World Earthquake Report for Thursday, 8 January 2026
Summary: 5 quakes 5.0+, 36 quakes 4.0+, 160 quakes 3.0+, 435 quakes 2.0+ (636 total)
This report is being updated every hour.
Magnitude 5+: 5 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 36 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 160 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 435 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 6 or higher

10 largest earthquakes in the world (past 24 hours)

#1: Mag 5.5 South Pacific Ocean, Fiji

Thursday, Jan 8, 2026, at 11:00 am (GMT +13) -

#2: Mag 5.5 104 km E of Yantzaza, Ecuador

Thursday, Jan 8, 2026, at 12:17 am (Lima time) -

#3: Mag 5.3 Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan

Thursday, Jan 8, 2026, at 10:00 pm (Dushanbe time) -

#4: Mag 5.2 Departamento de Caucete, 93 km east of San Juan, Departamento de Capital, San Juan Province, Argentina

Thursday, Jan 8, 2026, at 11:14 am (San Juan time) -

#5: Mag 5.0 80 km west of Ambunti, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea

Thursday, Jan 8, 2026, at 01:21 pm (Port Moresby time) -

#6: Mag 4.9 17 km east of Labuha, Kabupaten Halmahera Selatan, North Maluku, Indonesia

Thursday, Jan 8, 2026, at 11:57 pm (Jayapura time) -

#7: Mag 4.9 South Pacific Ocean, New Caledonia

Thursday, Jan 8, 2026, at 11:33 pm (GMT +11) -

#8: Mag 4.6 10.8 km east of Lata, Temotu Province, Solomon Islands

Thursday, Jan 8, 2026, at 08:08 am (Guadalcanal time) -

#9: Mag 4.6 Banda Sea, 59 km north of Pulau Dai Island, Maluku, Indonesia

Thursday, Jan 8, 2026, at 03:57 am (Jayapura time) -

#10: Mag 4.6 Eastern Mediterranean, 91 km southwest of Nisi Antikythira Island, Greece

Thursday, Jan 8, 2026, at 02:50 am (GMT +1) -

Earthquakes reported felt

#1: Mag 4.4 Alboran Sea, 73 km east of Tetouan, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, Morocco - 105 reports

Thursday, Jan 8, 2026, at 06:32 pm (GMT +1) -

#2: Mag 5.5 104 km E of Yantzaza, Ecuador - 52 reports

Thursday, Jan 8, 2026, at 12:17 am (Lima time) -

#3: Mag 4.5 Nay Pyi Taw, 11 km northeast of Mandalay, Mandalay Region, Myanmar - 34 reports

Thursday, Jan 8, 2026, at 09:26 pm (Yangon time) -

#4: Mag 3.9 Udalguri, 18 km west of Dhekiajuli, Sonitpur, Assam, India - 29 reports

Thursday, Jan 8, 2026, at 06:30 pm (Kolkata time) -

#5: Mag 4.2 29 mi north of Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California, United States - 23 reports

Thursday, Jan 8, 2026, at 12:00 am (Los Angeles time) -

#6: Mag 5.2 Departamento de Caucete, 93 km east of San Juan, Departamento de Capital, San Juan Province, Argentina - 18 reports

Thursday, Jan 8, 2026, at 11:14 am (San Juan time) -

#7: Mag 3.2 20 km east of Paphos, Pafos, Cyprus - 13 reports

Thursday, Jan 8, 2026, at 01:25 pm (GMT +2) -

#8: Mag 3.2 San Bernardino County, 7.9 mi east of Ridgecrest, Kern County, California, United States - 6 reports

Wednesday, Jan 7, 2026, at 03:56 pm (GMT -8) -

#9: Mag 2.0 12 km west of Naples, Napoli, Campania, Italy - 5 reports

Thursday, Jan 8, 2026, at 06:53 pm (GMT +1) -

#10: Mag 3.2 43 km northeast of Banja Luka, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina - 5 reports

Thursday, Jan 8, 2026, at 02:31 am (GMT +1) -

#11: Mag 5.3 Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan - 5 reports

Thursday, Jan 8, 2026, at 10:00 pm (Dushanbe time) -

#12: Mag 3.1 6 mi northwest of Coushatta, Red River Parish, Louisiana, United States - 4 reports

Thursday, Jan 8, 2026, at 10:01 am (GMT -6) -

#13: Mag 2.6 29 mi north of Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California, United States - 3 reports

Thursday, Jan 8, 2026, at 12:00 am (GMT -8) -

#14: Mag 3.6 Caribbean Sea, 14 km southeast of Isla Saona Island, Dominican Republic - 3 reports

Wednesday, Jan 7, 2026, at 03:32 pm (Santo Domingo time) -

#15: Mag 4.6 Eastern Mediterranean, 91 km southwest of Nisi Antikythira Island, Greece - 3 reports

Thursday, Jan 8, 2026, at 02:50 am (GMT +1) -

#16: Mag 3.9 17 km southeast of Zhudong, Taiwan - 2 reports

Friday, Jan 9, 2026, at 12:30 am (Taipei time) -

#17: Mag 4.5 North Atlantic Ocean, 95 km northeast of Isla Muasimoina Island, Venezuela - 2 reports

Thursday, Jan 8, 2026, at 01:06 am (GMT -4) -

#18: Mag 2.1 1.1 km northwest of Karvina, Moravskoslezsky kraj, Czech Republic - 2 reports

Wednesday, Jan 7, 2026, at 11:57 pm (GMT +1) -

Earthquake stats

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