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Wednesday, Dec 24, 2025 19:00 | 23 hours ago | By: EarthquakeMonitor
Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 5.5 during December 2025
Summary: 2 quakes 7.0+, 5 quakes 6.0+, 138 quakes 5.0+, 1049 quakes 4.0+, 4798 quakes 3.0+, 9941 quakes 2.0+ (15933 total)
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Magnitude 9+: none
Magnitude 8+: none
Magnitude 7+: 2 earthquakes
Magnitude 6+: 5 earthquakes
Magnitude 5+: 138 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 1049 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 4798 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 9941 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 8 or higherTotal seismic energy estimate: 2.1 x 1016 joules (5865 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 5 x 106 tons of TNT or 315.4 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 5.8 Xinjiang, ChinaThursday, Dec 4, 2025, at 01:44 pm (Urumqi time) –
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