawa, Bougainville
2706 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake near Arawa, Bougainville
2706 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake near Constitución, Maule Region
2709 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake - 98 km E of Shikotan, Russia
2712 d ago39 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake - 225 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga
2713 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake near Chilca, Junin
2713 d ago90 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake near Derbendîxan, Sulaymaniyah
2715 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake - 121 km S of Hihifo, Tonga
2716 d ago94 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake - 108 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
2717 d ago43 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake - 169 km SSW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu
2718 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake near Arawa, Bougainville
2720 d ago63 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake near Mon, Nagaland
2722 d ago86 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake - northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
2697 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake - 64 km NW of Lata, Solomon Islands
2700 d ago37 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake near Labasa, Northern
2702 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake - north of Ascension Island
2703 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake - 103 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga
2704 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake near Gorontalo, Gorontalo
2705 d ago49 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake - 187 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia
2707 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake - South Sandwich Islands region
2707 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake near Kokopo, East New Britain Province
2708 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake - 220 km NNW of Sabang, Indonesia
2709 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake near Tacna, Tacna
2710 d ago107 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake near Tacna, Tacna
2710 d ago114 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake near Pocito, San Juan
2710 d ago106 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake near Zinjibār, Abyan Governorate
2711 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake near Gisborne, Gisborne
2712 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake - south of the Kermadec Islands
2713 d ago35 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake - 144 km SSW of Lata, Solomon Islands
2714 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake near Nichinan, Miyazaki
2716 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake - 140 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
2719 d ago43 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake - 178 km S of Bengkulu, Indonesia
2720 d ago35 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake near Goroka, Eastern Highlands Province
2721 d ago116 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake near Nemuro, Hokkaido
2722 d ago36 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake near Tahuna, North Sulawesi
2723 d ago35 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake - Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
2723 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.0
M5.0 earthquake - Kermadec Islands region
2697 d ago87 km deep
Strong
5.0
M5.0 earthquake - 178 km WNW of Sabang, Indonesia
2697 d ago35 km deep
Strong
5.0
M5.0 earthquake near Kokopo, East New Britain Province
2699 d ago58 km deep
Strong
5.0
M5.0 earthquake - 132 km SSE of Isangel, Vanuatu
2702 d ago131 km deep
Strong
5.0
M5.0 earthquake near Diglipur, Andaman and Nicobar
2702 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.0
M5.0 earthquake - Off the coast of Aisen, Chile
2702 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.0
M5.0 earthquake - 103 km W of El Aguilar, Argentina
2705 d ago196 km deep
Strong
5.0
M5.0 earthquake - West Chile Rise
2705 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.0
M5.0 earthquake near Sentani, Papua
2708 d ago35 km deep
Strong
5.0
M5.0 earthquake near Iquique, Tarapacá
2709 d ago70 km deep
Strong
5.0
M5.0 earthquake near Kokopo, East New Britain Province
2710 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.0
M5.0 earthquake - southeast of Easter Island
2712 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.0
M5.0 earthquake near Kokopo, East New Britain Province
2712 d ago12 km deep
Strong
5.0
M5.0 earthquake near Kokopo, East New Britain Province
2712 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.0
M5.0 earthquake near Labattoir, Dzaoudzi
2712 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.0
M5.0 earthquake near Ayacucho, Ayacucho
2713 d ago80 km deep
Strong