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Significant Earthquakes, Past 30 days

[Significant Earthquakes Archive](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/browse/significant.php)  

[What makes an earthquake "significant"?](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/browse/significant.php#sigdef)

#### 6.5

[

36 km NNE of Olonkinbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen

](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000pxvx)

2025-03-10 02:33:14 (UTC)

Pager Alert Level: Green

MMI: VIII (Severe Shaking)

10.0 km

#### 4.1

[

10 km NW of Malibu, CA

](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ci41075584)

2025-03-09 20:03:20 (UTC)

Pager Alert Level: Green

MMI: IV (Light Shaking)

11.4 km

#### 4.5

[

2025 Orcas Island, Washington

](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/uw62078906)

2025-03-03 13:02:38 (UTC)

Pager Alert Level: Green

MMI: IV (Light Shaking)

15.8 km

#### 3.8

[

2 km ESE of North Hollywood, CA

](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ci41070112)

2025-03-03 06:13:45 (UTC)

Pager Alert Level: Gray (Null)

MMI: IV (Light Shaking)

15.6 km

#### 4.8

[

26 km SW of Ackerly, Texas

](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/tx2025edml)

2025-02-28 19:33:24 (UTC)

Pager Alert Level: Green

MMI: V (Moderate Shaking)

6.8 km

#### 5.5

[

14 km S of Kodāri̇̄, Nepal

](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000pvwf)

2025-02-27 21:06:10 (UTC)

Pager Alert Level: Green

MMI: VI (Strong Shaking)

10.0 km

#### 5.9

[

102 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic

](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/pr2025056002)

2025-02-25 05:48:55 (UTC)

Pager Alert Level: Green

MMI: IV (Light Shaking)

46.0 km

#### 3.4

[

6 km SSE of Lea Hill, Washington

](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/uw62076946)

2025-02-22 11:45:29 (UTC)

Pager Alert Level: Gray (Null)

MMI: III (Weak Shaking)

25.4 km

#### 4.8

[

27 km W of Squamish, Canada

](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000pfbs)

2025-02-21 21:26:33 (UTC)

Pager Alert Level: Green

MMI: VI (Strong Shaking)

10.0 km

#### 4.8

[

1 km NE of Charneca de Caparica, Portugal

](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000pe8k)

2025-02-17 13:24:05 (UTC)

Pager Alert Level: Gray (Null)

10.0 km

#### 4.2

[

10 km SSE of Nāngloi Jāt, India

](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000pe5z)

2025-02-17 00:06:52 (UTC)

Pager Alert Level: Gray (Null)

10.0 km

#### 3.7

[

10 km WNW of Malibu, CA

](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ci40186202)

2025-02-15 07:44:05 (UTC)

Pager Alert Level: Gray (Null)

MMI: IV (Light Shaking)

15.4 km

#### 5.0

[

53 km NW of Toyah, Texas

](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/tx2025deqh)

2025-02-15 05:23:21 (UTC)

Pager Alert Level: Green

MMI: VI (Strong Shaking)

6.1 km

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Significant Earthquakes, Past 30 days

[Significant Earthquakes Archive](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/browse/significant.php)  

[What makes an earthquake "significant"?](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/browse/significant.php#sigdef)

#### 6.5

[

36 km NNE of Olonkinbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen

](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000pxvx)

2025-03-10 02:33:14 (UTC)

Pager Alert Level: Green

MMI: VIII (Severe Shaking)

10.0 km

#### 4.1

[

10 km NW of Malibu, CA

](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ci41075584)

2025-03-09 20:03:20 (UTC)

Pager Alert Level: Green

MMI: IV (Light Shaking)

11.4 km

#### 4.5

[

2025 Orcas Island, Washington

](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/uw62078906)

2025-03-03 13:02:38 (UTC)

Pager Alert Level: Green

MMI: IV (Light Shaking)

15.8 km

#### 3.8

[

2 km ESE of North Hollywood, CA

](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ci41070112)

2025-03-03 06:13:45 (UTC)

Pager Alert Level: Gray (Null)

MMI: IV (Light Shaking)

15.6 km

#### 4.8

[

26 km SW of Ackerly, Texas

](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/tx2025edml)

2025-02-28 19:33:24 (UTC)

Pager Alert Level: Green

MMI: V (Moderate Shaking)

6.8 km

#### 5.5

[

14 km S of Kodāri̇̄, Nepal

](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000pvwf)

2025-02-27 21:06:10 (UTC)

Pager Alert Level: Green

MMI: VI (Strong Shaking)

10.0 km

#### 5.9

[

102 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic

](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/pr2025056002)

2025-02-25 05:48:55 (UTC)

Pager Alert Level: Green

MMI: IV (Light Shaking)

46.0 km

#### 3.4

[

6 km SSE of Lea Hill, Washington

](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/uw62076946)

2025-02-22 11:45:29 (UTC)

Pager Alert Level: Gray (Null)

MMI: III (Weak Shaking)

25.4 km

#### 4.8

[

27 km W of Squamish, Canada

](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000pfbs)

2025-02-21 21:26:33 (UTC)

Pager Alert Level: Green

MMI: VI (Strong Shaking)

10.0 km

#### 4.8

[

1 km NE of Charneca de Caparica, Portugal

](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000pe8k)

2025-02-17 13:24:05 (UTC)

Pager Alert Level: Gray (Null)

10.0 km

#### 4.2

[

10 km SSE of Nāngloi Jāt, India

](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000pe5z)

2025-02-17 00:06:52 (UTC)

Pager Alert Level: Gray (Null)

10.0 km

#### 3.7

[

10 km WNW of Malibu, CA

](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ci40186202)

2025-02-15 07:44:05 (UTC)

Pager Alert Level: Gray (Null)

MMI: IV (Light Shaking)

15.4 km

#### 5.0

[

53 km NW of Toyah, Texas

](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/tx2025deqh)

2025-02-15 05:23:21 (UTC)

Pager Alert Level: Green

MMI: VI (Strong Shaking)

6.1 km

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Executive SummaryThe conference report accompanying the fiscal year (FY) 2022 Consolidated Appropriations Act (Public Law 117–103) for the U.S. Department of the Interior and related agencies directed the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to “work with the State of Alaska to develop an implementation plan to be completed within two years in order to put ShakeAlert/Earthquake Early Warning in...

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Harrat Lunayyir is a volcanic field in Saudi Arabia that experienced a Mw~5.4 earthquake driven by an upper-crustal dike intrusion in May 2009. This volcanic field has exhibited numerous forms of volcanic seismicity both prior to and since the 2009 dike intrusion. Significantly, earthquakes within the lithospheric mantle and, rarely, the lower crust are present in the two-decade long...

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Given the likelihood of future M9 Cascadia Subduction Zone (CSZ) earthquakes, various estimates of the resulting, regional ground motions have been made, including a suite of 30 physics-based simulations that reflect key modeling uncertainties. However, because the last CSZ interface rupture occurred in 1700 CE, the shaking expected in such an event is especially uncertain, as are the...

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#### M 6.9 October 17, 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake

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