Global Earthquake Activity

Moderate mag. 4.0 earthquake – Banda Sea, 22 km southwest of Pulau Maopora Island, Maluku, Indonesia, on Wednesday, Dec 24, 2025, at 03:48 am (Jayapura time)

Published: 23 December 2025
Categories: Global Earthquake Activity

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Date and TimeMag
DepthDistanceLocationDetailsMap Dec 17, 05:52 pm (GMT +9)

4.6

146 km73 km (45 mi) to the E Banda Sea, 65 km northeast of Tiakur, Indonesia  I FELT IT InfoDec 12, 11:07 pm (GMT +9)

3.9

184 km77 km (48 mi) to the E Banda Sea, 65 km east of Pulau Maopora Island, Maluku, Indonesia

Info

Dec 10, 03:56 am (GMT +9)

3.4

279 km53 km (33 mi) to the N Banda Sea, 95 km north of Tiakur, Kabupaten Maluku Barat Daya, Maluku, Indonesia

Info

Dec 9, 06:53 pm (GMT +9)

4.1

163 km19 km (12 mi) to the E Banda Sea, 20 km southeast of Pulau Maopora Island, Maluku, Indonesia InfoDec 9, 12:17 pm (GMT +9)

3.9

141 km54 km (33 mi) to the E Banda Sea, 30 km north of Moa Island, Indonesia

Info

Dec 6, 01:03 pm (GMT +9)

4.4

164 km34 km (21 mi) to the E Banda Sea, 32 km southeast of Pulau Maopora Island, Maluku, Indonesia InfoNov 8, 2023 01:53 pm (GMT +9)

7.1

6 km270 km (168 mi) to the NE Banda Sea, 166 km north of Pulau Wetan Island, Maluku, Indonesia InfoJan 10, 2023 02:47 am (Jayapura)

7.9

131 km299 km (186 mi) to the E Banda Sea, 101 km northeast of Pulau Wetan Island, Maluku, Indonesia 880 reportsInfoMay 27, 2022 11:36 am (GMT +9)

6.2

49 km64 km (40 mi) to the SW Banda Sea, 37 km northeast of Lospalos, Lautein, Timor-Leste 246 reportsInfoFeb 2, 2022 04:25 am (GMT +9)

6.0

119 km93 km (58 mi) to the E Banda Sea, 101 km east of Pulau Romang Island, Maluku, Indonesia 55 reportsInfoDec 30, 2021 03:25 am

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Moderate mag. 4.4 earthquake – Departamento de Los Andes, Salta Province, Argentina, on Tuesday, Dec 23, 2025, at 05:52 pm (Universal Time)

Published: 23 December 2025
Categories: Global Earthquake Activity

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Date and TimeMag
DepthDistanceLocationDetailsMap Dec 19, 07:51 am (Salta)

4.1

225 km44 km (27 mi) to the E 77 km west of San Antonio de los Cobres, Departamento de Los Andes, Salta Province, Argentina  I FELT IT InfoDec 14, 08:24 pm (Salta)

4.4

201 km70 km (44 mi) to the E 50 km west of San Antonio de los Cobres, Departamento de Los Andes, Salta Province, Argentina InfoDec 13, 11:44 am (Jujuy)

4.3

206 km81 km (51 mi) to the E Departamento de Susques, 150 km west of San Salvador de Jujuy, Departamento de Doctor Manuel Belgrano, Jujuy Province, Argentina InfoDec 9, 04:14 pm (Salta)

4.1

245 km38 km (24 mi) to the NE Departamento de Los Andes, Salta Province, 202 km west of San Salvador de Jujuy, Departamento de Doctor Manuel Belgrano, Jujuy Province, Argentina InfoDec 9, 03:45 pm (Salta)

4.0

201 km31 km (19 mi) to the SE Departamento de Los Andes, 194 km west of Salta, Departamento Capital, Salta Province, Argentina InfoNov 28, 09:55 pm (Jujuy)

4.7

195 km84 km (52 mi) to the E Departamento de Susques, 145 km west of San Salvador de Jujuy, Departamento de Doctor Manuel Belgrano, Jujuy Province, Argentina 1 reportInfoNov 26, 08:25 pm (Santiago)

4.4

249 km93 km (58 mi) to the N 200 km southeast of Calama, Provincia de El Loa, Region de Antofagasta, Chile InfoNov 24, 10:33 am (Salta)

4.5

194 km36 km (22 mi) to the E Departamento de Los Andes, 191 km northwest of Salta, Departamento Capital, Salta Province, Argentina InfoNov 21, 09:42 pm (Jujuy)

4.8

210 km89 km (55 mi) to the E Departamento

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World Earthquake Report for Tuesday, 23 December 2025

Published: 23 December 2025
Categories: Global Earthquake Activity

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Tuesday, Dec 23, 2025 14:20 | 8 mins ago | By: EarthquakeMonitor

Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 23 Dec 2025

Summary: 3 quakes 5.0+, 35 quakes 4.0+, 136 quakes 3.0+, 296 quakes 2.0+ (470 total)
This report is being updated every hour.
Magnitude 5+: 3 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 35 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 136 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 296 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 6 or higherTotal seismic energy estimate: 2.5 x 1013 joules (6.97 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 6001 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 Philippine Sea, 163 km southwest of Kozu Shima Island, Tokyo, JapanTuesday, Dec 23, 2025, at 06:44 pm (GMT +9) – #2: Mag 5.2 Bismarck Sea, 35 km southwest of Tolokiwa Island, Papua New GuineaTuesday, Dec 23, 2025, at 07:54 pm (GMT +10) – #3: Mag 5.1 Caspian Sea, 223 km northwest of Ogurja Ada Island, Balkan, TurkmenistanTuesday, Dec 23, 2025, at 07:32 am (GMT +3) – #4: Mag 4.9 South Atlantic Ocean, 168 km east of Montagu Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsTuesday, Dec 23, 2025, at 10:16 am (GMT -2) – #5: Mag 4.9 West Chile RiseMonday, Dec 22, 2025, at 10:31 pm (GMT -6) – #6: Mag 4.9 Philippine Sea, 26 km south

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Moderate 4.5 quake hits near Ambon, Kota Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia

Published: 23 December 2025
Categories: Global Earthquake Activity

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Tuesday, Dec 23, 2025 11:28 | 13 hours ago | By: EarthquakeMonitor

Just 5 minutes ago, a 4.5-magnitude earthquake struck near Ambon, Kota Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia. The tremor was recorded in the evening on Tuesday, December 23rd, 2025, at 8:22 pm local time, at a shallow depth of 12. km below the surface.
The event was filed by Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency, the first seismological agency to report it.
A second report was later issued by the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake, which listed it as a magnitude 4.5 earthquake as well.
Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Ambon (pop. 347,300) located 75 km from the epicenter, Amahai (pop. 47,700) 98 km away, and Masohi (pop. 36,400) 104 km away.
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