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Sunday, Dec 21, 2025 00:20 | 7 mins ago | By: EarthquakeMonitor

Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 21 Dec 2025

Summary: 8 quakes 5.0+, 32 quakes 4.0+, 145 quakes 3.0+, 316 quakes 2.0+ (501 total)
This report is being updated every hour.
Magnitude 5+: 8 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 32 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 145 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 316 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 6 or higherTotal seismic energy estimate: 5.4 x 1013 joules (15.1 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 12978 tons of TNT or 0.8 atomic bombs!) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 6.0 learn more10 largest earthquakes in the world (past 24 hours)#1: Mag 5.6 Balleny Islands RegionSaturday, Dec 20, 2025, at 06:57 pm (GMT +12) – #2: Mag 5.3 North Pacific Ocean, 74 km southeast of Nemuro, Hokkaido, JapanSaturday, Dec 20, 2025, at 10:30 pm (GMT +10) – #3: Mag 5.3 Balleny Islands RegionSaturday, Dec 20, 2025, at 09:25 pm (GMT +11) – #4: Mag 5.2 Kabupaten Pohuwato, 123 km west of Gorontalo, IndonesiaSaturday, Dec 20, 2025, at 06:33 pm (Makassar time) – #5: Mag 5.2 251 km west of Potosi, Departamento de Potosi, BoliviaSaturday, Dec 20, 2025, at 04:30 pm (La Paz time) – #6: Mag 5.2 North Pacific Ocean, 74 km southeast of Nemuro, Hokkaido, JapanSaturday, Dec 20, 2025, at 10:58 pm (GMT +10) – #7: Mag 5.1 North

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Date and TimeMag
DepthDistanceLocationDetailsMap Oct 7, 02:58 am (GMT +12)

4.1

217 km55 km (34 mi) to the NW South Pacific Ocean, 270 km northeast of Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand InfoOct 5, 01:28 am (GMT +12)

4.0

12 km56 km (35 mi) to the NW South Pacific Ocean, 297 km northeast of Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand InfoSep 1, 01:24 pm (GMT +12)

4.2

129 km57 km (35 mi) to the E South Pacific Ocean, 295 km northeast of Whakatane, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand InfoAug 12, 12:20 am (GMT +12)

4.6

118 km39 km (24 mi) to the SE New Zealand InfoJul 30, 05:56 am (GMT +12)

4.9

268 km19 km (12 mi) to the SW South Pacific Ocean, 259 km northeast of Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand InfoApr 18, 2024 11:09 pm (GMT +12)

5.4

33 km88 km (54 mi) to the E South Pacific Ocean, 373 km east of Great Barrier Island, Auckland, New Zealand InfoMar 20, 2021 06:52 am (GMT +12)

5.9

162 km71 km (44 mi) to the NE South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand 6 reportsInfoMar 5, 2021 01:27 am (GMT +12)

7.1

90 km167 km (104 mi) to the SE South Pacific Ocean, 192 km northeast of Gisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand 1267 reportsInfoMar 14, 2020 10:05 pm (GMT +12)

5.9

12 km65 km (41 mi) to the S South Pacific Ocean, 262 km northeast of Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand 1 reportInfoFeb 17, 2020 12:28 am (Universal Time)

5.4

114 km347 km (215 mi) to the Nnear Magnitude 5.4, Near of Auckland 1 reportInfoApr 14, 2018 01:38 am (GMT +12)

5.5

184 km46 km (28 mi) to

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Date and TimeMag
DepthDistanceLocationDetailsMap Dec 19, 02:30 pm (GMT +10)

4.4

33 km7.4 km (4.6 mi) to the W North Pacific Ocean, 101 km east of Shikotan Island, Yuzhno-Kurilsky District, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia  I FELT IT InfoDec 19, 12:25 pm (GMT +11)

4.5

20 km28 km (17 mi) to the S North Pacific Ocean, 114 km southeast of Shikotan Island, Yuzhno-Kurilsky District, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia  I FELT IT InfoDec 19, 03:55 am (GMT +11)

4.4

43 km21 km (13 mi) to the NW North Pacific Ocean, 94 km east of Shikotan, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia  I FELT IT InfoDec 19, 01:42 am (GMT +11)

5.0

40 km10 km (6.2 mi) to the SW North Pacific Ocean, 108 km east of Shikotan, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia  I FELT IT InfoDec 18, 08:54 pm (GMT +11)

4.4

10 km29 km (18 mi) to the S North Pacific Ocean, 125 km southeast of Shikotan Island, Yuzhno-Kurilsky District, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia  I FELT IT InfoDec 17, 11:44 am (GMT +10)

5.2

10 km13 km (8 mi) to the SE North Pacific Ocean, 121 km east of Shikotan Island, Yuzhno-Kurilsky District, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia  I FELT IT InfoAug 21, 07:24 am (GMT +10)

5.0

35 km40 km (25 mi) to the W North Pacific Ocean, 83 km southeast of Shikotan, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia InfoJul 6, 08:40 pm (GMT +11)

5.0

68 km88 km (55 mi) to the W North Pacific Ocean, 23 km southeast of Shikotan Island, Yuzhno-Kurilsky District, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia 1 reportInfoMay 30, 09:23 am (GMT +11)

5.4

63 km67 km (42 mi) to the NW North Pacific Ocean, 49 km east of

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