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Major Earthquakes in 2025: Throughout the year 2025, many natural disasters hit many parts of the globe, especially due to earthquakes. These natural calamities remind the world of the power of nature. Several places across the world were brutally affected by earthquakes, including world powers like Japan and China. Some of the strongest seismic activities occurred this year, which resulted in huge damage, displacement. The disruption also reminded the world about the importance of preparedness in earthquake-prone areas. Here is a list of the major earthquakes that happened across the globe, along with their location, magnitude, time and more. 

List Of Major Earthquakes In 2025:

December 2025 Earthquakes

  • 6.6 Magnitude earthquake 126 km S of Honchō, Japan on 2025-12-08 21:52:41 with a depth of 19.0 km.

  • 7.6 Magnitude earthquake in Aomori Prefecture, Japan on 2025-12-08 14:15:10 with a depth of 44.1 km.

  • 7.0 Magnitude earthquake known as the Hubbard Glacier Earthquake on 2025-12-06 20:41:49 with a depth of 10.0 km.

November 2025 Earthquakes

  • 6.0 Magnitude earthquake 12 km WNW of Susitna, Alaska on 2025-11-27 17:11:29 with a depth of 69.4 km.

  • 6.6 Magnitude earthquake 45 km WNW of Sinabang, Indonesia on 2025-11-27 04:56:26 with a depth of 25.4 km.

  • 6.4 Magnitude earthquake 117 km E of Yamada, Japan on 2025-11-09 08:54:36 with a depth of 10.0 km.

  • 6.8 Magnitude earthquake 122 km E of Yamada, Japan on 2025-11-09 08:03:39 with a depth of 18.0 km.

  • 6.2 Magnitude earthquake 29 km SE of Mazār-e Sharīf, Afghanistan on 2025-11-02 20:29:02 with a depth of 28.0 km.

October 2025 Earthquakes

  • 6.4 Magnitude earthquake 48 km ESE of Fox River, Alaska on 2025-10-30 17:33:14 with a depth of 23.6 km.

  • 6.0 Magnitude earthquake in the Banda Sea on 2025-10-28 14:40:18 with a depth of 142.0 km.

  • 6.5 Magnitude earthquake 7 km SE of Sındırgı, Turkey on 2025-10-27 19:48:28 with a depth of 8.0 km.

  • 6.5 Magnitude earthquake 21 km SSW of Quepos, Costa Rica on 2025-10-22 03:57:05 with a depth of 20.0 km.

  • 6.3 Magnitude earthquake 194 km WNW of Abepura, Indonesia on 2025-10-16 05:48:55 with a depth of 33.3 km.

  • 7.6 Magnitude earthquake 3 km S of Lapaz, Philippines on 2025-10-12 17:05:59 with a depth of 10.0 km.

  • 6.7 Magnitude earthquake in Drake Passage on 2025-10-10 20:29:20 with a depth of 6.5 km.

  • 6.3 Magnitude earthquake 12 km SE of Santiago, Philippines on 2025-10-10 11:12:05 with a depth of 47.0 km.

  • 7.4 Magnitude earthquake 139 km SE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea on 2025-10-10 02:08:10 with a depth of 10.0 km.

  • 6.6 Magnitude earthquake 20 km SSE of Yangī Qal‘ah, Afghanistan on 2025-10-07 11:35:28 with a depth of 10.0 km.

  • 6.9 Magnitude earthquake 20 km W of Lae, Papua New Guinea on 2025-10-07 11:05:17 with a depth of 103.9 km.

September 2025 Earthquakes

  • 6.3 Magnitude earthquake 19 km E of Mene Grande, Venezuela on 2025-09-25 06:55:38 with a depth of 12.2 km.

  • 6.2 Magnitude earthquake 25 km ENE of Mene Grande, Venezuela on 2025-09-25 03:51:39 with a depth of 14.0 km.

  • 7.8 Magnitude earthquake 2 km ESE of Berkeley, CA on 2025-09-22 09:56:12 with a depth of 7.6 km.

  • 7.4 Magnitude earthquake 11 km ESE of Udalguri, India on 2025-09-14 11:11:51 with a depth of 29.0 km.

  • 6.4 Magnitude earthquake 105 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia on 2025-09-13 02:37:56 with a depth of 58.0 km.

  • 6.0 Magnitude earthquake 40 km WSW of Asadābād, Afghanistan on 2025-09-04 16:56:26 with a depth of 16.5 km.

  • 7.5 Magnitude earthquake 21 km ENE of Novokayakent, Russia on 2025-08-26 20:33:38 with a depth of 66.3 km.

August 2025 Earthquakes

  • 6.3 Magnitude earthquake 12 km ESE of Cherbourg, Australia on 2025-08-15 23:49:25 with a depth of 10.0 km.

  • 6.3 Magnitude earthquake 115 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands on 2025-08-14 16:22:34 with a depth of 45.0 km.

  • 6.1 Magnitude earthquake 195 km WNW of Abepura, Indonesia on 2025-08-12 08:24:23 with a depth of 14.0 km.

  • 6.8 Magnitude earthquake 38 km SE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic on 2025-08-05 09:23:51 with a depth of 168.0 km.

  • 6.3 Magnitude earthquake 123 km E of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia on 2025-08-03 05:37:55 with a depth of 30.0 km.

July 2025 Earthquakes

  • 6.9 Magnitude earthquake 6 km NW of Rialto, CA on 2025-07-31 16:32:24 with a depth of 5.3 km.

  • 6.3 Magnitude earthquake 125 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia on 2025-07-30 00:09:58 with a depth of 36.6 km.

  • 8.8 Magnitude earthquake 94 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia on 2025-07-29 23:30:03 with a depth of 16.4 km.

  • 6.6 Magnitude earthquake 4 km WNW of Jerez, Guatemala on 2025-07-29 21:21:47 with a depth of 11.9 km.

  • 7.0 Magnitude earthquake South of the Fiji Islands on 2025-07-29 17:53:40 with a depth of 553.0 km.

  • 6.4 Magnitude earthquake in the Macquarie Island region on 2025-07-28 22:10:35 with a depth of 31.0 km.

  • 6.6 Magnitude earthquake 264 km WNW of Sabang, Indonesia on 2025-07-28 18:41:50 with a depth of 21.0 km.

  • 6.3 Magnitude earthquake 187 km SSE of Mata-Utu, Wallis and Futuna on 2025-07-24 23:37:56 with a depth of 314.2 km.

  • 6.2 Magnitude earthquake 109 km W of Gorontalo, Indonesia on 2025-07-23 20:50:43 with a depth of 142.0 km.

  • 6.5 Magnitude earthquake 91 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska on 2025-07-20 22:28:00 with a depth of 40.0 km.

  • 6.6 Magnitude earthquake 143 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia on 2025-07-20 07:23:02 with a depth of 35.0 km.

  • 7.4 Magnitude earthquake 153 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia on 2025-07-20 07:07:42 with a depth of 10.0 km.

  • 6.6 Magnitude earthquake known as the Eastern Kamchatka, Russia Earthquake on 2025-07-20 06:49:04 with a depth of 34.0 km.

  • 7.3 Magnitude earthquake 28 km ENE of Shwebo, Burma (Myanmar) on 2025-07-18 09:30:03 with a depth of 10.0 km.

  • 6.7 Magnitude earthquake known as the Sand Point, Alaska Earthquake on 2025-07-16 20:37:41 with a depth of 38.0 km.

  • 6.2 Magnitude earthquake 3 km SSW of Amatitlán, Guatemala on 2025-07-08 21:41:31 with a depth of 10.0 km.

  • 6.6 Magnitude earthquake 213 km WSW of Riverton, New Zealand on 2025-07-07 12:53:44 with a depth of 22.0 km.

June 2025 Earthquakes

  • 6.3 Magnitude earthquake 37 km WSW of Callao, Peru on 2025-06-15 16:35:29 with a depth of 40.0 km.

  • 6.4 Magnitude earthquake 15 km NE of Paratebueno, Colombia on 2025-06-08 13:08:05 with a depth of 9.0 km.

  • 6.2 Magnitude earthquake 8 km SSW of İçmeler, Turkey on 2025-06-02 23:17:28 with a depth of 72.0 km.

May 2025 Earthquakes

  • 6.5 Magnitude earthquake 66 km SE of Emporeío, Greece on 2025-05-22 03:19:35 with a depth of 64.0 km.

  • 6.4 Magnitude earthquake 89 km ENE of Angoram, Papua New Guinea on 2025-05-20 15:05:59 with a depth of 16.8 km.

  • 6.0 Magnitude earthquake 142 km W of Neiafu, Tonga on 2025-05-14 04:15:40 with a depth of 260.0 km.

  • 6.4 Magnitude earthquake 59 km S of Whites City, New Mexico on 2025-05-04 01:47:05 with a depth of 7.5 km.

  • 7.4 Magnitude earthquake 289 km SSE of Ushuaia, Argentina on 2025-05-02 17:59:07 with a depth of 8.0 km.

  • 6.8 Magnitude earthquake 4 km WNW of Independence, Utah on 2025-05-01 06:11:18 with a depth of 13.8 km.

April 2025 Earthquakes

  • 6.3 Magnitude earthquake 29 km SW of Hope, Alaska on 2025-04-29 08:03:40 with a depth of 41.5 km.

  • 6.2 Magnitude earthquake 19 km NE of Esmeraldas, Ecuador on 2025-04-25 11:44:52 with a depth of 18.0 km.

  • 6.6 Magnitude earthquake 20 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska on 2025-04-19 07:18:55 with a depth of 90.5 km.

  • 6.5 Magnitude earthquake 5 km S of Julian, CA on 2025-04-14 17:08:28 with a depth of 14.3 km.

  • 6.9 Magnitude earthquake 41 km S of Kyaukse, Burma (Myanmar) on 2025-04-13 02:24:57 with a depth of 10.0 km.

  • 6.9 Magnitude earthquake 184 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea on 2025-04-04 20:04:38 with a depth of 9.0 km.

  • 6.3 Magnitude earthquake in Reykjanes Ridge on 2025-04-03 14:09:29 with a depth of 10.0 km.

  • 7.0 Magnitude earthquake in Pacific-Antarctic Ridge on 2025-04-02 00:29:22 with a depth of 10.0 km.

  • 6.6 Magnitude earthquake 61 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga on 2025-03-30 12:18:50 with a depth of 29.0 km.

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March 2025 Earthquakes

  • 6.7 Magnitude earthquake in the Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge on 2025-03-28 17:17:27 with a depth of 12.3 km.

  • 7.7 Magnitude earthquake in Burma (Myanmar) on 2025-03-28 06:32:04 with a depth of 10.0 km.

  • 6.7 Magnitude earthquake known as the Mandalay, Burma (Myanmar) Earthquake on 2025-03-28 06:20:52 with a depth of 10.0 km.

  • 6.2 Magnitude earthquake 170 km WSW of Riverton, New Zealand on 2025-03-25 01:43:11 with a depth of 21.0 km.

  • 6.5 Magnitude earthquake 10 km NW of Malibu, CA on 2025-03-17 03:17:21 with a depth of 11.8 km.

February 2025 Earthquakes

  • 7.6 Magnitude earthquake 25 km N of Ouezzane, Morocco on 2025-02-10 22:48:41 with a depth of 29.5 km.

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January 2025 Earthquakes

  • 6.0 Magnitude earthquake 9 km SE of York Harbour, Maine on 2025-01-27 15:22:56 with a depth of 10.6 km.

  • 6.8 Magnitude earthquake 1 km NNE of Wyndham, Virginia on 2025-01-14 22:28:51 with a depth of 0.1 km.

  • 6.2 Magnitude earthquake 2 km ENE of Pleasant Hill, CA on 2025-01-12 16:49:21 with a depth of 11.8 km.

  • 7.1 Magnitude earthquake in Southern Qinghai, China on 2025-01-08 07:44:22 with a depth of 10.0 km.

  • 6.2 Magnitude earthquake known as the Southern Tibetan Plateau Earthquake on 2025-01-07 01:05:16 with a depth of 10.0 km.

  • 6.1 Magnitude earthquake 52 km N of Āwash, Ethiopia on 2025-01-04 00:52:21 with a depth of 8.0 km.

The above-mentioned list is sourced from earthquake.usgs.gov. The major earthquakes of the year 2025 highlight the capabilities of nature and the call to action for preparedness, especially in earthquake-prone areas. The list mentioned above helps us understand seismic events better for improvement, knowing early warning signs, emergency response, and infrastructure planning, with a key focus on minimising the impact of future disasters.

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