World Earthquake Report for May 2025
Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 5.5 during May 2025
Summary: 1 quake 7.0+, 16 quakes 6.0+, 133 quakes 5.0+, 1141 quakes 4.0+, 5756 quakes 3.0+, 11930 quakes 2.0+ (18977 total)
Magnitude 9+: none
Magnitude 8+: none
Magnitude 7+: 1 earthquake
Magnitude 6+: 16 earthquakes
Magnitude 5+: 133 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 1141 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 5756 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 11930 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 8 or higher

List of 10 largest earthquakes in the world during May 2025:

#1: Mag 7.4 South Atlantic Ocean, 236 km southeast of Isla Phillips Island, Region de Magallanes y Antartica Chilena, Chile

Friday, May 2, 2025, at 09:58 am (GMT -3) -

#2: Mag 6.5 Bismarck Sea, 44 km northwest of Volcano Island, Papua New Guinea

Wednesday, May 21, 2025, at 01:05 am (Port Moresby time) -

#3: Mag 6.4 South Pacific Ocean, 116 km north of Tofua Island, Ha'apai, Tonga

Wednesday, May 14, 2025, at 05:15 pm (GMT +13) -

#4: Mag 6.3 South Atlantic Ocean, 333 km southeast of Isla Phillips Island, Region de Magallanes y Antartica Chilena, Chile

Friday, May 2, 2025, at 02:59 pm (GMT -3) -

#5: Mag 6.1 Aegean Sea, 81 km northeast of Irakleion, Heraklion Regional Unit, Crete, Greece

Thursday, May 22, 2025, at 06:19 am (GMT +3) -

#6: Mag 6.1 West of Macquarie Island

Saturday, May 24, 2025, at 02:33 am (GMT +10) -

#7: Mag 6.0 156 km west of Gorontalo, Kota Gorontalo, Gorontalo, Indonesia

Saturday, May 3, 2025, at 08:51 pm (Makassar time) -

#8: Mag 6.0 Eastern Mediterranean, 22 km south of Kasos Island, Greece

Wednesday, May 14, 2025, at 12:51 am (Athens time) -

#9: Mag 6.0 Indian Ocean, 48 km southwest of Bengkulu, Kota Bengkulu, Bengkulu, Indonesia

Friday, May 23, 2025, at 02:52 am (GMT +7) -

#10: Mag 6.0 Southern East Pacific Rise

Sunday, May 4, 2025, at 08:55 pm (GMT -7) -

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