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Earthquakes on Saturday, October 3, 2026

Complete day, UTC
World map of the earthquakes on October 3, 2026

USGS recorded 42 earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or larger around the world on Saturday, October 3, 2026 (UTC). 12 were magnitude 4.5 or stronger. The strongest was a magnitude 5.9 near Tambolaka, Indonesia at 22:55 UTC. That is below the average of 63 a day over the previous 8 days.

Earthquakes M2.5+42
M4.5 and up12
M6 and up0
StrongestM5.9
Deepest575 km
Most activeAlaska
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Strongest earthquakes

By magnitude

M2.5 – 3.918
M4.0 – 4.920
M5.0 – 5.94
M6.0 and up0

Most active regions

Every earthquake

Time (UTC)MagDepthWhere
00:014.839 km121 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia
00:114.5127 km7 km NNW of Ibusuki, Japan
00:214.498 km15 km WSW of Yelizovo, Russia
01:034.149 km34 km S of Adak, Alaska
02:595.010 km163 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
04:134.216 km16 km ENE of Parbhani, India
05:292.55 km103 km SE of Ugashik, Alaska
05:383.4111 km2 km NW of Corozal, Puerto Rico
06:054.838 km112 km S of Koshima, Japan
06:582.97 km10 km WSW of South Lake Tahoe, California
07:123.010 km256 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska
09:183.021 km79 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands
09:374.438 km79 km WSW of Masachapa, Nicaragua
10:024.210 km189 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
10:043.264 km130 km E of Chignik, Alaska
10:353.96 km19 km NW of Rincón, Puerto Rico
11:054.4232 km116 km NNE of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea
13:332.97 km19 km NW of Rincón, Puerto Rico
13:514.5454 kmKermadec Islands region
13:583.24 km24 km W of Preston, Nevada
14:494.4140 kmBanda Sea
15:033.741 km40 km ENE of Samaná, Dominican Republic
15:252.76 km13 km SSE of Navajo Mountain, Utah
16:033.381 km66 km E of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands
16:064.150 km93 km SW of Atka, Alaska
17:202.868 km36 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska
17:244.682 km76 km NNE of Lae, Papua New Guinea
18:124.935 km72 km NE of Sittwe, Burma (Myanmar)
19:304.410 km201 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia
20:005.110 km182 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia
20:334.510 km121 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico
20:462.58 km58 km S of Whites City, New Mexico
21:062.550 km42 km SSE of Chignik, Alaska
21:142.75 km53 km E of Huslia, Alaska
21:154.110 km153 km WSW of Lebu, Chile
21:253.535 km66 km SE of Atka, Alaska
22:274.310 kmIzu Islands, Japan region
22:483.15 km188 km SE of Perryville, Alaska
22:555.946 km39 km WSW of Tambolaka, Indonesia
23:144.5575 km293 km SSE of Tabiauan, Philippines
23:144.378 km90 km ESE of Ozernovskiy, Russia
23:375.356 km81 km SSW of Banda Aceh, Indonesia

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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