M5.9 quake 39 km WSW of Tambolaka, Indonesia leads 12 notable earthquakes on 3 October 2026
Daily planet briefing
Quakes M2.5+
12
12 of any size
Strongest
M5.9
39 km WSW of Tambolaka, Indonesia
Other hazards
23
Fires, storms, floods, eruptions
Peak Kp
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Geomagnetic activity
Earthquakes
Seismic networks reported 12 earthquakes in total, 12 of them magnitude 2.5 or above. That is quieter than the previous week's average of 24 a day.
The strongest was a magnitude 5.9 39 km WSW of Tambolaka, Indonesia, at a depth of 46 km. 5 people reported feeling it.
Across the day, 4 quakes reached magnitude 5 or more, 12 quakes reached magnitude 4 or more.
- 5.939 km WSW of Tambolaka, Indonesia3 Oct 2026, 22:55 UTC · 46 km deep
- 5.381 km SSW of Banda Aceh, Indonesia3 Oct 2026, 23:37 UTC · 56 km deep
- 5.1182 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia3 Oct 2026, 20:00 UTC · 10 km deep
- 5.0163 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia3 Oct 2026, 02:59 UTC · 10 km deep
- 4.972 km NE of Sittwe, Burma (Myanmar)3 Oct 2026, 18:12 UTC · 35 km deep
- 4.8121 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia3 Oct 2026, 00:01 UTC · 39 km deep
- 4.8112 km S of Koshima, Japan3 Oct 2026, 06:05 UTC · 38 km deep
- 4.676 km NNE of Lae, Papua New Guinea3 Oct 2026, 17:24 UTC · 82 km deep
Volcanoes, fires, storms and floods
New entries on the hazard record: 23 wildfires.
Sky & Space
5 asteroids passed Earth. The closest, (2026 TA), came within 2.3 lunar distances and is 20 m across.