Earthquake Report: 17 October 2025 | 6.1 Magnitude Quake in the Philippines (2025)

World Earthquake Report for Friday, 17 October 2025

Fri, 17 Oct 2025, 17:20 | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR

Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 17 Oct 2025

Summary: 1 quake 6.0+, 7 quakes 5.0+, 58 quakes 4.0+, 165 quakes 3.0+, 400 quakes 2.0+ (631 total)

This report is being updated every hour.

Magnitude 6+: 1 earthquake
Magnitude 5+: 7 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 58 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 165 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 400 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 7 or higher

Total seismic energy estimate: 1.5 x 10^14 joules (40.6 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 34967 tons of TNT or 2.2 atomic bombs!) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 6.2 learn more (https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/energy.html)

10 largest earthquakes in the world (past 24 hours)

1: Mag 6.1 Philippine Sea, 14 km southeast of Siargao Island, Philippines (https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/22283416/2025-10-16/23h03/magnitude6-Philippines.html)

Friday, Oct 17, 2025, at 07:03 am (Manila time) -

2: Mag 5.5 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan (https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/quake-info/22285784/quake-felt-Oct-17-2025-Near-Rawalpindi-Punjab-Pakistan.html)

Friday, Oct 17, 2025, at 05:15 pm (Karachi time) -

3: Mag 5.4 Yelizovskiy Rayon, 83 km east of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Kamchatka, Russia (https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/quake-info/22284034/quake-felt-Oct-17-2025-Near-Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy-Kamchatka-Russia.html)

Friday, Oct 17, 2025, at 01:25 pm (Kamchatka time) -

4: Mag 5.2 Kabupaten Sarmi, South Papua, 193 km west of Jayapura, Indonesia (https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/quake-info/22284641/mag5quake-Oct-17-2025-Indonesia-Near-North-Coast-of-West-Papua.html)

Friday, Oct 17, 2025, at 01:13 pm (Jayapura time) -

5: Mag 5.1 North Pacific Ocean, 24 mi southeast of Sedanka Island, Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska, United States (https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/quake-info/22286413/mag5quake-Oct-17-2025-79-km-SSE-of-Akutan-Alaska.html)

Friday, Oct 17, 2025, at 06:48 am (GMT -9) -

6: Mag 5.1 South China Sea, 54 km north of Laoag, Philippines (https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/quake-info/22285204/mag4quake-Oct-17-2025-Luzon-Philippines.html)

Friday, Oct 17, 2025, at 04:14 pm (Manila time) -

7: Mag 5.1 South Pacific Ocean, Fiji (https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/quake-info/22283440/mag3quake-Oct-16-2025-New-Zealand.html)

Friday, Oct 17, 2025, at 11:07 am (GMT +12) -

8: Mag 5.0 Bay of Bengal, 39 km west of North Andaman Island, India (https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/quake-info/22283334/mag5quake-Oct-16-2025-Andaman-Islands-India-Region.html)

Friday, Oct 17, 2025, at 03:40 am (GMT +5:30) -

9: Mag 4.9 South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand (https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/quake-info/22285700/mag4quake-Oct-17-2025-New-Zealand-South-of-the-Fiji-Islands.html)

Thursday, Oct 16, 2025, at 11:21 pm (GMT -12) -

10: Mag 4.9 North Pacific Ocean, 92 km southeast of Ostrov Shumshu Island, Kamchatka, Russia (https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/quake-info/22285290/mag4quake-Oct-17-2025-Russia-Kuril-Islands.html)

Friday, Oct 17, 2025, at 07:49 pm (GMT +11) -

Earthquakes reported felt

1: Mag 6.1 Philippine Sea, 14 km southeast of Siargao Island, Philippines (https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/22283416/2025-10-16/23h03/magnitude6-Philippines.html) - 165 reports

Friday, Oct 17, 2025, at 07:03 am (Manila time) -

2: Mag 3.9 6.1 km south of Yangon, Yangon, Myanmar (https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/quake-info/22286547/quake-felt-Oct-17-2025-Near-Yangon-Yangon-Myanmar-Burma.html) - 35 reports

Friday, Oct 17, 2025, at 11:09 pm (Yangon time) -

3: Mag 5.4 Yelizovskiy Rayon, 83 km east of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Kamchatka, Russia (https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/quake-info/22284034/quake-felt-Oct-17-2025-Near-Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy-Kamchatka-Russia.html) - 15 reports

Friday, Oct 17, 2025, at 01:25 pm (Kamchatka time) -

4: Mag 5.5 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan (https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/quake-info/22285784/quake-felt-Oct-17-2025-Near-Rawalpindi-Punjab-Pakistan.html) - 14 reports

Friday, Oct 17, 2025, at 05:15 pm (Karachi time) -

5: Mag 4.6 Caribbean Sea, 147 km northeast of Isla de Roatan Island, Honduras (https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/quake-info/22284005/quake-felt-Oct-17-2025-Near-Coxen-Hole-Honduras.html) - 11 reports

Thursday, Oct 16, 2025, at 07:14 pm (GMT -6) -

6: Mag 4.8 Philippine Sea, 24 km southeast of Siargao Island, Philippines (https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/quake-info/22283831/mag4quake-Oct-16-2025-Mindanao-Philippines.html) - 9 reports

Friday, Oct 17, 2025, at 07:57 am (Manila time) -

7: Mag 5.1 South China Sea, 54 km north of Laoag, Philippines (https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/quake-info/22285204/mag4quake-Oct-17-2025-Luzon-Philippines.html) - 6 reports

Friday, Oct 17, 2025, at 04:14 pm (Manila time) -

8: Mag 3.0 Ionian Sea, 11 km south of Zakynthos Island, Greece (https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/quake-info/22286460/mag3quake-Oct-17-2025-Greece-162-km-SW-of-Zakynthos.html) - 6 reports

Friday, Oct 17, 2025, at 07:06 pm (Athens time) -

9: Mag 3.5 Provincia de Cachapoal, Region del Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins, 89 km south of Santiago, Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan, Chile (https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/quake-info/22284989/quake-felt-Oct-17-2025-Near-Santiago-Santiago-Metropolitan-Chile.html) - 6 reports

Friday, Oct 17, 2025, at 03:45 am (Santiago time) -

10: Mag 2.8 5.8 km southwest of San Jose del Cabo, Estado de Baja California Sur, Mexico (https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/quake-info/22283918/quake-felt-Oct-17-2025-Near-San-Jose-del-Cabo-Baja-California-Sur-Mexico.html) - 5 reports

Thursday, Oct 16, 2025, at 05:37 pm (Mazatlan time) -

11: Mag 4.8 Philippine Sea, 82 km southeast of Manay, Philippines (https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/quake-info/22283321/mag4quake-Oct-16-2025-Philippines-Philippine-Islands-Region.html) - 5 reports

Friday, Oct 17, 2025, at 06:11 am (GMT +8) -

12: Mag 4.1 Eastern Mediterranean, 60 km west of Kissamos, Chania, Crete, Greece (https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/quake-info/22284582/mag4quake-Oct-17-2025-Greece-896-km-WSW-of-Chania.html) - 5 reports

Friday, Oct 17, 2025, at 05:55 am (GMT +2) -

13: Mag 4.6 North Pacific Ocean, 70 km east of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Kamchatka, Russia (https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/quake-info/22284963/quake-felt-Oct-17-2025-Near-Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy-Kamchatka-Russia.html) - 3 reports

Friday, Oct 17, 2025, at 06:26 pm (Kamchatka time) -

14: Mag 3.1 Philippine Sea, 15 km east of Bogo, Philippines (https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/quake-info/22283526/mag3quake-Oct-16-2025-Leyte-Philippines.html) - 2 reports

Friday, Oct 17, 2025, at 07:23 am (Manila time) -

15: Mag 4.1 Philippine Sea, 82 km northeast of Del Carmen, Surigao del Norte, Philippines (https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/quake-info/22284602/quake-felt-Oct-17-2025-Near-Tacloban-Eastern-Visayas-Philippines.html) - 2 reports

Friday, Oct 17, 2025, at 12:01 pm (GMT +8) -

16: Mag 4.1 Philippine Sea, 28 km southeast of Siargao Island, Philippines (https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/quake-info/22285806/mag4quake-Oct-17-2025-Mindanao-Philippines.html) - 2 reports

Friday, Oct 17, 2025, at 08:21 pm (Manila time) -

17: Mag 4.2 South China Sea, 51 km north of Laoag, Philippines (https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/quake-info/22285594/mag4quake-Oct-17-2025-Luzon-Philippines.html) - 2 reports

Friday, Oct 17, 2025, at 06:45 pm (Manila time) -

18: Mag 4.3 Makassar Strait, 47 km southwest of Majene, Indonesia (https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/quake-info/22285366/mag4quake-Oct-17-2025-Sulawesi-Indonesia.html) - 2 reports

Friday, Oct 17, 2025, at 05:32 pm (GMT +8) -

19: Mag 4.2 Philippine Sea, 73 km northeast of Del Carmen, Surigao del Norte, Philippines (https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/quake-info/22284632/mag4quake-Oct-17-2025-Philippines-Philippine-Islands-Region.html) - 2 reports