Earthquakes in October 2023

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

Events

179

Strongest

M6.9

48 km SE of Madang, Papua New Guinea

Busiest day

7 Oct

17 events

Daily average

5.8

Events per day

Strongest earthquakes

Showing the 100 strongest of 179.

6.9
M6.9 earthquake near Madang, Madang Province
1105 d ago52 km deep
Major
6.7
M6.7 earthquake near Madang, Madang Province
1105 d ago55 km deep Tsunami flag
Major
6.6
M6.6 earthquake near Vallenar, Atacama
1081 d ago34 km deep Tsunami flag
Major
6.5
M6.5 earthquake - 185 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji
1081 d ago560 km deep
Major
6.4
M6.4 earthquake - 78 km NNW of Adak, Alaska
1096 d ago174 km deep Tsunami flag
Major
6.4
M6.4 earthquake near Glan, Soccsksargen
1108 d ago113 km deep
Major
6.3
M6.3 earthquake near Herāt, Herat
1097 d ago9 km deep
Major
6.3
M6.3 earthquake - west of Macquarie Island
1101 d ago10 km deep
Major
6.3
M6.3 earthquake near Herāt, Herat
1101 d ago8 km deep
Extreme
6.3
M6.3 earthquake near Herāt, Herat
1105 d ago8 km deep
Major
6.3
M6.3 earthquake near Herāt, Herat
1105 d ago14 km deep
Major
6.1
M6.1 earthquake - Izu Islands, Japan region
1106 d ago10 km deep
Major
6.1
M6.1 earthquake - Izu Islands, Japan region
1107 d ago10 km deep
Major
6.0
M6.0 earthquake - 53 km WNW of Isangel, Vanuatu
1083 d ago68 km deep
Major
6.0
M6.0 earthquake - Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
1089 d ago19 km deep
Major
6.0
M6.0 earthquake near Villazón, Potosí Department
1102 d ago253 km deep
Major
6.0
M6.0 earthquake - Izu Islands, Japan region
1109 d ago10 km deep
Major
5.9
M5.9 earthquake - 143 km E of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia
1086 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.9
M5.9 earthquake - west of Macquarie Island
1086 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.9
M5.9 earthquake near Xiulin, Taiwan
1088 d ago31 km deep
Strong
5.9
M5.9 earthquake near Manay, Davao Region
1093 d ago9 km deep
Strong
5.9
M5.9 earthquake - western Indian-Antarctic Ridge
1099 d ago7 km deep
Strong
5.9
M5.9 earthquake - Bismarck Sea
1104 d ago7 km deep
Strong
5.9
M5.9 earthquake near Herāt, Herat
1105 d ago13 km deep
Strong
5.9
M5.9 earthquake near Matías Romero Avendaño, Oaxaca
1105 d ago108 km deep
Strong
5.8
M5.8 earthquake - Izu Islands, Japan region
1109 d ago6 km deep
Strong
5.7
M5.7 earthquake - 172 km WSW of Merizo Village, Guam
1092 d ago17 km deep
Strong
5.7
M5.7 earthquake near Hirara, Okinawa
1096 d ago13 km deep
Strong
5.7
M5.7 earthquake - Kermadec Islands region
1098 d ago402 km deep
Strong
5.7
M5.7 earthquake - Balleny Islands region
1101 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.7
M5.7 earthquake near Madang, Madang Province
1105 d ago64 km deep
Strong
5.7
M5.7 earthquake - Izu Islands, Japan region
1107 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.7
M5.7 earthquake - Izu Islands, Japan region
1107 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.7
M5.7 earthquake near Sanchez-Mira, Cagayan Valley
1108 d ago27 km deep
Strong
5.7
M5.7 earthquake near Dipayal, Sudurpashchim Pradesh
1109 d ago13 km deep
Strong
5.7
M5.7 earthquake - 159 km E of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
1109 d ago86 km deep
Strong
5.6
M5.6 earthquake - 96 km NNW of Sola, Vanuatu
1084 d ago200 km deep
Strong
5.6
M5.6 earthquake - 123 km N of Neiafu, Tonga
1085 d ago35 km deep
Strong
5.6
M5.6 earthquake - Balleny Islands region
1086 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.6
M5.6 earthquake - southeast of the Loyalty Islands
1095 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.6
M5.6 earthquake - 164 km W of Nikolski, Alaska
1100 d ago120 km deep Tsunami flag
Strong
5.6
M5.6 earthquake near Embarcación, Salta
1102 d ago571 km deep
Strong
5.6
M5.6 earthquake near Madang, Madang Province
1105 d ago31 km deep
Strong
5.6
M5.6 earthquake - Izu Islands, Japan region
1108 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.6
M5.6 earthquake - Izu Islands, Japan region
1108 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.5
M5.5 earthquake near Dili, Dili Municipality
1084 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.5
M5.5 earthquake - 69 km WNW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands
1084 d ago75 km deep
Strong
5.5
M5.5 earthquake near Nuku‘alofa, Tongatapu
1084 d ago214 km deep
Strong
5.5
M5.5 earthquake - 288 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste
1086 d ago154 km deep
Strong
5.5
M5.5 earthquake - south of the Fiji Islands
1090 d ago532 km deep
Strong
5.5
M5.5 earthquake - Pacific-Antarctic Ridge
1094 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.5
M5.5 earthquake near Bandar Abbas, Hormozgan
1095 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.5
M5.5 earthquake - central Mid-Atlantic Ridge
1098 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.5
M5.5 earthquake - 65 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga
1102 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.5
M5.5 earthquake near Madang, Madang Province
1105 d ago71 km deep
Strong
5.5
M5.5 earthquake - Izu Islands, Japan region
1106 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.5
M5.5 earthquake - Izu Islands, Japan region
1108 d ago8 km deep
Strong
5.5
M5.5 earthquake - Izu Islands, Japan region
1108 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.4
M5.4 earthquake near Half Way Tree, Saint Andrew Parish
1082 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.4
M5.4 earthquake near Toli-Toli, Central Sulawesi
1084 d ago24 km deep
Strong
5.4
M5.4 earthquake near Vallenar, Atacama
1086 d ago101 km deep
Strong
5.4
M5.4 earthquake - Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
1086 d ago37 km deep
Strong
5.4
M5.4 earthquake near Laojunmiao, Gansu
1088 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.4
M5.4 earthquake near Bulolo, Morobe Province
1088 d ago56 km deep
Strong
5.4
M5.4 earthquake near Herāt, Herat
1097 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.4
M5.4 earthquake - South Sandwich Islands region
1099 d ago41 km deep
Strong
5.4
M5.4 earthquake - Izu Islands, Japan region
1104 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.4
M5.4 earthquake near Herāt, Herat
1105 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.4
M5.4 earthquake - south of Panama
1106 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.4
M5.4 earthquake - Izu Islands, Japan region
1107 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.4
M5.4 earthquake near Kokopo, East New Britain Province
1107 d ago116 km deep
Strong
5.3
M5.3 earthquake - Pagan region, Northern Mariana Islands
1084 d ago125 km deep
Strong
5.3
M5.3 earthquake near Juneau, Alaska
1084 d ago6 km deep Tsunami flag
Strong
5.3
M5.3 earthquake - Kermadec Islands region
1093 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.3
M5.3 earthquake near Bandar Abbas, Hormozgan
1095 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.3
M5.3 earthquake near Rāmshīr, Khuzestan
1097 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.3
M5.3 earthquake near Shibetsu, Hokkaido
1103 d ago182 km deep
Strong
5.3
M5.3 earthquake - Izu Islands, Japan region
1104 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.3
M5.3 earthquake near Madang, Madang Province
1105 d ago64 km deep
Strong
5.3
M5.3 earthquake - Izu Islands, Japan region
1107 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.3
M5.3 earthquake - Izu Islands, Japan region
1107 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.3
M5.3 earthquake - 251 km E of Levuka, Fiji
1108 d ago548 km deep
Strong
5.3
M5.3 earthquake - 124 km S of Isangel, Vanuatu
1108 d ago43 km deep
Strong
5.3
M5.3 earthquake - Izu Islands, Japan region
1108 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.3
M5.3 earthquake - Bonin Islands, Japan region
1109 d ago519 km deep
Strong
5.3
M5.3 earthquake near Khorugh, Gorno-Badakhshan
1110 d ago14 km deep
Strong
5.3
M5.3 earthquake - 189 km WSW of Nabire, Indonesia
1110 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.3
M5.3 earthquake near Sukabumi, West Java
1111 d ago113 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake - 284 km E of Vao, New Caledonia
1085 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake near Manono, Tanganyika
1086 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake - South Sandwich Islands region
1087 d ago53 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake near Tomohon, North Sulawesi
1087 d ago139 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake near Lae, Morobe Province
1087 d ago100 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake near Akureyri, Northeast
1088 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake - 193 km S of Mata-Utu, Wallis and Futuna
1089 d ago325 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake near Bharatpur, Bagmati Province
1090 d ago26 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake near San Isidro, San José
1091 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake - 151 km E of Yigo Village, Guam
1094 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake - Kermadec Islands region
1095 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake near Labasa, Northern
1096 d ago10 km deep
Strong