Incidents on 17 August 2025

M4.8 Earthquake — 64 km S of Hamamatsu, Japan 23:33 UTC · Japan · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 42 km W of Chebika, Tunisia 19:22 UTC · Algeria · USGS Moderate M5.1 Earthquake — 47 km W of Chebika, Tunisia 19:11 UTC · Algeria · USGS Moderate M5.0 Earthquake — 63 km W of Abra Pampa, Argentina 19:09 UTC · Argentina · USGS Moderate M5.0 Earthquake — 170 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea 18:35 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 14 km SSE of Mariveles, Philippines 18:19 UTC · Philippines · USGS Moderate M5.0 Earthquake — 118 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia 15:31 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Moderate M5.5 Earthquake — 109 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia 15:03 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 246 km ESE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia 13:59 UTC · Russia · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 299 km SSE of Ushuaia, Argentina 10:48 UTC · Argentina · USGS Moderate M4.9 Earthquake — western Indian-Antarctic Ridge 09:01 UTC · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 123 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia 07:58 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Moderate M4.9 Earthquake — 92 km W of Las Grullas Margen Derecha, Mexico 07:55 UTC · Mexico · USGS Moderate M3.5 Earthquake — 12 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska 06:50 UTC · United States · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 102 km ENE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu 06:26 UTC · Vanuatu · USGS Moderate M5.4 Earthquake — 87 km SSW of Puerto San José, Guatemala 05:59 UTC · Guatemala · USGS Moderate M4.9 Earthquake — 33 km ENE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu 05:06 UTC · Vanuatu · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 57 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 03:32 UTC · Russia · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 163 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 03:12 UTC · Russia · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge 01:54 UTC · USGS Moderate M4.9 Earthquake — Carlsberg Ridge 00:24 UTC · Maldives · USGS Moderate M3.3 Earthquake — 59 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico 23:57 UTC · Saint Kitts and Nevis · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 164 km SSE of Atka, Alaska 23:43 UTC · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 31 km ENE of Atka, Alaska 23:43 UTC · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 257 km ESE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia 23:34 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M2.9 Earthquake — 9 km NNE of Coso Junction, CA 23:22 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 9 km NNE of Coso Junction, CA 23:21 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 145 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia 23:12 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 200 km SE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia 23:12 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 137 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska 23:11 UTC · USGS Minor M3.5 Earthquake — 66 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico 22:39 UTC · Saint Kitts and Nevis · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 72 km S of Puerto San José, Guatemala 22:31 UTC · Guatemala · USGS Minor M3.5 Earthquake — 76 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico 22:29 UTC · Saint Kitts and Nevis · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 248 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 21:41 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 41 km W of Colchane, Chile 21:41 UTC · Chile · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 125 km SSW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea 21:20 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Minor M3.7 Earthquake — 157 km WSW of Adak, Alaska 21:10 UTC · USGS Minor M4.0 Earthquake — 50 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia 21:01 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 96 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska 18:33 UTC · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — Fiji region 18:30 UTC · Fiji · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 123 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 17:39 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 65 km SW of Pariaman, Indonesia 17:10 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 4 km N of San Jacinto, CA 15:27 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.9 Earthquake — 76 km SE of Atka, Alaska 14:46 UTC · USGS Minor M2.9 Earthquake — 62 km SSE of Atka, Alaska 14:42 UTC · USGS Minor M3.2 Earthquake — 67 km SE of Atka, Alaska 14:30 UTC · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 109 km S of Koshima, Japan 14:27 UTC · Japan · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 19 km SSW of Silver Peak, Nevada 14:17 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 111 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 14:17 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 58 km ESE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia 13:44 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 185 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia 13:24 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 95 km SSW of Attu Station, Alaska 11:58 UTC · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 173 km WSW of Adak, Alaska 11:38 UTC · USGS Minor M3.8 Earthquake — 71 km SE of Atka, Alaska 11:26 UTC · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 201 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia 10:27 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 61 km SSW of Puerto San José, Guatemala 06:27 UTC · Guatemala · USGS Minor M4.0 Earthquake — 97 km ESE of Ozernovskiy, Russia 06:13 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M3.1 Earthquake — 128 km E of Atka, Alaska 05:27 UTC · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 29 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile 05:08 UTC · Chile · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 16 km W of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico 04:35 UTC · Dominican Republic · USGS Minor M3.4 Earthquake — 69 km NE of Nikolski, Alaska 03:50 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 221 km ESE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia 03:40 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 207 km SE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia 03:00 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 195 km ESE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia 02:18 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 180 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia 01:15 UTC · Vanuatu · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 156 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 01:12 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 228 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 00:25 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor

2019 A bomb explodes at a wedding in Kabul killing 63 people and leaving 182 injured. 2015 A bomb explodes near the Erawan Shrine in Bangkok, Thailand, killing at least 19 people and injuring 123 others. 1999 The 7.6 Mw İzmit earthquake shakes northwestern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), leaving 17,118–17,127 dead and 43,953–50,000 injured. 1988 President of Pakistan Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq and U.S. Ambassador Arnold Raphel are killed in a plane crash. 1976 A magnitude 7.9 earthquake hits off the coast of Mindanao, Philippines, triggering a destructive tsunami, killing between 5,000 and 8,000 people and leaving more than 90,000 homeless. 1969 Category 5 Hurricane Camille hits the U.S. Gulf Coast, killing 256 and causing $1.42 billion in damage. 1959 Quake Lake is formed by the magnitude 7.2 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake near Hebgen Lake in Montana. 1955 Hurricane Diane makes landfall near Wilmington, North Carolina; it went on to cause major floods and kill more than 184 people. 1949 The 6.7 Ms Karlıova earthquake shakes eastern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), leaving 320–450 dead. 1949 Matsukawa derailment: Unknown saboteurs cause a passenger train to derail and overturn in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, killing three crew members and igniting a political firestorm between the Japanese Communist Party and the government of Occupied Japan that will eventually lead to the Japanese Red Purge. 1915 A Category 4 hurricane hits Galveston, Texas with winds at 135 miles per hour (217 km/h). 1836 British parliament accepts registration of births, marriages and deaths.