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Sat, 16 Aug 2025, 00:24 | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR

Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 16 Aug 2025

Summary: 4 quakes 5.0+, 51 quakes 4.0+, 155 quakes 3.0+, 362 quakes 2.0+ (572 total)
Magnitude 5+: 4 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 51 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 155 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 362 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 6 or higherTotal seismic energy estimate: 6.6 x 1013 joules (18.2 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 15655 tons of TNT or 1 atomic bombs!) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 6.0 learn more10 largest earthquakes in the world (15 Aug 2025)#1: Mag 5.7 North Pacific Ocean, 67 km east of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Kamchatka, RussiaFriday, Aug 15, 2025, at 10:11 pm (GMT +12) – #2: Mag 5.6 Gympie Regional Council, 285 km south of Gladstone, Gladstone, Queensland, AustraliaSaturday, Aug 16, 2025, at 09:49 am (Brisbane time) – #3: Mag 5.4 Balleny Islands RegionFriday, Aug 15, 2025, at 07:14 pm (GMT +12) – #4: Mag 5.1 North Pacific Ocean, 197 km southeast of Ostrov Simushir Island, Sakhalin Oblast, RussiaSaturday, Aug 16, 2025, at 01:50 am (GMT +10) – #5: Mag 4.8 North Pacific Ocean, 156 km east of Ostrov Onekotan Island, Sakhalin Oblast, RussiaSaturday, Aug 16, 2025, at 07:06 am (Kamchatka time) – #6: Mag 4.8 North Pacific Ocean, 191 km southeast of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Kamchatka, RussiaSaturday, Aug 16, 2025, at 02:19 am (GMT +12) –

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