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where were the recent earthquakes

The most recent earthquakes were reported in several places around the world, with notable activity in Japan, Venezuela, Kamchatka, Indonesia, and the Philippines. The latest list also shows smaller quakes in Texas, California, Guatemala, Russia, and the Kuril Islands.

Recent locations

  • Honshu, Japan — magnitude 6.9 on 2026-06-24.
  • Venezuela — magnitude 8 event listed on 2026-06-24.
  • Offshore Kamchatka — magnitude 6.6 on 2026-06-19.
  • Sulawesi, Indonesia — magnitude 6.7 on 2026-06-16.
  • Mindanao, Philippines — magnitude 7.8 on 2026-06-07, plus another 6.5 event nearby.

Smaller recent quakes

The USGS recent-feed snapshot also includes quakes near Dunhuang, China; Isangel, Vanuatu; Puerto Rico; Punta Cana; Tobelo, Indonesia; Cruz Bay; Japan’s Izu Islands; Turkey; and Ridgemark, California. Another recent-day feed shows activity near Westbrook, Texas; Johannesburg, California; Puerto San José, Guatemala; Borrego Springs, California; and the Kuril Islands.

What this means

Most of the recent seismic activity is clustered along well-known earthquake belts in the Pacific Ring of Fire , which is why Japan, Indonesia, the Philippines, Alaska-adjacent regions, and parts of the western Americas appear repeatedly. If you want the latest exact list by magnitude and time , I can summarize the newest events in a compact table format from the current feed.