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Earthquakes on Sunday, October 18, 2026

Complete day, UTC
World map of the earthquakes on October 18, 2026

USGS recorded 35 earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or larger around the world on Sunday, October 18, 2026 (UTC). 10 were magnitude 4.5 or stronger. The strongest was a magnitude 5.2 near Ruteng, Indonesia at 08:00 UTC. That is below the average of 55 a day over the previous 23 days.

Earthquakes M2.5+35
M4.5 and up10
M6 and up0
StrongestM5.2
Deepest552 km
Most activeAlaska
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Strongest earthquakes

By magnitude

M2.5 – 3.918
M4.0 – 4.914
M5.0 – 5.93
M6.0 and up0

Most active regions

Every earthquake

Time (UTC)MagDepthWhere
00:202.5136 km55 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska
00:284.8124 km31 km SE of Kainantu, Papua New Guinea
01:172.65 km98 km S of Sand Point, Alaska
01:412.86 km2 km NW of Ratliff City, Oklahoma
03:352.528 km71 km SE of Adak, Alaska
04:052.829 km22 km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska
04:543.410 km50 km S of Shishmaref, Alaska
05:004.310 km2 km W of Pedasí, Panama
06:154.110 km2 km S of Leones Arriba, Panama
06:512.780 km46 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska
07:204.378 km67 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
07:433.035 km72 km SE of Akutan, Alaska
08:005.210 km55 km NNW of Ruteng, Indonesia
08:023.840 km86 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska
11:272.918 km61 km E of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands
12:424.510 kmKermadec Islands, New Zealand
14:282.5145 km70 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska
14:304.610 kmCarlsberg Ridge
15:354.7150 km20 km SW of Sandy Point Town, Saint Kitts and Nevis
15:394.3271 km213 km WSW of Houma, Tonga
16:124.510 km0 km NE of Río Grande, Panama
18:282.730 km3 km SW of Pāhala, Hawaii
18:283.421 km67 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
19:122.87 km19 km S of Nixon, Texas
19:302.97 km57 km S of Whites City, New Mexico
19:325.210 km71 km ESE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga
20:022.54 km17 km SSW of Jal, New Mexico
20:192.90 km14 km NNE of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii
20:244.4143 km223 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste
21:152.710 km61 km NNE of Miches, Dominican Republic
22:064.710 km147 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
22:315.110 km129 km SSE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
22:344.5552 kmFiji region
23:304.4444 kmKermadec Islands region
23:594.410 km33 km SE of Sơn La, Vietnam

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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