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World Earthquake Report for Monday, 12 January 2026

Tuesday, Jan 13, 2026 00:24 | 21 hours ago | By: EarthquakeMonitor

Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 13 Jan 2026

Summary: 3 quakes 5.0+, 64 quakes 4.0+, 185 quakes 3.0+, 375 quakes 2.0+ (627 total)
Magnitude 5+: 3 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 64 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 185 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 375 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 6 or higherTotal seismic energy estimate: 4.1 x 1013 joules (11.4 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 9811 tons of TNT or 0.6 atomic bombs!) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 5.9 learn more

10 largest earthquakes in the world (12 Jan 2026)

#1: Mag 5.6 Sea of Okhotsk, 279 km north of Iturup Island, Kurilsky District, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia

Monday, Jan 12, 2026, at 12:52 pm (GMT +11) –

#2: Mag 5.0 Banda Sea, 44 km north of Pulau Sermata Island, Maluku, Indonesia

Tuesday, Jan 13, 2026, at 06:59 am (GMT +9) –

#3: Mag 5.0 South Atlantic Ocean, 207 km west of Bristol Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Monday, Jan 12, 2026, at 12:26 am (GMT -2) –

#4: Mag 4.9 42 km southeast of Makubetsu, Hokkaido, Japan

Tuesday, Jan 13, 2026, at 01:58 am (GMT +9) –

#5: Mag 4.8 Ust’-Kamchatskiy Rayon, 35 km southeast of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Ust-Kamchatsky District, Kamchatka, Russia

Monday, Jan 12, 2026, at 05:04 pm (Kamchatka time) –

#6: Mag 4.8 Philippine Sea, 10.8 km northwest of Siargao Island, Philippines

Tuesday, Jan 13, 2026, at 12:48 am (Manila time) –

#7: Mag 4.8 North Pacific Ocean, 51 km southeast of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Kamchatka, Russia

Monday, Jan 12, 2026, at 06:21 pm (GMT +12) –

#8: Mag 4.8 64 km southeast of Makubetsu, Hokkaido, Japan

Monday, Jan 12, 2026, at 09:50 am (GMT +9) –

#9: Mag 4.8 Indian Ocean, 203 km south of Pulau Nusabarung Island, Jawa Timur, Indonesia

Monday, Jan 12, 2026, at 12:43 pm (GMT +8) –

#10: Mag 4.8 South Papua, 99 km southwest of Sentani, Indonesia

Tuesday, Jan 13, 2026, at 04:18 am (Jayapura time) –

Earthquakes reported felt

#1: Mag 3.8 33 km west of Aosta, Valle d’Aosta, Aosta Valley, Italy – 47 reports

Monday, Jan 12, 2026, at 07:28 am (GMT +1) –

#2: Mag 3.4 30 km west of Aosta, Valle d’Aosta, Aosta Valley, Italy – 40 reports

Monday, Jan 12, 2026, at 07:28 am (GMT +1) –

#3: Mag 4.1 Provincia de Cartago, 37 km north of San Isidro, Costa Rica – 26 reports

Monday, Jan 12, 2026, at 02:39 am (Costa Rica time) –

#4: Mag 4.4 74 km southeast of Puerto Escondido, Estado de Oaxaca, Mexico – 14 reports

Monday, Jan 12, 2026, at 11:16 am (GMT -6) –

#5: Mag 4.8 Philippine Sea, 10.8 km northwest of Siargao Island, Philippines – 12 reports

Tuesday, Jan 13, 2026, at 12:48 am (Manila time) –

#6: Mag 2.3 14 km southeast of Mulhouse, Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, France – 8 reports

Monday, Jan 12, 2026, at 02:27 am (GMT +1) –

#7: Mag 4.6 Philippine Sea, 26 km east of Yilan, Taiwan – 8 reports

Monday, Jan 12, 2026, at 09:31 pm (Taipei time) –

#8: Mag 3.0 22 mi south of Bakersfield, Kern County, California, United States – 8 reports

Sunday, Jan 11, 2026, at 11:02 pm (GMT -8) –

#9: Mag 2.9 30 km north of Edessa, Nomos Pellis, Central Macedonia, Greece – 7 reports

Monday, Jan 12, 2026, at 02:14 am (GMT +2) –

#10: Mag 3.0 Jetisu Region, 47 km southeast of Almaty, Almaty, Kazakhstan – 6 reports

Monday, Jan 12, 2026, at 11:44 am (GMT +5) –

#11: Mag 4.8 Indian Ocean, 203 km south of Pulau Nusabarung Island, Jawa Timur, Indonesia – 5 reports

Monday, Jan 12, 2026, at 12:43 pm (GMT +8) –

#12: Mag 2.7 31 km west of Aosta, Valle d’Aosta, Aosta Valley, Italy – 4 reports

Monday, Jan 12, 2026, at 04:07 am (GMT +1) –

#13: Mag 3.0 Ionian Sea, 20 km west of Amaliada, Ilia Prefecture, West Greece, Greece – 4 reports

Monday, Jan 12, 2026, at 04:27 pm (GMT +2) –

#14: Mag 4.2 68 km northeast of Taltal, Provincia de Antofagasta, Region de Antofagasta, Chile – 4 reports

Monday, Jan 12, 2026, at 04:57 am (Santiago time) –

#15: Mag 3.5 Aegean Sea, 30 km southwest of Nisi Psara Island, Chios, North Aegean, Greece – 3 reports

Monday, Jan 12, 2026, at 07:04 pm (GMT +2) –

#16: Mag 4.3 Kabupaten Nagan Raya, 57 km northeast of Meulaboh, Indonesia – 3 reports

Tuesday, Jan 13, 2026, at 01:50 am (Jakarta time) –

#17: Mag 4.5 North Pacific Ocean, 63 km southwest of San Isidro, Costa Rica – 3 reports

Monday, Jan 12, 2026, at 06:31 am (GMT -6) –

#18: Mag 4.4 North Pacific Ocean, 141 km south of San Jose, Provincia de San Jose, Costa Rica – 3 reports

Monday, Jan 12, 2026, at 06:49 am (GMT -6) –

#19: Mag 3.6 Aegean Sea, 52 km south of Nisi Anafi Island, Greece – 3 reports

Monday, Jan 12, 2026, at 04:45 am (GMT +2) –

#20: Mag 3.9 17 km east of Humahuaca, Departamento de Humahuaca, Jujuy Province, Argentina – 3 reports

Monday, Jan 12, 2026, at 05:45 pm (GMT -3) –

#21: Mag 4.4 Departamento de Ullum, 52 km northwest of San Juan, Departamento de Capital, San Juan Province, Argentina – 2 reports

Sunday, Jan 11, 2026, at 09:57 pm (San Juan time) –

#22: Mag 3.4 43 km northwest of Kahramanmaras, Kahramanmaras, Turkey – 2 reports

Monday, Jan 12, 2026, at 07:06 pm (Istanbul time) –

#23: Mag 4.8 North Pacific Ocean, 51 km southeast of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Kamchatka, Russia – 2 reports

Monday, Jan 12, 2026, at 06:21 pm (GMT +12) –

#24: Mag 3.0 33 km west of Aosta, Valle d’Aosta, Aosta Valley, Italy – 2 reports

Monday, Jan 12, 2026, at 04:07 am (GMT +1) –

#25: Mag 2.4 13 km southeast of Mulhouse, Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, France – 2 reports

Monday, Jan 12, 2026, at 02:27 am (GMT +1) –

#26: Mag 3.2 North Atlantic Ocean, 53 km north of Arecibo, Arecibo, Puerto Rico – 2 reports

Monday, Jan 12, 2026, at 12:26 am (GMT -4) –

Earthquake stats

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Number of quakes and energy released over magnitude

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