World Earthquake Report for Tuesday, 6 October 2026
Summary: 3 quakes 5.0+, 35 quakes 4.0+, 156 quakes 3.0+, 256 quakes 2.0+ (450 total)
This report is being updated every hour.
Magnitude 5+: 3 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 35 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 156 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 256 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 6 or higher

10 largest earthquakes in the world (past 24 hours)

#1: Mag 5.0 South Pacific Ocean, Fiji

Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026, at 08:22 am (GMT +12) -

#2: Mag 5.0 North Pacific Ocean, 188 km east of Saipan, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands

Monday, Oct 5, 2026, at 08:52 pm (GMT +10) -

#3: Mag 5.0 Savu Sea, 10.7 km northeast of Kupang, Indonesia

Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026, at 12:46 pm (Makassar time) -

#4: Mag 4.9 North Pacific Ocean, 53 km south of Ifalik Village, State of Yap, Micronesia

Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026, at 03:40 pm (GMT +11) -

#5: Mag 4.9 South Gippsland, 30 km south of Warragul, Baw Baw, Victoria, Australia

Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026, at 08:29 am (Melbourne time) -

#6: Mag 4.8 Flores Sea, 92 km northeast of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia

Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026, at 11:42 am (GMT +8) -

#7: Mag 4.8 Solomon Sea, 52 km southwest of Taiof Island, Bougainville, Papua New Guinea

Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026, at 09:48 am (GMT +11) -

#8: Mag 4.7 148 km north of Calama, Provincia de El Loa, Region de Antofagasta, Chile

Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026, at 03:16 am (Santiago time) -

#9: Mag 4.7 East China Sea, 77 km north of Yonaguni-jima Island, Okinawa, Japan

Monday, Oct 5, 2026, at 10:30 pm (GMT +9) -

#10: Mag 4.7 136 km south of Akureyri, Northeast, Iceland

Monday, Oct 5, 2026, at 05:28 pm (Reykjavik time) -

Earthquakes reported felt

#1: Mag 4.6 Hojai, 17 km east of Nagaon, Nagaon, Assam, India - 33 reports

Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026, at 04:23 am (Kolkata time) -

#2: Mag 3.5 North Pacific Ocean, 26 mi south of Costa Mesa, Orange County, California, United States - 20 reports

Monday, Oct 5, 2026, at 12:22 pm (GMT -8) -

#3: Mag 3.5 22 km south of Vlore, Qarku i Vlores, Albania - 13 reports

Monday, Oct 5, 2026, at 12:53 pm (GMT +2) -

#4: Mag 3.7 South Pacific Ocean, Lima Province, 6.4 km northwest of Isla San Lorenzo Island, Peru - 13 reports

Monday, Oct 5, 2026, at 03:24 pm (GMT -5) -

#5: Mag 4.4 Indian Ocean, 54 km southwest of Tambolaka, Indonesia - 7 reports

Monday, Oct 5, 2026, at 08:17 pm (Makassar time) -

#6: Mag 3.6 29 mi southwest of Hilo, Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States - 5 reports

Monday, Oct 5, 2026, at 02:31 am (GMT -10) -

#7: Mag 4.0 Caribbean Sea, 55 km south of Isla Saona Island, La Romana, Dominican Republic - 4 reports

Monday, Oct 5, 2026, at 06:41 am (GMT -4) -

#8: Mag 4.5 Indian Ocean, 40 km southwest of Tambolaka, Indonesia - 4 reports

Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026, at 05:38 am (Makassar time) -

#9: Mag 3.4 Matanuska-Susitna Borough, 23 mi north of Anchorage, Anchorage Municipality, Alaska, United States - 4 reports

Monday, Oct 5, 2026, at 08:01 pm (GMT -8) -

#10: Mag 4.9 South Gippsland, 30 km south of Warragul, Baw Baw, Victoria, Australia - 3 reports

Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026, at 08:29 am (Melbourne time) -

#11: Mag 3.4 24 km south of Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina - 2 reports

Monday, Oct 5, 2026, at 11:35 am (GMT +2) -

#12: Mag 2.2 37 km northeast of Akhaltsikhe, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Georgia - 2 reports

Monday, Oct 5, 2026, at 10:03 pm (GMT +4) -

#13: Mag 3.8 South Pacific Ocean, 115 km southwest of Trujillo, La Libertad, Peru - 2 reports

Monday, Oct 5, 2026, at 04:23 pm (GMT -5) -

#14: Mag 4.3 Sea of Japan, 29 km northwest of Kanazawa, Ishikawa-ken, Japan - 2 reports

Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026, at 03:30 am (GMT +9) -

Earthquake stats

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