Earthquakes Today: Latest Quakes Worldwide Past 24 Hours

CAUCASUS, Iran — By far, most earthquakes in the world occur along the margins of the Pacific Ocean, followed by the vast Alpine-Himalayan mountain belts that stretch from southern Europe through Turkey, the Caucasus, Iran, Pakistan, to northern India, Nepal and southern China.

Most of these regions are in oceanic or continental collision zones where tectonic plates collide with each other and release energy in form of earthquakes.

In the past 24 hours, there were 1 quake of magnitude 6.7, 11 quakes between 5.0 and 6.0, 57 quakes between 4.0 and 5.0, 214 quakes between 3.0 and 4.0, and 259 quakes between 2.0 and 3.0.

There were also 632 quakes below magnitude 2.0 which people don't normally feel.