Get our newsletter!
Check out our volcano tours on VolcanoAdventures.com!
Volcanoes & Earthquakes - new app for Android
Volcanoes & Earthquakes - app for iPhone & iPad

Volcano Calendar 2019
Volcano Calendar 2019: We're proud to present our 2019 volcano calendar: 13 different and attractive images of volcanoes, volcanic landscapes and phenomena taken during volcano tours over the past few years.
Our New Book
Volcano Discoveries: "One of the most eye-catching guides to the world’s volcanoes ever published.
Volcano Travel
VolcanoAdventures: Our professional team of volcanologists and photographers offers unique travel opportunities: volcano expeditions, photo tours, and relaxed walking & study tours.
Volcano Adventure Guide
The Volcano Adventure Guide: Excellent information and background for anyone wishing to visit active volcanoes safely and enjoyably. The book presents guidelines to visiting 42 different volcanoes around the world.
Guaranteed tours:
30 Mar - 6 Apr 2019: Land of Theseus - Saronic Gulf (Greece)
2-17 May 2019: From Krakatau to Bali - Java (Indonesia)
4-11(12) May 2019: Fascination Volcano - Santorini Island (Greece)
4-12 May 2019: From Stromboli to Etna - Eolian Islands + Etna volcano (Italy)
25 May - 1 Jun 2019: Etna Discovery - Etna volcano (Italy)
7-12 Jun 2019: Adventure Volcano - Yasur Volcano Travel - Tanna Island (Vanuatu)
8-23 Jul 2019: From Krakatau to Bali - Java (Indonesia)
12-30 Aug 2019: Kamchatka - Land of Colors - Kamchatka (Russia)
1-19 Sep 2019: Kamchatka - Land of Colors - Kamchatka (Russia)
3-18 Sep 2019: From Krakatau to Bali - Java (Indonesia)
: spaces available / : guaranteed / : few spaces left / : booked out
Interactive map of latest earthquakes and active volcanoes in the world

Support us?


Maintaining the volcano and earthquake news sections on this website, the free Volcano Webcams tool and interactive map widget is a free-time, both time- and server cost intensive effort.
If you find the information useful and would like to support us, and help keep it alive and improve it, please consider making a small donation. Thank you!
Random pictures

Light mag. 4.0 earthquake - OAXACA, MEXICO on Wednesday, 18 October 2017

Light mag. 4.0 earthquake - OAXACA, MEXICO on Wednesday, 18 October 2017
Date & time: Wed, 18 Oct 06:53:21 UTC
Magnitude: 4.0
Depth: 60.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 16.51°N / 95.19°W (Mexico)
Nearest volcano: San Martín (229 km)
Primary data source: EMSC
If you felt this quake (or if you were near the epicenter), please share your experience with us and submit a short "I felt it" report.
You can use your GPS or device location as well to show where you were during the earthquake. - thank you.

Data for same earthquake as reported from other agencies
TimeMag. / DepthLocationMapSource

"I felt it" reports:
Earthquakes in same area up to 1 year afterwards (likely aftershocks)
TimeMag. / DepthLocationMapSource
Thu, 19 Oct 2017
Thu, 19 Oct 03:38 UTCM 4.2 / 17 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Thu, 19 Oct 04:37 UTCM 4.2 / 12 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Thu, 19 Oct 15:15 UTCM 4.0 / 67 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Thu, 19 Oct 15:44 UTCM 4.0 / 56 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Thu, 19 Oct 17:46 UTCM 4.1 / 20 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Fri, 20 Oct 2017 (6 earthquakes)
Fri, 20 Oct 02:32 UTCM 4.2 / 62 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Fri, 20 Oct 11:22 UTCM 4.3 / 99 km - [info]OFFSHORE CHIAPAS, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Fri, 20 Oct 12:04 UTCM 4.0 / 7 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Fri, 20 Oct 13:28 UTCM 4.5 / 89 km - [info]OFFSHORE CHIAPAS, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Fri, 20 Oct 13:48 UTCM 4.0 / 81 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Fri, 20 Oct 21:03 UTCM 4.3 / 99 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Sat, 21 Oct 2017
Sat, 21 Oct 03:32 UTCM 4.2 / 45 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Sat, 21 Oct 11:16 UTCM 4.0 / 14 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Mon, 23 Oct 2017
Mon, 23 Oct 01:25 UTCM 4.2 / 29 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Mon, 23 Oct 03:11 UTCM 4.8 / 70 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Mon, 23 Oct 04:05 UTCM 4.3 / 85 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Mon, 23 Oct 04:55 UTCM 4.3 / 55 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Tue, 24 Oct 2017
Tue, 24 Oct 07:42 UTCM 4.1 / 72 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Tue, 24 Oct 10:32 UTCM 4.1 / 57 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Tue, 24 Oct 23:20 UTCM 4.6 / 2 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Wed, 25 Oct 2017
Wed, 25 Oct 02:49 UTCM 4.2 / 43 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Thu, 26 Oct 2017
Thu, 26 Oct 09:30 UTCM 4.0 / 51 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Fri, 27 Oct 2017
Fri, 27 Oct 06:47 UTCM 4.0 / 97 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Sat, 28 Oct 2017
Sat, 28 Oct 08:18 UTCM 4.0 / 11 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Sun, 29 Oct 2017
Sun, 29 Oct 01:56 UTCM 4.4 / 60 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Sun, 29 Oct 05:11 UTCM 4.2 / 79 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Sun, 29 Oct 23:46 UTCM 4.2 / 55.7 km - [info]- 3km SSE of Union Hidalgo, Mexico[Map]USGS
Mon, 30 Oct 2017 (6 earthquakes)
Mon, 30 Oct 00:25 UTCM 4.2 / 27 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Mon, 30 Oct 03:20 UTCM 4.2 / 61 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Mon, 30 Oct 05:13 UTCM 5.0 / 10 km - [info]Near Coast of Oaxaca, Mexico[Map]GFZ
Mon, 30 Oct 05:27 UTCM 4.1 / 60 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Mon, 30 Oct 11:39 UTCM 4.0 / 50 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Mon, 30 Oct 13:27 UTCM 4.0 / 66 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Tue, 31 Oct 2017
Tue, 31 Oct 07:24 UTCM 4.3 / 16 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Tue, 31 Oct 11:42 UTCM 4.1 / 21 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Tue, 31 Oct 23:27 UTCM 4.1 / 103 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Wed, 1 Nov 2017
Wed, 1 Nov 00:55 UTCM 4.1 / 7 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Thu, 2 Nov 2017
Thu, 2 Nov 01:51 UTCM 4.6 / 8 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Thu, 2 Nov 11:59 UTCM 4.0 / 24 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Thu, 2 Nov 15:49 UTCM 5.0 / 63 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Fri, 3 Nov 2017
Fri, 3 Nov 03:55 UTCM 4.0 / 8 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Fri, 3 Nov 16:49 UTCM 4.8 / 122 km - [info]CHIAPAS, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Sun, 5 Nov 2017
Sun, 5 Nov 14:46 UTCM 4.1 / 55 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Tue, 7 Nov 2017
Tue, 7 Nov 02:25 UTCM 4.3 / 56 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Tue, 7 Nov 11:09 UTCM 4.3 / 74 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Tue, 7 Nov 15:34 UTCM 4.2 / 23.4 km - [info]- 36km SW of Tres Picos, Mexico[Map]USGS
Tue, 7 Nov 15:48 UTCM 4.1 / 18 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Wed, 8 Nov 2017
Wed, 8 Nov 11:04 UTCM 4.1 / 12 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Thu, 9 Nov 2017
Thu, 9 Nov 05:05 UTCM 4.3 / 36 km - [info]OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC
Fri, 10 Nov 2017
Fri, 10 Nov 01:01 UTCM 4.2 / 11 km - [info]OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO[Map]EMSC

 

More on VolcanoDiscovery:

Krakatau to Bali
Tour photos May 2016: A selection of photos taken during our Java photo tour by Uwe Ehlers.
Volcano watching guide
How to watch volcanoes? Which volcano to choose? Some guidelines.
Bárdarbunga
Bárdarbunga eruption 2014: Photos from the Holuhraun fissure eruption: large lava fountains and lava flows from close!
Volcanoes
Volcanoes of the world: infos and news of all active volcanoes
Copyrights: VolcanoDiscovery and other sources as noted.
Use of material: Text and images on this webpage are copyrighted. Further reproduction and use without authorization is not consented. If you need licensing rights for photographs, for example for publications and commercial use, please contact us.
Home | Travel | Destinations | Volcanoes | Photos | Earthquakes | About | Glossary | News | Contact | Privacy | Imprint || Français | Deutsch
Follow us: