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Wed, 17 Sep 2025, 06:20 | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR
Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 17 Sep 2025
Summary: 1 quake 6.0+, 1 quake 5.0+, 36 quakes 4.0+, 132 quakes 3.0+, 320 quakes 2.0+ (490 total)
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Magnitude 6+: 1 earthquake
Magnitude 5+: 1 earthquake
Magnitude 4+: 36 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 132 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 320 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 7 or higherTotal seismic energy estimate: 7.7 x 1013 joules (21.5 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 18483 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 6.0 Solomon Sea, 100 km west of Taiof Island, Bougainville, Papua New GuineaWednesday, Sep 17, 2025, at 03:59 am (GMT +11) – #2: Mag 5.2 North Pacific Ocean, 55 mi south of Herbert Island, Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska, United StatesTuesday, Sep 16, 2025, at 12:02 am (GMT -9) – #3: Mag 4.9 North Pacific Ocean, 91 km southwest of Tapachula, Estado de Chiapas, MexicoTuesday, Sep 16, 2025, at 10:11 am (GMT -6) – #4: Mag 4.8 North Pacific Ocean, 128 mi south of Unalaska Island, Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska, United StatesTuesday, Sep 16, 2025, at 02:55 am (GMT -9) – #5: Mag 4.8 Punjab Province, 211 km south of Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, PakistanTuesday, Sep
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