Today: 6.0 magnitude earthquake near Kokopo, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea

Yesterday: 6.0 magnitude earthquake near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Kamtsjatka, Russia

Recent Earthquakes Near South America

South America has had: (M1.5 or greater)

  • 5 earthquakes in the past 24 hours
  • 25 earthquakes in the past 7 days
  • 88 earthquakes in the past 30 days
  • 1,220 earthquakes in the past 365 days

The largest earthquake in South America:

2025-09-16 03:54:48 UTC 4.7 magnitude, 10 km depth
Salinas, Santa Elena, Ecuador
2025-09-16 03:41:53 UTC 5.1 magnitude, 10 km depth
Sechura, Piura, Peru
2025-09-15 23:21:44 UTC 4.5 magnitude, 124 km depth
Calama, Antofagasta, Chile
2025-09-15 20:56:13 UTC 4.9 magnitude, 106 km depth
Iquique, Tarapacá, Chile
2025-09-15 20:07:17 UTC 4.5 magnitude, 95 km depth
Moquegua, Moquegua, Peru
2025-09-15 10:34:43 UTC 4.4 magnitude, 31 km depth
Cartagena, Valparaíso, Chile
2025-09-15 09:16:21 UTC 5.0 magnitude, 60 km depth
Anse-Bertrand, Guadeloupe, Guadeloupe
2025-09-15 01:52:44 UTC 5.0 magnitude, 94 km depth
Ayacucho, Ayacucho, Peru
2025-09-15 01:42:37 UTC 4.2 magnitude, 19 km depth
Vallenar, Atacama, Chile
2025-09-14 07:12:17 UTC 5.4 magnitude, 50 km depth
Uramita, Antioquia, Colombia
2025-09-14 04:00:13 UTC 3.2 magnitude, 38 km depth
Iquique, Tarapacá, Chile
2025-09-14 02:58:45 UTC 4.7 magnitude, 220 km depth
Abra Pampa, Jujuy, Argentina
2025-09-13 23:59:54 UTC 4.8 magnitude, 10 km depth
Salinas, Santa Elena, Ecuador
2025-09-13 12:52:26 UTC 4.5 magnitude, 174 km depth
San Antonio de los Cobres, Salta, Argentina
2025-09-13 11:49:36 UTC 4.6 magnitude, 10 km depth
Cliza, Cochabamba, Bolivia
2025-09-13 11:16:57 UTC 4.0 magnitude, 179 km depth
San Antonio de los Cobres, Salta, Argentina
2025-09-13 03:57:55 UTC 4.9 magnitude, 10 km depth
Tocache, San Martín, Peru
2025-09-12 23:49:37 UTC 4.5 magnitude, 186 km depth
San Antonio de los Cobres, Salta, Argentina
2025-09-12 05:58:37 UTC 4.3 magnitude, 102 km depth
Vallenar, Atacama, Chile
2025-09-12 04:30:06 UTC 4.6 magnitude, 188 km depth
San Antonio de los Cobres, Salta, Argentina
2025-09-12 01:38:39 UTC 4.5 magnitude, 222 km depth
Abra Pampa, Jujuy, Argentina
2025-09-12 00:16:21 UTC 4.4 magnitude, 158 km depth
Tarata, Tacna, Peru
2025-09-11 18:23:17 UTC 4.0 magnitude, 136 km depth
Calama, Antofagasta, Chile
2025-09-10 18:52:45 UTC 4.9 magnitude, 10 km depth
Tocache, San Martín, Peru
2025-09-10 00:14:26 UTC 4.3 magnitude, 259 km depth
Challapata, Oruro, Bolivia
2025-09-09 17:35:20 UTC 4.5 magnitude, 169 km depth
San Antonio de los Cobres, Salta, Argentina
2025-09-09 17:35:15 UTC 4.3 magnitude, 20 km depth
Coquimbo, Coquimbo, Chile
2025-09-09 13:03:28 UTC 4.9 magnitude, 221 km depth
Atocha, Potosí, Bolivia
2025-09-09 02:09:33 UTC 4.9 magnitude, 10 km depth
Punta de Burica, Chiriquí, Panama
2025-09-07 23:49:05 UTC 4.5 magnitude, 108 km depth
Iquique, Tarapacá, Chile

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