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Date and TimeMag
DepthDistanceLocationDetailsMap Dec 23, 03:46 pm (Taipei)

4.9

34 km92 km (57 mi) to the S Philippine Sea, 26 km south of Hualien City, Taiwan  I FELT IT InfoDec 18, 07:32 pm (Taipei)

5.0

32 km60 km (38 mi) to the SE Philippine Sea, 19 km northeast of Hualien City, Taiwan  I FELT IT InfoDec 16, 07:51 pm (Taipei)

4.1

85 km45 km (28 mi) to the NE Philippine Sea, 17 km east of Yilan, Taiwan InfoDec 14, 01:58 am (Taipei)

4.1

27 km59 km (37 mi) to the SE Philippine Sea, 39 km northeast of Hualien City, Taiwan InfoDec 11, 12:49 pm (Taipei)

4.0

45 km22 km (14 mi) to the E 15 km south of Yilan, Taiwan InfoApr 3, 2024 08:11 am (Taipei)

6.4

14 km54 km (34 mi) to the S Philippine Sea, 16 km northeast of Hualien City, Taiwan 32 reportsInfoApr 3, 2024 07:58 am (Taipei)

7.4

40 km82 km (51 mi) to the S Philippine Sea, 16 km south of Hualien City, Taiwan 232 reportsInfoJan 3, 2022 05:46 pm (GMT +8)

6.2

19 km96 km (60 mi) to the SE Philippine Sea, 138 km southeast of Taipei, Taiwan 41 reportsInfoFeb 6, 2018 11:50 pm (Taipei)

6.4

17 km50 km (31 mi) to the S 18 km north of Hualien City, Taiwan 52 reportsInfoJun 2, 2013 01:43 pm (Taipei)

6.2

17 km96 km (60 mi) to the SW 26 km southeast of Puli, Taiwan 24 reportsInfoDec 19, 2009 09:02 pm (Taipei)

6.4

43 km86 km (54 mi) to the S Philippine Sea, 20 km south of Hualien City, Taiwan InfoJul 14, 2009 02:05 am (GMT +8)

6.3

17 km88 km (55 mi) to the SE Philippine Sea,

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Monday, Dec 22, 2025 19:00 | 18 hours ago | By: EarthquakeMonitor

Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 5.5 during December 2025

Summary: 2 quakes 7.0+, 4 quakes 6.0+, 133 quakes 5.0+, 980 quakes 4.0+, 4463 quakes 3.0+, 9138 quakes 2.0+ (14720 total)
This report is being updated every day.
Magnitude 9+: none
Magnitude 8+: none
Magnitude 7+: 2 earthquakes
Magnitude 6+: 4 earthquakes
Magnitude 5+: 133 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 980 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 4463 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 9138 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 8 or higherTotal seismic energy estimate: 2.1 x 1016 joules (5844 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 5 x 106 tons of TNT or 314.2 atomic bombs!) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 7.7 learn moreList of 10 largest earthquakes in the world during December 2025:#1: Mag 7.6 Aomori, 324 km north of Sendai, Miyagi, JapanMonday, Dec 8, 2025, at 11:15 pm (GMT +9) – #2: Mag 7.0 Skagway Municipality, 229 mi northwest of Juneau, Juneau City and Borough, Alaska, United StatesSaturday, Dec 6, 2025, at 11:41 am (Yakutat time) – #3: Mag 6.7 North Pacific Ocean, Hokkaido, 115 km northeast of Hachinohe, Aomori, JapanFriday, Dec 12, 2025, at 12:44 pm (GMT +10) – #4: Mag 6.6 North Pacific Ocean, Hokkaido, 205 km east of Aomori, Aomori, JapanTuesday, Dec 9, 2025, at 06:52 am (GMT +9) – #5: Mag 5.8 Xinjiang, ChinaThursday, Dec 4, 2025, at 01:44 pm (Urumqi time) –

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Date and TimeMag
DepthDistanceLocationDetailsMap Dec 17, 05:52 pm (GMT +9)

4.6

146 km73 km (45 mi) to the E Banda Sea, 65 km northeast of Tiakur, Indonesia  I FELT IT InfoDec 12, 11:07 pm (GMT +9)

3.9

184 km77 km (48 mi) to the E Banda Sea, 65 km east of Pulau Maopora Island, Maluku, Indonesia

Info

Dec 10, 03:56 am (GMT +9)

3.4

279 km53 km (33 mi) to the N Banda Sea, 95 km north of Tiakur, Kabupaten Maluku Barat Daya, Maluku, Indonesia

Info

Dec 9, 06:53 pm (GMT +9)

4.1

163 km19 km (12 mi) to the E Banda Sea, 20 km southeast of Pulau Maopora Island, Maluku, Indonesia InfoDec 9, 12:17 pm (GMT +9)

3.9

141 km54 km (33 mi) to the E Banda Sea, 30 km north of Moa Island, Indonesia

Info

Dec 6, 01:03 pm (GMT +9)

4.4

164 km34 km (21 mi) to the E Banda Sea, 32 km southeast of Pulau Maopora Island, Maluku, Indonesia InfoNov 8, 2023 01:53 pm (GMT +9)

7.1

6 km270 km (168 mi) to the NE Banda Sea, 166 km north of Pulau Wetan Island, Maluku, Indonesia InfoJan 10, 2023 02:47 am (Jayapura)

7.9

131 km299 km (186 mi) to the E Banda Sea, 101 km northeast of Pulau Wetan Island, Maluku, Indonesia 880 reportsInfoMay 27, 2022 11:36 am (GMT +9)

6.2

49 km64 km (40 mi) to the SW Banda Sea, 37 km northeast of Lospalos, Lautein, Timor-Leste 246 reportsInfoFeb 2, 2022 04:25 am (GMT +9)

6.0

119 km93 km (58 mi) to the E Banda Sea, 101 km east of Pulau Romang Island, Maluku, Indonesia 55 reportsInfoDec 30, 2021 03:25 am

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