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Sun, 17 Aug 2025, 06:20 | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR

Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 17 Aug 2025

Summary: 7 quakes 5.0+, 41 quakes 4.0+, 132 quakes 3.0+, 338 quakes 2.0+ (518 total)
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Magnitude 5+: 7 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 41 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 132 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 338 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 6 or higherTotal seismic energy estimate: 1.1 x 1014 joules (29.9 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 25754 tons of TNT or 1.6 atomic bombs!) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 6.2 learn more10 largest earthquakes in the world (past 24 hours)#1: Mag 5.8 14 km north of Poso, Kabupaten Poso, Sulawesi Tengah, IndonesiaSunday, Aug 17, 2025, at 06:38 am (Makassar time) – #2: Mag 5.6 Philippine Sea, 36 km east of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, JapanSunday, Aug 17, 2025, at 06:13 am (GMT +9) – #3: Mag 5.6 South Pacific Ocean, 343 km southeast of Mare Island, New CaledoniaSaturday, Aug 16, 2025, at 11:08 pm (GMT +11) – #4: Mag 5.5 South Pacific Ocean, 369 km south of ‘Eua Island, Eua, TongaSunday, Aug 17, 2025, at 10:52 am (GMT +12) – #5: Mag 5.4 North Pacific Ocean, Departamento de Guatemala, 125 km south of Escuintla, GuatemalaSunday, Aug 17, 2025, at 05:59 am (Universal Time) – #6: Mag 5.2 South China Sea, 172 km south of Kaohsiung, Kaohsiung, TaiwanSunday,

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<!–div style="font-size:14px;text-align:center;border:3px solid blue;border-radius:5px;padding:3px;margin:5px;background:#eee"><a href="https://www.volcanoesandearthquakes.com/app/volcano-report.php?volcanoId=26" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="Share a volcano (activity) report, submit a photo or other interesting news!” onclick=”window.open(this.href,’Volcano Report’,’status=0,toolbar=0,location=0,directories=0,menubar=0,resizable=1,scrollbars=1,height=500,width=450′);return false”>Send Volcano Report</div–> Stratovolcano 3,763 m / 12,346 ft
Guatemala, 14.47°N / -90.88°W
Current status: erupting (4 out of 5) Fuego volcano eruptions:
1581, 1585, 1586, 1587, 1614, 1617, 1620, 1623, 1629, 1679(?), 1685, 1686, 1689(?), 1699, 1702, 1705, 1706, 1709(?), 1710,1717,1730, 1732, 1737, 1751(?), 1765(?), 1773(?), 1799, 1826, 1829, 1850(?), 1852(?), 1855, 1856, 1857, 1860, 1861(?), 1867(?), 1880, 1896, 1932, 1944, 1949, 1953, 1955, 1957, 1962, 1963, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1987, 1999, 2002 – ongoing
Typical eruption style
Dominantly explosive, construction of lava domes and extrusion of viscous lava flows. In near constant activity, at least during the past centuries.

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