Worldwide Earthquakes Today: Mag 5.6 Quake & 559+ Earthquakes Reported – March 19, 2026

Thursday, Mar 19, 2026 20:20 | 37 mins ago | By: EarthquakeMonitor

Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 19 Mar 2026

Summary: 7 quakes 5.0+, 32 quakes 4.0+, 167 quakes 3.0+, 353 quakes 2.0+ (559 total)
This report is being updated every hour.
Magnitude 5+: 7 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 32 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 167 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 353 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 6 or higher

Total seismic energy estimate: 5 x 10¹³ joules (13.8 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 11899 tons of TNT or 0.7 atomic bombs!) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 5.9 learn more

10 largest earthquakes in the world (past 24 hours)

#1: Mag 5.6 North Pacific Ocean, 101 km east of Ostrov Onekotan Island, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia

Thursday, Mar 19, 2026, at 06:43 pm (GMT +11) –

#2: Mag 5.4 North Pacific Ocean, Panama

Thursday, Mar 19, 2026, at 06:36 am (GMT -5) –

#3: Mag 5.2 North Pacific Ocean, 116 km east of Ostrov Onekotan Island, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia

Thursday, Mar 19, 2026, at 11:48 pm (GMT +11) –

#4: Mag 5.1 South Atlantic Ocean, 46 km southeast of Bristol Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Thursday, Mar 19, 2026, at 12:07 am (GMT -2) –

#5: Mag 5.0 South OF Kermadec Islands

Wednesday, Mar 18, 2026, at 09:07 am (GMT -12) –

#6: Mag 5.0 Indian Ocean, Mauritius

Thursday, Mar 19, 2026, at 11:32 am (GMT +5) –

#7: Mag 5.0 Indian Ocean, Mauritius

Thursday, Mar 19, 2026, at 11:26 am (GMT +5) –

#8: Mag 4.8 South of the Fiji Islands

Friday, Mar 20, 2026, at 03:00 am (GMT +12) –

#9: Mag 4.8 North Pacific Ocean, 75 km east of Ostrov Onekotan Island, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia

Friday, Mar 20, 2026, at 12:43 am (GMT +11) –

#10: Mag 4.8 145 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia

Friday, Mar 20, 2026, at 05:10 am (GMT +10) –

Earthquakes reported felt

#1: Mag 3.9 40 km north of Udine, Udine, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy – 49 reports

Thursday, Mar 19, 2026, at 11:29 am (Rome time) –

#2: Mag 3.5 Departamento de Masaya, 25 km east of Managua, Nicaragua – 33 reports

Wednesday, Mar 18, 2026, at 07:47 pm (GMT -6) –

#3: Mag 3.4 4 km west of Masaya, Departamento de Masaya, Nicaragua – 14 reports

Wednesday, Mar 18, 2026, at 07:55 pm (GMT -6) –

#4: Mag 4.5 17 km northwest of Acapulco de Juárez, Estado de Guerrero, Mexico – 10 reports

Thursday, Mar 19, 2026, at 05:25 am (Mexico City time) –

#5: Mag 3.5 Ionian Sea, 22 km northeast of Zakynthos Island, Greece – 8 reports

Thursday, Mar 19, 2026, at 09:31 pm (GMT +2) –

#6: Mag 4.4 Province of Pangasinan, 45 km west of Bauang, Philippines – 6 reports

Thursday, Mar 19, 2026, at 06:11 am (Manila time) –

#7: Mag 2.3 Gard, Occitanie, 11 km west of Avignon, France – 5 reports

Thursday, Mar 19, 2026, at 11:43 am (GMT +1) –

#8: Mag 2.0 Lexington County, 12 mi northwest of Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, United States – 5 reports

Thursday, Mar 19, 2026, at 02:32 am (GMT -4) –

#9: Mag 5.4 North Pacific Ocean, Panama – 4 reports

Thursday, Mar 19, 2026, at 06:36 am (GMT -5) –

#10: Mag 4.0 23 km northeast of Acapulco de Juárez, Estado de Guerrero, Mexico – 3 reports

Thursday, Mar 19, 2026, at 08:01 am (Mexico City time) –

#11: Mag 3.0 North Atlantic Ocean, 263 km northwest of Essaouira, Marrakesh-Safi, Morocco – 3 reports

Wednesday, Mar 18, 2026, at 07:37 pm (GMT -1) –

#12: Mag 4.1 27 km southwest of Morales, Departamento de Izabal, Guatemala – 3 reports

Wednesday, Mar 18, 2026, at 08:36 pm (Guatemala time) –

#13: Mag 3.0 3.7 km west of Masaya, Departamento de Masaya, Nicaragua – 3 reports

Wednesday, Mar 18, 2026, at 08:03 pm (GMT -6) –

#14: Mag 3.2 Eastern Mediterranean, 51 km south of Karpathos, Greece – 2 reports

Thursday, Mar 19, 2026, at 07:20 am (GMT +2) –

#15: Mag 3.4 North Pacific Ocean, 98 km southwest of Jinotepe, Nicaragua – 2 reports

Wednesday, Mar 18, 2026, at 08:11 pm (GMT -6) –

#16: Mag 4.3 Caribbean Sea, 65 km south of Baracoa, Provincia de Guantanamo, Cuba – 2 reports

Wednesday, Mar 18, 2026, at 07:55 pm (GMT -5) –

#17: Mag 3.8 Caribbean Sea, 51 km south of Maisi, Provincia de Guantanamo, Cuba – 2 reports

Wednesday, Mar 18, 2026, at 06:13 pm (GMT -4) –

#18: Mag 2.5 4.9 km west of San Salvador, Departamento de San Salvador, El Salvador – 2 reports

Wednesday, Mar 18, 2026, at 04:11 pm (GMT -6) –

#19: Mag 2.2 Ionian Sea, 18 km southeast of Corfu Island, Greece – 2 reports

Thursday, Mar 19, 2026, at 01:07 pm (GMT +2) –

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