M5.2 quake in Chagos Archipelago region leads 21 notable earthquakes on 7 October 2026
Daily planet briefing
Quakes M2.5+
21
21 of any size
Strongest
M5.2
Chagos Archipelago region
Other hazards
28
Fires, storms, floods, eruptions
Peak Kp
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Geomagnetic activity
Earthquakes
Seismic networks reported 21 earthquakes in total, 21 of them magnitude 2.5 or above. That is in line with the previous week's average of 18 a day.
The strongest was a magnitude 5.2 in Chagos Archipelago region, at a depth of 10 km. 10 people reported feeling it.
Across the day, 1 quake reached magnitude 5 or more, 21 quakes reached magnitude 4 or more.
- 5.2Chagos Archipelago region7 Oct 2026, 14:59 UTC · 10 km deep
- 4.9South Sandwich Islands region7 Oct 2026, 04:39 UTC · 10 km deep
- 4.980 km SW of El Arenal, Mexico7 Oct 2026, 07:43 UTC · 62 km deep
- 4.93 km WSW of Shibayama, Japan7 Oct 2026, 19:13 UTC · 73 km deep
- 4.863 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia7 Oct 2026, 00:30 UTC · 66 km deep
- 4.8132 km ENE of Tadine, New Caledonia7 Oct 2026, 02:49 UTC · 10 km deep
- 4.8194 km S of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia7 Oct 2026, 18:15 UTC · 10 km deep
- 4.722 km WNW of Manado, Indonesia7 Oct 2026, 10:57 UTC · 140 km deep
Volcanoes, fires, storms and floods
New entries on the hazard record: 2 floods, 1 storm, 25 wildfires.
Sky & Space
5 asteroids passed Earth. The closest, (2026 TU3), came within 0.8 lunar distances and is 5 m across.
1 orbital launch was scheduled.