M6.6 quake 80 km ENE of Tadine, New Caledonia leads 19 notable earthquakes on 25 September 2026
Daily planet briefing
Quakes M2.5+
19
19 of any size
Strongest
M6.6
80 km ENE of Tadine, New Caledonia
Other hazards
41
Fires, storms, floods, eruptions
Peak Kp
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Geomagnetic activity
Earthquakes
Seismic networks reported 19 earthquakes in total, 19 of them magnitude 2.5 or above. That is in line with the previous week's average of 19 a day.
The strongest was a magnitude 6.6 80 km ENE of Tadine, New Caledonia, at a depth of 10 km. 11 people reported feeling it.
Across the day, 1 quake reached magnitude 6 or more, 9 quakes reached magnitude 5 or more, 19 quakes reached magnitude 4 or more.
- 6.680 km ENE of Tadine, New Caledonia25 Sept 2026, 21:23 UTC · 10 km deep
- 5.561 km ENE of Tadine, New Caledonia25 Sept 2026, 23:39 UTC · 10 km deep
- 5.469 km ENE of Tadine, New Caledonia25 Sept 2026, 23:52 UTC · 10 km deep
- 5.3Vanuatu region25 Sept 2026, 11:12 UTC · 24 km deep
- 5.269 km SW of San Antonio, Chile25 Sept 2026, 15:29 UTC · 19 km deep
- 5.1123 km N of Metinaro, Timor Leste25 Sept 2026, 04:27 UTC · 10 km deep
- 5.178 km ENE of Tadine, New Caledonia25 Sept 2026, 22:07 UTC · 10 km deep
- 5.013 km N of Xunchang, China25 Sept 2026, 21:01 UTC · 10 km deep
Volcanoes, fires, storms and floods
New entries on the hazard record: 2 floods, 1 storm, 38 wildfires.
Sky & Space
3 asteroids passed Earth. The closest, (2026 SC), came within 1.7 lunar distances and is 20 m across.