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Sat, 16 Aug 2025, 18:00 1755367205 | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR

Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 5.5 during August 2025

Summary: 9 quakes 6.0+, 153 quakes 5.0+, 1075 quakes 4.0+, 2935 quakes 3.0+, 6584 quakes 2.0+ (10756 total)
This report is being updated every day.
Magnitude 9+: none
Magnitude 8+: none
Magnitude 7+: none
Magnitude 6+: 9 earthquakes
Magnitude 5+: 153 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 1075 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 2935 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 6584 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 7 or higherTotal seismic energy estimate: 3.6 x 1015 joules (1010 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 8.7 x 105 tons of TNT or 54.3 atomic bombs!) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 7.2 learn moreList of 10 largest earthquakes in the world during August 2025:#1: Mag 6.8 North Pacific Ocean, 94 km east of Ostrov Shumshu Island, Kamchatka, RussiaSunday, Aug 3, 2025, at 04:37 pm (GMT +11) – #2: Mag 6.4 Pacific-Antarctic RidgeSaturday, Aug 2, 2025, at 07:57 pm (GMT -9) – #3: Mag 6.2 North Pacific Ocean, 146 km east of Ostrov Kharimkotan Island, Sakhalin Oblast, RussiaMonday, Aug 4, 2025, at 03:20 pm (GMT +11) – #4: Mag 6.1 North Pacific Ocean, 190 km east of Ostrov Shumshu Island, Kamchatka, RussiaSaturday, Aug 2, 2025, at 05:20 am (GMT +11) – #5: Mag 6.0 North Pacific Ocean, 174 km south of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Kamchatka, RussiaSunday, Aug 3, 2025, at 02:14 am (GMT +12) – #6: Mag 5.9 East China Sea,

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Date and TimeMag
DepthDistanceLocationDetailsMap Aug 7, 03:58 am (GMT +4:30)

4.3

187 km80 km (50 mi) to the SW 39 km S of Jurm, Afghanistan InfoAug 6, 11:19 am (GMT +4:30)

4.4

111 km53 km (33 mi) to the S 7 km SW of Ashkāsham, Afghanistan InfoAug 1, 01:40 am (GMT +4:30)

4.3

143 km28 km (17 mi) to the SE 21 km northwest of Ishqoshim, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan InfoJul 29, 03:54 pm (GMT +4:30)

4.4

158 km83 km (52 mi) to the SW 34 km SSW of Jurm, Afghanistan InfoJul 24, 12:45 am (Dushanbe)

4.3

200 km44 km (27 mi) to the E 39 km southeast of Khorugh, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan InfoApr 19, 11:17 am (GMT +4:30)

5.7

98 km105 km (65 mi) to the S Badakhshan, Afghanistan 102 reportsInfoMar 27, 12:58 pm (GMT +4:30)

4.9

207 km73 km (45 mi) to the S 86 km southeast of Fayzabad, Badakhshan, Afghanistan 14 reportsInfoMar 21, 12:00 am (GMT +4:30)

4.8

189 km44 km (27 mi) to the S 78 km southeast of Fayzabad, Badakhshan, Afghanistan 3 reportsInfoNov 28, 2024 03:19 pm (GMT +4:30)

4.9

228 km55 km (34 mi) to the S 30 km W of Ashkāsham, Afghanistan 26 reportsInfoNov 13, 2024 08:17 pm (GMT +4:30)

4.9

222 km79 km (49 mi) to the SW 36 km S of Jurm, Afghanistan 6 reportsInfoJan 11, 2024 01:50 pm (GMT +4:30)

6.4

204 km95 km (59 mi) to the SW 69 km south of Fayzabad, Badakhshan, Afghanistan 86 reportsInfoMar 21, 2023 09:17 pm (GMT +4:30)

6.5

192 km75 km (46 mi) to the SW 40 km SSE of Jurm, Afghanistan 5510 reportsInfoMay 9, 2018 03:11 pm (GMT +4:30)

6.2

116 km14 km (8.4 mi) to the S Badakhshan, Afghanistan 249 reportsInfoJan 31,

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