Place-based seismic atlas

Explore reported earthquakes by city

Choose a city to explore reported earthquakes nearby, compare historical magnitudes and open original source records. Each page states its data period and uses the same 300 km search radius.

The radius organizes epicentres by distance from the city centre. It is not a known felt, damage, hazard or safety area.

United StatesData and copy reviewed

Los Angeles

This view centres a 300 km search around Los Angeles, covering Southern California, nearby offshore waters and parts of the surrounding region. It compares source-reported earthquakes by distance from the city centre; the radius is not a shaking, damage or risk boundary.

Search radius
300 km
GeoNames ID
5368361
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United StatesData and copy reviewed

San Francisco

The San Francisco view uses the city centre as the origin of a 300 km search across Northern California and adjacent Pacific waters. The results are reported epicentres within that circle, not a model of what people felt or where damage occurred.

Search radius
300 km
GeoNames ID
5391959
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JapanData and copy reviewed

Tokyo

Tokyo is the centre of this 300 km search across central Honshu and nearby Pacific source locations. Events are included solely by reported epicentre distance, so the circle must not be interpreted as an official intensity or alert area.

Search radius
300 km
GeoNames ID
1850147
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MexicoData and copy reviewed

Mexico City

This page measures reported epicentres within 300 km of central Mexico City, a circle that can reach several neighbouring states. The search area is a consistent geographic filter and does not describe local hazard, expected intensity or safety.

Search radius
300 km
GeoNames ID
3530597
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ChileData and copy reviewed

Santiago

The Santiago search covers reported epicentres up to 300 km from the city centre, including central Chile and nearby offshore locations. Distance from Santiago is a browsing rule only, not an estimate of felt extent or impact.

Search radius
300 km
GeoNames ID
3871336
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PeruData and copy reviewed

Lima

Lima anchors a 300 km search across part of central Peru and the adjacent Pacific margin. The page groups USGS-reported epicentres by distance to the city centre and does not reproduce an official national catalogue or shaking map.

Search radius
300 km
GeoNames ID
3936456
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IndonesiaData and copy reviewed

Jakarta

The Jakarta view searches 300 km from the city centre across western Java, the Sunda Strait and nearby waters. It is a distance-based view of source reports and cannot establish whether an event was felt in Jakarta.

Search radius
300 km
GeoNames ID
1642911
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PhilippinesData and copy reviewed

Manila

This 300 km search around Manila covers much of Luzon and nearby offshore source locations. It presents USGS-reported epicentres selected by distance, while PHIVOLCS remains the primary national authority for Philippine earthquake information.

Search radius
300 km
GeoNames ID
1701668
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TaiwanData and copy reviewed

Taipei

Taipei is used as the centre of a 300 km search over northern Taiwan and nearby offshore areas. The GeoNames population field is retained as source metadata only; the earthquake radius is not an administrative or hazard boundary.

Search radius
300 km
GeoNames ID
1668341
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TürkiyeData and copy reviewed

Istanbul

The Istanbul page searches 300 km from the city centre across the Marmara region, neighbouring parts of Türkiye and adjacent countries. Inclusion is geometric and does not state that an earthquake affected Istanbul.

Search radius
300 km
GeoNames ID
745044
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NepalData and copy reviewed

Kathmandu

Kathmandu centres a 300 km search across part of the central Himalaya and neighbouring regions. Results are based on reported epicentre coordinates and do not estimate local shaking, exposure or safety.

Search radius
300 km
GeoNames ID
1283240
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New ZealandData and copy reviewed

Wellington

The Wellington search spans 300 km from the city centre across Cook Strait, the lower North Island, the upper South Island and nearby waters. The circle organizes reported events by distance and is not an official intensity or impact area.

Search radius
300 km
GeoNames ID
2179537
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