A 5.3 Or Larger Will Top Global Quakes

A magnitude 5.3 or larger will be the largest seismic event recorded globally on October 2, 2026, under the USGS Earthquake Catalog. That larger event will surpass earlier October 2 entries such as the magnitude 4.5 near 2 km NE of Satte, Japan, which was reviewed as shallow with a 65.0 km depth, a…