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Earthquakes on Sunday, September 27, 2026

Complete day, UTC
World map of the earthquakes on September 27, 2026

USGS recorded 85 earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or larger around the world on Sunday, September 27, 2026 (UTC). 19 were magnitude 4.5 or stronger. The strongest was a magnitude 5.3 in the Balleny Islands region at 15:41 UTC.

Earthquakes M2.5+85
M4.5 and up19
M6 and up0
StrongestM5.3
Deepest597 km
Most activeAlaska
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Strongest earthquakes

By magnitude

M2.5 – 3.943
M4.0 – 4.937
M5.0 – 5.95
M6.0 and up0

Most active regions

Every earthquake

Time (UTC)MagDepthWhere
00:154.510 km59 km NE of Tadine, New Caledonia
00:454.452 km2 km E of Omigawa, Japan
01:142.616 km74 km SSE of Adak, Alaska
01:185.110 km61 km ENE of Tadine, New Caledonia
01:394.610 km77 km ENE of Tadine, New Caledonia
01:392.835 km72 km SSW of Adak, Alaska
01:504.010 km112 km ENE of Tadine, New Caledonia
01:574.310 km86 km ENE of Tadine, New Caledonia
01:584.610 km95 km ENE of Tadine, New Caledonia
02:012.686 km64 km W of Karluk, Alaska
02:225.110 km87 km ENE of Tadine, New Caledonia
02:352.810 km112 km NNE of Arctic Village, Alaska
02:412.73 km15 km E of Kenilworth, Utah
03:173.086 km53 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska
03:274.210 km110 km ESE of Bani Walid, Libya
03:382.950 km24 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska
04:144.410 km150 km WNW of Lebu, Chile
04:164.0230 km152 km WNW of Adak, Alaska
04:324.510 km92 km NE of Tadine, New Caledonia
04:594.810 km167 km SE of Gizo, Solomon Islands
05:074.210 km80 km ENE of Tadine, New Caledonia
05:112.96 km92 km S of Sand Point, Alaska
05:234.610 km297 km SSW of Pagar Alam, Indonesia
05:273.510 km227 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska
05:282.572 km66 km SE of Adak, Alaska
06:092.897 kmRat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska
06:412.924 km16 km NW of Fishhook, Alaska
07:014.16 km21 km W of Preston, Nevada
07:123.04 km20 km W of Preston, Nevada
07:183.36 km21 km W of Preston, Nevada
07:484.646 kmRat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska
08:102.664 km150 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
08:204.067 km17 km SSE of Puerto Madero, Mexico
08:252.64 km20 km W of Preston, Nevada
08:544.16 km20 km W of Preston, Nevada
09:233.020 km186 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska
09:292.536 km48 km SSE of Adak, Alaska
10:074.298 km13 km SSW of Bayaguana, Dominican Republic
10:304.418 km259 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
10:324.248 km4 km NNE of Mangatainoka, New Zealand
10:432.94 km267 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
10:574.310 kmIceland region
11:192.668 km248 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
11:522.50 km4 km NNE of Tatums, Oklahoma
12:532.910 km70 km WNW of Petersville, Alaska
13:174.3192 km55 km SE of Lata, Solomon Islands
13:303.18 km12 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii
14:213.33 km27 km WSW of Westley, California
14:402.64 km26 km WSW of Westley, California
15:004.643 km52 km NNW of Barishal, Pakistan
15:403.612 km7 km WSW of Hermosa Beach, California
15:415.310 kmBalleny Islands region
15:422.75 km71 km SSW of Point Hope, Alaska
15:422.94 km124 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska
15:452.65 km15 km E of Socorro, New Mexico
15:472.635 km200 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
15:492.912 km266 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
16:435.010 km191 km NW of Oula Xiuma, China
16:582.7128 km65 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska
18:033.317 km25 km E of Atka, Alaska
18:062.720 km191 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
18:273.015 km117 km NE of Honomu, Hawaii
18:294.610 km19 km NW of Yongning, China
18:402.513 km66 km S of Lowell Point, Alaska
18:544.0178 kmPagan region, Northern Mariana Islands
18:554.310 km17 km SSE of Chaitén, Chile
19:023.45 km244 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska
19:054.610 km102 km ENE of Tadine, New Caledonia
19:224.010 kmIceland region
19:334.1349 kmKermadec Islands region
20:494.0151 km32 km N of Whakatane, New Zealand
20:494.410 km269 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
21:135.0118 kmSouth Sandwich Islands region
21:144.610 km59 km WNW of Pante Makasar, Timor Leste
21:172.6110 km74 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska
21:363.310 km271 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska
21:494.8113 km7 km WSW of Guaymate, Dominican Republic
21:532.662 km37 km ENE of Chase, Alaska
21:574.672 km23 km SW of Sipí, Colombia
22:033.129 km86 km ESE of Atka, Alaska
22:093.510 km73 km SSW of Atka, Alaska
22:404.410 km93 km NE of Tadine, New Caledonia
22:474.810 km117 km SSE of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
23:452.58 km59 km NW of Toyah, Texas
23:554.3597 kmsouth of the Fiji Islands

Data: USGS earthquake catalog, magnitude 2.5 and up, times in UTC. Outside the United States, USGS mainly lists quakes of about magnitude 4 and up, so smaller ones there are undercounted. Magnitudes and locations can be revised.

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The San Andreas Fault. California's San Andreas Fault marks where the Pacific and North American plates grind past each other.

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