Thursday, Dec 18, 2025 00:24 | 1 day ago | By: EarthquakeMonitor
Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 18 Dec 2025
Summary: 7 quakes 5.0+, 36 quakes 4.0+, 162 quakes 3.0+, 378 quakes 2.0+ (583 total)
Magnitude 5+: 7 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 36 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 162 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 378 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 6 or higherTotal seismic energy estimate: 6.8 x 1013 joules (18.8 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 16173 tons of TNT or 1 atomic bombs!) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 6.0 learn more
10 largest earthquakes in the world (17 Dec 2025)
#1: Mag 5.7 South Atlantic Ocean, 69 km southeast of Montagu Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Wednesday, Dec 17, 2025, at 03:05 pm (GMT -2) –
#2: Mag 5.6 North Pacific Ocean, Provincia de Bocas del Toro, 193 km south of David, Panama
Wednesday, Dec 17, 2025, at 05:07 pm (GMT -6) –
#3: Mag 5.4 South Pacific Ocean, 187 km east of Vanuabalavu Island, Eastern, Fiji
Thursday, Dec 18, 2025, at 06:23 am (GMT +13) –
#4: Mag 5.2 North Pacific Ocean, 121 km east of Shikotan Island, Yuzhno-Kurilsky District, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia
Wednesday, Dec 17, 2025, at 11:44 am (GMT +10) –
#5: Mag 5.1 Pacific-Antarctic Ridge
2025-12-17 06:58 –
#6: Mag 5.0 Coral Sea, 85 km south of Port Vila, Shefa Province, Vanuatu
Thursday, Dec 18, 2025, at 09:30 am (GMT +11) –
#7: Mag 5.0 North Pacific Ocean, 118 km northeast of Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan
Wednesday, Dec 17, 2025, at 06:50 pm (GMT +9) –
#8: Mag 4.7 Philippine Sea, 15 km south of Agrihan Island, Northern Mariana Islands
Wednesday, Dec 17, 2025, at 08:30 pm (Saipan time) –
#9: Mag 4.7 North Pacific Ocean, 108 km east of Shikotan, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia
Wednesday, Dec 17, 2025, at 02:49 pm (GMT +11) –
#10: Mag 4.7 Philippine Sea, 137 km east of Kikaiga-shima Island, Kagoshima-ken, Japan
Wednesday, Dec 17, 2025, at 11:43 am (GMT +9) –
Earthquakes reported felt
#1: Mag 3.1 San Bernardino County, 14 mi north of Riverside, Riverside County, California, United States – 78 reports
Tuesday, Dec 16, 2025, at 08:04 pm (GMT -8) –
#2: Mag 3.9 Adriatic Sea, 12 km southeast of Mljet Island, Dubrovnik-Neretva County, Croatia – 38 reports
Wednesday, Dec 17, 2025, at 11:07 pm (Zagreb time) –
#3: Mag 4.4 46 km southeast of Angra do Heroismo, Azores, Portugal – 28 reports
Wednesday, Dec 17, 2025, at 08:42 pm (GMT -1) –
#4: Mag 2.9 2.6 mi southeast of San Ramon, Contra Costa County, California, United States – 27 reports
Tuesday, Dec 16, 2025, at 10:11 pm (GMT -8) –
#5: Mag 5.6 North Pacific Ocean, Provincia de Bocas del Toro, 193 km south of David, Panama – 14 reports
Wednesday, Dec 17, 2025, at 05:07 pm (GMT -6) –
#6: Mag 4.0 24 km northeast of İskenderun, Hatay, Turkey – 11 reports
Wednesday, Dec 17, 2025, at 04:15 am (Istanbul time) –
#7: Mag 3.7 North Pacific Ocean, 69 km southeast of David, Provincia de Chiriqui, Panama – 6 reports
Wednesday, Dec 17, 2025, at 06:05 pm (GMT -5) –
#8: Mag 5.0 Coral Sea, 85 km south of Port Vila, Shefa Province, Vanuatu – 5 reports
Thursday, Dec 18, 2025, at 09:30 am (GMT +11) –
#9: Mag 3.6 Lima region, 58 km southeast of Lima, Lima Province, Peru – 3 reports
Wednesday, Dec 17, 2025, at 06:57 am (GMT -5) –
#10: Mag 3.4 Izmir, 127 km east of Ayvalik, Balikesir, Turkey – 3 reports
Wednesday, Dec 17, 2025, at 08:21 am (GMT +3) –
#11: Mag 3.4 19 km south of Bigadic, Balikesir, Turkey – 3 reports
Wednesday, Dec 17, 2025, at 06:08 am (GMT +3) –
#12: Mag 2.8 Ionian Sea, 17 km west of Ithaca Island, Greece – 2 reports
Wednesday, Dec 17, 2025, at 05:22 am (GMT +2) –
#13: Mag 3.8 South Pacific Ocean, 27 km northwest of La Ligua, Petorca, Region de Valparaiso, Chile – 2 reports
Wednesday, Dec 17, 2025, at 06:57 pm (Santiago time) –
#14: Mag 3.2 84 km N of Yakutat, Alaska – 2 reports
Tuesday, Dec 16, 2025, at 05:42 pm (GMT -7) –
#15: Mag 2.2 8.3 mi north of Ventura, Ventura County, California, United States – 2 reports
Wednesday, Dec 17, 2025, at 12:31 am (GMT -8) –
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