World Earthquake Report for December 2025
Summary: 2 quakes 7.0+, 7 quakes 6.0+, 168 quakes 5.0+, 1311 quakes 4.0+, 5992 quakes 3.0+, 12668 quakes 2.0+ (20148 total)
This report is being updated every day.
Magnitude 9+: none
Magnitude 8+: none
Magnitude 7+: 2 earthquakes
Magnitude 6+: 7 earthquakes
Magnitude 5+: 168 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 1311 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 5992 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 12668 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 8 or higher

List of 10 largest earthquakes in the world during December 2025:

#1: Mag 7.6 Aomori, 324 km north of Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

Monday, Dec 8, 2025, at 11:15 pm (GMT +9) -

#2: Mag 7.0 Skagway Municipality, 229 mi northwest of Juneau, Juneau City and Borough, Alaska, United States

Saturday, Dec 6, 2025, at 11:41 am (Yakutat time) -

#3: Mag 6.7 North Pacific Ocean, Hokkaido, 115 km northeast of Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan

Friday, Dec 12, 2025, at 12:44 pm (GMT +10) -

#4: Mag 6.6 North Pacific Ocean, Hokkaido, 205 km east of Aomori, Aomori, Japan

Tuesday, Dec 9, 2025, at 06:52 am (GMT +9) -

#5: Mag 6.5 64 km southwest of Madang, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea

Monday, Dec 22, 2025, at 08:31 pm (Port Moresby time) -

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

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

#7: Mag 5.8 Xinjiang, China

Thursday, Dec 4, 2025, at 01:44 pm (Urumqi time) -

#8: Mag 5.8 North Pacific Ocean, 143 km northeast of Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan

Tuesday, Dec 9, 2025, at 04:56 am (GMT +10) -

#9: Mag 5.8 Skagway Municipality, Alaska

Sunday, Dec 7, 2025, at 05:56 pm (Whitehorse time) -

#10: 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) -

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