🌍 Daily Earthquake Report – Friday, January 9, 2026 🌍 A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck the Vanuatu Islands region as today’s report was being prepared, making it the strongest event of the past 24 hours. In total, 1,522 earthquakes were recorded worldwide, with two reaching magnitude 5 or higher and steady 4.0 to 4.9 activity spread across the Pacific, South America, and multiple offshore plate boundary zones. Japan, Indonesia, Peru, China, Mexico, and the Kuril-Kamchatka region all saw conti