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Sun, 17 Aug 2025, 00:24 | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR
Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 17 Aug 2025
Summary: 6 quakes 5.0+, 37 quakes 4.0+, 109 quakes 3.0+, 314 quakes 2.0+ (466 total)
Magnitude 5+: 6 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 37 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 109 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 314 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 6 or higherTotal seismic energy estimate: 9.7 x 1013 joules (27 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 23273 tons of TNT or 1.5 atomic bombs!) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 6.1 learn more10 largest earthquakes in the world (16 Aug 2025)#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 5.6 Philippine Sea, 36 km east of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, JapanSunday, Aug 17, 2025, at 06:13 am (GMT +9) – #3: Mag 5.6 South Pacific Ocean, 343 km southeast of Mare Island, New CaledoniaSaturday, Aug 16, 2025, at 11:08 pm (GMT +11) – #4: Mag 5.5 South Pacific Ocean, 369 km south of ‘Eua Island, Eua, TongaSunday, Aug 17, 2025, at 10:52 am (GMT +12) – #5: Mag 5.2 South China Sea, 172 km south of Kaohsiung, Kaohsiung, TaiwanSunday, Aug 17, 2025, at 06:51 am (GMT +8) – #6: Mag 5.0 North Pacific Ocean, 131 km east of Ostrov Shumshu Island, Kamchatka, RussiaSaturday, Aug 16, 2025, at 03:17 pm
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