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M 6.0
The strongest quake of the past week · 109 km ENE of Luganville, Vanuatu
Thursday 29 Oct 08:08 · depth 10 km · source: the United States Geological Survey (USGS), public data.

At a glance

Earthquakes M4.5+ (7 days)

80
worldwide

Strongest

M 6.0
109 km ENE of Luganville, Vanuatu

Closest to Malaysia

3
last 30 days, all magnitudes

The ten newest quakes (world M4.5+)

When (UTC+8)StrengthLocationDepthFeedback
Thursday 29 Oct 08:08M 5.4109 km ENE of Luganville, Vanuatu (reviewed)10 km—
Thursday 29 Oct 07:13M 4.617 km N of Kushiro, Japan (reviewed)130.1 km—
Thursday 29 Oct 06:06M 5.7271 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia (reviewed)142 km—
Thursday 29 Oct 03:56M 5.3159 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia (reviewed)35 km—
Thursday 29 Oct 03:45M 5.2Reykjanes Ridge (reviewed)10 km—
Thursday 29 Oct 02:44M 4.7Reykjanes Ridge (reviewed)10 km—
Thursday 29 Oct 02:32M 4.76 km N of Asahi, Japan (reviewed)41.5 km—
Wednesday 28 Oct 23:40M 4.781 km ENE of Mazha, China (reviewed)10 km—
Wednesday 28 Oct 23:07M 5.55 km ESE of Asahi, Japan (reviewed)41.4 km50 felt reports
Wednesday 28 Oct 21:31M 4.513 km WSW of Āwash, Ethiopia (reviewed)10 km—

Earthquakes around Malaysia (30 days)

When (UTC+8)StrengthLocationDepthFeedback
Friday 9 Oct 17:47M 4.977 km ENE of Tuapejat, Indonesia (reviewed)40.8 km—
Tuesday 6 Oct 21:11M 5.051 km NNE of Semporna, Malaysia (reviewed)10 km3 felt reports
Saturday 3 Oct 21:03M 4.0142 km NW of Tuapejat, Indonesia (reviewed)20.9 km—

Malaysia does not sit on the Ring of Fire, but it is not free of shaking either: the eastern Sabah seismic zone (the Lingkabau, Pitas and Kota Belud faults) is active and shook Mount Kinabalu in June 2015 (M6.0, 181 deaths on the climb), while large Sumatran quakes are often felt in the Klang Valley and Penang because soft ground amplifies the waves.

Monitored regions

Malaysia

The earthquakes closest to Malaysia — Sabah, Sarawak, the Peninsula and the South China Sea border.

Southeast Asia

Indonesia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea and neighbours — the most tectonically active zone in Asia.

Japan & the Western Pacific

The western side of the Ring of Fire: Japan, Kamchatka, Mariana and the Ryukyu Islands.

Eastern Pacific & the Americas

The west coast of the Americas: California, Chile, Peru, Mexico and Alaska.

World M4.5+

Every earthquake of magnitude 4.5 or above worldwide, over the last seven days.

New to the numbers? Read how to interpret quake data. For the current sky where you are, use the Weather Complex; for the night sky, NASA Night Sky; and the country a quake hits? Country Complex.

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