Live count
How many earthquakes were there in the last 24 hours?
As of 6 October 2026, 03:40 UTC, USGS's feed of earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 and above lists 38 earthquakes in the previous 24 hours. The largest was magnitude 5, south of the Fiji Islands, at 20:22 UTC on 5 October 2026.
- 38Earthquakes in 24 hours in USGS's magnitude 2.5 and above feed
- 13Of magnitude 4.5 or more
- 0Of magnitude 6 or more
- Magnitude 5The largest
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Earthquakes in the last 24 hours, by magnitude
The 24 hours are the 24 hours before 6 October 2026, 03:40 UTC, the time USGS generated the feed. The bands at 2.5 and 4.5 are the lower edges of USGS's own summary feeds; the band at 6 is ours.
| Magnitude | Earthquakes |
|---|---|
| Under 2.5 (as listed in this feed; lowest 2.45) | 2 |
| 2.5 to under 4.5 | 23 |
| 4.5 to under 6 | 13 |
| 6 and above | 0 |
| All in the 24 hours | 38 |
When they happened
The busiest hour was the one from 11:40 UTC, with 5. Each column is one hour, labelled with the UTC time it starts, counted back from the feed's time.
| Hour from (UTC) | Earthquakes |
|---|---|
| 5 Oct, 03:40 | 1 |
| 5 Oct, 04:40 | 1 |
| 5 Oct, 05:40 | 3 |
| 5 Oct, 06:40 | 1 |
| 5 Oct, 07:40 | 1 |
| 5 Oct, 08:40 | 0 |
| 5 Oct, 09:40 | 1 |
| 5 Oct, 10:40 | 2 |
| 5 Oct, 11:40 | 5 |
| 5 Oct, 12:40 | 2 |
| 5 Oct, 13:40 | 0 |
| 5 Oct, 14:40 | 1 |
| 5 Oct, 15:40 | 3 |
| 5 Oct, 16:40 | 4 |
| 5 Oct, 17:40 | 2 |
| 5 Oct, 18:40 | 0 |
| 5 Oct, 19:40 | 4 |
| 5 Oct, 20:40 | 2 |
| 5 Oct, 21:40 | 0 |
| 5 Oct, 22:40 | 2 |
| 5 Oct, 23:40 | 0 |
| 6 Oct, 00:40 | 1 |
| 6 Oct, 01:40 | 2 |
| 6 Oct, 02:40 | 0 |
The largest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Place (as USGS gives it) | Time (UTC) | Depth (km) | Status | USGS page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | south of the Fiji Islands | 5 Oct, 20:22 | 518.6 | reviewed | Event page |
| 5 | 187 km ENE of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands | 5 Oct, 10:52 | 10 | reviewed | Event page |
| 5 | 71 km E of ‘Ohonua, Tonga | 5 Oct, 05:26 | 10 | reviewed | Event page |
| 4.9 | Volcano Islands, Japan region | 5 Oct, 07:13 | 35 | reviewed | Event page |
| 4.8 | 146 km WNW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea | 5 Oct, 22:48 | 142.5 | reviewed | Event page |
| 4.8 | 191 km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines | 5 Oct, 06:14 | 51.3 | reviewed | Event page |
| 4.7 | 105 km WNW of Höfn, Iceland | 5 Oct, 17:28 | 10 | reviewed | Event page |
| 4.7 | 75 km NNE of Yonakuni, Japan | 5 Oct, 13:30 | 156.2 | reviewed | Event page |
| 4.6 | 31 km S of Tezpur, India | 5 Oct, 22:53 | 10 | reviewed | Event page |
| 4.6 | 12 km ENE of Metahāra, Ethiopia | 5 Oct, 19:47 | 10 | reviewed | Event page |
The deepest was 518.6 km down: magnitude 5, south of the Fiji Islands.
Where they were
Each dot is an epicentre from the feed, rounded to 0.1 degree; earthquakes closer than that share a dot.
| Place label | Earthquakes |
|---|---|
| Alaska | 6 |
| CA | 4 |
| Indonesia | 3 |
| Afghanistan | 2 |
| Japan | 2 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 |
| Texas | 2 |
| Canada | 1 |
| Chile | 1 |
A place label is the text after the last comma of the place USGS gives (for "39 km WSW of Tambolaka, Indonesia" it is Indonesia), or the whole place when it has no comma. Labels are shown exactly as USGS writes them; we do not group them into countries or regions.
Automatic or reviewed
The feed gives each earthquake a status: 7 are marked automatic and 31 reviewed. We show the status as the feed gives it.
How this page is made
- Source: the USGS summary feed of earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 and above for the past 7 days, which USGS describes as updated every minute. Our collector reads it every 10 minutes; this page counts the 38 of the feed's 293 events that fall in the 24 hours before the feed's own time.
- Counts depend on the feed's magnitude floor: smaller earthquakes are not in this feed. 2 events are listed in it with a magnitude under 2.5, and are counted as the feed gives them.
- The page is published only when the feed is less than 3 hours old; otherwise the previous copy stays.
Questions
How many earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or more were there in the last 24 hours?
13 in the 24 hours to 6 October 2026, 03:40 UTC, none of them magnitude 6 or more.
What was the largest earthquake in the last 24 hours?
Magnitude 5, south of the Fiji Islands, at 5 October 2026, 20:22 UTC, at a depth of 518.6 km.
Which USGS place label came up most often?
Alaska, with 6 earthquakes. The label is the text after the last comma of the place USGS gives.
Does this page predict earthquakes?
No. It counts earthquakes USGS has already recorded, as its feed lists them.
Sources
- USGS earthquake GeoJSON summary feeds. The magnitude 2.5 and above, past 7 days feed this page reads
- USGS copyrights and credits. USGS-authored data is in the US public domain; credit is requested