World Earthquake Report for Tuesday, 16 December 2025
Summary: 8 quakes 5.0+, 37 quakes 4.0+, 172 quakes 3.0+, 423 quakes 2.0+ (640 total)
This report is being updated every hour.
Magnitude 5+: 8 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 37 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 172 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 423 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 6 or higher

10 largest earthquakes in the world (past 24 hours)

#1: Mag 5.7 North Pacific Ocean, 73 km south of San Jose, Northern Mariana Islands

Tuesday, Dec 16, 2025, at 09:06 am (GMT +10) -

#2: Mag 5.6 North Pacific Ocean, 230 km southeast of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Kamchatka, Russia

Tuesday, Dec 16, 2025, at 06:33 am (GMT +11) -

#3: Mag 5.3 Coral Sea, 242 km southeast of Uki Ni Massi Island, Solomon Islands

Tuesday, Dec 16, 2025, at 08:18 pm (GMT +11) -

#4: Mag 5.2 Ionian Sea, 93 km southwest of Zakynthos Island, Greece

Tuesday, Dec 16, 2025, at 01:41 am (GMT +2) -

#5: Mag 5.1 North Pacific Ocean, 135 km east of Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan

Tuesday, Dec 16, 2025, at 03:38 pm (GMT +10) -

#6: Mag 5.1 Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Tuesday, Dec 16, 2025, at 12:44 pm (GMT -1) -

#7: Mag 5.0 Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Tuesday, Dec 16, 2025, at 12:45 pm (GMT -1) -

#8: Mag 5.0 Southwest Indian Ridge

Monday, Dec 15, 2025, at 11:48 pm (GMT +4) -

#9: Mag 4.9 Sea of Okhotsk, 23 km northwest of Ostrov Matua Island, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia

Tuesday, Dec 16, 2025, at 09:08 pm (Sakhalin time) -

#10: Mag 4.8 South of the Fiji Islands

Tuesday, Dec 16, 2025, at 11:39 pm (GMT +12) -

Earthquakes reported felt

#1: Mag 3.0 8 km south of Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland - 42 reports

Tuesday, Dec 16, 2025, at 01:01 am (GMT +1) -

#2: Mag 4.4 Departamento de Managua, 104 km southeast of Leon, Nicaragua - 33 reports

Monday, Dec 15, 2025, at 10:55 pm (Managua time) -

#3: Mag 5.2 Ionian Sea, 93 km southwest of Zakynthos Island, Greece - 33 reports

Tuesday, Dec 16, 2025, at 01:41 am (GMT +2) -

#4: Mag 4.8 45 km south of Uthal, Balochistan, Pakistan - 25 reports

Tuesday, Dec 16, 2025, at 12:50 am (Karachi time) -

#5: Mag 5.7 North Pacific Ocean, 73 km south of San Jose, Northern Mariana Islands - 25 reports

Tuesday, Dec 16, 2025, at 09:06 am (GMT +10) -

#6: Mag 4.3 Los Andes, Region de Valparaiso, 62 km northeast of Santiago, Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan, Chile - 17 reports

Tuesday, Dec 16, 2025, at 04:42 am (Santiago time) -

#7: Mag 3.2 Cayey Municipio, 39 km south of San Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico - 16 reports

Tuesday, Dec 16, 2025, at 12:14 am (Puerto Rico time) -

#8: Mag 5.6 North Pacific Ocean, 230 km southeast of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Kamchatka, Russia - 12 reports

Tuesday, Dec 16, 2025, at 06:33 am (GMT +11) -

#9: Mag 3.8 21 km northeast of Antalya, Antalya, Turkey - 11 reports

Tuesday, Dec 16, 2025, at 04:11 pm (Istanbul time) -

#10: Mag 3.0 Contra Costa County, 14 mi north of Fremont, Alameda County, California, United States - 8 reports

Tuesday, Dec 16, 2025, at 05:53 am (GMT -8) -

#11: Mag 2.3 2.6 mi southeast of San Ramon, Contra Costa County, California, United States - 5 reports

Monday, Dec 15, 2025, at 06:12 pm (GMT -8) -

#12: Mag 4.5 27 km southeast of Copiapo, Copiapo, Region de Atacama, Chile - 5 reports

Tuesday, Dec 16, 2025, at 03:10 am (Santiago time) -

#13: Mag 3.3 14 mi north of Oxnard, Ventura County, California, United States - 4 reports

Tuesday, Dec 16, 2025, at 07:06 am (GMT -8) -

#14: Mag 2.7 9.6 mi north of Santa Paula, Ventura County, California, United States - 3 reports

Monday, Dec 15, 2025, at 05:29 pm (GMT -8) -

#15: Mag 4.6 North Pacific Ocean, 36 km southeast of Kesennuma, Miyagi, Japan - 3 reports

Tuesday, Dec 16, 2025, at 11:45 am (GMT +9) -

#16: Mag 3.6 86 km north of Uliastay, Dzavhan Aymag, Mongolia - 2 reports

Tuesday, Dec 16, 2025, at 05:39 am (GMT +7) -

#17: Mag 3.2 39 km north of Pátrai, Achaea, West Greece, Greece - 2 reports

Tuesday, Dec 16, 2025, at 08:30 am (GMT +2) -

#18: Mag 2.9 51 km west of Focsani, Vrancea, Romania - 2 reports

Monday, Dec 15, 2025, at 10:21 pm (GMT +2) -

#19: Mag 3.7 17 km northeast of Mito, Ibaraki, Japan - 2 reports

Tuesday, Dec 16, 2025, at 06:06 am (GMT +9) -

Earthquake stats

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