M5.3 quake 101 km SSW of Sarangani, Philippines leads 18 notable earthquakes on 21 September 2026
Daily planet briefing
Quakes M2.5+
18
18 of any size
Strongest
M5.3
101 km SSW of Sarangani, Philippines
Other hazards
16
Fires, storms, floods, eruptions
Peak Kp
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Geomagnetic activity
Earthquakes
Seismic networks reported 18 earthquakes in total, 18 of them magnitude 2.5 or above. That is in line with the previous week's average of 15 a day.
The strongest was a magnitude 5.3 101 km SSW of Sarangani, Philippines, at a depth of 10 km.
Across the day, 4 quakes reached magnitude 5 or more, 18 quakes reached magnitude 4 or more.
- 5.3101 km SSW of Sarangani, Philippines21 Sept 2026, 23:48 UTC · 10 km deep
- 5.2170 km WNW of Mejillones, Chile21 Sept 2026, 11:48 UTC · 10 km deep
- 5.035 km NNE of Ruteng, Indonesia21 Sept 2026, 01:41 UTC · 10 km deep
- 5.0South Sandwich Islands region21 Sept 2026, 21:37 UTC · 10 km deep
- 4.925 km NNW of Andırın, Turkey21 Sept 2026, 01:02 UTC · 10 km deep
- 4.941 km WNW of Luwuk, Indonesia21 Sept 2026, 07:31 UTC · 10 km deep
- 4.7156 km NNW of Hicks Bay, New Zealand21 Sept 2026, 04:28 UTC · 218 km deep
- 4.792 km ENE of Khorugh, Tajikistan21 Sept 2026, 10:48 UTC · 120 km deep
Volcanoes, fires, storms and floods
New entries on the hazard record: 1 flood, 1 storm, 14 wildfires.
Sky & Space
5 asteroids passed Earth. The closest, (2026 SA12), came within 2.0 lunar distances and is 10 m across.