World Earthquake Report for Saturday, 17 January 2026
Summary: 8 quakes 5.0+, 35 quakes 4.0+, 127 quakes 3.0+, 357 quakes 2.0+ (527 total)
This report is being updated every hour.
Magnitude 5+: 8 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 35 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 127 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 357 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 6 or higher

10 largest earthquakes in the world (past 24 hours)

#1: Mag 5.5 Western Indian-Antarctic Ridge

Saturday, Jan 17, 2026, at 12:41 am (GMT +8) -

#2: Mag 5.4 North Pacific Ocean, 120 km east of Mutsu, Aomori, Japan

Saturday, Jan 17, 2026, at 05:34 am (GMT +10) -

#3: Mag 5.3 North Pacific Ocean, 169 km southeast of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Kamchatka, Russia

Saturday, Jan 17, 2026, at 05:46 pm (GMT +11) -

#4: Mag 5.2 54 km northeast of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Ust-Kamchatsky District, Kamchatka, Russia

Saturday, Jan 17, 2026, at 11:22 am (Kamchatka time) -

#5: Mag 5.2 Western Indian-Antarctic Ridge

Saturday, Jan 17, 2026, at 01:52 am (GMT +8) -

#6: Mag 5.2 23 km northwest of Amahai, Kabupaten Maluku Tengah, Maluku, Indonesia

Saturday, Jan 17, 2026, at 08:50 am (Jayapura time) -

#7: Mag 5.0 Philippine Sea, 83 km southwest of Yonaguni-jima Island, Okinawa, Japan

Saturday, Jan 17, 2026, at 01:18 pm (GMT +9) -

#8: Mag 5.0 North Pacific Ocean, Japan

Saturday, Jan 17, 2026, at 09:16 am (GMT +9) -

#9: Mag 4.8 46 km south of Angoram, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea

Saturday, Jan 17, 2026, at 08:07 am (Port Moresby time) -

#10: Mag 4.8 Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

Saturday, Jan 17, 2026, at 04:33 pm (GMT +13) -

Earthquakes reported felt

#1: Mag 4.1 27 km northwest of Korce, Qarku i Korces, Albania - 10 reports

Friday, Jan 16, 2026, at 11:28 am (GMT +1) -

#2: Mag 2.5 25 km west of Miramichi, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada - 8 reports

Friday, Jan 16, 2026, at 04:42 pm (GMT -4) -

#3: Mag 4.1 Caribbean Sea, 18 km northwest of Puerto Cortez, Honduras - 6 reports

Friday, Jan 16, 2026, at 12:46 pm (GMT -6) -

#4: Mag 5.3 North Pacific Ocean, 169 km southeast of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Kamchatka, Russia - 6 reports

Saturday, Jan 17, 2026, at 05:46 pm (GMT +11) -

#5: Mag 4.1 Kutch, State of Gujarat, India - 4 reports

Saturday, Jan 17, 2026, at 01:22 am (Kolkata time) -

#6: Mag 4.1 46 km west of Pinotepa Nacional, Estado de Oaxaca, Mexico - 3 reports

Friday, Jan 16, 2026, at 07:32 am (GMT -6) -

#7: Mag 4.4 144 km north of Tumxuk, Xinjiang, China - 3 reports

Saturday, Jan 17, 2026, at 12:41 pm (Urumqi time) -

#8: Mag 3.2 49 km northeast of Bergama, Izmir, Turkey - 2 reports

Saturday, Jan 17, 2026, at 12:40 am (Istanbul time) -

#9: Mag 4.0 20 km northeast of Goeksun, Kahramanmaras, Turkey - 2 reports

Friday, Jan 16, 2026, at 01:19 pm (Istanbul time) -

#10: Mag 3.3 23 km south of Macerata, Provincia di Macerata, The Marches, Italy - 2 reports

Friday, Jan 16, 2026, at 04:50 pm (GMT +1) -

#11: Mag 4.4 North Pacific Ocean, 114 km southwest of Puerto Escondido, Mexico - 2 reports

Friday, Jan 16, 2026, at 05:05 pm (GMT -6) -

#12: Mag 4.5 22 km south of Acayucan, Estado de Veracruz-Llave, Mexico - 2 reports

Friday, Jan 16, 2026, at 09:55 am (Mexico City time) -

#13: Mag 4.2 14 km southwest of Nayoro, Hokkaido, Japan - 2 reports

Saturday, Jan 17, 2026, at 12:39 am (GMT +9) -

#14: Mag 3.0 14 km northwest of Choloma, Departamento de Cortes, Honduras - 2 reports

Friday, Jan 16, 2026, at 08:18 am (GMT -6) -

#15: Mag 4.8 46 km south of Angoram, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea - 2 reports

Saturday, Jan 17, 2026, at 08:07 am (Port Moresby time) -

#16: Mag 3.9 55 km south of Macas, Morona Santiago, Ecuador - 2 reports

Friday, Jan 16, 2026, at 04:15 pm (GMT -5) -

Earthquake stats

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