Incidents on 1 September 2025

M5.6 Earthquake — 133 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska 11:02 UTC · USGS Severe M4.8 Earthquake — 8 km S of San José del Cabo, Mexico 21:38 UTC · Mexico · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 96 km WSW of Ternate, Indonesia 21:35 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 125 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska 19:19 UTC · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 137 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska 19:09 UTC · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 150 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 16:12 UTC · Russia · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 141 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia 15:35 UTC · Russia · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 248 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia 15:06 UTC · Russia · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 9 km SW of Ovalle, Chile 13:48 UTC · Chile · USGS Moderate M4.9 Earthquake — 160 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia 11:58 UTC · Russia · USGS Moderate M4.9 Earthquake — 128 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska 11:45 UTC · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 116 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska 11:08 UTC · USGS Moderate M4.7 Earthquake — 134 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska 11:07 UTC · USGS Moderate M5.0 Earthquake — 29 km SW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea 08:58 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Moderate M4.8 Earthquake — 68 km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina 07:38 UTC · Argentina · USGS Moderate M4.7 Earthquake — 166 km SE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia 06:47 UTC · Russia · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 30 km NE of Jalālābād, Afghanistan 05:01 UTC · Afghanistan · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 147 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia 04:26 UTC · Russia · USGS Moderate M4.8 Earthquake — 179 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia 03:59 UTC · Russia · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 176 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia 03:53 UTC · Russia · USGS Moderate M4.7 Earthquake — 38 km WSW of Asadābād, Afghanistan 02:43 UTC · Afghanistan · USGS Moderate M4.7 Earthquake — 120 km E of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia 01:59 UTC · Russia · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 68 km SE of Ozernovskiy, Russia 01:43 UTC · Russia · USGS Moderate M4.1 Earthquake — south of the Fiji Islands 23:51 UTC · Fiji · USGS Minor M3.2 Earthquake — 63 km N of Petersville, Alaska 23:33 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 161 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska 23:04 UTC · USGS Minor M3.0 Earthquake — 126 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska 22:40 UTC · USGS Minor M3.2 Earthquake — 14 km NNE of Meadow Lakes, Alaska 22:31 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.4 Earthquake — 105 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands 22:10 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 110 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia 21:27 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Minor M3.7 Earthquake — 111 km S of Atka, Alaska 21:14 UTC · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 48 km SSE of Whites City, New Mexico 20:54 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.7 Earthquake — 11 km S of Tres Pinos, CA 20:26 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 8 km WSW of Sındırgı, Turkey 20:09 UTC · Turkey · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 62 km S of Panguna, Papua New Guinea 19:58 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 1 km S of Mentone, CA 19:57 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 99 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska 19:37 UTC · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 83 km W of Petrolia, CA 19:36 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 116 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska 19:23 UTC · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 142 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska 19:18 UTC · USGS Minor M3.3 Earthquake — 129 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska 19:17 UTC · USGS Minor M2.9 Earthquake — 102 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska 19:12 UTC · USGS Minor M2.9 Earthquake — 88 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska 18:39 UTC · USGS Minor M3.9 Earthquake — 5 km N of Asan-Maina Village, Guam 18:39 UTC · Palau · USGS Minor M3.2 Earthquake — 133 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska 18:38 UTC · USGS Minor M3.4 Earthquake — 108 km SSE of Atka, Alaska 18:17 UTC · USGS Minor M3.2 Earthquake — 113 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska 17:57 UTC · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 129 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska 17:27 UTC · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 122 km WSW of Gorontalo, Indonesia 16:56 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Minor M2.9 Earthquake — 95 km W of Akhiok, Alaska 16:46 UTC · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 154 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 16:16 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 6 km WNW of Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico 16:05 UTC · Saint Kitts and Nevis · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 16 km NE of Thousand Palms, CA 15:59 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.2 Earthquake — 124 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska 15:20 UTC · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 94 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska 14:09 UTC · USGS Minor M3.8 Earthquake — 149 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands 14:05 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.3 Earthquake — 127 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska 13:48 UTC · USGS Minor M4.0 Earthquake — 150 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands 13:30 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 113 km W of Pangai, Tonga 12:38 UTC · Tonga · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — Fiji region 11:58 UTC · Fiji · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 120 km SSE of Old Harbor, Alaska 11:57 UTC · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 105 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia 11:56 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 119 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska 11:26 UTC · USGS Minor M3.3 Earthquake — Kodiak Island region, Alaska 11:21 UTC · USGS Minor M3.7 Earthquake — 135 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands 11:17 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.2 Earthquake — 119 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska 11:16 UTC · USGS Minor M3.1 Earthquake — 123 km SE of Old Harbor, Alaska 11:15 UTC · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 206 km SE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna 11:00 UTC · Samoa · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 255 km N of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands 10:47 UTC · Palau · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 82 km E of McCarthy, Alaska 09:57 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 42 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska 09:42 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 7 km NNW of Bayaguana, Dominican Republic 09:27 UTC · Dominican Republic · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 3 km S of Salinas, Puerto Rico 09:20 UTC · Saint Kitts and Nevis · USGS Minor M3.1 Earthquake — 97 km NW of Nikolski, Alaska 07:30 UTC · USGS Minor M3.3 Earthquake — 47 km ESE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic 07:15 UTC · Dominican Republic · USGS Minor M3.0 Earthquake — 45 km WSW of Alatna, Alaska 07:03 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 55 km NE of Valmy, Nevada 06:24 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 61 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 06:07 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 163 km SW of Hihifo, Tonga 05:54 UTC · Tonga · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 187 km ESE of Ozernovskiy, Russia 05:49 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 213 km SSE of Adak, Alaska 05:31 UTC · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska 05:15 UTC · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 108 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska 05:00 UTC · USGS Minor M3.0 Earthquake — 55 km NE of Valmy, Nevada 04:45 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 198 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia 04:29 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 211 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia 04:25 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 175 km SE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia 04:22 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 15 km ENE of Calama, Chile 03:18 UTC · Chile · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 37 km NE of Jalālābād, Afghanistan 02:59 UTC · Afghanistan · USGS Minor M3.1 Earthquake — 202 km SSE of Atka, Alaska 02:30 UTC · USGS Minor M3.7 Earthquake — 176 km SSE of Atka, Alaska 02:25 UTC · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 18 km S of Trona, CA 02:14 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.2 Earthquake — 54 km NE of Valmy, Nevada 01:18 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 217 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia 01:10 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M4.0 Earthquake — 201 km ESE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia 00:23 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 67 km S of Corinto, Nicaragua 00:22 UTC · Nicaragua · USGS Minor

2004 The Beslan school siege begins when armed terrorists take schoolchildren and school staff hostage in North Ossetia, Russia; by the end of the siege, three days later, more than 385 people are dead (including hostages, other civilians, security personnel and terrorists). 1961 TWA Flight 529 crashes shortly after takeoff from Midway Airport in Chicago, killing all 78 people on board. At the time, it was the deadliest single plane disaster in U.S. history. 1923 The Great Kantō Earthquake devastates Tokyo and Yokohama, killing about 105,000 people. 1894 Over 400 people die in the Great Hinckley Fire, a forest fire in Hinckley, Minnesota. 1859 Carrington Event started - the most intense geomagnetic storm in recorded history.