M5.5 quake in southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge leads 17 notable earthquakes on 29 September 2026
Daily planet briefing
Quakes M2.5+
17
17 of any size
Strongest
M5.5
southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Other hazards
14
Fires, storms, floods, eruptions
Peak Kp
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Geomagnetic activity
Earthquakes
Seismic networks reported 17 earthquakes in total, 17 of them magnitude 2.5 or above. That is in line with the previous week's average of 22 a day.
The strongest was a magnitude 5.5 in southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge, at a depth of 10 km.
Across the day, 4 quakes reached magnitude 5 or more, 17 quakes reached magnitude 4 or more.
- 5.5southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge29 Sept 2026, 13:06 UTC · 10 km deep
- 5.499 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga29 Sept 2026, 12:40 UTC · 10 km deep
- 5.376 km NE of Tadine, New Caledonia29 Sept 2026, 03:23 UTC · 10 km deep
- 5.077 km ENE of Tadine, New Caledonia29 Sept 2026, 10:42 UTC · 10 km deep
- 4.961 km NW of Pante Makasar, Timor Leste29 Sept 2026, 14:14 UTC · 153 km deep
- 4.8South Sandwich Islands region29 Sept 2026, 04:16 UTC · 35 km deep
- 4.8South Sandwich Islands region29 Sept 2026, 06:38 UTC · 35 km deep
- 4.898 km SW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu29 Sept 2026, 11:27 UTC · 10 km deep
Volcanoes, fires, storms and floods
New entries on the hazard record: 1 flood, 13 wildfires.
Sky & Space
5 asteroids passed Earth. The closest, (2026 TG1), came within 7.0 lunar distances and is 30 m across.