Incidents on 16 September 2025
Tuesday, 16 September 2025 — before continuous monitoring began on 9 August 2026. For this day we hold earthquakes from the USGS catalogue (magnitude 2.5 and above) and a few historical records, not a full record of every incident.
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Recorded
1
Severe or extreme
17
Countries
2
Categories
Earthquake · 39 All earthquakes →
M3.7 Earthquake — 44 km NE of Pedro Bay, Alaska
Severe
M4.5 Earthquake — Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska
Moderate
M6.0 Earthquake — 208 km SE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
Moderate
M4.9 Earthquake — 52 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico
Moderate
M4.7 Earthquake — South Sandwich Islands region
Moderate
M5.1 Earthquake — 130 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska
Moderate
M4.6 Earthquake — 53 km NE of Barkhan, Pakistan
Moderate
M5.0 Earthquake — 165 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia
Moderate
M4.7 Earthquake — 60 km SW of Jipijapa, Ecuador
Moderate
M5.1 Earthquake — 44 km WSW of Sechura, Peru
Moderate
M4.7 Earthquake — northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Moderate
M2.9 Earthquake — 7 km ENE of Marrowstone, Washington
Moderate
M4.5 Earthquake — southwest of Africa
Moderate
M4.4 Earthquake — 33 km NNE of Mejillones, Chile
Minor
M2.6 Earthquake — 14 km NNW of Ambler, Alaska
Minor
M4.4 Earthquake — 52 km ESE of Shimoda, Japan
Minor
M4.1 Earthquake — 37 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile
Minor
M3.0 Earthquake — 55 km NE of Valmy, Nevada
Minor
M4.0 Earthquake — 18 km NE of Mollendo, Peru
Minor
M3.4 Earthquake — 22 km SE of Wright, Wyoming
Minor
M2.8 Earthquake — 33 km WNW of Akhiok, Alaska
Minor
M2.5 Earthquake — 47 km ESE of Beatty, Nevada
Minor
M4.0 Earthquake — Bonin Islands, Japan region
Minor
M4.1 Earthquake — 117 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
Minor
M4.0 Earthquake — 123 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska
Minor
M4.3 Earthquake — 145 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
Minor
M4.2 Earthquake — 213 km S of Unalaska, Alaska
Minor
M4.4 Earthquake — 118 km SE of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea
Minor
M2.5 Earthquake — 91 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska
Minor
M4.4 Earthquake — 207 km SSW of Jimbaran, Indonesia
Minor
M3.1 Earthquake — 10 km S of Port Graham, Alaska
Minor
M4.2 Earthquake — 76 km ESE of Ozernovskiy, Russia
Minor
M2.9 Earthquake — 83 km SSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX
Minor
M4.4 Earthquake — 227 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines
Minor
M4.2 Earthquake — 166 km NNE of Caluula, Somalia
Minor
M4.3 Earthquake — Fiji region
Minor
M4.4 Earthquake — 117 km E of Yamada, Japan
Minor
M3.1 Earthquake — 50 km N of Kobuk, Alaska
Minor
M4.1 Earthquake — 89 km SSE of Hayuliang, India
Minor
Explosion · 2 All explosions →
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A 6.0 Mw earthquake strikes Lu County, Sichuan, China, killing three and injuring more than 88.
A 8.3 Mw earthquake strikes the Chilean city of Illapel, killing 15 people, injuring at least 34, leaving at least six missing, and causing extensive damage. One person also dies in Argentina.
Security guards working for Blackwater Worldwide shoot and kill 17 Iraqis in Nisour Square, Baghdad.
Hurricane Ivan makes landfall in Gulf Shores, Alabama as a Category 3 hurricane.
The 7.4 Mw Tabas earthquake affects the city of Tabas, Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). At least 15,000 people are killed.
The United States National Hurricane Research Project drops eight cylinders of silver iodide into the eyewall of Hurricane Esther. Wind speed reduces by 10%, giving rise to Project Stormfury.
Typhoon Nancy, with possibly the strongest winds ever measured in a tropical cyclone, makes landfall in Osaka, Japan, killing 173 people.
The Wall Street bombing: A bomb in a horse wagon explodes in front of the J. P. Morgan building in New York City killing 38 and injuring 400.
In Campo Maior, Portugal, a storm hits the Armory and a violent explosion ensues, killing two-thirds of its inhabitants.
Historical entries from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), filtered to disasters and incidents.