World Earthquake Report for Monday, 5 January 2026
Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 5 Jan 2026
Summary: 7 quakes 5.0+, 31 quakes 4.0+, 147 quakes 3.0+, 398 quakes 2.0+ (583 total)
This report is being updated every hour.
Magnitude 5+: 7 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 31 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 147 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 398 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 6 or higher

10 largest earthquakes in the world (past 24 hours)

#1: Mag 5.7 Indian Ocean, 364 km north of Prince Edward Island, South Africa

Sunday, Jan 4, 2026, at 04:07 pm (GMT +3) -

#2: Mag 5.2 Morigaon, Assam, 294 km east of Koch Bihar, Cooch Behar, West Bengal, India

Monday, Jan 5, 2026, at 04:17 am (Kolkata time) -

#3: Mag 5.2 Bismarck Sea, 41 km south of Tolokiwa Island, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea

Monday, Jan 5, 2026, at 10:42 am (Port Moresby time) -

#4: Mag 5.1 South Atlantic Ocean, 71 km southeast of Montagu Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Sunday, Jan 4, 2026, at 08:35 am (GMT -2) -

#5: Mag 5.1 North Pacific Ocean, 165 km south of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Kamchatka, Russia

Sunday, Jan 4, 2026, at 11:01 pm (GMT +12) -

#6: Mag 5.0 Indian Ocean, Indonesia

Monday, Jan 5, 2026, at 06:33 am (GMT +6) -

#7: Mag 5.0 110 km northwest of Korla, Xinjiang, China

Sunday, Jan 4, 2026, at 02:30 pm (Urumqi time) -

#8: Mag 4.9 Morigaon, 36 km west of Nagaon, Nagaon, Assam, India

Monday, Jan 5, 2026, at 04:17 am (Kolkata time) -

#9: Mag 4.8 South Atlantic Ocean, 207 km northwest of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Sunday, Jan 4, 2026, at 08:45 am (GMT -2) -

#10: Mag 4.8 North Pacific Ocean, 71 km west of Chinandega, Nicaragua

Sunday, Jan 4, 2026, at 08:20 am (GMT -6) -

Earthquakes reported felt

#1: Mag 5.2 Morigaon, Assam, 294 km east of Koch Bihar, Cooch Behar, West Bengal, India - 356 reports

Monday, Jan 5, 2026, at 04:17 am (Kolkata time) -

#2: Mag 3.2 20 mi east of Ogden, Weber County, Utah, United States - 76 reports

Sunday, Jan 4, 2026, at 07:18 am (GMT -7) -

#3: Mag 2.8 8.2 mi northwest of Watsonville, Santa Cruz County, California, United States - 27 reports

Sunday, Jan 4, 2026, at 01:14 pm (GMT -8) -

#4: Mag 4.0 Sochi, Respublika Adygeya, 32 km southeast of Tuapse, Tuapsinskiy Rayon, Krasnodarskiy Kray, Russia - 24 reports

Sunday, Jan 4, 2026, at 12:47 pm (Moscow time) -

#5: Mag 3.8 Provincia di Macerata, 29 km northwest of Ascoli Piceno, Italy - 20 reports

Monday, Jan 5, 2026, at 03:31 am (Rome time) -

#6: Mag 3.9 11 km north of Ichinomiya, Aichi-ken, Japan - 19 reports

Sunday, Jan 4, 2026, at 06:16 pm (GMT +9) -

#7: Mag 4.3 27 km west of Coatzacoalcos, Estado de Veracruz-Llave, Mexico - 17 reports

Sunday, Jan 4, 2026, at 12:59 am (Mexico City time) -

#8: Mag 4.9 Morigaon, 36 km west of Nagaon, Nagaon, Assam, India - 16 reports

Monday, Jan 5, 2026, at 04:17 am (Kolkata time) -

#9: Mag 4.8 North Pacific Ocean, 71 km west of Chinandega, Nicaragua - 12 reports

Sunday, Jan 4, 2026, at 08:20 am (GMT -6) -

#10: Mag 4.5 Afar Region, 47 km northeast of Dolo, Tigray, Ethiopia - 11 reports

Sunday, Jan 4, 2026, at 11:05 pm (Addis Ababa time) -

#11: Mag 4.6 39 km east of Acapulco de Juárez, Estado de Guerrero, Mexico - 9 reports

Sunday, Jan 4, 2026, at 07:54 am (Mexico City time) -

#12: Mag 2.7 24 km south of Macerata, Provincia di Macerata, The Marches, Italy - 7 reports

Monday, Jan 5, 2026, at 03:22 am (GMT +1) -

#13: Mag 4.1 33 km south of San Jose, Provincia de San Jose, Costa Rica - 6 reports

Sunday, Jan 4, 2026, at 05:17 am (Costa Rica time) -

#14: Mag 2.7 24 km south of Macerata, Provincia di Macerata, The Marches, Italy - 6 reports

Monday, Jan 5, 2026, at 03:20 am (GMT +1) -

#15: Mag 3.1 24 km south of Macerata, Provincia di Macerata, The Marches, Italy - 4 reports

Monday, Jan 5, 2026, at 03:38 am (GMT +1) -

#16: Mag 3.4 7 km southwest of Inzai, Chiba, Japan - 4 reports

Monday, Jan 5, 2026, at 07:02 am (GMT +9) -

#17: Mag 3.0 Antalya, 15 km east of Fethiye, Mugla, Turkey - 4 reports

Sunday, Jan 4, 2026, at 11:51 pm (Istanbul time) -

#18: Mag 4.0 40 km east of Acapulco de Juárez, Estado de Guerrero, Mexico - 3 reports

Sunday, Jan 4, 2026, at 08:54 am (Mexico City time) -

#19: Mag 3.3 Caribbean Sea, 26 km north of San Rafael, Zulia, Venezuela - 3 reports

Sunday, Jan 4, 2026, at 01:51 pm (GMT -5) -

#20: Mag 4.2 48 km east of Acapulco de Juárez, Estado de Guerrero, Mexico - 3 reports

Sunday, Jan 4, 2026, at 04:57 pm (Mexico City time) -

#21: Mag 5.0 110 km northwest of Korla, Xinjiang, China - 3 reports

Sunday, Jan 4, 2026, at 02:30 pm (Urumqi time) -

#22: Mag 5.2 Bismarck Sea, 41 km south of Tolokiwa Island, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea - 3 reports

Monday, Jan 5, 2026, at 10:42 am (Port Moresby time) -

#23: Mag 4.1 Estado de Michoacan de Ocampo, 103 km south of Colima, Estado de Colima, Mexico - 3 reports

Sunday, Jan 4, 2026, at 03:15 pm (Mexico City time) -

#24: Mag 4.0 Provincia de Iquique, Tarapacá, 91 km southeast of Arica, Arica, Region de Arica y Parinacota, Chile - 2 reports

Sunday, Jan 4, 2026, at 11:50 am (Santiago time) -

#25: Mag 2.6 Claiborne County, Tennessee, 6.6 mi southwest of Middlesboro, Bell County, Kentucky, United States - 2 reports

Sunday, Jan 4, 2026, at 03:07 pm (GMT -5) -

#26: Mag 4.1 41 km east of Acapulco de Juárez, Estado de Guerrero, Mexico - 2 reports

Sunday, Jan 4, 2026, at 01:08 pm (Mexico City time) -

#27: Mag 3.9 Sepahijala, 29 km southeast of Agartala, West Tripura, Tripura, India - 2 reports

Monday, Jan 5, 2026, at 03:33 am (Kolkata time) -

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