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World Earthquake Report for Thursday, 18 December 2025

Friday, Dec 19, 2025 00:24 | 8 hours ago | By: EarthquakeMonitor

Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 19 Dec 2025

Summary: 5 quakes 5.0+, 41 quakes 4.0+, 193 quakes 3.0+, 431 quakes 2.0+ (670 total)
Magnitude 5+: 5 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 41 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 193 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 431 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 6 or higherTotal seismic energy estimate: 8.3 x 1013 joules (22.9 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 19732 tons of TNT or 1.2 atomic bombs!) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 6.1 learn more

10 largest earthquakes in the world (18 Dec 2025)

#1: Mag 5.9 North Pacific Ocean, 72 km east of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Kamchatka, Russia

Friday, Dec 19, 2025, at 12:37 am (GMT +12) –

#2: Mag 5.5 South China Sea, 67 km north of Calayan Island, Philippines

Thursday, Dec 18, 2025, at 03:27 pm (GMT +8) –

#3: Mag 5.2 Coral Sea, 50 km west of Aneityum Island, Tafea Province, Vanuatu

Thursday, Dec 18, 2025, at 12:59 pm (GMT +11) –

#4: Mag 5.1 North Pacific Ocean, 78 km east of Shikotan, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia

Friday, Dec 19, 2025, at 01:42 am (GMT +11) –

#5: Mag 5.0 Philippine Sea, 19 km northeast of Hualien City, Taiwan

Thursday, Dec 18, 2025, at 07:32 pm (Taipei time) –

#6: Mag 4.9 South Pacific Ocean, 73 km south of Tofua Island, Ha’apai, Tonga

Thursday, Dec 18, 2025, at 04:54 pm (Tongatapu time) –

#7: Mag 4.9 Maluku Sea, 72 km east of Bitung, Sulawesi Utara, Indonesia

Thursday, Dec 18, 2025, at 02:30 pm (GMT +9) –

#8: Mag 4.8 Banda Sea, 59 km north of Pulau Molu Island, Maluku, Indonesia

Thursday, Dec 18, 2025, at 10:19 pm (GMT +9) –

#9: Mag 4.8 South China Sea, 25 km west of San Antonio, Philippines

Friday, Dec 19, 2025, at 02:07 am (Manila time) –

#10: Mag 4.8 North Pacific Ocean, 215 km southeast of Ostrov Onekotan Island, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia

Friday, Dec 19, 2025, at 08:52 am (GMT +10) –

Earthquakes reported felt

#1: Mag 3.0 32 km southwest of Riviere-du-Loup, Bas-Saint-Laurent, Quebec, Canada – 88 reports

Wednesday, Dec 17, 2025, at 10:19 pm (GMT -5) –

#2: Mag 5.9 North Pacific Ocean, 72 km east of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Kamchatka, Russia – 56 reports

Friday, Dec 19, 2025, at 12:37 am (GMT +12) –

#3: Mag 3.8 Mtskheta-Mtianeti, 25 km northwest of Tbilisi, K’alak’i T’bilisi, Georgia – 14 reports

Thursday, Dec 18, 2025, at 01:26 pm (Tbilisi time) –

#4: Mag 3.5 22 km northwest of Concepcion, Concepcion, Region del Biobio, Chile – 10 reports

Thursday, Dec 18, 2025, at 07:02 am (GMT -3) –

#5: Mag 4.6 47 km southeast of Tanai, Kachin State, Myanmar – 7 reports

Thursday, Dec 18, 2025, at 07:04 am (Yangon time) –

#6: Mag 3.1 2.2 km northeast of Ruda Slaska, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland – 6 reports

Thursday, Dec 18, 2025, at 10:30 am (GMT +1) –

#7: Mag 3.7 32 km south of Barrancabermeja, Departamento de Santander, Colombia – 6 reports

Thursday, Dec 18, 2025, at 03:38 pm (GMT -5) –

#8: Mag 5.5 South China Sea, 67 km north of Calayan Island, Philippines – 5 reports

Thursday, Dec 18, 2025, at 03:27 pm (GMT +8) –

#9: Mag 3.7 22 km south of Bogra, Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh – 4 reports

Thursday, Dec 18, 2025, at 09:14 am (GMT +6) –

#10: Mag 3.4 21 km northeast of Mene Grande, Zulia, Venezuela – 4 reports

Wednesday, Dec 17, 2025, at 09:32 pm (GMT -5) –

#11: Mag 3.5 Peace River, 23 km south of Fort St. John, Peace River Regional District, British Columbia, Canada – 4 reports

Thursday, Dec 18, 2025, at 07:53 am (GMT -7) –

#12: Mag 2.4 2.6 mi southeast of San Ramon, Contra Costa County, California, United States – 4 reports

Thursday, Dec 18, 2025, at 07:25 am (GMT -8) –

#13: Mag 4.5 Indian Ocean, 95 km south of Wonosari, Indonesia – 4 reports

Thursday, Dec 18, 2025, at 11:22 am (GMT +7) –

#14: Mag 3.5 Inyo County, 48 mi east of Ridgecrest, Kern County, California, United States – 3 reports

Thursday, Dec 18, 2025, at 07:13 am (GMT -8) –

#15: Mag 4.2 30 km southwest of Pijijiapan, Estado de Chiapas, Mexico – 3 reports

Thursday, Dec 18, 2025, at 12:25 am (Merida time) –

#16: Mag 4.9 Maluku Sea, 72 km east of Bitung, Sulawesi Utara, Indonesia – 3 reports

Thursday, Dec 18, 2025, at 02:30 pm (GMT +9) –

#17: Mag 4.3 North Pacific Ocean, 75 km east of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Kamchatka, Russia – 3 reports

Friday, Dec 19, 2025, at 11:25 am (Kamchatka time) –

#18: Mag 3.8 Nay Pyi Taw, 12 km south of Pyin Oo Lwin, Mandalay Region, Myanmar – 2 reports

Thursday, Dec 18, 2025, at 07:10 am (Yangon time) –

#19: Mag 4.2 North Pacific Ocean, 22 km southeast of Iwaki, Fukushima, Japan – 2 reports

Thursday, Dec 18, 2025, at 10:57 pm (GMT +9) –

#20: Mag 3.5 Ionian Sea, 19 km west of Ithaca Island, Greece – 2 reports

Thursday, Dec 18, 2025, at 10:52 am (GMT +2) –

#21: Mag 3.6 West Siang, 16 km north of Shi Yomi, Shi Yomi, State of Arunachal Pradesh, India – 2 reports

Thursday, Dec 18, 2025, at 06:03 am (Kolkata time) –

#22: Mag 4.1 Badakhshan, Afghanistan – 2 reports

Thursday, Dec 18, 2025, at 11:14 pm (Kolkata time) –

#23: Mag 3.7 165 km southwest of Xigazê, Tibet, China – 2 reports

Thursday, Dec 18, 2025, at 06:32 pm (GMT +8) –

#24: Mag 4.6 North Pacific Ocean, 114 km east of Miyako, Iwate, Japan – 2 reports

Thursday, Dec 18, 2025, at 03:20 pm (GMT +10) –

#25: Mag 4.6 Kabupaten Pidie, 44 km southwest of Reuleuet, Indonesia – 2 reports

Thursday, Dec 18, 2025, at 10:40 am (Jakarta time) –

#26: Mag 4.1 North Pacific Ocean, 196 km east of Morioka, Iwate, Japan – 2 reports

Thursday, Dec 18, 2025, at 01:05 pm (GMT +10) –

#27: Mag 4.7 North Pacific Ocean, 104 km east of Miyako, Iwate, Japan – 2 reports

Thursday, Dec 18, 2025, at 10:50 am (GMT +10) –

Earthquake stats

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