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Wednesday, Oct 14, 2026 05:20 | 1 hour ago | By: EarthquakeMonitor

Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 14 Oct 2026

Summary: 3 quakes 6.0+, 5 quakes 5.0+, 63 quakes 4.0+, 196 quakes 3.0+, 302 quakes 2.0+ (569 total)This report is being updated every hour.
Magnitude 6+: 3 earthquakes
Magnitude 5+: 5 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 63 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 196 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 302 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 7 or higherTotal seismic energy estimate: 1.8 x 1015 joules (504 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 4.3 x 105 tons of TNT or 27.1 atomic bombs!) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 7.0 learn more10 largest earthquakes in the world (past 24 hours)#1: Mag 6.8 Central Mid-Atlantic RidgeTuesday, Oct 13, 2026, at 11:23 am (GMT -1) – #2: Mag 6.7 Central Mid-Atlantic RidgeTuesday, Oct 13, 2026, at 04:44 am (GMT -1) – #3: Mag 6.0 Solomon Sea, 128 km south of Kokopo, East New Britain Province, Papua New GuineaWednesday, Oct 14, 2026, at 04:45 am (Port Moresby time) – #4: Mag 5.3 Southern Mid-Atlantic RidgeTuesday, Oct 13, 2026, at 07:38 am (GMT -1) – #5: Mag 5.3 Solomon Sea, 124 km south of Kokopo, East New Britain Province, Papua New GuineaWednesday, Oct 14, 2026, at 12:36 am (Port Moresby time) – #6: Mag 5.1 Solomon Sea, 121 km south of Kokopo, East New Britain

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Wednesday, Oct 14, 2026 06:07 | 20 mins ago | By: EarthquakeMonitor

An earthquake of magnitude 2.8 occurred only 18 minutes ago, 24 km northwest of Rotorua, New Zealand, as reported by New Zealand’s Earthquake Commission and Geological Survey (GeoNet).
The quake struck at a very shallow depth of 5. km beneath the epicenter near Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, in the early evening on Wednesday, October 14th, 2026, at 6:47 pm local time. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review the data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their reports.
Weak shaking might have been felt in Mamaku (pop. 750), located 9 km from the epicenter.
Other towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Putaruru (pop. 4,700), located 18 km from the epicenter; Ngongotaha (pop. 5,200), 19 km away; and Tokoroa (pop. 14,500), 20 km away. In Rotorua (pop. 65,900, 24 km away), Matamata (pop. 6,300, 36 km away), Tauranga (pop. 155,200, 47 km away), Cambridge (pop. 15,200, 53 km away), and Hamilton (pop. 189,700, 70 km away), the quake was probably not felt.

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