Incidents on 9 October 2025

M5.5 Earthquake — 208 km N of Daocheng, China 05:17 UTC · China · USGS Extreme M4.6 Earthquake — Pacific-Antarctic Ridge 21:01 UTC · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 72 km SSW of Aitape, Papua New Guinea 20:10 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Moderate M4.8 Earthquake — 45 km ENE of Luganville, Vanuatu 20:08 UTC · Vanuatu · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 173 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia 15:24 UTC · Russia · USGS Moderate M5.4 Earthquake — southwest of Africa 15:03 UTC · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — Fiji region 14:52 UTC · Fiji · USGS Moderate M5.1 Earthquake — southwest of Africa 14:45 UTC · USGS Moderate M6.1 Earthquake — 121 km E of Ozernovskiy, Russia 13:28 UTC · Russia · USGS Moderate M5.1 Earthquake — south of the Kermadec Islands 13:22 UTC · Tonga · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — Scotia Sea 12:02 UTC · USGS Moderate M3.7 Earthquake — 4 km WSW of Houston, Alaska 09:24 UTC · United States · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 201 km N of Daocheng, China 05:34 UTC · China · USGS Moderate M4.7 Earthquake — 7 km NNW of Guiset East, Philippines 02:30 UTC · Philippines · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 59 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu 02:05 UTC · Vanuatu · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 163 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu 01:12 UTC · Vanuatu · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 59 km WNW of Isangel, Vanuatu 00:27 UTC · Vanuatu · USGS Moderate M2.8 Earthquake — 12 km W of Stanton, Texas 22:58 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.0 Earthquake — south of the Kermadec Islands 22:52 UTC · Tonga · USGS Minor M3.9 Earthquake — Pagan region, Northern Mariana Islands 22:47 UTC · Palau · USGS Minor M3.8 Earthquake — 8 km WNW of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea 22:06 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 42 km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX 21:01 UTC · Mexico · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 56 km NE of Valmy, Nevada 20:04 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.9 Earthquake — 10 km ENE of Moose Creek, Alaska 19:55 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.1 Earthquake — 15 km SE of Wright, Wyoming 19:46 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 57 km S of Whites City, New Mexico 18:41 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 22 km NNE of Yerington, Nevada 18:20 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.1 Earthquake — 12 km W of Stanton, Texas 17:42 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 35 km ESE of Malaga, New Mexico 15:17 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — southwest of Africa 15:11 UTC · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 226 km SE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia 14:07 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 53 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska 13:36 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 5 km W of Brawley, CA 11:30 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 7 km S of Guánica, Puerto Rico 11:06 UTC · Dominican Republic · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 135 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia 10:32 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 37 km W of Kotzebue, Alaska 10:31 UTC · USGS Minor M3.4 Earthquake — 84 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico 08:36 UTC · Saint Kitts and Nevis · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 10 km WNW of Kalaoa, Hawaii 08:28 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.0 Earthquake — 65 km ENE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu 08:19 UTC · Vanuatu · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 99 km NE of Barishal, Pakistan 07:37 UTC · China · USGS Minor M3.4 Earthquake — 85 km ENE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands 07:24 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 53 km ESE of Chignik, Alaska 07:22 UTC · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 72 km ENE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 05:25 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — south of Panama 04:53 UTC · Panama · USGS Minor M4.0 Earthquake — 45 km SE of San Agustín de Valle Fértil, Argentina 04:10 UTC · Argentina · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 23 km SSW of Mammoth, Wyoming 04:06 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 289 km ESE of Shikotan, Russia 03:50 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 95 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 01:16 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 21 km NW of Hoodsport, Washington 00:56 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 126 km WSW of Itoman, Japan 00:43 UTC · Japan · USGS Minor M3.1 Earthquake — 39 km WSW of Kotzebue, Alaska 00:03 UTC · USGS Minor M2.9 Earthquake — 54 km W of Kotzebue, Alaska 00:01 UTC · USGS Minor

2024 Hurricane Milton makes landfall in Siesta Key, Florida, as a Category 3 hurricane, causing US$34.3 billion in damage only two weeks after Hurricane Helene impacted the state. 1983 South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan survives an assassination attempt in Rangoon, Burma, but the blast kills 21 and injures 17 others. 1963 In Italy, a large landslide causes a giant wave to overtop the Vajont Dam, killing over 2,000. 1913 The steamship SS Volturno catches fire in the mid-Atlantic. 1911 An accidental bomb explosion triggers the Wuchang Uprising against the Qing dynasty, beginning the Xinhai Revolution. 1790 A severe earthquake in northern Algeria causes severe damage and a tsunami in the Mediterranean Sea and kills three thousand.