Earthquakes in May 2022

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

Events

144

Strongest

M7.2

10 km W of Azángaro, Peru

Busiest day

8 May

10 events

Daily average

4.6

Events per day

Strongest earthquakes

Showing the 100 strongest of 144.

7.2
M7.2 earthquake near Ayaviri, Puno
1604 d ago236 km deep Tsunami flag
Extreme
6.9
M6.9 earthquake - Macquarie Island region
1611 d ago10 km deep Tsunami flag
Major
6.8
M6.8 earthquake - 86 km NNW of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina
1619 d ago220 km deep Tsunami flag
Major
6.6
M6.6 earthquake - southeast of the Loyalty Islands
1604 d ago15 km deep Tsunami flag
Major
6.3
M6.3 earthquake - south of the Fiji Islands
1608 d ago604 km deep
Major
6.3
M6.3 earthquake - 178 km SW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea
1621 d ago10 km deep
Major
6.2
M6.2 earthquake near Lospalos, Lautém
1603 d ago49 km deep
Major
6.2
M6.2 earthquake - southern East Pacific Rise
1604 d ago10 km deep
Major
6.2
M6.2 earthquake near Xiulin, Taiwan
1621 d ago21 km deep
Major
6.1
M6.1 earthquake near Nasugbu, Calabarzon
1609 d ago129 km deep
Major
6.0
M6.0 earthquake - 235 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan
1608 d ago12 km deep
Major
6.0
M6.0 earthquake near Manay, Davao Region
1625 d ago18 km deep
Major
5.8
M5.8 earthquake - north of Svalbard
1609 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.8
M5.8 earthquake - Tonga
1611 d ago122 km deep
Strong
5.8
M5.8 earthquake - 161 km S of Bengkulu, Indonesia
1614 d ago23 km deep
Strong
5.8
M5.8 earthquake near Port-Vila, Shefa
1620 d ago14 km deep
Strong
5.7
M5.7 earthquake near Coquimbo, Coquimbo Region
1610 d ago20 km deep
Strong
5.7
M5.7 earthquake - southern East Pacific Rise
1611 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.7
M5.7 earthquake - Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska
1612 d ago18 km deep Tsunami flag
Strong
5.7
M5.7 earthquake - southeast of Easter Island
1621 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.6
M5.6 earthquake - 129 km ESE of Pangai, Tonga
1602 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.6
M5.6 earthquake - 187 km NNW of Sola, Vanuatu
1602 d ago215 km deep
Strong
5.6
M5.6 earthquake near Port-Vila, Shefa
1607 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.6
M5.6 earthquake - Macquarie Island region
1611 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.6
M5.6 earthquake - 227 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan
1612 d ago13 km deep
Strong
5.6
M5.6 earthquake near Tobelo, North Maluku
1622 d ago39 km deep
Strong
5.6
M5.6 earthquake - Pagan region, Northern Mariana Islands
1623 d ago233 km deep
Strong
5.6
M5.6 earthquake near Port-Vila, Shefa
1625 d ago18 km deep
Strong
5.6
M5.6 earthquake near Manay, Davao Region
1626 d ago20 km deep
Strong
5.6
M5.6 earthquake - South Sandwich Islands region
1628 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.5
M5.5 earthquake - northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
1602 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.5
M5.5 earthquake near Ica, Ica
1603 d ago43 km deep
Strong
5.5
M5.5 earthquake near Crucecita, Oaxaca
1605 d ago34 km deep
Strong
5.5
M5.5 earthquake near Tacna, Tacna
1606 d ago156 km deep
Strong
5.5
M5.5 earthquake - South Sandwich Islands region
1607 d ago23 km deep
Strong
5.5
M5.5 earthquake near Shizunai-furukawachō, Hokkaido
1607 d ago34 km deep
Strong
5.5
M5.5 earthquake near Al Hoceïma, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima
1610 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.5
M5.5 earthquake - 224 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan
1613 d ago13 km deep
Strong
5.5
M5.5 earthquake - 230 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan
1613 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.5
M5.5 earthquake - south of New Zealand
1613 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.5
M5.5 earthquake - 299 km WSW of Merizo Village, Guam
1615 d ago22 km deep
Strong
5.5
M5.5 earthquake - South Sandwich Islands region
1617 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.5
M5.5 earthquake near Charlotte Amalie, Saint Thomas Island
1622 d ago25 km deep
Strong
5.5
M5.5 earthquake near Yomitan, Okinawa
1623 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.5
M5.5 earthquake - Volcano Islands, Japan region
1629 d ago54 km deep
Strong
5.5
M5.5 earthquake near Arawa, Bougainville
1629 d ago35 km deep
Strong
5.4
M5.4 earthquake - northern East Pacific Rise
1603 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.4
M5.4 earthquake - off the coast of Ecuador
1607 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.4
M5.4 earthquake near Iwaki, Fukushima
1608 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.4
M5.4 earthquake - South Sandwich Islands region
1612 d ago32 km deep
Strong
5.4
M5.4 earthquake - 5 km ESE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
1614 d ago94 km deep
Strong
5.4
M5.4 earthquake near Villa Poeta José Gálvez Barrenechea, Lima region
1618 d ago53 km deep
Strong
5.4
M5.4 earthquake - South Sandwich Islands region
1619 d ago42 km deep
Strong
5.4
M5.4 earthquake near Santiago del Estero, Santiago del Estero
1620 d ago569 km deep
Strong
5.4
M5.4 earthquake - 245 km WSW of Olonkinbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen
1621 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.4
M5.4 earthquake - south of the Fiji Islands
1624 d ago507 km deep
Strong
5.4
M5.4 earthquake near Yomitan, Okinawa
1624 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.4
M5.4 earthquake - south of the Fiji Islands
1628 d ago511 km deep
Strong
5.4
M5.4 earthquake - Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
1628 d ago221 km deep
Strong
5.3
M5.3 earthquake - southeast of the Loyalty Islands
1601 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.3
M5.3 earthquake - 172 km WNW of Constitución, Chile
1604 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.3
M5.3 earthquake near Zahedan, Sistan and Baluchestan
1607 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.3
M5.3 earthquake - South Sandwich Islands region
1611 d ago35 km deep
Strong
5.3
M5.3 earthquake near Boysun, Surxondaryo Region
1618 d ago30 km deep
Strong
5.3
M5.3 earthquake - 197 km N of Madang, Papua New Guinea
1620 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.3
M5.3 earthquake near Toba, Mie
1621 d ago329 km deep
Strong
5.3
M5.3 earthquake near Manay, Davao Region
1624 d ago27 km deep
Strong
5.3
M5.3 earthquake - Pagan region, Northern Mariana Islands
1625 d ago183 km deep
Strong
5.3
M5.3 earthquake - Izu Islands, Japan region
1628 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake near Bandar Lampung, Lampung
1599 d ago61 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake - 50 km WNW of Gizo, Solomon Islands
1603 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake - South Indian Ocean
1605 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake - South Sandwich Islands region
1607 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake near Kimbe, West New Britain Province
1607 d ago120 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake - north of Svalbard
1609 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake near Bitung, North Sulawesi
1611 d ago19 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake - southern East Pacific Rise
1611 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake - 214 km SW of Merizo Village, Guam
1612 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake near Kuji, Iwate
1613 d ago25 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake near Sanchez-Mira, Cagayan Valley
1613 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake - 229 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan
1613 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake - 82 km E of Shikotan, Russia
1616 d ago35 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake - Kermadec Islands region
1616 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake - Vanuatu
1619 d ago124 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake - Scotia Sea
1620 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake - south of the Kermadec Islands
1620 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake - 247 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines
1622 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake - 83 km WNW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands
1623 d ago88 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake near Manay, Davao Region
1625 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake near Lae, Morobe Province
1625 d ago195 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake near Los Vilos, Coquimbo Region
1626 d ago20 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake - Pacific-Antarctic Ridge
1626 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake near Ōarai, Ibaraki
1601 d ago43 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake - South Sandwich Islands region
1603 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake - West Chile Rise
1604 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake near Saipan, Saipan
1607 d ago82 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake - south of the Fiji Islands
1608 d ago599 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake - South Sandwich Islands region
1611 d ago35 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake near Sentani, Papua
1616 d ago91 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake near Gorontalo, Gorontalo
1618 d ago129 km deep
Strong