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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 (3474), ኢትዮጵያ (76), Puerto Rico (63), 中国 (49), México (22).

Events recorded97,230
StrongestM8.7
Average depth20 km
Magnitude 4+9168
Magnitude 5+2164

Largest earthquakes of 2025

100 events listed below, newest first. Times are UTC. Click any column header to re-sort.

Time (UTC) Mag Location Depth (km) Country Details
8.7 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 18.2 — View details View
8.0 Drake Passage 10.0 — View details View
8.0 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 74.0 — View details View
7.8 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 19.5 — View details View
7.8 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 10.0 — View details View
7.7 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 10.0 — View details View
7.7 Sagaing, Myanmar 10.0 — View details View
7.6 Misawa, Japan 44.1 — View details View
7.6 Misawa, Japan 51.0 — View details View
7.6 Drake Passage 10.5 — View details View
7.6 George Town, Cayman Islands 10.0 — View details View
7.5 2025 Southern Drake Passage Earthquake 10.8 — View details View
7.5 Ushuaia, Argentina 48.3 — View details View
7.4 Santiago, Philippines 58.1 — View details View
7.4 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 39.5 — —
7.4 2025 Eastern Kamchatka, Russia Earthquake 20.0 — View details View
7.4 Ushuaia, Argentina 10.0 — View details View
7.3 Sand Point, Alaska 20.1 — —
7.3 Pangai, Tonga 55.0 — View details View
7.2 Sand Point, Alaska 36.0 — View details View
7.2 Kimbe, Papua New Guinea 33.0 — View details View
7.0 Yakutat, Alaska 10.0 — —
7.0 Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia 41.0 — View details View
7.0 Macquarie Island region 10.0 — View details View
7.0 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 46.0 — View details View
7.0 Pangai, Tonga 10.0 — View details View
7.0 Riverton, New Zealand 10.0 — —
7.0 拉萨, 中国 10.0 中国 View details View
6.9 Santiago, Philippines 10.0 — View details View
6.9 Calape, Philippines 10.0 — View details View
6.9 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 10.0 — View details View
6.9 Macquarie Island region 10.0 — View details View
6.9 Kimbe, Papua New Guinea 10.0 — View details View
6.9 Reykjanes Ridge 10.0 — View details View
6.8 Yakutat, Alaska 5.0 — View details View
6.8 Yamada, Japan 10.0 — View details View
6.8 Beauséjour, Guadeloupe 0.1 — View details View
6.8 Vanuatu region 10.0 — View details View
6.8 Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia 35.0 — —
6.8 Macquarie Island region 4.5 — View details View
6.8 Macquarie Island region 10.0 — View details View
6.8 福岡, 日本 48.9 日本 View details View
6.7 Yilan, Taiwan 35.0 — View details View
6.7 Hachinohe, Japan 10.7 — View details View
6.7 Kuji, Japan 16.0 — —
6.7 Abepura, Indonesia 70.0 — —
6.7 Santiago, Philippines 61.2 — View details View
6.7 Lae, Papua New Guinea 107.0 — View details View
6.7 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 8.7 — View details View
6.7 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 15.0 — View details View
6.7 Tual, Indonesia 65.7 — View details View
6.7 Tual, Indonesia 80.0 — View details View
6.7 Tual, Indonesia 79.9 — —
6.7 Riverton, New Zealand 21.0 — View details View
6.6 Yilan, Taiwan 67.5 — View details View
6.6 Honchō, Japan 10.0 — View details View
6.6 Sinabang, Indonesia 25.4 — View details View
6.6 Lae, Papua New Guinea 99.4 — View details View
6.6 south of the Fiji Islands 553.0 — View details View
6.6 Macquarie Island region 10.0 — View details View
6.6 Mata-Utu, Wallis and Futuna 314.2 — —
6.6 Mata-Utu, Wallis and Futuna 324.0 — View details View
6.6 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 9.4 — View details View
6.6 Burica, Panama 18.0 — View details View
6.6 Scotia Sea 10.0 — —
6.6 Angoram, Papua New Guinea 53.0 — View details View
6.6 Ushuaia, Argentina 44.9 — View details View
6.6 southeast Indian Ridge 10.0 — —
6.6 central Mid-Atlantic Ridge 6.4 — View details View
6.5 Goroka, Papua New Guinea 110.2 — View details View
6.5 Beauséjour, Guadeloupe 10.0 — —
6.5 Abepura, Indonesia 35.0 — View details View
6.5 Abepura, Indonesia 10.0 — View details View
6.5 Sabang, Indonesia 10.0 — —
6.5 Scotia Sea 10.0 — View details View
6.5 Diego de Almagro, Chile 96.0 — View details View
6.5 south of the Fiji Islands 271.0 — View details View
6.5 south of the Fiji Islands 174.0 — View details View
6.5 south of the Fiji Islands 174.0 — View details View
6.5 Burica, Panama 10.0 — —
6.5 Olonkinbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen 10.0 — View details View
6.4 Yamada, Japan 10.0 — View details View
6.4 Banda Sea 143.6 — View details View
6.4 Mene Grande, Venezuela 10.0 — —
6.4 Vanuatu region 10.0 — View details View
6.4 Pacific-Antarctic Ridge 10.0 — View details View
6.4 Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia 10.0 — View details View
6.4 Diego de Almagro, Chile 76.6 — View details View
6.4 Angoram, Papua New Guinea 10.0 — View details View
6.4 Neiafu, Tonga 243.1 — View details View
6.4 Ushuaia, Argentina 10.0 — View details View
6.4 Pacific-Antarctic Ridge 10.0 — —
6.4 Sagaing, Myanmar 10.0 — View details View
6.3 Khulm, Afghanistan 28.0 — View details View
6.3 Drake Passage 10.0 — View details View
6.3 Lorengau, Papua New Guinea 10.0 — View details View
6.3 Mene Grande, Venezuela 14.0 — View details View
6.3 Lata, Solomon Islands 31.0 — View details View
6.3 Abepura, Indonesia 10.0 — View details View
6.3 Vilyuchinsk, Russia 10.0 — View details View

Frequently asked questions

How many earthquakes were there in 2025?

97,230 earthquakes were recorded worldwide in 2025, of which 9168 reached magnitude 4 or above and 2164 reached magnitude 5 or above.

What was the biggest earthquake in 2025?

A magnitude 8.7 event near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia on 29 July 2025.

Countries most affected in 2025

The 2025 totals cover every located event worldwide, most of them far too small to be felt. See our guides on the magnitude scale, focal depth and why earthquakes cluster.