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Wednesday, Dec 17, 2025 00:20 | 12 mins ago | By: EarthquakeMonitor
Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 17 Dec 2025
Summary: 6 quakes 5.0+, 39 quakes 4.0+, 155 quakes 3.0+, 409 quakes 2.0+ (609 total)
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Magnitude 5+: 6 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 39 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 155 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 409 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 6 or higherTotal seismic energy estimate: 3.1 x 1013 joules (8.62 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 7416 tons of TNT or 0.5 atomic bombs!) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 5.8 learn more10 largest earthquakes in the world (past 24 hours)#1: Mag 5.3 Coral Sea, 242 km southeast of Uki Ni Massi Island, Solomon IslandsTuesday, Dec 16, 2025, at 08:18 pm (GMT +11) – #2: Mag 5.1 North Pacific Ocean, 135 km east of Hachinohe, Aomori, JapanTuesday, Dec 16, 2025, at 03:38 pm (GMT +10) – #3: Mag 5.1 Southern Mid-Atlantic RidgeTuesday, Dec 16, 2025, at 12:44 pm (GMT -1) – #4: Mag 5.1 Sea of Okhotsk, 163 km southeast of Kuril’sk, Sakhalin Oblast, RussiaWednesday, Dec 17, 2025, at 10:34 am (GMT +11) – #5: Mag 5.0 AlaskaTuesday, Dec 16, 2025, at 02:35 pm (GMT -9) – #6: Mag 5.0 Southern Mid-Atlantic RidgeTuesday, Dec 16, 2025, at 12:45 pm (GMT -1) – #7: Mag 4.9 Sea of Okhotsk, 23 km
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