Incidents on 20 August 2025

M4.9 Earthquake — 23 km SSE of Cikarang, Indonesia 12:54 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Severe M5.1 Earthquake — 74 km ESE of Shikotan, Russia 21:24 UTC · Russia · USGS Moderate M4.2 Earthquake — 15 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska 20:35 UTC · United States · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 255 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga 19:55 UTC · Tonga · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 49 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 19:49 UTC · Russia · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 68 km NE of Pototano, Indonesia 17:28 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 75 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 17:25 UTC · Russia · USGS Moderate M5.0 Earthquake — Kermadec Islands, New Zealand 17:13 UTC · New Zealand · USGS Moderate M4.7 Earthquake — 118 km E of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia 16:44 UTC · Russia · USGS Moderate M4.9 Earthquake — 55 km E of San Julian, Philippines 15:35 UTC · Philippines · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 33 km WSW of Palaióchora, Greece 15:27 UTC · Greece · USGS Moderate M4.9 Earthquake — 42 km SSE of Alianza Cristiana, Peru 15:06 UTC · Peru · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 233 km ENE of Port Mathurin, Mauritius 14:39 UTC · Mauritius · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 73 km S of Thongwa, Burma (Myanmar) 12:46 UTC · Myanmar · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 36 km NW of Pante Makasar, Timor Leste 09:40 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia 09:11 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — south of the Fiji Islands 08:39 UTC · Fiji · USGS Moderate M4.8 Earthquake — central Mid-Atlantic Ridge 05:55 UTC · Cabo Verde · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 93 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia 05:19 UTC · Russia · USGS Moderate M4.9 Earthquake — 150 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 01:37 UTC · Russia · USGS Moderate M4.1 Earthquake — 198 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste 23:35 UTC · Timor-Leste · USGS Minor M2.9 Earthquake — 17 km NNE of Lorino, Russia 23:30 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 261 km N of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands 23:14 UTC · Palau · USGS Minor M3.3 Earthquake — Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska 23:08 UTC · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 128 km SE of Masohi, Indonesia 22:38 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 12 km NNW of Sulusaray, Turkey 22:24 UTC · Turkey · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 7 km NNE of Central, Utah 22:13 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 23 km SSW of Wales, Alaska 22:01 UTC · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — off the west coast of northern Sumatra 21:39 UTC · Malaysia · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 33 km ESE of Lamitan, Philippines 21:32 UTC · Philippines · USGS Minor M3.2 Earthquake — 20 km NNE of Maeser, Utah 21:09 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 141 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga 20:35 UTC · Tonga · USGS Minor M3.0 Earthquake — 13 km N of Four Mile Road, Alaska 20:34 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.9 Earthquake — 42 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska 20:18 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 88 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska 20:09 UTC · USGS Minor M3.4 Earthquake — 68 km SW of Adak, Alaska 20:03 UTC · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 46 km SSW of Puerto San José, Guatemala 18:33 UTC · Guatemala · USGS Minor M4.0 Earthquake — 9 km N of Santa María Chimalapa, Mexico 17:01 UTC · Mexico · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 220 km SE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia 16:57 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 132 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia 15:55 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M3.0 Earthquake — 4 km S of Salcha, Alaska 15:54 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 8 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA 15:43 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — Fiji region 15:14 UTC · Fiji · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 248 km ESE of Attu Station, Alaska 14:02 UTC · USGS Minor M4.0 Earthquake — 244 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 13:58 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 84 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 13:18 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 249 km SE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia 13:16 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 129 km S of Vilyuchinsk, Russia 13:15 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 202 km WNW of Puerto Natales, Chile 11:50 UTC · Chile · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 263 km WNW of Houma, Tonga 10:43 UTC · Tonga · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 267 km S of Ambon, Indonesia 10:43 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 239 km S of Atka, Alaska 10:37 UTC · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 197 km SE of Perryville, Alaska 09:31 UTC · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 197 km SE of Perryville, Alaska 09:27 UTC · USGS Minor M3.8 Earthquake — 77 km NE of Samaná, Dominican Republic 08:14 UTC · Dominican Republic · USGS Minor M2.9 Earthquake — 102 km S of Sand Point, Alaska 07:22 UTC · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 192 km SE of Perryville, Alaska 06:08 UTC · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 151 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga 05:44 UTC · Tonga · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 35 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas 05:38 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 71 km S of Shungnak, Alaska 05:16 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 163 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 04:05 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 44 km S of Caliente, Nevada 03:20 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.3 Earthquake — 3 km S of Guánica, Puerto Rico 03:01 UTC · Dominican Republic · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 39 km N of Chamba, India 02:48 UTC · India · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 72 km ENE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia 02:33 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 45 km SW of Ashkāsham, Afghanistan 01:53 UTC · Afghanistan · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska 01:36 UTC · USGS Minor M3.0 Earthquake — Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska 01:30 UTC · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — western Indian-Antarctic Ridge 01:15 UTC · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 215 km ESE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia 00:50 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M2.9 Earthquake — 191 km SSE of Adak, Alaska 00:47 UTC · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — Pagan region, Northern Mariana Islands 00:02 UTC · Palau · USGS Minor

Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 1- Israel 16:36 UTC · Israel · WHO Severe

2008 Spanair Flight 5022, from Madrid, Spain to Gran Canaria, skids off the runway and crashes at Barajas Airport. Of the 172 people on board, 146 die immediately, and eight more later die of injuries sustained in the crash. 2007 China Airlines Flight 120 catches fire and explodes after landing at Naha Airport in Okinawa, Japan. 2006 Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil politician and former MP S. Sivamaharajah is shot dead at his home in Tellippalai. 1995 The Firozabad rail disaster kills 358 people in Firozabad, India. 1988 "Black Saturday" of the Yellowstone fire in Yellowstone National Park. 1988 The Troubles: Eight British soldiers are killed and 28 wounded when their bus is hit by an IRA roadside bomb in Ballygawley, County Tyrone. 1955 Battle of Philippeville: In Algeria, a force of Berbers from the Atlas Mountains region of Algeria raid two rural settlements and kill 77 French nationals. 1910 Extreme fire weather in the Inland Northwest of the United States causes many small wildfires to coalesce into the Great Fire of 1910, burning approximately 3 million acres (12,000 km2) and killing 87 people.