Incidents on 23 August 2025

M5.8 Earthquake — 57 km SSE of Sinabang, Indonesia 12:24 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Extreme M4.5 Earthquake — southeast of the Loyalty Islands 23:39 UTC · Fiji · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — Pagan region, Northern Mariana Islands 23:37 UTC · Palau · USGS Moderate M5.3 Earthquake — 147 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 21:29 UTC · Russia · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 271 km WNW of Houma, Tonga 20:38 UTC · Tonga · USGS Moderate M4.7 Earthquake — 184 km SE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia 19:58 UTC · Russia · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 71 km NNE of Xinyuan, China 19:53 UTC · China · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 253 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia 19:08 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Moderate M4.8 Earthquake — 135 km SSE of Kyzyl-Suu, Kyrgyzstan 19:06 UTC · China · USGS Moderate M5.0 Earthquake — Drake Passage 18:52 UTC · USGS Moderate M5.1 Earthquake — 221 km SE of Hihifo, Tonga 15:49 UTC · Tonga · USGS Moderate M4.8 Earthquake — Drake Passage 14:34 UTC · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 206 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea 13:24 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Moderate M5.2 Earthquake — South Sandwich Islands region 12:58 UTC · USGS Moderate M6.0 Earthquake — 88 km SW of Acajutla, El Salvador 09:14 UTC · El Salvador · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 24 km W of La Ligua, Chile 09:07 UTC · Chile · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 170 km SE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia 07:58 UTC · Russia · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 186 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 04:43 UTC · Russia · USGS Moderate M4.7 Earthquake — Kermadec Islands, New Zealand 04:43 UTC · New Zealand · USGS Moderate M3.0 Earthquake — 3 km N of Coronaca, South Carolina 04:23 UTC · United States · USGS Moderate M5.2 Earthquake — 182 km SE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia 04:22 UTC · Russia · USGS Moderate M5.4 Earthquake — 85 km E of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia 03:44 UTC · Russia · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 119 km SE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia 01:57 UTC · Russia · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 192 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 01:45 UTC · Russia · USGS Moderate M5.0 Earthquake — south of Tonga 00:43 UTC · Tonga · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 93 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia 00:22 UTC · Russia · USGS Moderate M5.5 Earthquake — south of Tonga 00:10 UTC · Tonga · USGS Moderate M4.3 Earthquake — 162 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 23:51 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M2.9 Earthquake — 55 km E of Savoonga, Alaska 23:49 UTC · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 87 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska 22:52 UTC · USGS Minor M4.0 Earthquake — 13 km ESE of Segamat, Malaysia 22:13 UTC · Malaysia · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 204 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia 21:43 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 60 km SSW of Nelson Lagoon, Alaska 21:26 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — south of Tonga 19:59 UTC · Tonga · USGS Minor M3.6 Earthquake — 50 km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic 19:45 UTC · Dominican Republic · USGS Minor M2.9 Earthquake — 60 km SE of Chignik, Alaska 19:44 UTC · USGS Minor M3.6 Earthquake — 105 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands 19:37 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 172 km E of Korsakov, Russia 19:35 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 216 km SE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia 19:30 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 178 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 19:00 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 121 km ESE of Atka, Alaska 18:52 UTC · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 33 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska 18:19 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — south of Tonga 17:27 UTC · Tonga · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 19 km ENE of Ichinoseki, Japan 17:18 UTC · Japan · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 215 km E of Levuka, Fiji 17:06 UTC · Fiji · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 56 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico 16:47 UTC · Mexico · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 7 km E of Caraga, Philippines 16:40 UTC · Philippines · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 77 km SSE of Padangsidempuan, Indonesia 16:32 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Minor M3.7 Earthquake — 65 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska 16:23 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 190 km E of Ozernovskiy, Russia 15:49 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 74 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska 15:41 UTC · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 47 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska 15:35 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 158 km SW of Tasiilaq, Greenland 15:24 UTC · Iceland · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 7 km NE of Point MacKenzie, Alaska 15:18 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 55 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska 13:15 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 40 km NNE of Petersville, Alaska 13:02 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 199 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia 12:36 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M3.0 Earthquake — 73 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska 12:34 UTC · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 169 km W of Cannon Beach, Oregon 12:18 UTC · Canada · USGS Minor M4.0 Earthquake — Mariana Islands region 12:07 UTC · Japan · USGS Minor M2.9 Earthquake — Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska 11:52 UTC · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 5 km SE of Sındırgı, Turkey 11:16 UTC · Turkey · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 185 km SE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia 10:56 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 3 km WNW of Ogano, Japan 10:22 UTC · Japan · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 106 km S of Nikolski, Alaska 09:37 UTC · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 95 km SE of Nemuro, Japan 09:36 UTC · Japan · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 3 km S of Guánica, Puerto Rico 08:45 UTC · Dominican Republic · USGS Minor M4.0 Earthquake — 42 km ESE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia 08:07 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M3.4 Earthquake — 80 km SW of Kaktovik, Alaska 08:00 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 14 km ESE of Funny River, Alaska 07:44 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 242 km W of Adak, Alaska 07:16 UTC · USGS Minor M3.1 Earthquake — 43 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico 06:57 UTC · Dominican Republic · USGS Minor M2.9 Earthquake — 45 km SW of Cantwell, Alaska 06:34 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.4 Earthquake — 39 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico 06:17 UTC · Dominican Republic · USGS Minor M3.0 Earthquake — Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska 05:46 UTC · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — south of the Fiji Islands 05:35 UTC · Fiji · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 148 km WSW of Adak, Alaska 04:58 UTC · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 4 km NNW of Coronaca, South Carolina 04:41 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 53 km W of Petrolia, CA 04:34 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.9 Earthquake — 40 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico 04:25 UTC · Dominican Republic · USGS Minor M2.9 Earthquake — 3 km NNW of Coronaca, South Carolina 04:17 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 252 km S of Pasni, Pakistan 03:40 UTC · Pakistan · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 103 km E of Ozernovskiy, Russia 03:34 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 215 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 03:28 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 34 km S of Calingasta, Argentina 03:01 UTC · Argentina · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 40 km W of Illapel, Chile 02:51 UTC · Chile · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 98 km NW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea 02:14 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 6 km SSE of Spivey, Kansas 02:09 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.0 Earthquake — 100 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska 01:38 UTC · USGS Minor M3.2 Earthquake — 110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska 01:31 UTC · USGS Minor M3.1 Earthquake — 66 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska 01:06 UTC · USGS Minor

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2011 A magnitude 5.8 (class: moderate) earthquake occurs in Virginia. Damage occurs to monuments and structures in Washington, D.C. and the resulted damage is estimated at 200 million–300 million USD. 1944 Freckleton air disaster: A United States Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator bomber crashes into a school in Freckleton, England, killing 61 people. 79 Mount Vesuvius begins stirring, on the feast day of Vulcan, the Roman god of fire.