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World Earthquake Report for Thursday, 18 December 2025

Published: 18 December 2025
Categories: Global Earthquake Activity

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Thursday, Dec 18, 2025 23:20 | 59 mins ago | By: EarthquakeMonitor

Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 18 Dec 2025

Summary: 5 quakes 5.0+, 39 quakes 4.0+, 175 quakes 3.0+, 407 quakes 2.0+ (626 total)
Magnitude 5+: 5 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 39 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 175 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 407 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 6 or higherTotal seismic energy estimate: 8.2 x 1013 joules (22.7 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 19510 tons of TNT or 1.2 atomic bombs!) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 6.1 learn more10 largest earthquakes in the world (past 24 hours)#1: Mag 5.9 North Pacific Ocean, 72 km east of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Kamchatka, RussiaFriday, Dec 19, 2025, at 12:37 am (GMT +12) – #2: Mag 5.5 South China Sea, 67 km north of Calayan Island, PhilippinesThursday, Dec 18, 2025, at 03:27 pm (GMT +8) – #3: Mag 5.2 Coral Sea, 50 km west of Aneityum Island, Tafea Province, VanuatuThursday, Dec 18, 2025, at 12:59 pm (GMT +11) – #4: Mag 5.1 North Pacific Ocean, 78 km east of Shikotan, Sakhalin Oblast, RussiaFriday, Dec 19, 2025, at 01:42 am (GMT +11) – #5: Mag 5.0 Philippine Sea, 19 km northeast of Hualien City, TaiwanThursday, Dec 18, 2025, at 07:32 pm (Taipei time) – #6: Mag 4.9 South Pacific Ocean, 73 km south of Tofua Island, Ha’apai, TongaThursday, Dec

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Fuego Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: ONGOING VA EMS

Published: 18 December 2025
Categories: Global Volcano Activity

RSS feed source: Volcano Discovery.com--Global earthquake monitor

<!–div style="font-size:14px;text-align:center;border:3px solid blue;border-radius:5px;padding:3px;margin:5px;background:#eee"><a href="https://www.volcanoesandearthquakes.com/app/volcano-report.php?volcanoId=26" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="Share a volcano (activity) report, submit a photo or other interesting news!” onclick=”window.open(this.href,’Volcano Report’,’status=0,toolbar=0,location=0,directories=0,menubar=0,resizable=1,scrollbars=1,height=500,width=450′);return false”>Send Volcano Report</div–> Stratovolcano 3,763 m / 12,346 ft
Guatemala, 14.47°N / -90.88°W
Current status: erupting (4 out of 5) Fuego volcano eruptions:
1581, 1585, 1586, 1587, 1614, 1617, 1620, 1623, 1629, 1679(?), 1685, 1686, 1689(?), 1699, 1702, 1705, 1706, 1709(?), 1710,1717,1730, 1732, 1737, 1751(?), 1765(?), 1773(?), 1799, 1826, 1829, 1850(?), 1852(?), 1855, 1856, 1857, 1860, 1861(?), 1867(?), 1880, 1896, 1932, 1944, 1949, 1953, 1955, 1957, 1962, 1963, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1987, 1999, 2002 – ongoing
Typical eruption style
Dominantly explosive, construction of lava domes and extrusion of viscous lava flows. In near constant activity, at least during the past centuries.

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Semeru Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: VA TO FL150 LAST REPORTED AT 18/2224Z EST VA DTG: 18/2250Z to 15000 ft (4600 m)

Published: 18 December 2025
Categories: Global Volcano Activity

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<!–div style="font-size:14px;text-align:center;border:3px solid blue;border-radius:5px;padding:3px;margin:5px;background:#eee"><a href="https://www.volcanoesandearthquakes.com/app/volcano-report.php?volcanoId=44" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="Share a volcano (activity) report, submit a photo or other interesting news!” onclick=”window.open(this.href,’Volcano Report’,’status=0,toolbar=0,location=0,directories=0,menubar=0,resizable=1,scrollbars=1,height=500,width=450′);return false”>Send Volcano Report</div–> Stratovolcano 3676 m (12,060 ft)
East Java, Indonesia, -8.11°S / 112.92°E
Current status: erupting (4 out of 5) Semeru volcano eruptions:
1818, 1829, 1830, 1832, 1836, 1838, 1842, 1844, 1845, 1848, 1849(?), 1851, 1856, 1857, 1865, 1866(?), 1887, 1887, 1888, 1889-91, 1892, 1893, 1893-94, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1899, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1907, 1908, 1909-10, 1910-11, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1941-42, 1945, 1946, 1946-47, 1950-64, 1967-ongoing
Typical eruption style
Explosive. Near constant strombolian activity, occasionally stronger explosions, lava flows and pyroclastic flows.

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