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Sun, 17 Aug 2025, 06:20 | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR

Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 17 Aug 2025

Summary: 7 quakes 5.0+, 41 quakes 4.0+, 132 quakes 3.0+, 338 quakes 2.0+ (518 total)
This report is being updated every hour.
Magnitude 5+: 7 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 41 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 132 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 338 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 6 or higherTotal seismic energy estimate: 1.1 x 1014 joules (29.9 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 25754 tons of TNT or 1.6 atomic bombs!) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 6.2 learn more10 largest earthquakes in the world (past 24 hours)#1: Mag 5.8 14 km north of Poso, Kabupaten Poso, Sulawesi Tengah, IndonesiaSunday, Aug 17, 2025, at 06:38 am (Makassar time) – #2: Mag 5.6 Philippine Sea, 36 km east of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, JapanSunday, Aug 17, 2025, at 06:13 am (GMT +9) – #3: Mag 5.6 South Pacific Ocean, 343 km southeast of Mare Island, New CaledoniaSaturday, Aug 16, 2025, at 11:08 pm (GMT +11) – #4: Mag 5.5 South Pacific Ocean, 369 km south of ‘Eua Island, Eua, TongaSunday, Aug 17, 2025, at 10:52 am (GMT +12) – #5: Mag 5.4 North Pacific Ocean, Departamento de Guatemala, 125 km south of Escuintla, GuatemalaSunday, Aug 17, 2025, at 05:59 am (Universal Time) – #6: Mag 5.2 South China Sea, 172 km south of Kaohsiung, Kaohsiung, TaiwanSunday,

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Sun, 17 Aug 2025, 06:10 | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake near Escuintla, Municipio de Escuintla, Departamento de Escuintla, Guatemala, was reported only 9 minutes ago by the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), considered one of the key international agencies that monitor seismic activity worldwide. The earthquake occurred at a shallow depth of 10. km beneath the epicenter late at night on Saturday, August 16th, 2025, at 11:59 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 data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.
A second report was later issued by the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake, which listed it as a magnitude 5.2 earthquake as well. A third agency, The Colombian Geological Service (SGC), reported the same quake at magnitude 5.0.
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 Puerto San Jose (pop. 18,700) located 42 km from the epicenter, the quake should have been felt as light shaking.
Weak shaking might have been felt in La Gomera (pop. 24,000) located 63 km from the epicenter, Masagua (pop. 45,300) 73 km away, Guazacapan

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