WORLDWIDE EARTHQUAKE REPORT JANUARY 13, 2025
It has been 16 hours since the last M5+ earthquake, which occurred in the Arafura Sea, Indonesia.
M 5 3 - Arafura Sea
2026-01-13 10:37:55 (UTC)
BMKG
After the M6.2 earthquake in the Kuril Islands, three aftershocks measuring 4.9 have been detected, which have been the most intense so far.
M 6.2 - 133 km SE of Kuril’sk, Russia
2026-01-13 07:34:08 (UTC)
44.550°N 149.277°E. 35.8 km depth
USGS earthquake alert
This activity occurred in a "seismic gap" between recent large earthquakes to the North (Kamchatka M 8.8, July 2025) and the South (Japan M 7.6, December 2025). This is a subduction zone where great earthquakes last occurred 2006-2007 (~M8.3)
Frank Hoogerbeets
The typical seismic cluster has also occurred.
Frank Hoogerbeets mentions:
We can have seismic activity well into the 6th magnitude, maybe even approaching magnitude 7 as a result of this geometry. And that could be later today, tomorrow, I would say around the 11th give or take one day.
The next peak will occur on January 14th with Venus, Mars, Mercury and Jupiter involved and also a planetary conjunction involving Mercury, Earth & Jupiter, while the Moon was also in a conjunction with Uranus late on the 13th
. By this date, the quintuple conjunction will be dissipating, so we could expect a seismic cluster typical of magnitude 5+ earthquakes.
● M 5.6 - 265 km N of Kuril’sk, Russia
2026-01-12 01:52:58 (UTC)
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● M 5.1 - 233 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste 2026-01-12 21:59:32 (UTC)
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● M 5.0 - South Sandwich Islands region
2026-01-12 02:26:43 (UTC)
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● M 5.6 - Easter Island region, Chile
2026-01-13 03:39:27 (UTC)
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● M 5.3 - 72 km W of Ollagüe, Chile
2026-01-13 07:28:22 (UTC)
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● M 5.2 - 177 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia
2026-01-13 00:34:15 (UTC)
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Moderate and shallow earthquake hit northern Italy. The second earthquake this week after M5.1 in the South.
M 4.6 - 1 km ENE of Fornace Zarattini, Italy
2026-01-13 08:27:57 (UTC)
44.425°N 12.154°E. 10.0 km depth
USGS earthquake alert
The situation so far
● SSGEOS Earthquake forecast