Earthquakes in March 2026

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

Events

159

Strongest

M7.5

158 km W of Neiafu, Tonga

Busiest day

8 Mar

11 events

Daily average

5.1

Events per day

Strongest earthquakes

Showing the 100 strongest of 159.

7.5
M7.5 earthquake - 158 km W of Neiafu, Tonga
206 d ago234 km deep
Extreme
7.3
M7.3 earthquake - 51 km ENE of Luganville, Vanuatu
200 d ago121 km deep
Extreme
6.6
M6.6 earthquake - northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
209 d ago10 km deep Tsunami flag
Major
6.5
M6.5 earthquake near Yamada, Iwate
204 d ago16 km deep
Major
6.5
M6.5 earthquake - South Shetland Islands
210 d ago21 km deep
Major
6.4
M6.4 earthquake - 223 km ESE of Attu Station, Alaska
226 d ago10 km deep Tsunami flag
Major
6.3
M6.3 earthquake - 140 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga
208 d ago12 km deep
Major
6.3
M6.3 earthquake - Fiji region
229 d ago579 km deep
Major
6.2
M6.2 earthquake - 148 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga
208 d ago10 km deep
Major
6.2
M6.2 earthquake - 121 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga
208 d ago14 km deep
Major
6.2
M6.2 earthquake near Vallenar, Atacama
217 d ago24 km deep
Major
6.2
M6.2 earthquake - 170 km SE of Kirakira, Solomon Islands
224 d ago10 km deep Tsunami flag
Major
6.2
M6.2 earthquake near Lahewa, North Sumatra
227 d ago18 km deep
Major
6.1
M6.1 earthquake - 98 km WNW of Isangel, Vanuatu
210 d ago21 km deep
Major
6.0
M6.0 earthquake near Sant'Angelo, Campania
220 d ago375 km deep
Major
6.0
M6.0 earthquake - 7 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga
222 d ago134 km deep
Major
6.0
M6.0 earthquake - Volcano Islands, Japan region
228 d ago20 km deep
Major
5.9
M5.9 earthquake - 110 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga
208 d ago13 km deep
Strong
5.9
M5.9 earthquake near Yakumo, Hokkaido
221 d ago144 km deep
Strong
5.9
M5.9 earthquake - 157 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia
222 d ago16 km deep
Strong
5.8
M5.8 earthquake - Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
199 d ago195 km deep
Strong
5.8
M5.8 earthquake near Lospalos, Lautém
202 d ago159 km deep
Strong
5.8
M5.8 earthquake near Maisí, Guantánamo Province
213 d ago13 km deep
Strong
5.8
M5.8 earthquake near Yamada, Iwate
222 d ago16 km deep
Strong
5.7
M5.7 earthquake near Wamena, Highland Papua
204 d ago55 km deep
Strong
5.7
M5.7 earthquake - 106 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga
207 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.7
M5.7 earthquake - central East Pacific Rise
208 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.7
M5.7 earthquake - 51 km W of Norsup, Vanuatu
209 d ago28 km deep
Strong
5.7
M5.7 earthquake - 231 km ESE of Attu Station, Alaska
224 d ago8 km deep Tsunami flag
Strong
5.6
M5.6 earthquake - 86 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga
205 d ago204 km deep
Strong
5.6
M5.6 earthquake - 135 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga
208 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.6
M5.6 earthquake - 82 km WNW of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina
209 d ago196 km deep
Strong
5.6
M5.6 earthquake - 165 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
211 d ago16 km deep
Strong
5.6
M5.6 earthquake near Hirara, Okinawa
228 d ago9 km deep
Strong
5.5
M5.5 earthquake near Ciudad Sandino, Managua Department
204 d ago160 km deep
Strong
5.5
M5.5 earthquake - south of the Kermadec Islands
219 d ago11 km deep
Strong
5.5
M5.5 earthquake near Ioánnina, Epirus
222 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.5
M5.5 earthquake - 92 km S of Nikolski, Alaska
225 d ago17 km deep Tsunami flag
Strong
5.5
M5.5 earthquake near Ibusuki, Kagoshima
229 d ago125 km deep
Strong
5.4
M5.4 earthquake - 43 km NE of Luganville, Vanuatu
200 d ago118 km deep
Strong
5.4
M5.4 earthquake near San Rafael del Sur, Managua Department
200 d ago35 km deep
Strong
5.4
M5.4 earthquake - 200 km SE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
201 d ago29 km deep
Strong
5.4
M5.4 earthquake near Nishinoomote, Kagoshima
209 d ago22 km deep
Strong
5.4
M5.4 earthquake - southern East Pacific Rise
209 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.4
M5.4 earthquake - south of Panama
211 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.4
M5.4 earthquake near Yamada, Iwate
222 d ago16 km deep
Strong
5.4
M5.4 earthquake - 227 km ESE of Attu Station, Alaska
226 d ago10 km deep Tsunami flag
Strong
5.3
M5.3 earthquake - Balleny Islands region
204 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.3
M5.3 earthquake - 229 km ESE of Attu Station, Alaska
213 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.3
M5.3 earthquake - Off the coast of Aisen, Chile
215 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.3
M5.3 earthquake near Puerto El Triunfo, Usulutan
215 d ago65 km deep
Strong
5.3
M5.3 earthquake - northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
216 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.3
M5.3 earthquake near Niksar, Tokat Province
217 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.3
M5.3 earthquake - southeast Indian Ridge
219 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.3
M5.3 earthquake - south of the Kermadec Islands
219 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.3
M5.3 earthquake - Bouvet Island region
222 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.3
M5.3 earthquake - 168 km WSW of Houma, Tonga
222 d ago199 km deep
Strong
5.3
M5.3 earthquake near Daruba, North Maluku
224 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.3
M5.3 earthquake - Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
224 d ago54 km deep
Strong
5.3
M5.3 earthquake near Puerto El Triunfo, Usulutan
226 d ago47 km deep
Strong
5.3
M5.3 earthquake - 299 km SSW of Bluff, New Zealand
227 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.3
M5.3 earthquake - 229 km ESE of Attu Station, Alaska
227 d ago10 km deep Tsunami flag
Strong
5.3
M5.3 earthquake - 227 km ESE of Attu Station, Alaska
227 d ago10 km deep Tsunami flag
Strong
5.3
M5.3 earthquake - north of Ascension Island
229 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake - northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
200 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake - 64 km SSE of Hihifo, Tonga
200 d ago45 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake near Sentani, Papua
202 d ago47 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake - 115 km E of Hihifo, Tonga
202 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake - 226 km ESE of Attu Station, Alaska
206 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake - 92 km NE of The Valley, Anguilla
211 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake - Mid-Indian Ridge
212 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake - Balleny Islands region
214 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake - southeast of Easter Island
217 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake - Kermadec Islands region
217 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake - 168 km SW of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea
218 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake near Banjar, West Java
218 d ago96 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake - south of the Kermadec Islands
219 d ago34 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake near Lahewa, North Sumatra
222 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake near Sungai Penuh, Jambi
223 d ago84 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake near Shihezi, Xinjiang
224 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake - Mid-Indian Ridge
224 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake - central East Pacific Rise
225 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.2
M5.2 earthquake near Pedregal, Chiriquí Province
225 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake - western Indian-Antarctic Ridge
200 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake - 53 km ENE of Luganville, Vanuatu
200 d ago120 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake near Naze, Kagoshima
201 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake near Ometepec, Guerrero
202 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake - central East Pacific Rise
203 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake near Karimabad, Gilgit-Baltistan
204 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake - 152 km W of Neiafu, Tonga
206 d ago209 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake - northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
207 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake - western Indian-Antarctic Ridge
207 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake - 171 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
208 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake - 158 km SW of Labuan, Indonesia
209 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake - South Shetland Islands
210 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake - 166 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
211 d ago27 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake - South Sandwich Islands region
211 d ago69 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake - south of the Kermadec Islands
213 d ago10 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake - South Sandwich Islands region
216 d ago35 km deep
Strong
5.1
M5.1 earthquake near Hualien City, Taiwan
218 d ago30 km deep
Strong