Earthquakes in August 2024

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

Events

105

Strongest

M7.1

2024 Hyuganada Sea, Japan Earthquake

Busiest day

17 Aug

10 events

Daily average

3.4

Events per day

Strongest earthquakes

Showing the 100 strongest of 105.

7.1
M7.1 earthquake near Miyazaki, Miyazaki
799 d ago24 km deep
Extreme
7.0
M7.0 earthquake near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Kamchatka
790 d ago29 km deep Tsunami flag
Extreme
6.9
M6.9 earthquake near Nuku‘alofa, Tongatapu
781 d ago96 km deep Tsunami flag
Major
6.8
M6.8 earthquake near Bislig, Caraga
805 d ago32 km deep Tsunami flag
Major
6.5
M6.5 earthquake - 151 km E of Dolinsk, Russia
797 d ago402 km deep Tsunami flag
Major
6.3
M6.3 earthquake near Bislig, Caraga
804 d ago15 km deep
Major
6.1
M6.1 earthquake near La Libertad, La Libertad Department
779 d ago26 km deep
Major
6.1
M6.1 earthquake near Hualien City, Taiwan
791 d ago14 km deep
Major
6.0
M6.0 earthquake near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Kamchatka
777 d ago26 km deep
Major
6.0
M6.0 earthquake - 65 km W of Pangai, Tonga
781 d ago99 km deep
Major
5.9
M5.9 earthquake - Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
798 d ago32 km deep
Strong
5.8
M5.8 earthquake - Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia
780 d ago78 km deep
Strong
5.8
M5.8 earthquake near Pedregal, Chiriquí Province
781 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.7
M5.7 earthquake near Catarman, Eastern Visayas
788 d ago48 km deep
Strong
5.6
M5.6 earthquake - Reykjanes Ridge
777 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.6
M5.6 earthquake - Fiji region
798 d ago587 km deep
Strong
5.6
M5.6 earthquake - south of the Fiji Islands
801 d ago209 km deep
Strong
5.6
M5.6 earthquake - 146 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska
806 d ago15 km deep Tsunami flag
Strong
5.5
M5.5 earthquake - south of Africa
784 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.5
M5.5 earthquake near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Kamchatka
785 d ago30 km deep
Strong
5.5
M5.5 earthquake near Villazón, Potosí Department
786 d ago258 km deep
Strong
5.5
M5.5 earthquake near Nuku‘alofa, Tongatapu
790 d ago123 km deep
Strong
5.5
M5.5 earthquake - central Mid-Atlantic Ridge
803 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.4
M5.4 earthquake - Pacific-Antarctic Ridge
778 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.4
M5.4 earthquake near Bambanglipuro, Yogyakarta
781 d ago55 km deep
Strong
5.4
M5.4 earthquake - south of Africa
784 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.4
M5.4 earthquake near Xiulin, Taiwan
792 d ago12 km deep
Strong
5.4
M5.4 earthquake - 25 km SE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu
801 d ago117 km deep
Strong
5.4
M5.4 earthquake near Cintalapa de Figueroa, Chiapas
802 d ago140 km deep
Strong
5.4
M5.4 earthquake - South Sandwich Islands region
802 d ago112 km deep
Strong
5.3
M5.3 earthquake near Ternate, North Maluku
781 d ago35 km deep
Strong
5.3
M5.3 earthquake near Nuku‘alofa, Tongatapu
781 d ago101 km deep
Strong
5.3
M5.3 earthquake - 165 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
784 d ago30 km deep
Strong
5.3
M5.3 earthquake - Fiji region
790 d ago620 km deep
Strong
5.3
M5.3 earthquake near Miyazaki, Miyazaki
799 d ago18 km deep
Strong
5.3
M5.3 earthquake near Bislig, Caraga
804 d ago84 km deep
Strong
5.3
M5.3 earthquake near Bislig, Caraga
805 d ago77 km deep
Strong
5.3
M5.3 earthquake - southeast Indian Ridge
805 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake near Ishqoshim, Gorno-Badakhshan
778 d ago222 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake near Arauco, Biobio
788 d ago12 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Kamchatka
790 d ago35 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake - Izu Islands, Japan region
790 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake near Yelizovo, Kamchatka
790 d ago173 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake near Lae, Morobe Province
792 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake near Minas de Marcona, Ica
793 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake near As Salamīyah, Hama
795 d ago7 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake near Yakumo, Hokkaido
799 d ago194 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake near Lamont, California
800 d ago12 km deep Tsunami flag
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake near Manay, Davao Region
801 d ago37 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake near Bislig, Caraga
804 d ago54 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake - 288 km SW of Arenas, Panama
777 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake near Rethymno, Crete
779 d ago55 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake - 95 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska
781 d ago41 km deep Tsunami flag
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake near Dili, Dili Municipality
785 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake near Kokopo, East New Britain Province
785 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake - Banda Sea
785 d ago99 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake near Luntai, Xinjiang
785 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake - south of the Fiji Islands
786 d ago579 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake - 72 km NE of Shikotan, Russia
787 d ago92 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake near Bāramūla, Jammu and Kashmir
787 d ago14 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Kamchatka
790 d ago57 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake near Kokopo, East New Britain Province
792 d ago35 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake - 148 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
794 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake near Ruteng, East Nusa Tenggara
798 d ago76 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake near Tupiza, Potosí Department
799 d ago200 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake near San Rafael del Sur, Managua Department
800 d ago49 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake - 194 km ESE of Yigo Village, Guam
805 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake near Bocchigliero, Calabria
806 d ago30 km deep
Strong
5.0
M5.0 earthquake near Coquimbo, Coquimbo Region
776 d ago27 km deep
Strong
5.0
M5.0 earthquake near Wamena, Highland Papua
776 d ago50 km deep
Strong
5.0
M5.0 earthquake - south of the Kermadec Islands
780 d ago62 km deep
Strong
5.0
M5.0 earthquake near Masbate, Bicol Region
780 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.0
M5.0 earthquake near Puerto Aysén, Aysén
781 d ago59 km deep
Strong
5.0
M5.0 earthquake near Sesimbra, Setúbal
781 d ago7 km deep
Strong
5.0
M5.0 earthquake near Lae, Morobe Province
782 d ago115 km deep
Strong
5.0
M5.0 earthquake - Fiji region
783 d ago624 km deep
Strong
5.0
M5.0 earthquake near Bengkulu, Bengkulu
783 d ago12 km deep
Strong
5.0
M5.0 earthquake - southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
786 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.0
M5.0 earthquake - 114 km SSE of Kirakira, Solomon Islands
787 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.0
M5.0 earthquake near Bislig, Caraga
788 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.0
M5.0 earthquake - southeast of Easter Island
789 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.0
M5.0 earthquake - south of the Fiji Islands
790 d ago561 km deep
Strong
5.0
M5.0 earthquake - 235 km NNE of Lospalos, Timor Leste
790 d ago338 km deep
Strong
5.0
M5.0 earthquake near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Kamchatka
790 d ago35 km deep
Strong
5.0
M5.0 earthquake - South Sandwich Islands region
791 d ago33 km deep
Strong
5.0
M5.0 earthquake near Pelabuhanratu, West Java
793 d ago19 km deep
Strong
5.0
M5.0 earthquake - 223 km SSW of Kawalu, Indonesia
793 d ago9 km deep
Strong
5.0
M5.0 earthquake - 160 km W of Labuan, Indonesia
793 d ago40 km deep
Strong
5.0
M5.0 earthquake - 181 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia
795 d ago54 km deep
Strong
5.0
M5.0 earthquake - southeast of the Loyalty Islands
797 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.0
M5.0 earthquake - Macquarie Island region
797 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.0
M5.0 earthquake near Isehara, Kanagawa
798 d ago30 km deep
Strong
5.0
M5.0 earthquake - Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
798 d ago27 km deep
Strong
5.0
M5.0 earthquake - South Sandwich Islands region
799 d ago84 km deep
Strong
5.0
M5.0 earthquake - 252 km WNW of Houma, Tonga
799 d ago462 km deep
Strong
5.0
M5.0 earthquake near Irákleion, Crete
800 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.0
M5.0 earthquake near Acajutla, Sonsonate Department
801 d ago59 km deep
Strong
5.0
M5.0 earthquake - 238 km WSW of Bandar Lampung, Indonesia
802 d ago23 km deep
Strong
5.0
M5.0 earthquake - Carlsberg Ridge
803 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.0
M5.0 earthquake - Kermadec Islands region
804 d ago44 km deep
Strong