Global Earthquake Activity Archives - Resilience Engineering Institute

Summary: 3 quakes 5.0+, 35 quakes 4.0+, 150 quakes 3.0+, 408 quakes 2.0+ (596 total)
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Magnitude 5+: 3 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 35 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 150 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 408 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 6 or higherTotal seismic energy estimate: 2.4 x 1013 joules (6.67 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 5735 tons of TNT or 0.4 atomic bombs!) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 5.7 learn more10 largest earthquakes in the world (past 24 hours)#1: Mag 5.2 Southeast of Easter IslandSunday, Dec 14, 2025, at 02:44 am (GMT -7) – #2: Mag 5.1 Sea of Japan, 34 km west of Nanao, Ishikawa-ken, JapanSunday, Dec 14, 2025, at 11:26 pm (GMT +9) – #3: Mag 5.0 28 km south of Tari, Hela, Papua New GuineaSunday, Dec 14, 2025, at 07:32 pm (Port Moresby time) – #4: Mag 4.9 North Pacific Ocean, 213 km east of Morioka, Iwate, JapanSunday, Dec 14, 2025, at 05:58 pm (GMT +10) – #5: Mag 4.9 North Pacific Ocean, 80 km east of Ostrov Onekotan Island, Sakhalin Oblast, RussiaSunday, Dec 14, 2025, at 09:50 pm (GMT +11) – #6: Mag 4.9 Maluku Sea, 68 km north of Pulau Mayu Island, North

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Published: 14 December 2025

Categories: Global Earthquake Activity

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

Sunday, Dec 14, 2025 14:37 | 1 hour ago | By: EarthquakeMonitor

Japan’s National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience (NIED) reported a magnitude 5.0 quake in Japan near Nanao, Nanao Shi, Ishikawa-ken, only 9 minutes ago. The earthquake hit late at night on Sunday, December 14th, 2025, at 11:26 pm local time at a very shallow depth of 6.90 km. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake which listed the quake at magnitude 4.9.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake was probably felt by many people in the area of the epicenter. It should not have caused significant damage, other than objects falling from shelves, broken windows, etc.
In Oshima (pop. 18,600) located 14 km from the epicenter, Hakui (pop. 24,500) 23 km away, Hitoto (pop. 16,500) 25 km away, Nanao (pop. 50,300) 29 km away, Kahoku (pop. 34,900) 34 km away, and Himimachi (pop. 54,500) 38 km away, the quake should have been felt as light shaking.
Weak shaking might have been felt in Tsubata (pop. 37,700) located 44 km from the epicenter, Takaoka (pop. 170,100) 48 km

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Global Earthquake Activity

Light mag. 3.9 earthquake – 102 km northeast of Tahuna, Indonesia, on Sunday, Dec 14, 2025, at 05:22 pm (Universal Time)

Moderate mag. 4.7 earthquake – Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India, on Sunday, Dec 14, 2025, at 04:21 pm (Universal Time)

World Earthquake Report for Sunday, 14 December 2025

Significant magnitude 5.0 earthquake 29 km west of Nanao, Japan