Incidents on 8 September 2025

M6.4 Earthquake — Vanuatu region 21:47 UTC · Vanuatu · USGS Severe M5.0 Earthquake — 11 km NW of Néa Stíra, Greece 21:27 UTC · Greece · USGS Severe M4.6 Earthquake — 257 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia 22:49 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Moderate M5.2 Earthquake — 5 km ENE of Corralero, Mexico 22:33 UTC · Mexico · USGS Moderate M5.3 Earthquake — 10 km WSW of Dinagat, Philippines 18:52 UTC · Philippines · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 93 km N of Hihifo, Tonga 16:58 UTC · Tonga · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 89 km ESE of Tomioka, Japan 14:04 UTC · Japan · USGS Moderate M4.9 Earthquake — South Sandwich Islands region 12:55 UTC · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 37 km ESE of Caburan, Philippines 12:51 UTC · Philippines · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 228 km E of Kayangel, Palau 11:39 UTC · Palau · USGS Moderate M5.0 Earthquake — 163 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 11:32 UTC · Russia · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — Izu Islands, Japan region 10:24 UTC · Japan · USGS Moderate M5.1 Earthquake — 164 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 08:26 UTC · Russia · USGS Moderate M4.8 Earthquake — 92 km SSW of Yonakuni, Japan 05:50 UTC · Japan · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — South Indian Ocean 05:34 UTC · Singapore · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 24 km ESE of Manokwari, Indonesia 04:23 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — Izu Islands, Japan region 03:45 UTC · Japan · USGS Moderate M5.1 Earthquake — east of the South Sandwich Islands 03:09 UTC · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 80 km NW of Isangel, Vanuatu 02:13 UTC · Vanuatu · USGS Moderate M5.2 Earthquake — Auckland Islands, New Zealand region 01:27 UTC · New Zealand · USGS Moderate M4.3 Earthquake — 7 km SE of Ichihara, Japan 23:53 UTC · Japan · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 223 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia 23:41 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 24 km N of Spencer, Idaho 23:01 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 59 km E of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia 22:58 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 64 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska 21:44 UTC · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — western Xizang 21:26 UTC · China · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 227 km E of Levuka, Fiji 20:32 UTC · Fiji · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 8 km E of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 20:29 UTC · Dominican Republic · USGS Minor M3.4 Earthquake — 112 km SE of Akhiok, Alaska 19:33 UTC · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — Fiji region 18:38 UTC · Fiji · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 178 km SE of Tabiauan, Philippines 18:22 UTC · Philippines · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 55 km NW of Pariaman, Indonesia 15:49 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 71 km SW of Sola, Vanuatu 15:35 UTC · Vanuatu · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 58 km NNE of Pototano, Indonesia 14:01 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Minor M2.9 Earthquake — 29 km WSW of Petrolia, CA 13:22 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 180 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia 12:41 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 163 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 11:36 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 70 km E of Chase, Alaska 11:16 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 133 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia 10:21 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 10 km SE of Schurz, Nevada 09:45 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 88 km ENE of Red Dog Mine, Alaska 08:50 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.7 Earthquake — 23 km N of Spencer, Idaho 08:26 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.2 Earthquake — 6 km E of Calumet, Oklahoma 08:25 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 10 km SSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico 07:36 UTC · Dominican Republic · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 15 km ENE of Willows, CA 07:30 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 21 km N of Komodo, Indonesia 07:11 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Minor M3.7 Earthquake — 13 km WNW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico 07:04 UTC · Dominican Republic · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 175 km WNW of Abepura, Indonesia 07:02 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Minor M3.9 Earthquake — 21 km N of Spencer, Idaho 06:59 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.6 Earthquake — 22 km N of Spencer, Idaho 06:57 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 135 km SE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia 06:35 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 25 km WSW of Hāwī, Hawaii 06:12 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 27 km ENE of Samdrup Jongkhar, Bhutan 05:45 UTC · Bhutan · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 148 km WNW of Port Orford, Oregon 05:34 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — Kuril Islands 05:26 UTC · Japan · USGS Minor M3.1 Earthquake — 2 km E of Pinnacles, CA 04:36 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 37 km W of Motueka, New Zealand 03:50 UTC · New Zealand · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — south of the Fiji Islands 03:45 UTC · Fiji · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 52 km W of Petrolia, CA 03:28 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.3 Earthquake — 7 km NNW of Stockton, Kansas 02:50 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 23 km N of Spencer, Idaho 02:30 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 79 km E of Olonkinbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen 02:20 UTC · Iceland · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 56 km S of Whites City, New Mexico 01:55 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.9 Earthquake — 67 km ESE of Inarajan Village, Guam 01:54 UTC · Palau · USGS Minor M3.4 Earthquake — 24 km N of Spencer, Idaho 01:43 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 186 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia 01:29 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M3.8 Earthquake — 104 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands 01:24 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 43 km SE of Cantwell, Alaska 00:58 UTC · United States · USGS Minor

2023 A magnitude 6.9 earthquake strikes Morocco, killing nearly 3,000 people and damaging historic sites in Marrakesh. 2005 Two Ilyushin Il-76 aircraft from EMERCOM land at a disaster aid staging area at Little Rock Air Force Base; the first time Russia has flown such a mission to North America. 2004 NASA's uncrewed spacecraft Genesis crash-lands when its parachute fails to open. 1978 Black Friday, a massacre by soldiers against protesters in Tehran, results in 88 deaths, it marks the beginning of the end of the monarchy in Iran. 1934 Off the New Jersey coast, a fire aboard the passenger liner SS Morro Castle kills 137 people. 1923 Honda Point disaster: Nine US Navy destroyers run aground off the California coast. Seven are lost, and twenty-three sailors killed. 1905 The 7.2 Mw Calabria earthquake shakes southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 557 and 2,500 people. 1900 Galveston hurricane: A powerful hurricane hits Galveston, Texas killing about 8,000 people. 1727 A barn fire during a puppet show in the village of Burwell in Cambridgeshire, England kills 78 people, many of whom are children.