r/Earthquakes • • 1d ago

Japan false alarm (actually crazy)

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203 Upvotes

throwback to the time today JMA (Japanese Meteorological Agency) detected a 6.9 quake that came from kamchatka, russia and thought it was a 9.9 😭... I wonder what they thought cause the max intensity was only class 1 in hakodate, it filled this subreddit 😭


r/Earthquakes • • 1d ago

Well, see you on the other side folks (false alarm)

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243 Upvotes

At 12:38 JST an early earthquake alert was issued throughout Japan, the smartphones and broadcast announcement blared. I looked at the estimated magnitude 9.9 . I thought this must be the end! I rushed out the house with my dog to our evacuation area. I stayed low to the ground and waited. My neighbors came out and five minutes pass, a second alert was issued saying it was a false alarm. Although there was a large earthquake in Russia, it was 6.9. (Heheh).


r/Earthquakes • • 16h ago

Earthquake Event (M5.2) 🌎 Panama: Sismo - Earthquake (5.2 Ml, at 22:41 UTC)

6 Upvotes

📉 Sismo 4.8 Mw, registered by CSLC,EMSC,NEIC, 2026-10-16 22:41:03 UTC (twilight) on land, Tebario, Herrera, Panama (7.63, -80.93) ± 1 km likely felt 130 km away (www.seismicportal.eu)

2026-10-16T23:02:50Z

🌄 Sismo! Earthquake! 5.2 Ml, registered by CSLC, 2026-10-16 22:41:06 UTC (twilight) on land, El Toro, Herrera, Panama (7.68, -80.83) likely felt 170 km away (www.seismicportal.eu)

2026-10-16T22:45:56Z


r/Earthquakes • • 9h ago

Earthquake Event (M5.8) 🌏 Pakistan: زلزلے - ਭੂਚਾਲ - Earthquake (5.8 M, at 05:06 UTC)

2 Upvotes

🌏 زلزلے! ਭੂਚਾਲ! Earthquake! 5.8 M, registered by EMSC, 2026-10-17 05:06:56 UTC (daytime) on land, Khuzdar, Balochistan, Pakistan (27.65, 66.43) likely felt 250 km away (www.seismicportal.eu)

2026-10-17T05:13:49Z


r/Earthquakes • • 13h ago

Earthquake Event (M5.5) 🌎 Near Coast Of Chiapas, Mexico: Sismo - Earthquake (5.0 Mb, at 01:03 UTC)

4 Upvotes

🌎 Sismo! Earthquake! 5.5 Mw, registered by EMSC, 2026-10-17 13:59:36 UTC (daytime) on land, Pacific Ocean (14.08, -93.41) likely felt 210 km away (www.seismicportal.eu)

2026-10-17T14:05:40Z

🌒 Sismo! Earthquake! 5.0 Mb, registered by EMSC, 2026-10-17 01:03:04 UTC (crescent moon), on land, Pacific Ocean (14.26, -93.24) likely felt 150 km away (www.seismicportal.eu)

2026-10-17T01:12:04Z


r/Earthquakes • • 1d ago

Japan mistakenly issues warning for magnitude 9.9 earthquake

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39 Upvotes

r/Earthquakes • • 1d ago

Earthquake Preparedness & Essential Emergency Kit Guide 🎒📱

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Hi everyone,

I wanted to share our latest guide on earthquake preparedness, covering essential emergency kit items and reliable official sources for tracking seismic activity.

While the original post is tailored for our regional community in Türkiye (r/SismolojiTR), the safety principles and emergency checklist apply universally to anyone living in seismic zones.

Feel free to check out the details in the crosspost below! Feedback and additional emergency tips are always welcome.


r/Earthquakes • • 1d ago

Even the images are shocking, has anyone ever experienced an earthquake?

104 Upvotes

r/Earthquakes • • 1d ago

Hakodate earthquake Alert?

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20 Upvotes

r/Earthquakes • • 1d ago

🌏 Auckland Islands, N.Z. Region: Earthquake - Rūwhenua (5.1 Mlv, at 14:09 UTC)

3 Upvotes

🌒 Earthquake! Rūwhenua! 5.1 Mlv, registered by scevent, 2026-10-16 14:09:56 UTC (crescent moon), on land, South Pacific (-49.71, 164.1), ↓5 km likely felt 140 km away (service.geonet.org.nz)

2026-10-16T14:19:14Z


r/Earthquakes • • 1d ago

🌏 Philippine Islands Region: Earthquake - Lindol - Sismo - Linog (5.0 Mb, at 09:13 UTC)

8 Upvotes

🌅 Earthquake! Lindol! Sismo! Linog! 5.0 Mb, registered by EMSC,GFZ,KOERI, 2026-10-16 09:13:43 UTC (twilight) on water, Philippine Islands Region (7.84, 127.01) ± 6 km likely felt 150 km away (www.seismicportal.eu)

2026-10-16T09:25:35Z


r/Earthquakes • • 1d ago

Hi

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Writing Hi everyone! 👋 I'm looking to meet people who are fascinated by earthquakes. I'd love to chat about massive earthquakes, fault lines, ground shaking, and the science behind how they happen. I'd also love to hear firsthand stories from people who have experienced major earthquakes and learn from real seismologists. I'm hoping to make genuine connections through free text chat with people who enjoy discussing this subject. If earthquakes are one of your interests too, feel free to say hello! 🌎


r/Earthquakes • • 1d ago

Earthquake Event (M5.1) 🌎 Southern East Pacific Rise: Earthquake (5.1 Mb, at 09:04 UTC)

3 Upvotes

🌒 Earthquake! 5.1 Mb, registered by GFZ, 2026-10-16 09:04:29 UTC (crescent moon), on land, South Pacific (-55.08, -126.63) likely felt 160 km away (www.seismicportal.eu)

2026-10-16T09:41:11Z


r/Earthquakes • • 1d ago

Earthquake Event (M5.9) 🌏 Near East Coast Of Kamchatka: Землетрясение - Earthquake (5.9 Mb, at 03:35 UTC)

5 Upvotes

📈 Землетрясение 6.8 Mwp, registered by 4 agencies, 2026-10-16 03:35:34 UTC (daytime) on water, Near East Coast Of Kamchatka (51.93, 157.33) ± 8 km, ↓142 km likely felt 800 km away (webservices.ingv.it)

2026-10-16T03:54:05Z

📈 Землетрясение 6.5 Mww, registered by GlobalQuakeUnofficial,KOERI,US, 2026-10-16 03:35:32 UTC (daytime) on water, Near East Coast Of Kamchatka (51.95, 157.27) ± 6 km, ↓88 km likely felt 510 km away by 163200 people (earthquake.usgs.gov)

2026-10-16T03:49:51Z

📉 Землетрясение 5.9 Mb, registered by GlobalQuakeUnofficial,KOERI, 2026-10-16 03:35:30 UTC (daytime) on water, Near East Coast Of Kamchatka (51.87, 157.31) likely felt 110 km away (www.koeri.boun.edu.tr)

2026-10-16T03:48:47Z

📈 Землетрясение 6.4 Mb, registered by GlobalQuakeUnofficial,KOERI, 2026-10-16 03:35:21 UTC (daytime) on water, Near East Coast Of Kamchatka (51.81, 157.52) ± 5 km likely felt 270 km away (localhost:38002)

2026-10-16T03:45:32Z

🌏 Землетрясение! Earthquake! 5.9 Mb, registered by KOERI, 2026-10-16 03:35:21 UTC (daytime) on land, Ozernovskiy, Kamtsjatka, Russian Federation (51.86, 157.6) likely felt 40 km away (www.koeri.boun.edu.tr)

2026-10-16T03:43:57Z


r/Earthquakes • • 1d ago

Earthquake Event (tsunami?) 🌏 Kuril Islands: 地震 - Землетрясение - Earthquake (M7+ estimated, at 03:36 UTC)

5 Upvotes

❗ 可能な津波 / ВОЗМОЖНО ЦУНАМИ / POSSIBLE TSUNAMI for Kuril Islands! 🌊 This is NOT an official warning, and it could be wrong. Monitor instead http://www.tsunami.gov/ http://www.jma.go.jp/en/tsunami/ http://www.bom.gov.au/tsunami/ https://tsunami.incois.gov.in/ https://rtsp.bmkg.go.id/publicbull.php https://www.info-tsunami.fr/ (localhost:2221)

2026-10-16T03:38:55Z


r/Earthquakes • • 1d ago

Early Warning 🌏 Kuril Islands: 地震 - Землетрясение - Earthquake (M7+ estimated, at 03:36 UTC)

6 Upvotes

❗ 地震警報 / ПРЕДУПРЕЖДЕНИЯ ЗЕМЛЕТРЯСЕНИЙ / EARTHQUAKE WARNING for Kuril Islands (地震 reported near Kuril’sk? May be inaccurate!) (localhost:2221)

2026-10-16T03:38:51Z


r/Earthquakes • • 1d ago

Early Warning 🌏 Kuril Islands: 地震 - Землетрясение - Earthquake (M6+ estimated, at 03:37 UTC)

2 Upvotes

❗ 地震警報 / ПРЕДУПРЕЖДЕНИЯ ЗЕМЛЕТРЯСЕНИЙ / EARTHQUAKE WARNING for Kuril Islands (地震 reported near Kuril’sk? May be inaccurate!) (localhost:2221)

2026-10-16T03:38:39Z


r/Earthquakes • • 2d ago

A few hours of earthquakes in the East African rift.

11 Upvotes

East african rift earthquakes recorded between 09:00 - 18:00 SAST or 07:00 - 16:00 UTC on 14 October 2026 at a seismic station in Mbarara Uganda. Data sped up 160 times for sonification.


r/Earthquakes • • 1d ago

Made a live app based on USGS data - maybe someone likes it

1 Upvotes

Hi,

https://seismo-malvin.streamlit.app/

Doing data engineering and development portfolio works so decided to make an app that takes the live data from USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and shows it on a map and some other statistics.
Maybe someone here enjoy it.

Or maybe it sucks
Anyway!
Cheers


r/Earthquakes • • 2d ago

Earthquake Event (M5.2) 🌎 Off Coast Of Ecuador: Sismo - Earthquake (5.3 Mw, at 11:16 UTC)

3 Upvotes

🌎 Sismo! Earthquake! 5.2 Mb, registered by EMSC, 2026-10-16 19:34:16 UTC (daytime) on land, Pacific Ocean (1.4, -85.02) likely felt 170 km away (www.seismicportal.eu)

2026-10-16T19:43:00Z

📉 Sismo 4.8 Mb, registered by EMSC,GFZ,US, 2026-10-15 11:16:43 UTC (twilight) on water, Off Coast Of Ecuador (0.9, -85.31) ± 16 km, ↓10 km likely felt 130 km away (earthquake.usgs.gov)

2026-10-15T11:54:57Z

🌄 Sismo! Earthquake! 5.3 Mw, registered by EMSC, 2026-10-15 11:16:49 UTC (twilight) on land, Pacific Ocean (1.27, -84.94) likely felt 180 km away (www.seismicportal.eu)

2026-10-15T11:39:51Z


r/Earthquakes • • 2d ago

Earthquake Event (M5.2) 🌎 Tonga Islands: Earthquake (5.1 Mb, at 13:29 UTC)

2 Upvotes

📉 Earthquake 4.6 Mb, registered by 4 agencies, 2026-10-16 15:06:34 UTC (crescent moon), on water, Tonga Islands (-18.47, -175.43), ↓247 km likely felt 210 km away (earthquake.usgs.gov)

2026-10-16T15:32:52Z

🌒 Earthquake! 5.2 Mlv, registered by KOERI,scevent, 2026-10-16 15:06:32 UTC (crescent moon), on water, Tonga Islands (-18.17, -175.17) ± 41 km, ↓210 km likely felt 260 km away (service.geonet.org.nz)

2026-10-16T15:20:27Z

🌒 Earthquake! 5.1 Mb, registered by scevent, 2026-10-15 13:29:40 UTC (crescent moon), on land, South Pacific (-15.74, -173.05), ↓33 km likely felt 200 km away (service.geonet.org.nz)

2026-10-15T13:41:17Z


r/Earthquakes • • 2d ago

🌏 Vanuatu Islands: Earthquake - Séisme (5.1 Mlv, at 13:06 UTC)

2 Upvotes

🌒 Earthquake! Séisme! 5.1 Mlv, registered by KOERI,scevent, 2026-10-15 13:06:54 UTC (crescent moon), on water, Vanuatu Islands (-13.9, 166.12) ± 9 km, ↓21 km likely felt 170 km away (service.geonet.org.nz)

2026-10-15T13:17:19Z


r/Earthquakes • • 2d ago

Early Warning 🌏 North Island, New Zealand: Earthquake - Rūwhenua (M5+ estimated, at 05:25 UTC)

4 Upvotes

📈 Earthquake 5.2 Mlv, registered by 5 agencies, 2026-10-15 05:25:34 UTC (daytime) on land, Otorohanga, Otorohanga District, Waikato, New Zealand (-38.59, 175.42) ± 4 km, ↓139 km likely felt 240 km away (www.seismicportal.eu)

2026-10-15T05:41:46Z

📉 Earthquake 4.8 Mb, registered by 4 agencies, 2026-10-15 05:25:33 UTC (daytime) on land, Otorohanga, Otorohanga District, Waikato, New Zealand (-38.58, 175.37) likely felt 130 km away (www.koeri.boun.edu.tr)

2026-10-15T05:35:55Z

📈 Earthquake 5.5 Ml, registered by EMSC,GlobalQuakeUnofficial,scevent, 2026-10-15 05:25:31 UTC (daytime) on land, Otorohanga, Otorohanga District, Waikato, New Zealand (-38.58, 175.37) likely felt 200 km away (www.seismicportal.eu)

2026-10-15T05:34:17Z

📈 Earthquake 5.1 Mlv, registered by GlobalQuakeUnofficial,scevent, 2026-10-15 05:25:34 UTC (daytime) on land, Otorohanga, Otorohanga District, Waikato, New Zealand (-38.63, 175.31) ± 7 km, ↓136 km likely felt 220 km away (localhost:38002)

2026-10-15T05:32:14Z

🌐 Earthquake! Rūwhenua! 4.8 Mlv, registered by GlobalQuakeUnofficial,scevent, 2026-10-15 05:25:34 UTC (daytime) on land, Otorohanga, Otorohanga District, Waikato, New Zealand (-38.61, 175.4) ± 3 km, ↓281 km likely felt 250 km away (service.geonet.org.nz)

2026-10-15T05:30:31Z

❔ Earthquake M5- estimated, registered by GlobalQuakeUnofficial,scevent, preliminary detection, tentatively 2026-10-15 05:25:15 UTC (daytime) on land, Otorohanga, Otorohanga District, Waikato, New Zealand (-38.58, 175.37), ↓298 km likely felt 230 km away (service.geonet.org.nz)

2026-10-15T05:29:38Z

❔ Earthquake M5+ estimated, registered by GlobalQuakeUnofficial, preliminary detection, tentatively 2026-10-15 05:25:15 UTC (daytime) on land, Otorohanga, Otorohanga District, Waikato, New Zealand (-38.45, 175.24) ± 4 km likely felt 200 km away (localhost:38002)

2026-10-15T05:27:02Z

❗ EARTHQUAKE WARNING / WHAKATŪPATO HE RŪ WHENUA for North Island, New Zealand (Earthquake reported near Otorohanga? May be inaccurate!) (localhost:38002)

2026-10-15T05:26:24Z


r/Earthquakes • • 2d ago

🌎 Central Alaska: Earthquake (M5+ estimated, at 11:07 UTC)

1 Upvotes

🌒 Earthquake! M6- estimated, registered by AK,KOERI, 2026-10-15 11:07:01 UTC (crescent moon), on land, Y, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States (64.23, -152.72) ± 1 km, ↓3 km likely felt 170 km away (www.koeri.boun.edu.tr)

2026-10-15T11:15:43Z

❔ Earthquake M6- estimated, registered by AK, preliminary detection, tentatively 2026-10-15 11:07:01 UTC (crescent moon), on land, Y, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States (64.23, -152.72) ± 1 km, ↓3 km likely felt 170 km away (earthquake.usgs.gov)

2026-10-15T11:13:59Z

🌒 Earthquake? M5+ estimated, registered by AK, preliminary detection, tentatively 2026-10-15 11:07:02 UTC (crescent moon), on land, Y, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States (64.22, -152.75), ↓9 km likely felt 180 km away (earthquake.usgs.gov)

2026-10-15T11:09:38Z


r/Earthquakes • • 2d ago

Earthquake Event (M5.0) 🌐 Kermadec Islands Region: Earthquake (5.0 Mlv, at 05:19 UTC)

2 Upvotes

🌐 Earthquake! 5.0 Mlv, registered by scevent, 2026-10-15 05:19:21 UTC (daytime) on land, South Pacific (-30.96, -179.06), ↓254 km likely felt 290 km away (service.geonet.org.nz)

2026-10-15T05:28:02Z