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Sun, 17 Aug 2025, 22:20 | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR
Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 17 Aug 2025
Summary: 9 quakes 5.0+, 38 quakes 4.0+, 142 quakes 3.0+, 319 quakes 2.0+ (508 total)
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Magnitude 5+: 9 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 38 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 142 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 319 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 6 or higherTotal seismic energy estimate: 8 x 1013 joules (22.2 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 19133 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 5.8 14 km north of Poso, Kabupaten Poso, Sulawesi Tengah, IndonesiaSunday, Aug 17, 2025, at 06:38 am (Makassar time) – #2: Mag 5.5 South Pacific Ocean, 369 km south of ‘Eua Island, Eua, TongaSaturday, Aug 16, 2025, at 10:52 am (GMT -12) – #3: Mag 5.4 North Pacific Ocean, Departamento de Guatemala, 125 km south of Escuintla, GuatemalaSaturday, Aug 16, 2025, at 11:59 pm (GMT -6) – #4: Mag 5.2 South China Sea, 172 km south of Kaohsiung, Kaohsiung, TaiwanSunday, Aug 17, 2025, at 06:51 am (GMT +8) – #5: Mag 5.1 47 km W of Chebika, TunisiaSunday, Aug 17, 2025, at 08:11 pm (Algiers time) – #6: Mag 5.0 Departamento de Rinconada, Jujuy Province, ArgentinaSunday, Aug 17, 2025, at 04:09 pm (Jujuy time)
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