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Thu, 21 Aug 2025, 18:00 1755799204 | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR

Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 5.5 during August 2025

Summary: 9 quakes 6.0+, 185 quakes 5.0+, 1352 quakes 4.0+, 3928 quakes 3.0+, 8635 quakes 2.0+ (14109 total)
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Magnitude 9+: none
Magnitude 8+: none
Magnitude 7+: none
Magnitude 6+: 9 earthquakes
Magnitude 5+: 185 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 1352 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 3928 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 8635 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 7 or higherTotal seismic energy estimate: 4 x 1015 joules (1107 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 9.5 x 105 tons of TNT or 59.5 atomic bombs!) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 7.2 learn moreList of 10 largest earthquakes in the world during August 2025:#1: Mag 6.8 North Pacific Ocean, 94 km east of Ostrov Shumshu Island, Kamchatka, RussiaSunday, Aug 3, 2025, at 04:37 pm (GMT +11) – #2: Mag 6.4 Kabupaten Sarmi, South Papua, 204 km west of Jayapura, IndonesiaTuesday, Aug 12, 2025, at 05:24 pm (Jayapura time) – #3: Mag 6.4 Pacific-Antarctic RidgeSaturday, Aug 2, 2025, at 07:57 pm (GMT -9) – #4: Mag 6.2 North Pacific Ocean, 146 km east of Ostrov Kharimkotan Island, Sakhalin Oblast, RussiaMonday, Aug 4, 2025, at 03:20 pm (GMT +11) – #5: Mag 6.1 North Pacific Ocean, 190 km east of Ostrov Shumshu Island, Kamchatka, RussiaSaturday, Aug 2, 2025, at 05:20 am (GMT +11) – #6: Mag 6.1 47 km south

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Fri, 22 Aug 2025, 17:50 | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR

World map showing volcanoes with shallow (less than 50 km) earthquakes within 20 km radius during the past 24 hours on 22 Aug 2025 Number in brackets indicate nr of quakes.

Quakes detected near: Abu (54 quakes between mag 0.1-1.8), Bardarbunga (5 quakes between mag 0.1-2.7), Baru (2 quakes between mag 1.9-2.1), Brennisteinsfjöll (6 quakes between mag 0.1-1.5), Cabalian (5 quakes between mag 1.6-2.3), Campi Flegrei (Phlegrean Fields) (5 quakes between mag 0.1-3.0)
Cerro Singüil (23 quakes between mag 2.0-4.1), Clear Lake (24 quakes between mag 0.2-2.3), El Chichón (4 quakes between mag 2.2-2.8), Eldey (1 quake mag 1.2), Hrómundartindur (14 quakes between mag 0.1-1.3), Ibusuku (1 quake mag 1.0), Ijen (1 quake mag 3.8), Isarog (1 quake mag 3.0), Jan Mayen (1 quake mag 2.4), Kamen (1 quake mag 1.6), Kenger (1 quake mag 1.3), Kilauea (2 quakes between mag 2.0-2.3), Kolumbo (2 quakes between mag 0.6-1.0), Krísuvík (15 quakes between mag 0.2-2.4), Kuchinoerabu-jima (1 quake mag 2.1), Ljósufjöll (8 quakes between mag 0.7-1.8), Loki-Fögrufjöll volcano (7 quakes between mag 0.7-2.7), Methana (1 quake mag 1.9), Michoacán-Guanajuato (5 quakes between mag 2.6-2.8), Nantai (1 quake mag 1.8), Norikura (6 quakes between mag 0.3-3.0), Platanar (1 quake mag 2.1), Poas (1 quake mag 1.0), Rishiri (2 quakes between mag 1.0-1.9), San Diego (1 quake mag 1.5),

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