World Earthquake Report for April 2026
Summary: 1 quake 7.0+, 3 quakes 6.0+, 78 quakes 5.0+, 579 quakes 4.0+, 2886 quakes 3.0+, 4806 quakes 2.0+ (8353 total)
This report is being updated every day.
Magnitude 9+: none
Magnitude 8+: none
Magnitude 7+: 1 earthquake
Magnitude 6+: 3 earthquakes
Magnitude 5+: 78 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 579 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 2886 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 4806 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 8 or higher

List of 10 largest earthquakes in the world during April 2026:

#1: Mag 7.4 Maluku Sea, 25 km southwest of Pulau Mayu Island, North Maluku, Indonesia

Thursday, Apr 2, 2026, at 07:48 am (Jayapura time) -

#2: Mag 6.2 Maluku Sea, 18 km south of Pulau Mayu Island, North Maluku, Indonesia

Thursday, Apr 2, 2026, at 12:23 pm (Jayapura time) -

#3: Mag 6.0 68 km east of Juanjui, Region de San Martin, Peru

Wednesday, Apr 1, 2026, at 06:20 am (Lima time) -

#4: Mag 5.9 Maluku Sea, 14 km southwest of Pulau Mayu Island, North Maluku, Indonesia

Thursday, Apr 2, 2026, at 11:13 pm (Jayapura time) -

#5: Mag 5.8 Maluku Sea, 14 km south of Pulau Mayu Island, North Maluku, Indonesia

Thursday, Apr 2, 2026, at 11:34 pm (Jayapura time) -

#6: Mag 5.8 68 km south of Fayzabad, Badakhshan, Afghanistan

Friday, Apr 3, 2026, at 08:42 pm (GMT +4:30) -

#7: Mag 5.7 Maluku Sea, 24 km southwest of Pulau Mayu Island, North Maluku, Indonesia

Thursday, Apr 2, 2026, at 12:17 pm (Jayapura time) -

#8: Mag 5.7 South Pacific Ocean, 296 km south of Matuku Island, Eastern, Fiji

Wednesday, Apr 1, 2026, at 06:08 pm (GMT +12) -

#9: Mag 5.6 Maluku Sea, 5.2 km east of Pulau Mayu Island, North Maluku, Indonesia

Friday, Apr 3, 2026, at 09:22 am (Jayapura time) -

#10: Mag 5.5 Maluku Sea, 9.3 km north of Pulau Mayu Island, North Maluku, Indonesia

Thursday, Apr 2, 2026, at 08:34 pm (Jayapura time) -

Earthquake stats:

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