Incidents on 20 October 2025

M4.9 Earthquake — 83 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 22:43 UTC · Russia · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 178 km N of Metinaro, Timor Leste 22:31 UTC · Timor-Leste · USGS Moderate M5.0 Earthquake — Kuril Islands 22:30 UTC · Japan · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — south of the Fiji Islands 22:22 UTC · Fiji · USGS Moderate M4.7 Earthquake — 16 km NW of San José de Ocoa, Dominican Republic 19:13 UTC · Dominican Republic · USGS Moderate M5.1 Earthquake — 7 km WSW of Takahama, Japan 19:04 UTC · Japan · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 202 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 18:53 UTC · Russia · USGS Moderate M4.7 Earthquake — 194 km WNW of Abepura, Indonesia 18:50 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Moderate M4.9 Earthquake — 71 km SSW of Adak, Alaska 18:45 UTC · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 42 km ENE of Nūrābād, Iran 18:14 UTC · Iran · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 44 km SE of Ādīgrat, Ethiopia 16:26 UTC · Ethiopia · USGS Moderate M5.1 Earthquake — 154 km N of Maumere, Indonesia 16:16 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Moderate M4.9 Earthquake — 196 km WNW of Abepura, Indonesia 16:15 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 28 km NNW of Shahrud, Iran 11:55 UTC · Iran · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 233 km SE of Birżebbuġa, Malta 11:51 UTC · Malta · USGS Moderate M5.8 Earthquake — 93 km ESE of Santiago, Philippines 11:35 UTC · Philippines · USGS Moderate M4.7 Earthquake — Falkland Islands region 09:14 UTC · Argentina · USGS Moderate M4.8 Earthquake — 65 km NW of Waingapu, Indonesia 05:56 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Moderate M4.7 Earthquake — 50 km W of Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan 05:42 UTC · Pakistan · USGS Moderate M4.9 Earthquake — 201 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 04:18 UTC · Russia · USGS Moderate M4.9 Earthquake — 66 km W of Pagsanahan Norte, Philippines 02:43 UTC · Philippines · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 103 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia 01:38 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — Ascension Island region 00:42 UTC · Liberia · USGS Moderate M4.3 Earthquake — 137 km ESE of Ozernovskiy, Russia 23:57 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M3.9 Earthquake — south of Alaska 23:52 UTC · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 173 km NE of Tokār, Sudan 22:13 UTC · Sudan · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 36 km E of Khandūd, Afghanistan 21:56 UTC · Afghanistan · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 63 km ESE of Gigmoto, Philippines 21:29 UTC · Philippines · USGS Minor M3.9 Earthquake — 29 km NW of Comrie, United Kingdom 17:06 UTC · United Kingdom · USGS Minor M4.0 Earthquake — 51 km WSW of Challapata, Bolivia 16:53 UTC · Bolivia · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 55 km ESE of Ādīgrat, Ethiopia 16:27 UTC · Ethiopia · USGS Minor M3.8 Earthquake — 40 km NE of Yigo Village, Guam 15:54 UTC · Palau · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 81 km ESE of Manay, Philippines 15:47 UTC · Philippines · USGS Minor M3.1 Earthquake — 5 km WNW of Salcha, Alaska 13:45 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 5 km WSW of Westbrook, Texas 12:27 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 14 km NNE of Skwentna, Alaska 12:00 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 202 km WNW of Tual, Indonesia 10:56 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 120 km ENE of Kashgar, China 09:46 UTC · China · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — Fiji region 09:42 UTC · Fiji · USGS Minor Seismic-like event, possible earthquake, reported few minutes ago near Wiener Neustadt, Lower Austria, Austria 07:00 UTC · Italy · GNEWS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 29 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska 06:06 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 55 km S of Whites City, New Mexico 04:03 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 215 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia 02:11 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M4.0 Earthquake — 41 km SSW of Jurm, Afghanistan 01:00 UTC · Afghanistan · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 79 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 00:56 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M3.0 Earthquake — 3 km NNW of Lively, Canada 00:46 UTC · Canada · USGS Minor

2011 Libyan Crisis: Rebel forces capture Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi and his son Mutassim in his hometown of Sirte and kill them shortly thereafter, ending the first Libyan civil war. 1991 A 6.8 Mw earthquake strikes the Uttarkashi region of India, killing more than 1,000 people. 1982 During the UEFA Cup match between FC Spartak Moscow and HFC Haarlem, 66 people are crushed to death in the Luzhniki disaster. 1973 Watergate scandal: "Saturday Night Massacre": United States President Richard Nixon fires U.S. Attorney General Elliot Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus after they refuse to fire special prosecutor Archibald Cox, who is finally fired by Solicitor General Robert Bork.