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Friday, Oct 16, 2026 06:20 | 10 mins ago | By: EarthquakeMonitor
Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 16 Oct 2026
Summary: 1 quake 6.0+, 4 quakes 5.0+, 48 quakes 4.0+, 171 quakes 3.0+, 255 quakes 2.0+ (479 total)This report is being updated every hour.
Magnitude 6+: 1 earthquake
Magnitude 5+: 4 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 48 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 171 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 255 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 7 or higherTotal seismic energy estimate: 1.5 x 1015 joules (406 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 3.5 x 105 tons of TNT or 21.9 atomic bombs!) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 6.9 learn more10 largest earthquakes in the world (past 24 hours)#1: Mag 6.9 Ust’-Bol’sheretskiy Rayon, 151 km southwest of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Kamchatka, RussiaFriday, Oct 16, 2026, at 03:35 pm (Kamchatka time) – #2: Mag 5.6 Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, 155 mi west of Fairbanks, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, United StatesThursday, Oct 15, 2026, at 02:07 am (Anchorage time) – #3: Mag 5.5 Indian Ocean, 283 km west of Rodrigues Island, Rodrigues, MauritiusFriday, Oct 16, 2026, at 07:54 am (GMT +4) – #4: Mag 5.2 Coral Sea, 92 km southwest of Tegua Island, Torba Province, VanuatuFriday, Oct 16, 2026, at 12:06 am (GMT +11) – #5: Mag 5.2 South Pacific Ocean, 225 km southwest of Apia, Tuamasaga, SamoaFriday, Oct 16, 2026, at 02:29 am
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