We only tend to hear of earthquakes when they are severe causing the deaths of many lives, yet our planet is rocked by earthquakes on a daily basis. This map shows a list of the 5 most recent earthquakes worldwide and automatically refreshes and updates as they occur. You can click on the map or menu for more detail about the individual earthquakes.

The menu also provides the magnitude of the earthquake. The magnitude of earthquakes is measure on the Richter Scale, named after Charles F Richter of the California Institute of Technology. The scale, in use since 1935, would, in general measure a small tremor (which may not even be felt by hhumans) at 2.0 or less, whilst a major earthquake would measure 8.0 or more.

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