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World Earthquake Report for Thursday, 18 December 2025

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Worldwide Earthquakes Report – December 19, 2025

Summary of Earthquake Activity

As of December 19, 2025, there have been a total of 670 earthquakes recorded worldwide, classified by magnitude:

5.0+: 5 earthquakes
4.0+: 41 earthquakes
3.0+: 193 earthquakes
2.0+: 431 earthquakes
Notable Absences: No earthquakes of magnitude 6.0 or higher.

The total seismic energy released is approximately 8.3 x 10^13 joules (equivalent to 22.9 gigawatt hours or about 19,732 tons of TNT).

Recent Significant Earthquakes

Top 10 Largest Earthquakes (December 18, 2025)

Magnitude 5.9
Location: North Pacific Ocean, 72 km east of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Kamchatka, Russia
Date/Time: December 19, 2025, 12:37 AM (GMT +12)
Magnitude 5.5
Location: South China Sea, 67 km north of Calayan Island, Philippines
Date/Time: December 18, 2025, 03:27 PM (GMT +8)
Magnitude 5.2
Location: Coral Sea, 50 km west of Aneityum Island, Tafea Province, Vanuatu
Date/Time: December 18, 2025, 12:59 PM (GMT +11)
Magnitude 5.1
Location: North Pacific Ocean, 78 km east of Shikotan, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia
Date/Time: December 19, 2025, 01:42 AM (GMT +11)
Magnitude 5.0
Location: Philippine Sea, 19 km northeast of Hualien City, Taiwan
Date/Time: December 18, 2025, 07:32 PM (Taipei time)
Magnitude 4.9
Location: South Pacific Ocean, 73 km south of Tofua Island, Ha’apai, Tonga
Date/Time: December 18, 2025, 04:54 PM (Tongatapu time)
Magnitude 4.9
Location: Maluku Sea, 72 km east of Bitung, Sulawesi Utara, Indonesia
Date/Time: December 18, 2025, 02:30 PM (GMT +9)
Magnitude 4.8
Location: Banda Sea, 59 km north of Pulau Molu Island, Maluku, Indonesia
Date/Time: December 18, 2025, 10:19 PM (GMT +9)
Magnitude 4.8
Location: South China Sea, 25 km west of San Antonio, Philippines
Date/Time: December 19, 2025, 02:07 AM (Manila time)
Magnitude 4.8
Location: North Pacific Ocean, 215 km southeast of Ostrov Onekotan Island, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia
Date/Time: December 19, 2025, 08:52 AM (GMT +10)

Earthquakes Felt by Locals

Noteworthy Reports

Magnitude 3.0
Location: 32 km southwest of Riviere-du-Loup, Bas-Saint-Laurent, Quebec, Canada
Reports: 88
Date/Time: December 17, 2025, 10:19 PM (GMT -5)
Magnitude 5.9
Location: North Pacific Ocean, 72 km east of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Kamchatka, Russia
Reports: 56
Date/Time: December 19, 2025, 12:37 AM (GMT +12)
Magnitude 3.8
Location: Mtskheta-Mtianeti, 25 km northwest of Tbilisi, K’alak’i T’bilisi, Georgia
Reports: 14
Date/Time: December 18, 2025, 01:26 PM (Tbilisi time)
Magnitude 3.5
Location: 22 km northwest of Concepcion, Region del Biobio, Chile
Reports: 10
Date/Time: December 18, 2025, 07:02 AM (GMT -3)
Magnitude 4.6
Location: 47 km southeast of Tanai, Kachin State, Myanmar
Reports: 7
Date/Time: December 18, 2025, 07:04 AM (Yangon time)

Earthquake Statistics

Number of Quakes and Energy Released Over Time

Energy vs. Magnitude

Magnitude Over Time

This report provides a comprehensive overview of recent seismic activity worldwide, highlighting significant earthquakes and providing data to understand trends in earthquake occurrences and energy release.