Earthquakes in 2025: 97,230 Recorded Worldwide

97,230 earthquakes were recorded worldwide in 2025, an average of 266 per day.

That is up 612% on the 13,660 recorded in the preceding period. Short-term swings almost always reflect an aftershock sequence following one larger event rather than any global change.

The largest event of 2025 was a magnitude 8.7 earthquake near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia on 29 July, at a focal depth of 18 km. A magnitude 8.7 earthquake radiates roughly 169.2 million tons of TNT equivalent in seismic energy.

By band, 2025 produced 163 in the magnitude -2 range, 4752 in the magnitude -1 range, 25788 in the magnitude 0 range, 41485 in the magnitude 1 range, 12753 in the magnitude 2 range, 3114 in the magnitude 3 range.

93% of events here are shallow (under 70 km), 6% intermediate (70–300 km) and 1% deep-focus (over 300 km). Almost everything here is crustal. That is characteristic of transform faulting or continental deformation rather than subduction — and it means shaking at the surface is strong for the magnitudes involved.

The busiest single day was 30 July 2025, with 523 recorded events.

Most active: the United States (85154), Puerto Rico (2203), Russia (1541), Indonesia (813), Japan (692).