Recent earthquakes

Earthquakes are one of the key perils for the insurance, reinsurance and catastrophe bond sectors with significant reinsurance and ILS capital at risk to any major earthquake events. This page provides access to details of recent significant earthquake events from around the world, as well as an interactive map showing all earthquakes around the world of magnitude 4.5 or greater.

USGS recent significant earthquakes from the last 30 days

• – 25th May 2020M 6.5 – Monte Cristo Range Earthquake
• – 25th May 2020M 4.5 – 17km SE of Ocotillo Wells, CA
• – 20th May 2020M 6.6 – 173km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands
• – 11th May 2020M 5.4 – 6km S of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico
• – 10th May 2020M 6.8 – 205km NW of Saumlaki, Indonesia
• – 4th May 2020M 6.6 – 89km S of Ierapetra, Greece

Recent earthquake map

This map from shows the location and parameters of magnitude 5+ earthquake events around the world over the last 7 days. You can browse the map by dragging and zooming, then click on earthquake events of interest, alternatively click on an earthquake event in the left-hand column and it will be highlighted on the map.