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The moving ground

Recent earthquakes and dated Earth imagery, kept in their proper observational context.

CURRENT SNAPSHOT

Earthquakes M2.5+

nominal
69

Strongest retained event: M5.4, 82 km SSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile.

Observed Jul 27, 7:06 PM CDT

M2.5+ events in the one-day feed / 97 retained hourly snapshots / range 23–69 events

Strongest current events

MagnitudePlaceDepthOccurred
M5.482 km SSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile106.991 kmJul 27, 3:57 AM CDT
M5.323 km E of Kinablangan, Philippines71.061 kmJul 27, 6:06 PM CDT
M5.2south of Tonga10 kmJul 27, 3:47 AM CDT
M5.2south of Tonga10 kmJul 27, 3:44 AM CDT
M5.2south of Tonga10 kmJul 26, 10:36 PM CDT
M5.1south of Tonga10 kmJul 27, 6:12 PM CDT
M5.1147 km E of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea91.011 kmJul 27, 9:33 AM CDT
M5.1south of Tonga10 kmJul 26, 8:54 PM CDT
M5112 km ENE of Georgetown, Saint Helena10 kmJul 27, 5:32 PM CDT
M588 km SE of Sola, Vanuatu10 kmJul 27, 3:10 PM CDT
M5south of Tonga10 kmJul 26, 10:12 PM CDT
M4.9206 km W of Abepura, Indonesia10 kmJul 27, 10:51 AM CDT
M4.9southeast of the Loyalty Islands116.876 kmJul 27, 5:46 AM CDT
M4.9south of Tonga10 kmJul 26, 9:42 PM CDT
M4.9south of Tonga10 kmJul 26, 9:32 PM CDT
M4.9South Atlantic Ocean10 kmJul 26, 9:11 PM CDT
M4.9south of Tonga10 kmJul 26, 8:38 PM CDT
M4.9south of Tonga10 kmJul 26, 8:34 PM CDT
M4.8south of Tonga10 kmJul 27, 12:55 AM CDT
M4.6120 km E of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea114.648 kmJul 27, 6:59 AM CDT

USGS solutions may be revised. The dashboard retains the 20 strongest events from each collection.

NASA Earth imagery

Use the dashboard map for the dated VIIRS true-color layer and earthquake overlay. Open NASA Worldview for full layer and date controls.