Incidents on 16 November 2025

M5.2 Earthquake — Revilla Gigedo Islands region 21:44 UTC · Mexico · USGS Moderate M5.0 Earthquake — 130 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga 21:39 UTC · Tonga · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 190 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia 21:17 UTC · Russia · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 102 km NE of Kainantu, Papua New Guinea 20:37 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 89 km N of Thang, India 19:56 UTC · China · USGS Moderate M5.1 Earthquake — 213 km SE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia 18:48 UTC · Russia · USGS Moderate M4.9 Earthquake — 165 km SW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea 16:37 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 134 km E of Miyako, Japan 13:19 UTC · Japan · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 28 km SSE of Buenos Aires, Costa Rica 11:51 UTC · Costa Rica · USGS Moderate M4.9 Earthquake — 43 km NNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu 11:29 UTC · Vanuatu · USGS Moderate M4.8 Earthquake — 169 km WSW of Merizo Village, Guam 10:07 UTC · Palau · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 0 km S of Tiblawan, Philippines 06:35 UTC · Philippines · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — western Indian-Antarctic Ridge 06:15 UTC · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 248 km SSW of Jimbaran, Indonesia 05:33 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Moderate M4.8 Earthquake — 86 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 02:57 UTC · Russia · USGS Moderate M4.9 Earthquake — South Sandwich Islands region 00:00 UTC · USGS Moderate M2.8 Earthquake — 2 km SSE of Liborio Negron Torres, Puerto Rico 23:38 UTC · Dominican Republic · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 9 km E of Wright, Wyoming 23:02 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska 21:01 UTC · USGS Minor M3.1 Earthquake — 17 km ENE of Wright, Wyoming 21:00 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.1 Earthquake — 71 km SSE of Estacion Coahuila, B.C., MX 20:25 UTC · Mexico · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 267 km WNW of Ozernovskiy, Russia 20:00 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 6 km ENE of Villa Isabela, Dominican Republic 19:59 UTC · Dominican Republic · USGS Minor M3.0 Earthquake — 120 km WSW of Adak, Alaska 18:05 UTC · USGS Minor M4.0 Earthquake — 88 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska 16:30 UTC · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 50 km ESE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia 16:22 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 245 km E of Levuka, Fiji 15:43 UTC · Fiji · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 11 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico 14:27 UTC · Dominican Republic · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — Greenland Sea 14:09 UTC · Iceland · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 5 km WSW of Westbrook, Texas 14:01 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.6 Earthquake — 143 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska 12:02 UTC · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 167 km E of Beauséjour, Guadeloupe 10:34 UTC · Dominica · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 83 km SSW of Goroka, Papua New Guinea 10:17 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 108 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia 08:40 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 23 km ESE of Anza, CA 08:22 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 205 km WNW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea 07:16 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 10 km SSW of Cerro Verde, Peru 07:03 UTC · Peru · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 3 km NW of Ōtaki, Japan 07:03 UTC · Japan · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 73 km SSE of Estacion Coahuila, B.C., MX 06:53 UTC · Mexico · USGS Minor M3.1 Earthquake — 65 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands 06:32 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.9 Earthquake — 58 km S of Whites City, New Mexico 05:26 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 276 km WNW of Longyearbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen 05:03 UTC · Iceland · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 160 km S of Pundong, Indonesia 04:16 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 54 km S of Whites City, New Mexico 03:44 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 173 km ESE of Aral, China 02:42 UTC · China · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — Kermadec Islands region 01:27 UTC · Tonga · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 279 km E of Levuka, Fiji 00:56 UTC · Fiji · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 12 km WSW of Mollebamba, Peru 00:30 UTC · Peru · USGS Minor M2.9 Earthquake — 4 km NW of Rincón, Puerto Rico 00:11 UTC · Dominican Republic · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 118 km E of Yamada, Japan 00:09 UTC · Japan · USGS Minor

2002 The first cases of the 2002–2004 SARS outbreak are traced to Foshan, Guangdong Province, China. 1989 El Salvadoran army troops kill six Jesuit priests and two others at Jose Simeon Canas University. 1940 New York City's "Mad Bomber" George Metesky places his first bomb at a Manhattan office building used by Consolidated Edison.