Friday, Apr 3, 2026 19:20 | 18 mins ago | By: EarthquakeMonitor
Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 3 Apr 2026
Summary: 13 quakes 5.0+, 57 quakes 4.0+, 314 quakes 3.0+, 439 quakes 2.0+ (823 total)
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Magnitude 5+: 13 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 57 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 314 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 439 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 6 or higherTotal seismic energy estimate: 1.2 x 1014 joules (34.4 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 29631 tons of TNT or 1.9 atomic bombs!) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 6.2 learn more10 largest earthquakes in the world (past 24 hours)#1: Mag 5.8 68 km south of Fayzabad, Badakhshan, AfghanistanFriday, Apr 3, 2026, at 08:42 pm (GMT +4:30) – 
#2: Mag 5.6 Maluku Sea, 5.2 km east of Pulau Mayu Island, North Maluku, IndonesiaFriday, Apr 3, 2026, at 09:22 am (Jayapura time) – 
#3: Mag 5.5 49 km east of Rasht, Districts of Republican Subordination, TajikistanFriday, Apr 3, 2026, at 03:26 pm (Dushanbe time) – 
#4: Mag 5.4 Maluku Sea, 36 km south of Pulau Mayu Island, North Maluku, IndonesiaFriday, Apr 3, 2026, at 12:37 pm (GMT +9) – 
#5: Mag 5.4 Coral Sea, 70 km north of Tanna Island, Tafea Province, VanuatuFriday, Apr 3, 2026, at 10:22 am (Efate time) – 
#6: Mag 5.3 Maluku Sea, 13 km southwest of Pulau Mayu Island, North Maluku, IndonesiaFriday, Apr 3, 2026, at 09:32 am (Jayapura time) – 
#7: Mag 5.3 Maluku Sea, 36 km south of Pulau Mayu Island, North Maluku, IndonesiaFriday, Apr 3, 2026, at 10:44 am (Jayapura time) – 
#8: Mag 5.2 Maluku Sea, 40 km west of Pulau Mayu Island, North Maluku, IndonesiaFriday, Apr 3, 2026, at 01:42 pm (GMT +9) – 
#9: Mag 5.1 Maluku Sea, 20 km north of Pulau Mayu Island, North Maluku, IndonesiaFriday, Apr 3, 2026, at 07:59 pm (Jayapura time) – 
#10: Mag 5.1 North Pacific Ocean, 56 km southeast of Ostrov Ketoy Island, Sakhalin Oblast, RussiaFriday, Apr 3, 2026, at 01:10 pm (GMT +11) – 
Earthquakes reported felt#1: Mag 5.8 68 km south of Fayzabad, Badakhshan, Afghanistan – 484 reportsFriday, Apr 3, 2026, at 08:42 pm (GMT +4:30) – #2: Mag 2.8 Canton de Vaud, 15 km northwest of Sitten, Switzerland – 65 reportsThursday, Apr 2, 2026, at 11:58 pm (GMT +2) – 
#3: Mag 4.4 24 km west of Ioannina, Ioannina, Epirus, Greece – 34 reportsFriday, Apr 3, 2026, at 05:22 pm (Athens time) – 
#4: Mag 5.5 49 km east of Rasht, Districts of Republican Subordination, Tajikistan – 30 reportsFriday, Apr 3, 2026, at 03:26 pm (Dushanbe time) – #5: Mag 4.3 21 km southwest of Ioannina, Ioannina, Epirus, Greece – 11 reportsFriday, Apr 3, 2026, at 09:51 am (Athens time) – 
#6: Mag 4.2 Eastern Mediterranean, 38 km south of Beykonak, Antalya, Turkey – 10 reportsThursday, Apr 2, 2026, at 10:35 pm (Istanbul time) – 
#7: Mag 2.6 Santa Clara County, 8.7 mi northeast of Watsonville, Santa Cruz County, California, United States – 8 reportsFriday, Apr 3, 2026, at 12:51 am (GMT -7) – 
#8: Mag 3.2 13 km east of Gifu, Gifu, Japan – 6 reportsFriday, Apr 3, 2026, at 11:37 pm (GMT +9) – 
#9: Mag 5.1 Kabupaten Gayo Lues, Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam Province, 98 km west of Binjai, Indonesia – 4 reportsFriday, Apr 3, 2026, at 11:26 pm (Jakarta time) – 
#10: Mag 4.3 North Pacific Ocean, 88 km south of Masagua, Guatemala – 3 reportsFriday, Apr 3, 2026, at 02:19 am (GMT -6) – 
#11: Mag 4.2 Indian Ocean, 111 km east of Pulau Enggano Island, Bengkulu, Indonesia – 2 reportsFriday, Apr 3, 2026, at 07:16 pm (GMT +7) – 
#12: Mag 2.1 12 km west of Naples, Napoli, Campania, Italy – 2 reportsFriday, Apr 3, 2026, at 09:59 am (GMT +2) – 
#13: Mag 2.9 157 km southeast of Iquique, Provincia de Iquique, Tarapacá, Chile – 2 reportsFriday, Apr 3, 2026, at 01:27 am (GMT -3) – 
#14: Mag 3.1 Inland Sea, 20 km northeast of Awaji Shima Island, Hyōgo, Japan – 2 reportsSaturday, Apr 4, 2026, at 12:53 am (GMT +9) – 
#15: Mag 3.0 18 km west of Ioannina, Ioannina, Epirus, Greece – 2 reportsFriday, Apr 3, 2026, at 05:50 pm (GMT +3) – 
#16: Mag 4.1 81 km east of Khorugh, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan – 2 reportsFriday, Apr 3, 2026, at 02:42 pm (Kolkata time) – 
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