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Sunday, Dec 28, 2025 19:00 | 46 mins ago | By: EarthquakeMonitor
Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 5.5 during December 2025
Summary: 2 quakes 7.0+, 6 quakes 6.0+, 157 quakes 5.0+, 1216 quakes 4.0+, 5494 quakes 3.0+, 11527 quakes 2.0+ (18402 total)
This report is being updated every day.
Magnitude 9+: none
Magnitude 8+: none
Magnitude 7+: 2 earthquakes
Magnitude 6+: 6 earthquakes
Magnitude 5+: 157 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 1216 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 5494 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 11527 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 8 or higherTotal seismic energy estimate: 2.2 x 1016 joules (5987 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 5.2 x 106 tons of TNT or 322 atomic bombs!) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 7.7 learn moreList of 10 largest earthquakes in the world during December 2025:#1: Mag 7.6 Aomori, 324 km north of Sendai, Miyagi, JapanMonday, Dec 8, 2025, at 11:15 pm (GMT +9) – #2: Mag 7.0 Skagway Municipality, 229 mi northwest of Juneau, Juneau City and Borough, Alaska, United StatesSaturday, Dec 6, 2025, at 11:41 am (Yakutat time) – #3: Mag 6.7 North Pacific Ocean, Hokkaido, 115 km northeast of Hachinohe, Aomori, JapanFriday, Dec 12, 2025, at 12:44 pm (GMT +10) – #4: Mag 6.6 North Pacific Ocean, Hokkaido, 205 km east of Aomori, Aomori, JapanTuesday, Dec 9, 2025, at 06:52 am (GMT +9) – #5: Mag 5.9 North Pacific Ocean, 72 km east of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Kamchatka, RussiaFriday, Dec
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