Incidents on 27 August 2025

M4.6 Earthquake — 188 km SW of Tual, Indonesia 14:40 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Moderate M5.1 Earthquake — 27 km SSW of Ashkāsham, Afghanistan 13:27 UTC · Afghanistan · USGS Moderate M5.3 Earthquake — 17 km ENE of Yilan, Taiwan 13:10 UTC · Taiwan · USGS Moderate M5.2 Earthquake — Carlsberg Ridge 10:19 UTC · Maldives · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 161 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia 08:28 UTC · Russia · USGS Moderate M4.9 Earthquake — 178 km SE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia 07:14 UTC · Russia · USGS Moderate M4.9 Earthquake — 24 km S of Lakatoro, Vanuatu 05:37 UTC · Vanuatu · USGS Moderate M5.0 Earthquake — South Sandwich Islands region 05:34 UTC · USGS Moderate M6.0 Earthquake — 92 km E of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia 03:49 UTC · Russia · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 43 km S of Port-Vila, Vanuatu 02:19 UTC · Vanuatu · USGS Moderate M4.9 Earthquake — 86 km E of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea 01:31 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Moderate M5.2 Earthquake — south of Tonga 00:10 UTC · Tonga · USGS Moderate M5.2 Earthquake — Drake Passage 00:04 UTC · USGS Moderate M2.5 Earthquake — 143 km W of Adak, Alaska 23:21 UTC · USGS Minor M3.1 Earthquake — 106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska 23:04 UTC · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 54 km NNW of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea 22:57 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Minor M3.5 Earthquake — 11 km SE of Pāhala, Hawaii 22:44 UTC · Kiribati · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 5 km SSE of Las Brisas, Mexico 22:41 UTC · Mexico · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 126 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska 21:24 UTC · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 2 km SW of Anderson Springs, CA 21:02 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 17 km S of Tucaní, Venezuela 20:10 UTC · Venezuela · USGS Minor M3.4 Earthquake — 12 km ENE of Wright, Wyoming 19:59 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 255 km SSE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia 19:30 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — Carlsberg Ridge 19:04 UTC · Maldives · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 174 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 18:45 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 192 km W of Adak, Alaska 15:57 UTC · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 224 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 15:33 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M3.0 Earthquake — 70 km N of Tierras Nuevas Poniente, Puerto Rico 14:53 UTC · Dominican Republic · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 169 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 14:10 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 115 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 13:22 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 183 km ESE of Ozernovskiy, Russia 13:10 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 45 km ESE of Takanabe, Japan 12:50 UTC · Japan · USGS Minor M2.9 Earthquake — 6 km SSE of Adak, Alaska 12:46 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.4 Earthquake — 52 km ESE of Atka, Alaska 12:18 UTC · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 97 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska 12:12 UTC · USGS Minor M4.0 Earthquake — 62 km WSW of San Antonio, Chile 11:41 UTC · Chile · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 69 km SSW of Masachapa, Nicaragua 11:37 UTC · Nicaragua · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 178 km ESE of Ozernovskiy, Russia 10:28 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M3.8 Earthquake — 231 km S of Sand Point, Alaska 10:20 UTC · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 213 km ESE of Ozernovskiy, Russia 09:53 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 12 km WSW of Morales, Colombia 09:31 UTC · Colombia · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — Carlsberg Ridge 09:30 UTC · Maldives · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 192 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia 08:01 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 80 km ENE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia 07:41 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — Kermadec Islands region 07:36 UTC · New Zealand · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 159 km SE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia 07:26 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 98 km SSE of Adak, Alaska 06:04 UTC · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska 05:47 UTC · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 129 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 05:34 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 68 km ENE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile 05:32 UTC · Bolivia · USGS Minor M3.2 Earthquake — 53 km SE of Adak, Alaska 04:55 UTC · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 58 km S of Nikolski, Alaska 04:29 UTC · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 39 km ESE of Cañaveral, Peru 04:26 UTC · Ecuador · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 109 km SSE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia 03:43 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 50 km N of Nikolski, Alaska 03:14 UTC · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 9 km S of Sındırgı, Turkey 02:46 UTC · Turkey · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 58 km S of Whites City, New Mexico 02:22 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — Reykjanes Ridge 02:10 UTC · Iceland · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 170 km ENE of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands 01:49 UTC · Micronesia · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 187 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 01:46 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 93 km ENE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 01:01 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — western Xizang 00:32 UTC · China · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — Izu Islands, Japan region 00:32 UTC · Japan · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 201 km SE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia 00:23 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 26 km SW of Karluk, Alaska 00:00 UTC · USGS Minor

2011 Hurricane Irene strikes the United States east coast, killing 47 and causing an estimated $15.6 billion in damage. 2006 Comair Flight 5191 crashes on takeoff from Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Kentucky, bound for Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta. Of the passengers and crew, 49 of 50 are confirmed dead in the hours following the crash. 1979 The Troubles: Eighteen British soldiers are killed at the Warrenpoint ambush by the Provisional Irish Republican Army near Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland, in the deadliest attack on British forces during Operation Banner. An IRA bomb also kills British royal family member Lord Mountbatten and three others on his boat at 1963 An explosion at the Cane Creek potash mine near Moab, Utah kills 18 miners. 1893 The Sea Islands hurricane strikes the United States near Savannah, Georgia, killing between 1,000 and 2,000 people. 1881 The Georgia hurricane makes landfall near Savannah, Georgia, resulting in an estimated 700 deaths. 1791 French Revolution: Frederick William II of Prussia and Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor, issue the Declaration of Pillnitz, declaring the joint support of the Holy Roman Empire and Prussia for the French monarchy, agitating the French revolutionaries and contributing to the outbreak of the War of the First Coalition.