Incidents on 24 August 2025

M4.8 Earthquake — 4 km SW of Sındırgı, Turkey 18:58 UTC · Turkey · USGS Severe M4.6 Earthquake — Banda Sea 23:04 UTC · Timor-Leste · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — Scotia Sea 21:12 UTC · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 158 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia 20:48 UTC · Russia · USGS Moderate M4.8 Earthquake — 38 km SSE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea 18:19 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Moderate M4.9 Earthquake — 186 km WNW of Abepura, Indonesia 17:22 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Moderate M4.8 Earthquake — Drake Passage 15:45 UTC · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 159 km WNW of Abepura, Indonesia 14:30 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 287 km ENE of Kuril’sk, Russia 13:12 UTC · Russia · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 39 km ENE of Hualien City, Taiwan 12:55 UTC · Taiwan · USGS Moderate M4.9 Earthquake — 159 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 11:04 UTC · Russia · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 171 km E of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands 11:03 UTC · Micronesia · USGS Moderate M4.8 Earthquake — 21 km NNW of Cañar, Ecuador 10:50 UTC · Ecuador · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 3 km ESE of Tinalmud, Philippines 10:47 UTC · Philippines · USGS Moderate M4.9 Earthquake — 180 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia 10:21 UTC · Russia · USGS Moderate M4.7 Earthquake — 202 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia 10:18 UTC · Russia · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge 10:14 UTC · USGS Moderate M5.4 Earthquake — Fiji region 08:01 UTC · Fiji · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 141 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 06:36 UTC · Russia · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 157 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga 05:50 UTC · Tonga · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 138 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 05:37 UTC · Russia · USGS Moderate M4.9 Earthquake — 165 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 05:34 UTC · Russia · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 12 km SE of Camiña, Chile 03:44 UTC · Chile · USGS Moderate M5.2 Earthquake — 154 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 03:10 UTC · Russia · USGS Moderate M5.0 Earthquake — 175 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia 02:31 UTC · Russia · USGS Moderate M4.7 Earthquake — 126 km S of Vilyuchinsk, Russia 02:04 UTC · Russia · USGS Moderate M4.4 Earthquake — 274 km ESE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia 23:54 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M3.0 Earthquake — 88 km SSE of Adak, Alaska 23:43 UTC · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 195 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia 23:28 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 163 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska 23:15 UTC · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 237 km SE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia 22:06 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 61 km NNW of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea 22:00 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 39 km E of Ambunti, Papua New Guinea 21:36 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 146 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 20:17 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 5 km NNE of Dalupaon, Philippines 19:29 UTC · Philippines · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska 19:20 UTC · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 8 km WSW of Sındırgı, Turkey 19:14 UTC · Turkey · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska 19:01 UTC · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 80 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia 17:52 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 24 km WSW of La Ligua, Chile 17:42 UTC · Chile · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 21 km S of Ikeda, Japan 16:44 UTC · Japan · USGS Minor M3.8 Earthquake — 256 km N of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands 16:04 UTC · Palau · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 184 km SE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia 15:28 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 62 km SE of Bitung, Indonesia 15:26 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 127 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska 15:26 UTC · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 295 km NE of Hicks Bay, New Zealand 12:35 UTC · New Zealand · USGS Minor M4.0 Earthquake — 160 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 12:02 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M3.9 Earthquake — 42 km SSW of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic 11:41 UTC · Dominican Republic · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 198 km SE of Nikolski, Alaska 11:13 UTC · USGS Minor M3.7 Earthquake — 75 km SW of Adak, Alaska 11:12 UTC · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 25 km NNE of Ursine, Nevada 10:56 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 233 km S of Sand Point, Alaska 10:35 UTC · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 253 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia 10:18 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M3.1 Earthquake — 225 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska 08:30 UTC · USGS Minor M3.8 Earthquake — 65 km SE of Atka, Alaska 08:15 UTC · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 15 km S of Tres Pinos, CA 07:17 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.0 Earthquake — 88 km SW of Puerto San José, Guatemala 07:05 UTC · Guatemala · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 49 km SE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile 07:02 UTC · Chile · USGS Minor Weak earthquake with 4.1 magnitude shakes Johor 07:00 UTC · Malaysia · GNEWS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 136 km S of Vilyuchinsk, Russia 06:42 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M2.9 Earthquake — 142 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska 06:34 UTC · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 137 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 06:29 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — south of the Fiji Islands 06:28 UTC · Fiji · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 173 km WSW of Adak, Alaska 05:38 UTC · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 113 km SSW of McCarthy, Alaska 05:02 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 2 km S of Spulber, Romania 04:15 UTC · Romania · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 65 km S of Adak, Alaska 04:15 UTC · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 156 km ESE of Ozernovskiy, Russia 03:56 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M2.9 Earthquake — 131 km NNE of Atka, Alaska 03:42 UTC · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 158 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 03:35 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 114 km E of Ozernovskiy, Russia 03:29 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 168 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia 02:42 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 52 km SE of Sinabang, Indonesia 01:32 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 57 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia 01:16 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 156 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 00:34 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M3.0 Earthquake — 228 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska 00:13 UTC · USGS Minor

Military ready to deploy forces and equipment in response to Typhoon Kajiki 07:00 UTC · Vietnam · GNEWS Minor

2016 An earthquake strikes Central Italy with a magnitude of 6.2, with aftershocks felt as far as Rome and Florence. Around 300 people are killed. 2014 A magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes the San Francisco Bay Area; it is the largest in that area since 1989. 2010 In San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico, 72 illegal immigrants are killed by Los Zetas and eventually found dead by Mexican authorities. 1992 Hurricane Andrew makes landfall in Homestead, Florida as a Category 5 hurricane, causing up to $25 billion (1992 USD) in damages. 1970 Vietnam War protesters bomb Sterling Hall at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, leading to an international manhunt for the perpetrators. 1933 The Crescent Limited train derails in Washington, D.C., after the bridge it is crossing is washed out by the 1933 Chesapeake–Potomac hurricane.