World Earthquake Report for Sunday, 17 May 2026
Summary: 1 quake 6.0+, 7 quakes 5.0+, 40 quakes 4.0+, 121 quakes 3.0+, 273 quakes 2.0+ (442 total)
This report is being updated every hour.
Magnitude 6+: 1 earthquake
Magnitude 5+: 7 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 40 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 121 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 273 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 7 or higher

10 largest earthquakes in the world (past 24 hours)

#1: Mag 6.0 North Atlantic Ocean, 67 km east of Barbuda Island, Barbuda, Antigua and Barbuda

Saturday, May 16, 2026, at 10:50 am (Antigua time) -

#2: Mag 5.7 South Pacific Ocean, 34 km northeast of Auki, Malaita Province, Solomon Islands

Sunday, May 17, 2026, at 02:17 am (Guadalcanal time) -

#3: Mag 5.7 North Pacific Ocean, 58 km east of Ostrov Shumshu Island, Kamchatka, Russia

Sunday, May 17, 2026, at 07:04 pm (GMT +11) -

#4: Mag 5.4 Coral Sea, 92 km east of Port Vila, Shefa Province, Vanuatu

Sunday, May 17, 2026, at 02:58 am (GMT +11) -

#5: Mag 5.3 Coral Sea, 94 km east of Port Vila, Shefa Province, Vanuatu

Saturday, May 16, 2026, at 11:59 pm (GMT +11) -

#6: Mag 5.2 Coral Sea, 94 km east of Port Vila, Shefa Province, Vanuatu

Sunday, May 17, 2026, at 01:07 am (GMT +11) -

#7: Mag 5.1 Bismarck Sea, 65 km south of Rambutyo Island, Manus Province, Papua New Guinea

Sunday, May 17, 2026, at 05:51 pm (GMT +10) -

#8: Mag 5.0 Province of Sultan Kudarat, Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, 184 km south of Cagayan de Oro, Philippines

Saturday, May 16, 2026, at 07:25 pm (Manila time) -

#9: Mag 4.9 Coral Sea, 60 km east of Port Vila, Shefa Province, Vanuatu

Sunday, May 17, 2026, at 02:35 am (GMT +11) -

#10: Mag 4.7 68 km southwest of Abra Pampa, Departamento de Cochinoca, Jujuy Province, Argentina

Saturday, May 16, 2026, at 07:59 am (Jujuy time) -

Earthquakes reported felt

#1: Mag 6.0 North Atlantic Ocean, 67 km east of Barbuda Island, Barbuda, Antigua and Barbuda - 277 reports

Saturday, May 16, 2026, at 10:50 am (Antigua time) -

#2: Mag 5.0 Province of Sultan Kudarat, Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, 184 km south of Cagayan de Oro, Philippines - 44 reports

Saturday, May 16, 2026, at 07:25 pm (Manila time) -

#3: Mag 3.6 San Benito County, 19 mi northeast of Salinas, Monterey County, California, United States - 24 reports

Saturday, May 16, 2026, at 11:28 pm (GMT -7) -

#4: Mag 3.8 Provincia de Puntarenas, 67 km southwest of San Jose, Costa Rica - 18 reports

Saturday, May 16, 2026, at 04:37 am (GMT -6) -

#5: Mag 3.3 North Pacific Ocean, 49 km southeast of Puntarenas, Costa Rica - 10 reports

Saturday, May 16, 2026, at 04:47 am (GMT -6) -

#6: Mag 5.7 South Pacific Ocean, 34 km northeast of Auki, Malaita Province, Solomon Islands - 8 reports

Sunday, May 17, 2026, at 02:17 am (Guadalcanal time) -

#7: Mag 4.4 6.5 km north of Puli, Taiwan - 6 reports

Sunday, May 17, 2026, at 08:46 am (Taipei time) -

#8: Mag 3.6 18 km west of Ioannina, Ioannina, Epirus, Greece - 6 reports

Sunday, May 17, 2026, at 09:18 am (GMT +3) -

#9: Mag 3.9 40 km northeast of Pandhurna, Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh, India - 5 reports

Saturday, May 16, 2026, at 09:31 pm (Kolkata time) -

#10: Mag 3.5 Provincia de Puntarenas, 69 km southwest of San Jose, Costa Rica - 5 reports

Saturday, May 16, 2026, at 12:25 pm (GMT -6) -

#11: Mag 4.2 29 km west of Illapel, Provincia de Choapa, Region de Coquimbo, Chile - 4 reports

Saturday, May 16, 2026, at 10:41 pm (Santiago time) -

#12: Mag 3.2 34 km east of Nelson, Regional District of Central Kootenay, British Columbia, Canada - 3 reports

Saturday, May 16, 2026, at 01:36 pm (GMT -7) -

#13: Mag 4.3 Indian Ocean, 98 km southwest of Kedungwaru, Indonesia - 3 reports

Saturday, May 16, 2026, at 11:06 pm (GMT +7) -

#14: Mag 3.1 Betul, 29 km northwest of Pandhurna, Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh, India - 3 reports

Saturday, May 16, 2026, at 10:17 pm (Kolkata time) -

#15: Mag 3.1 53 km southeast of Puntarenas, Provincia de Puntarenas, Costa Rica - 3 reports

Sunday, May 17, 2026, at 04:01 am (GMT -6) -

#16: Mag 4.0 North Pacific Ocean, 95 km southwest of Retalhuleu, Guatemala - 2 reports

Saturday, May 16, 2026, at 10:03 pm (GMT -6) -

#17: Mag 5.7 North Pacific Ocean, 58 km east of Ostrov Shumshu Island, Kamchatka, Russia - 2 reports

Sunday, May 17, 2026, at 07:04 pm (GMT +11) -

#18: Mag 3.0 2.1 km southeast of Gualan, Departamento de Zacapa, Guatemala - 2 reports

Saturday, May 16, 2026, at 08:08 pm (GMT -6) -

#19: Mag 3.4 Matanuska-Susitna Borough, 43 mi northwest of Anchorage, Anchorage Municipality, Alaska, United States - 2 reports

Saturday, May 16, 2026, at 04:36 pm (GMT -8) -

#20: Mag 2.7 4.6 km southeast of Jastrzebie Zdroj, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland - 2 reports

Saturday, May 16, 2026, at 01:36 pm (GMT +2) -

#21: Mag 3.4 Caribbean Sea, 33 km northwest of Charlotte Amalie, US Virgin Islands - 2 reports

Saturday, May 16, 2026, at 11:50 am (GMT -4) -

#22: Mag 4.4 97 km west of Tumxuk, Xinjiang, China - 2 reports

Saturday, May 16, 2026, at 10:12 pm (Urumqi time) -

#23: Mag 5.2 Coral Sea, 94 km east of Port Vila, Shefa Province, Vanuatu - 2 reports

Sunday, May 17, 2026, at 01:07 am (GMT +11) -

Earthquake stats

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