World Earthquake Report for Friday, 18 September 2026
Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 18 Sep 2026
Summary: 1 quake 6.0+, 1 quake 5.0+, 37 quakes 4.0+, 131 quakes 3.0+, 273 quakes 2.0+ (443 total)
This report is being updated every hour.
Magnitude 6+: 1 earthquake
Magnitude 5+: 1 earthquake
Magnitude 4+: 37 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 131 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 273 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 7 or higher

10 largest earthquakes in the world (past 24 hours)

#1: Mag 6.5 Bering Sea, 26 mi north of Amukta Island, Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska, United States

Thursday, Sep 17, 2026, at 05:19 am (GMT -9) -

#2: Mag 5.0 North Pacific Ocean, 193 km southeast of Hachijo Jima Island, Tokyo, Japan

Friday, Sep 18, 2026, at 04:19 pm (GMT +9) -

#3: Mag 4.9 Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Thursday, Sep 17, 2026, at 04:19 pm (GMT -3) -

#4: Mag 4.8 Banda Sea, 137 km west of Pulau Namsar Island, Maluku, Indonesia

Friday, Sep 18, 2026, at 05:23 am (GMT +9) -

#5: Mag 4.7 Departamento del Choco, 71 km west of Tulua, Colombia

Friday, Sep 18, 2026, at 01:17 am (Bogota time) -

#6: Mag 4.7 North Pacific Ocean, 110 km southeast of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Kamchatka, Russia

Friday, Sep 18, 2026, at 12:30 am (GMT +11) -

#7: Mag 4.7 Departamento del Choco, 90 km northwest of Guadalajara de Buga, Colombia

Thursday, Sep 17, 2026, at 04:10 pm (Bogota time) -

#8: Mag 4.7 South Pacific Ocean, Fiji

Friday, Sep 18, 2026, at 07:42 pm (GMT +13) -

#9: Mag 4.7 Kabupaten Manggarai Timur, 34 km north of Ruteng, Indonesia

Friday, Sep 18, 2026, at 08:20 pm (Makassar time) -

#10: Mag 4.6 21 km south of Jurado, Departamento del Choco, Colombia

Friday, Sep 18, 2026, at 03:45 am (Bogota time) -

Earthquakes reported felt

#1: Mag 4.7 Departamento del Choco, 90 km northwest of Guadalajara de Buga, Colombia - 92 reports

Thursday, Sep 17, 2026, at 04:10 pm (Bogota time) -

#2: Mag 4.7 Departamento del Choco, 71 km west of Tulua, Colombia - 77 reports

Friday, Sep 18, 2026, at 01:17 am (Bogota time) -

#3: Mag 4.5 2.4 km southwest of Osorno, Provincia de Osorno, Region de los Lagos, Chile - 37 reports

Thursday, Sep 17, 2026, at 12:51 pm (Santiago time) -

#4: Mag 2.9 7.2 km south of Granada, Granada, Andalusia, Spain - 36 reports

Friday, Sep 18, 2026, at 01:55 pm (GMT +2) -

#5: Mag 2.9 2.3 mi south of Compton, Los Angeles County, California, United States - 29 reports

Thursday, Sep 17, 2026, at 01:32 pm (GMT -7) -

#6: Mag 4.3 Aegean Sea, Central Greece, 29 km south of Skiathos Island, Greece - 29 reports

Friday, Sep 18, 2026, at 09:42 am (Athens time) -

#7: Mag 4.4 Aegean Sea, 34 km southwest of Nisi Skyros Island, Greece - 24 reports

Friday, Sep 18, 2026, at 09:40 am (Athens time) -

#8: Mag 3.6 Departamento del Choco, 68 km west of La Union, Colombia - 21 reports

Thursday, Sep 17, 2026, at 04:20 pm (GMT -5) -

#9: Mag 4.0 Departamento del Choco, 71 km north of Buenaventura, Colombia - 20 reports

Thursday, Sep 17, 2026, at 09:44 pm (Bogota time) -

#10: Mag 3.8 15 km south of Buenaventura, Departamento del Valle del Cauca, Colombia - 20 reports

Friday, Sep 18, 2026, at 12:46 am (GMT -5) -

#11: Mag 3.5 57 km southeast of Vlore, Qarku i Vlores, Albania - 12 reports

Friday, Sep 18, 2026, at 03:06 pm (GMT +2) -

#12: Mag 4.1 20 mi east of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States - 11 reports

Thursday, Sep 17, 2026, at 08:36 pm (Honolulu time) -

#13: Mag 4.6 21 km south of Jurado, Departamento del Choco, Colombia - 10 reports

Friday, Sep 18, 2026, at 03:45 am (Bogota time) -

#14: Mag 4.0 Departamento del Choco, 67 km north of Buenaventura, Colombia - 8 reports

Thursday, Sep 17, 2026, at 01:52 pm (Bogota time) -

#15: Mag 3.5 22 km east of Chinandega, Departamento de Chinandega, Nicaragua - 7 reports

Thursday, Sep 17, 2026, at 11:24 pm (GMT -6) -

#16: Mag 6.5 Bering Sea, 26 mi north of Amukta Island, Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska, United States - 5 reports

Thursday, Sep 17, 2026, at 05:19 am (GMT -9) -

#17: Mag 2.1 6.2 km south of Granada, Granada, Andalusia, Spain - 5 reports

Thursday, Sep 17, 2026, at 11:44 pm (GMT +2) -

#18: Mag 3.1 34 km southwest of Suceava, Suceava, Romania - 5 reports

Friday, Sep 18, 2026, at 04:09 am (GMT +3) -

#19: Mag 4.7 Kabupaten Manggarai Timur, 34 km north of Ruteng, Indonesia - 5 reports

Friday, Sep 18, 2026, at 08:20 pm (Makassar time) -

#20: Mag 3.9 North Pacific Ocean, 45 km southwest of San Isidro, Costa Rica - 4 reports

Thursday, Sep 17, 2026, at 06:42 pm (GMT -6) -

#21: Mag 3.3 North Pacific Ocean, 35 km south of Puntarenas, Costa Rica - 4 reports

Thursday, Sep 17, 2026, at 11:29 pm (GMT -6) -

#22: Mag 3.6 22 km west of La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France - 3 reports

Thursday, Sep 17, 2026, at 04:31 pm (GMT +2) -

#23: Mag 3.0 29 km northeast of Puntarenas, Provincia de Puntarenas, Costa Rica - 3 reports

Thursday, Sep 17, 2026, at 09:24 am (GMT -6) -

#24: Mag 4.2 Provincia de Tocopilla, 66 km northwest of Calama, Provincia de El Loa, Region de Antofagasta, Chile - 3 reports

Thursday, Sep 17, 2026, at 07:11 pm (Santiago time) -

#25: Mag 3.3 33 km northwest of Chalkida, Euboea, Central Greece, Greece - 3 reports

Friday, Sep 18, 2026, at 12:07 pm (GMT +3) -

#26: Mag 3.8 Caribbean Sea, 35 km north of Pueblo Nuevo, Falcón, Venezuela - 3 reports

Friday, Sep 18, 2026, at 06:19 am (GMT -4) -

#27: Mag 3.4 Siskiyou County, 47 mi north of Redding, Shasta County, California, United States - 2 reports

Thursday, Sep 17, 2026, at 07:26 am (GMT -7) -

#28: Mag 3.9 50 km northeast of Santa Elena, Provincia de Santa Elena, Ecuador - 2 reports

Thursday, Sep 17, 2026, at 06:33 pm (GMT -5) -

#29: Mag 3.7 Caribbean Sea, 11 km northwest of Isla Saona Island, Dominican Republic - 2 reports

Thursday, Sep 17, 2026, at 07:33 pm (GMT -4) -

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