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Earthquakes in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

5,674 earthquakes catalogued in and around South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands between 1921 and 2026. Recorded measurements; not a forecast.

Last updated 4 August 2026 · merged from 5 catalogues
4.4
Latest earthquake · depth 214.1 km
04.08.2026 02:29 UTC · from centre 340 km
5,674
recorded earthquakes
M8.3
largest
1921–2026
record span
4.53
mean magnitude
4,768
epicentre inside the border

By year

Stacked by magnitude; one column per year.

02595191921: 1 (M5+)19211923: 1 (M5+)1925: 1 (M5+)1926: 1 (M5+)1927: 2 (M5+)1928: 2 (M5+)1929: 6 (M5+)19291930: 3 (M5+)1933: 2 (M5+)1935: 1 (M5+)1936: 1 (M5+)19371943: 2 (M5+)19451947: 2 (M5+)1948: 1 (M5+)1949: 1 (M5+)1951: 1 (M5+)1952: 3 (M5+)1953: 2 (M5+)19531958: 1 (M5+)1959: 1 (M5+)1960: 5 (M5+)1961: 3 (M5+)19611963: 4 (M5+)1964: 17 (M5+)1965: 1 (M4–5)1965: 11 (M5+)1966: 5 (M4–5)1966: 15 (M5+)1967: 15 (M4–5)1967: 19 (M5+)1968: 17 (M4–5)1968: 8 (M5+)1969: 10 (M4–5)1969: 11 (M5+)19691970: 8 (M4–5)1970: 12 (M5+)1971: 12 (M4–5)1971: 11 (M5+)1972: 17 (M4–5)1972: 17 (M5+)1973: 65 (M4–5)1973: 34 (M5+)1974: 15 (M4–5)1974: 24 (M5+)1975: 9 (M4–5)1975: 14 (M5+)1976: 9 (M4–5)1976: 8 (M5+)1977: 11 (M4–5)1977: 23 (M5+)19771978: 4 (M4–5)1978: 19 (M5+)1979: 5 (M4–5)1979: 18 (M5+)1980: 10 (M4–5)1980: 11 (M5+)1981: 9 (M4–5)1981: 14 (M5+)1982: 14 (M4–5)1982: 12 (M5+)1983: 9 (M4–5)1983: 15 (M5+)1984: 5 (M4–5)1984: 13 (M5+)1985: 13 (M4–5)1985: 17 (M5+)19851986: 10 (M4–5)1986: 18 (M5+)1987: 5 (M4–5)1987: 29 (M5+)1988: 10 (M4–5)1988: 13 (M5+)1989: 7 (M4–5)1989: 17 (M5+)1990: 6 (M4–5)1990: 12 (M5+)1991: 8 (M4–5)1991: 18 (M5+)1992: 7 (M4–5)1992: 21 (M5+)1993: 10 (M4–5)1993: 20 (M5+)19931994: 6 (M4–5)1994: 22 (M5+)1995: 37 (M4–5)1995: 22 (M5+)1996: 2 (M3–4)1996: 58 (M4–5)1996: 5 (M5+)1997: 1 (M3–4)1997: 41 (M4–5)1997: 8 (M5+)1998: 1 (M3–4)1998: 46 (M4–5)1998: 18 (M5+)1999: 4 (M3–4)1999: 40 (M4–5)1999: 6 (M5+)2000: 6 (M3–4)2000: 51 (M4–5)2000: 6 (M5+)2001: 5 (M3–4)2001: 50 (M4–5)2001: 7 (M5+)20012002: 8 (M3–4)2002: 74 (M4–5)2002: 15 (M5+)2003: 4 (M3–4)2003: 40 (M4–5)2003: 13 (M5+)2004: 4 (M<3)2004: 16 (M3–4)2004: 113 (M4–5)2004: 19 (M5+)2005: 11 (M3–4)2005: 53 (M4–5)2005: 21 (M5+)2006: 15 (M3–4)2006: 74 (M4–5)2006: 15 (M5+)2007: 4 (M<3)2007: 18 (M3–4)2007: 91 (M4–5)2007: 17 (M5+)2008: 4 (M<3)2008: 9 (M3–4)2008: 83 (M4–5)2008: 11 (M5+)2009: 18 (M3–4)2009: 138 (M4–5)2009: 11 (M5+)20092010: 22 (M3–4)2010: 139 (M4–5)2010: 23 (M5+)2011: 20 (M3–4)2011: 139 (M4–5)2011: 29 (M5+)2012: 16 (M3–4)2012: 101 (M4–5)2012: 14 (M5+)2013: 27 (M3–4)2013: 112 (M4–5)2013: 21 (M5+)2014: 48 (M3–4)2014: 261 (M4–5)2014: 34 (M5+)2015: 26 (M3–4)2015: 138 (M4–5)2015: 14 (M5+)2016: 108 (M3–4)2016: 360 (M4–5)2016: 51 (M5+)2017: 39 (M3–4)2017: 120 (M4–5)2017: 38 (M5+)20172018: 28 (M3–4)2018: 113 (M4–5)2018: 33 (M5+)2019: 32 (M3–4)2019: 111 (M4–5)2019: 20 (M5+)2020: 24 (M3–4)2020: 95 (M4–5)2020: 15 (M5+)2021: 26 (M3–4)2021: 158 (M4–5)2021: 53 (M5+)2022: 22 (M3–4)2022: 138 (M4–5)2022: 39 (M5+)2023: 32 (M3–4)2023: 117 (M4–5)2023: 31 (M5+)2024: 38 (M3–4)2024: 122 (M4–5)2024: 31 (M5+)2025: 34 (M3–4)2025: 112 (M4–5)2025: 40 (M5+)20252026: 23 (M3–4)2026: 71 (M4–5)2026: 11 (M5+)
M<3M3–4M4–5M5+

Read this chart carefully. Rising columns do not mean earthquakes are becoming more frequent. The monitoring network improved over time: the smallest detectable earthquake in Türkiye was about M5.0 in 1966 and is M1.5 today. Earlier years look quiet because small events were not heard, not because they did not happen.

Largest earthquakes

Inclusion rule: the radius widens with magnitude (15 km up to M4, 150 km at M7 and above). This is not a measure of felt shaking or intensity.

MagnitudeDateDepthDistance
8.312.08.2021 18:3538 km481 km
8.027.06.1929 12:4715 km195 km
7.826.05.1964 10:59102.3 km270 km
7.512.08.2021 18:3228.1 km474 km
7.519.08.2016 07:3215.1 km98 km
7.301.09.1961 00:09129.2 km473 km
7.202.11.1943 18:0877.3 km359 km
7.228.05.2016 09:4789.6 km320 km
7.127.12.1991 04:0516.7 km423 km
7.108.09.1961 11:26100.9 km297 km
7.111.12.2018 02:26149.1 km432 km
7.018.08.1930 09:5335 km296 km
6.913.09.1921 02:3635 km220 km
6.829.06.2014 07:5215.1 km247 km
6.830.01.1963 10:1025 km230 km

Latest earthquakes

MagnitudeDateDepthDistance
4.404.08.2026 02:29214.1 km340 km
5.029.07.2026 10:3160 km298 km
4.115.07.2026 23:570 km248 km
4.612.07.2026 15:1510 km328 km
3.312.07.2026 15:150 km343 km
6.411.07.2026 10:2618 km205 km
3.909.07.2026 19:27121 km287 km
3.908.07.2026 12:490 km254 km
4.303.07.2026 01:530 km307 km
4.503.07.2026 01:490 km356 km
5.102.07.2026 02:57183.7 km433 km
3.930.06.2026 15:1510 km316 km
4.230.06.2026 01:330 km343 km
4.030.06.2026 00:1510 km326 km
4.029.06.2026 14:300 km219 km
3.522.06.2026 12:450 km313 km
4.320.06.2026 22:240 km163 km
3.920.06.2026 22:230 km66 km
5.020.06.2026 04:4468 km461 km
4.717.06.2026 19:480 km380 km
3.516.06.2026 19:270 km362 km
4.416.06.2026 17:130 km382 km
4.416.06.2026 13:510 km369 km
4.116.06.2026 13:240 km390 km
4.115.06.2026 22:380 km371 km
4.108.06.2026 03:430 km300 km
4.305.06.2026 16:060 km364 km
4.501.06.2026 22:1010 km384 km
4.728.05.2026 15:0776.4 km331 km
4.027.05.2026 21:3798.1 km441 km
4.222.05.2026 10:270 km299 km
4.322.05.2026 00:290 km282 km
4.321.05.2026 08:37142.3 km299 km
5.820.05.2026 23:0098 km255 km
4.115.05.2026 12:440 km302 km
4.014.05.2026 22:140 km340 km
4.014.05.2026 09:110 km287 km
3.414.05.2026 05:380 km332 km
4.013.05.2026 08:1341.7 km254 km
3.913.05.2026 06:3630 km252 km
3.412.05.2026 02:540 km159 km
5.109.05.2026 14:22104.9 km445 km
3.805.05.2026 21:0157.1 km289 km
4.230.04.2026 11:240 km392 km
3.823.04.2026 09:080 km137 km
4.723.04.2026 00:3163.8 km397 km
3.614.04.2026 12:510 km231 km
4.313.04.2026 11:1910 km77 km
4.313.04.2026 07:51155.9 km399 km
4.007.04.2026 16:33132.6 km154 km
4.206.04.2026 13:090 km124 km
4.104.04.2026 14:380 km275 km
4.902.04.2026 20:2210 km188 km
3.502.04.2026 20:220 km201 km
3.931.03.2026 03:120 km332 km
4.428.03.2026 00:240 km286 km
4.127.03.2026 20:1081 km359 km
3.426.03.2026 04:020 km316 km
4.025.03.2026 20:350 km274 km
4.125.03.2026 05:220 km299 km

Method and sources

What this page counts
An earthquake appears here when its epicentre is within a magnitude-dependent distance of this place's border: 15 km up to M4, 30 km to M5, 60 km to M6, 100 km to M7, and 150 km at M7 and above. The rule exists because a large earthquake concerns neighbouring provinces too — the 17 August 1999 epicentre was in the Gulf of İzmit, on no province's land at all.
Location precision
Epicentre uncertainty is typically 1–10 km, and larger for older records. That is why this site breaks data down to districts but not to neighbourhoods or villages — the data does not support that distinction.
Magnitude scales
The catalogues use more than twelve magnitude scales (Mw, ML, mb, Md…) and they are not equivalent. Values are shown on the scale the source reported; they are not converted.
Deduplication
The same earthquake is published by several catalogues. Records within 20 seconds and 100 km whose magnitudes differ by no more than 1.2 are treated as one event; the primary record is chosen by catalogue priority.
Updates
Recent earthquakes are fetched from four sources every five minutes. The historical archive is rebuilt infrequently.
Sources
USGS ComCat · ISC Bulletin · AFAD · Kandilli / KOERI · EMSC/CSEM
Reporting an error
If you spot a wrong record, write to us; we verify against the source and correct it.