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Friday, Dec 12, 2025 20:20 | 5 mins ago | By: EarthquakeMonitor
Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 12 Dec 2025
Summary: 1 quake 6.0+, 7 quakes 5.0+, 44 quakes 4.0+, 226 quakes 3.0+, 497 quakes 2.0+ (775 total)
This report is being updated every hour.
Magnitude 6+: 1 earthquake
Magnitude 5+: 7 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 44 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 226 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 497 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 7 or higherTotal seismic energy estimate: 7.6 x 1014 joules (211 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 1.8 x 105 tons of TNT or 11.3 atomic bombs!) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 6.7 learn more10 largest earthquakes in the world (past 24 hours)#1: Mag 6.7 North Pacific Ocean, Hokkaido, 115 km northeast of Hachinohe, Aomori, JapanFriday, Dec 12, 2025, at 12:44 pm (GMT +10) – #2: Mag 5.5 North Pacific Ocean, 132 km northeast of Hachinohe, Aomori, JapanFriday, Dec 12, 2025, at 01:21 pm (GMT +10) – #3: Mag 5.3 Philippine Sea, 216 km southwest of Hachijo Jima Island, Tokyo, JapanSaturday, Dec 13, 2025, at 04:03 am (GMT +9) – #4: Mag 5.2 264 km southwest of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Kamchatka, RussiaSaturday, Dec 13, 2025, at 05:43 am (Ust-Nera time) – #5: Mag 5.1 South Atlantic Ocean, 72 km south of Bristol Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsFriday, Dec 12, 2025, at 11:55 am
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