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Tue, 16 Sep 2025, 21:20 | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR
Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 16 Sep 2025
Summary: 1 quake 6.0+, 3 quakes 5.0+, 29 quakes 4.0+, 137 quakes 3.0+, 275 quakes 2.0+ (445 total)
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Magnitude 6+: 1 earthquake
Magnitude 5+: 3 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 29 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 137 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 275 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 7 or higherTotal seismic energy estimate: 8.3 x 1013 joules (23 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 19766 tons of TNT or 1.2 atomic bombs!) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 6.1 learn more10 largest earthquakes in the world (past 24 hours)#1: Mag 6.0 Solomon Sea, 100 km west of Taiof Island, Bougainville, Papua New GuineaWednesday, Sep 17, 2025, at 03:59 am (GMT +11) – #2: Mag 5.2 North Pacific Ocean, 55 mi south of Herbert Island, Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska, United StatesTuesday, Sep 16, 2025, at 12:02 am (GMT -9) – #3: Mag 5.1 South Pacific Ocean, 88 km southwest of Piura, Piura, PeruMonday, Sep 15, 2025, at 10:41 pm (Lima time) – #4: Mag 5.0 North Pacific Ocean, 161 km south of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Kamchatka, RussiaTuesday, Sep 16, 2025, at 05:05 pm (GMT +11) – #5: Mag 4.9 North Pacific Ocean, 91 km southwest of Tapachula, Estado de Chiapas, MexicoTuesday, Sep 16, 2025, at 10:11 am (GMT -6) –
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