World Earthquake Report for August 2026
Summary: 2 quakes 7.0+, 7 quakes 6.0+, 143 quakes 5.0+, 1355 quakes 4.0+, 6342 quakes 3.0+, 9846 quakes 2.0+ (17695 total)
This report is being updated every day.
Magnitude 9+: none
Magnitude 8+: none
Magnitude 7+: 2 earthquakes
Magnitude 6+: 7 earthquakes
Magnitude 5+: 143 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 1355 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 6342 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 9846 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 8 or higher

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

#1: Mag 7.4 Departamento del Choco, 38 km west of Cartago, Colombia

Monday, Aug 10, 2026, at 07:34 am (Bogota time) -

#2: Mag 6.4 Celebes Sea, 53 km southwest of Sarangani Island, Philippines

Thursday, Aug 6, 2026, at 12:14 am (GMT +8) -

#3: Mag 6.3 South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand

Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026, at 07:43 pm (GMT +12) -

#4: Mag 6.3 Philippine Sea, 36 km southwest of Sarangani Island, Philippines

Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026, at 12:14 pm (GMT +8) -

#5: Mag 6.0 South Atlantic Ocean, 191 km southwest of Bristol Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Wednesday, Aug 12, 2026, at 09:47 am (GMT -2) -

#6: Mag 5.7 44 km east of Pucallpa, Ucayali, Peru

Friday, Jul 31, 2026, at 07:58 pm (Lima time) -

#7: Mag 5.7 Maluku Sea, 23 km northeast of Pulau Mayu Island, North Maluku, Indonesia

Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026, at 05:16 am (Jayapura time) -

#8: Mag 5.6 Matanuska-Susitna Borough, 107 mi northwest of Anchorage, Anchorage Municipality, Alaska, United States

Friday, Aug 7, 2026, at 08:50 pm (Anchorage time) -

#9: Mag 5.6 Celebes Sea, 44 km southwest of Sarangani Island, Philippines

Thursday, Aug 6, 2026, at 05:41 am (GMT +8) -

#10: Mag 5.6 North Pacific Ocean, 183 km southwest of Hope Island, Regional District of Mount Waddington, British Columbia, Canada

Friday, Jul 31, 2026, at 07:49 pm (GMT -9) -

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