EARTHQUAKES · DAILY

Earthquakes on Wednesday, September 30, 2026

Complete day, UTC
World map of the earthquakes on September 30, 2026

USGS recorded 65 earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or larger around the world on Wednesday, September 30, 2026 (UTC). 19 were magnitude 4.5 or stronger. The strongest was a magnitude 5.6 near Yonakuni, Japan at 05:00 UTC.

Earthquakes M2.5+65
M4.5 and up19
M6 and up0
StrongestM5.6
Deepest194 km
Most activeAlaska
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Strongest earthquakes

By magnitude

M2.5 – 3.933
M4.0 – 4.924
M5.0 – 5.98
M6.0 and up0

Most active regions

Every earthquake

Time (UTC)MagDepthWhere
00:254.410 km150 km SW of La Esperanza (El Zapotal), Mexico
01:174.810 km72 km NE of Tadine, New Caledonia
01:284.510 km89 km NE of Tadine, New Caledonia
01:333.210 km229 km S of King Cove, Alaska
01:344.810 km10 km SE of Mamburao, Philippines
01:362.51 km20 km E of Markleeville, California
01:384.267 km35 km W of Sipí, Colombia
01:544.010 km77 km NE of Tadine, New Caledonia
02:092.54 km88 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska
02:272.6102 km51 km SW of Unalaska, Alaska
02:304.5140 km96 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines
02:354.534 km112 km SSW of Banda Aceh, Indonesia
02:512.853 kmRat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska
02:574.010 km77 km NE of Tadine, New Caledonia
03:003.810 km4 km SE of Piru, California
03:034.310 kmOwen Fracture Zone region
04:064.2178 km39 km W of Plan de Ayala, Mexico
04:452.85 km120 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska
04:485.410 kmBalleny Islands region
04:562.95 km121 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska
04:564.510 km224 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga
05:005.611 km74 km S of Yonakuni, Japan
05:122.618 km148 km SW of Adak, Alaska
05:204.610 km3 km W of Thívai, Greece
06:505.010 km83 km NE of Tadine, New Caledonia
07:075.210 kmBalleny Islands region
07:394.2171 km11 km WNW of Ashkāsham, Afghanistan
08:155.128 km121 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
08:222.55 km7 km WSW of Willow, Alaska
08:503.37 km61 km S of Whites City, New Mexico
09:193.680 km109 km NE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands
10:253.18 km20 km WNW of Stanton, Texas
10:313.020 km26 km WNW of Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska
10:563.677 km127 km NNE of Vieques, Puerto Rico
10:585.019 km27 km N of Kupang, Indonesia
11:214.510 km271 km S of Dunhuang, China
11:244.410 km47 km S of Trà My, Vietnam
12:024.610 km83 km S of Yonakuni, Japan
12:132.720 km137 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska
12:162.523 km70 km SE of Adak, Alaska
12:233.14 km75 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska
13:034.410 km15 km WNW of Weining, China
13:352.96 km61 km S of Whites City, New Mexico
14:322.620 km38 km N of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands
14:512.9194 km111 km NW of Nikolski, Alaska
15:022.630 km13 km NE of Pāhala, Hawaii
15:432.783 km59 km SW of Atka, Alaska
16:294.410 km46 km WNW of Luwuk, Indonesia
17:252.548 km24 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska
18:002.515 km45 km NNW of Elim, Alaska
18:215.035 km142 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
18:364.932 km136 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
19:092.589 km48 km WSW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska
19:104.2119 km286 km W of Adak, Alaska
19:372.68 km16 km ESE of Pearsall, Texas
19:512.9102 km224 km W of Adak, Alaska
20:482.52 km1 km SSW of Anderson Springs, California
21:003.1105 km4 km NNE of Animas, Puerto Rico
21:032.68 km5 km SW of Guánica, Puerto Rico
21:072.95 km8 km ESE of Cloverdale, California
21:114.610 km130 km SE of Itoman, Japan
21:164.435 km10 km SSE of Hasaki, Japan
21:555.68 km91 km SW of Tamarindo, Costa Rica
22:083.35 km183 km SE of Atka, Alaska
22:124.410 km68 km ENE of Tadine, New Caledonia

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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