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Thursday, Oct 8, 2026 00:20 | 7 mins ago | By: EarthquakeMonitor
Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 8 Oct 2026
Summary: 1 quake 5.0+, 45 quakes 4.0+, 160 quakes 3.0+, 254 quakes 2.0+ (460 total)This report is being updated every hour.
Magnitude 5+: 1 earthquake
Magnitude 4+: 45 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 160 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 254 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 6 or higherTotal seismic energy estimate: 2.3 x 1013 joules (6.45 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 5550 tons of TNT or 0.3 atomic bombs!) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 5.7 learn more10 largest earthquakes in the world (past 24 hours)#1: Mag 5.2 Indian Ocean, 100 km east of Île Lubine, British Indian Ocean TerritoryWednesday, Oct 7, 2026, at 07:59 pm (GMT +5) – #2: Mag 4.9 South Atlantic Ocean, 213 km northwest of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsWednesday, Oct 7, 2026, at 02:39 am (GMT -2) – #3: Mag 4.9 18 km south of Asahi, Chiba, JapanThursday, Oct 8, 2026, at 04:13 am (GMT +9) – #4: Mag 4.9 North Pacific Ocean, 105 km west of Tapachula, Estado de Chiapas, MexicoWednesday, Oct 7, 2026, at 01:43 am (GMT -6) – #5: Mag 4.8 North Pacific Ocean, 54 km south of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Kamchatka, RussiaWednesday, Oct 7, 2026, at 01:55 pm (Kamchatka time) – #6: Mag 4.8
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