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Wed, 20 Aug 2025, 06:20 | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR
Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 20 Aug 2025
Summary: 4 quakes 5.0+, 43 quakes 4.0+, 130 quakes 3.0+, 351 quakes 2.0+ (528 total)
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Magnitude 5+: 4 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 43 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 130 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 351 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 6 or higherTotal seismic energy estimate: 3.5 x 1013 joules (9.72 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 8362 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 5.4 TongaTuesday, Aug 19, 2025, at 02:37 am (GMT -12) – #2: Mag 5.3 Balleny Islands RegionWednesday, Aug 20, 2025, at 04:33 am (GMT +11) – #3: Mag 5.0 North Pacific Ocean, 156 km east of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Kamchatka, RussiaWednesday, Aug 20, 2025, at 12:37 pm (GMT +11) – #4: Mag 5.0 Indian Ocean, MauritiusWednesday, Aug 20, 2025, at 01:38 am (GMT +4) – #5: Mag 4.9 North Pacific Ocean, 155 km southeast of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Kamchatka, RussiaWednesday, Aug 20, 2025, at 05:50 am (GMT +11) – #6: Mag 4.9 North Pacific Ocean, 57 km east of Ostrov Onekotan Island, Sakhalin Oblast, RussiaWednesday, Aug 20, 2025, at 12:41 am (GMT +10) – #7: Mag 4.9 108 km west of Kimbe, West New Britain Province, Papua New
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