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Monday, Dec 15, 2025 12:20 | 9 mins ago | By: EarthquakeMonitor

Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 15 Dec 2025

Summary: 3 quakes 5.0+, 34 quakes 4.0+, 130 quakes 3.0+, 417 quakes 2.0+ (584 total)
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Magnitude 5+: 3 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 34 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 130 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 417 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 6 or higherTotal seismic energy estimate: 3.2 x 1013 joules (8.79 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 7562 tons of TNT or 0.5 atomic bombs!) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 5.8 learn more10 largest earthquakes in the world (past 24 hours)#1: Mag 5.5 North Pacific Ocean, 167 km southeast of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Kamchatka, RussiaMonday, Dec 15, 2025, at 07:11 pm (GMT +11) – #2: Mag 5.2 South Atlantic Ocean, 49 km southeast of Montagu Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsSunday, Dec 14, 2025, at 10:43 pm (GMT -2) – #3: Mag 5.1 Sea of Japan, 34 km west of Nanao, Ishikawa-ken, JapanSunday, Dec 14, 2025, at 11:26 pm (GMT +9) – #4: Mag 4.9 Sea of Japan, 13 km northwest of Oshima, Ishikawa-ken, JapanMonday, Dec 15, 2025, at 04:03 am (GMT +9) – #5: Mag 4.9 South Pacific Ocean, 199 km south of Kabara Island, Eastern, FijiMonday, Dec 15, 2025, at 07:43 pm (Fiji time) – #6: Mag 4.8

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