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Saturday, Oct 17, 2026 12:20 | 9 mins ago | By: EarthquakeMonitor

Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 17 Oct 2026

Summary: 3 quakes 5.0+, 50 quakes 4.0+, 152 quakes 3.0+, 306 quakes 2.0+ (511 total)This report is being updated every hour.
Magnitude 5+: 3 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 50 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 152 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 306 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 6 or higherTotal seismic energy estimate: 4.5 x 1013 joules (12.4 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 10690 tons of TNT or 0.7 atomic bombs!) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 5.9 learn more10 largest earthquakes in the world (past 24 hours)#1: Mag 5.7 49 km northwest of Khuzdar, Balochistan, PakistanSaturday, Oct 17, 2026, at 10:06 am (Karachi time) – #2: Mag 5.2 North Pacific Ocean, EcuadorFriday, Oct 16, 2026, at 01:34 pm (GMT -6) – #3: Mag 5.0 Canterbury, New ZealandSaturday, Oct 17, 2026, at 01:09 am (GMT +11) – #4: Mag 4.9 North Pacific Ocean, 142 km southwest of Tapachula, Estado de Chiapas, MexicoFriday, Oct 16, 2026, at 07:03 pm (GMT -6) – #5: Mag 4.8 South Pacific Ocean, 186 km northeast of Vanuabalavu Island, Eastern, FijiSaturday, Oct 17, 2026, at 04:19 pm (GMT +12) – #6: Mag 4.8 Penama Province, 247 km north of Port Vila, Shefa Province, VanuatuSaturday, Oct 17, 2026, at 07:59 pm (Efate time) –

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Date and TimeMag
DepthDistanceLocationDetailsMap Sep 16, 12:58 am (GMT +9)

4.1

10 km84 km (52 mi) to the E Ceram Sea, 104 km north of Masohi, Kabupaten Maluku Tengah, Maluku, Indonesia InfoSep 15, 02:55 am (Jayapura)

4.6

10 km54 km (34 mi) to the N Ceram Sea, 37 km southwest of Pulau Tobalai Island, North Maluku, Indonesia InfoAug 12, 10:02 pm (Jayapura)

4.1

10 km46 km (29 mi) to the S Ceram Sea, Indonesia InfoAug 12, 07:15 pm (GMT +9)

4.5

10 km41 km (26 mi) to the SW Ceram Sea, 42 km northwest of Pulau Boano Island, Maluku, Indonesia InfoJul 27, 04:48 pm (Jayapura)

4.0

8 km74 km (46 mi) to the S Kabupaten Seram Bagian Barat, 84 km northwest of Ambon, Indonesia InfoJul 11, 11:51 am (GMT +9)

4.2

14 km84 km (52 mi) to the E 84 km north of Amahai, Kabupaten Maluku Tengah, Maluku, Indonesia InfoJun 24, 2021 11:42 am (Jayapura)

5.3

11 km60 km (37 mi) to the W Ceram Sea, 152 km northwest of Ambon, Kota Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia InfoNov 22, 2020 11:27 am (Universal Time)

5.3

10 km84 km (52 mi) to the WCeram Sea, 86 km southwest of Pulau Gommu Island, North Maluku, Indonesia 1 reportInfoJul 14, 2019 06:10 pm (Jayapura)

7.1

10 km205 km (127 mi) to the N 168 km southeast of Ternate, Kota Ternate, North Maluku, Indonesia 13 reportsInfoDec 16, 2016 10:35 am (Jayapura)

5.2

47 km47 km (29 mi) to the S Ceram Sea, 59 km north of Pulau Kasa Island, Maluku, Indonesia InfoMay 22, 2014 03:14 am (Jayapura)

5.3

22 km61 km (38 mi) to the S Banda Sea, 47 km north of Pulau Kasa

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Date and TimeMag
DepthDistanceLocationDetailsMap Sep 10, 02:21 pm (Guayaquil)

4.1?

14 km67 km (42 mi) to the SW 7.8 km southeast of Cariamanga, Provincia de Loja, Ecuador (unconfirmed) 7 reportsInfoAug 26, 01:26 am (Guayaquil)

4.0?

97 km96 km (60 mi) to the NW 8.7 km west of Pinas, Provincia de El Oro, Ecuador (unconfirmed) 1 reportInfoAug 15, 07:22 pm (Guayaquil)

4.2

79 km92 km (57 mi) to the N 51 km southwest of Cuenca, Provincia del Azuay, Ecuador 2 reportsInfoJul 30, 11:15 am (Lima)

4.3

15 km70 km (43 mi) to the SE Peru-Ecuador Border Region 1 reportInfoJan 16, 09:15 pm (Universal Time)

4.1

10 km99 km (62 mi) to the SE 92 km SE of Yantzaza, Ecuador 2 reportsInfoNov 16, 2025 10:47 pm (Guayaquil)

4.2

5 km68 km (42 mi) to the NW Provincia de El Oro, 47 km northwest of Loja, Provincia de Loja, Ecuador 4 reportsInfoFeb 21, 2025 05:52 pm (Guayaquil)

4.2

30 km46 km (28 mi) to the N Peru-Ecuador Border Region 2 reportsInfoJan 29, 2025 03:34 pm (Guayaquil)

4.5

5 km78 km (48 mi) to the S 78 km south of Zamora, Zamora Chinchipe, Ecuador 2 reportsInfoMay 20, 2024 09:43 pm (Guayaquil)

5.1

84 km87 km (54 mi) to the NW 3.8 km south of Pinas, Provincia de El Oro, Ecuador 67 reportsInfoMay 11, 2023 06:34 am (Lima)

4.6?

10 km93 km (58 mi) to the S Peru-Ecuador Border Region (unconfirmed) InfoNov 28, 2021 05:52 am (Lima)

7.5

126 km245 km (152 mi) to the E 43 km north of Barranca, Loreto, Peru 755 reportsInfoFeb 18, 2021 10:51 am (Universal Time)

5.0

10 km53 km (33 mi) to the NW 28 km northwest of Loja, Provincia de Loja,

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