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Incidents on 18 November 2025

Tuesday, 18 November 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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M4.1 Earthquake — 7 km W of Templeton, CA 17:54 UTC · United States · USGS Severe M3.3 Earthquake — 4 km SE of San Ramon, CA 06:47 UTC · United States · USGS Severe M5.5 Earthquake — 55 km WSW of Puerto Cortés, Costa Rica 22:36 UTC · Costa Rica · USGS Moderate M4.7 Earthquake — West Chile Rise 21:25 UTC · Chile · USGS Moderate M5.3 Earthquake — Mid-Indian Ridge 15:35 UTC · Mauritius · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 50 km ESE of Union, Philippines 15:12 UTC · Philippines · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — south of the Fiji Islands 14:42 UTC · Fiji · USGS Moderate M4.9 Earthquake — Drake Passage 14:23 UTC · USGS Moderate M4.9 Earthquake — 110 km NE of Kuji, Japan 08:21 UTC · Japan · USGS Moderate M4.9 Earthquake — 71 km WNW of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina 07:11 UTC · Argentina · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 99 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska 07:08 UTC · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 51 km ESE of Kamaishi, Japan 02:05 UTC · Japan · USGS Moderate M4.8 Earthquake — Kermadec Islands, New Zealand 00:55 UTC · New Zealand · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 161 km NNW of Sola, Vanuatu 00:19 UTC · Vanuatu · USGS Moderate M3.1 Earthquake — 96 km WNW of Arctic Village, Alaska 22:34 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.0 Earthquake — 56 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska 21:57 UTC · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 87 km E of Levuka, Fiji 20:15 UTC · Fiji · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 92 km NNE of Taltal, Chile 19:58 UTC · Chile · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 191 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia 19:47 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 88 km S of Sand Point, Alaska 18:32 UTC · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 85 km ENE of Circle, Alaska 18:25 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 118 km SW of Bushehr, Iran 15:46 UTC · Iran · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 67 km NNW of Waisai, Indonesia 15:10 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Minor M2.9 Earthquake — 102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska 14:29 UTC · USGS Minor M4.0 Earthquake — 135 km NE of Sola, Vanuatu 14:19 UTC · Vanuatu · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 94 km SSE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea 13:55 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Minor M3.5 Earthquake — Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska 12:40 UTC · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 16 km ESE of Ventotene, Italy 12:36 UTC · Italy · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — Banda Sea 10:58 UTC · Timor-Leste · USGS Minor M2.9 Earthquake — 155 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska 10:32 UTC · USGS Minor M3.9 Earthquake — 196 km W of Bandon, Oregon 09:44 UTC · USGS Minor M3.2 Earthquake — 175 km W of Ferndale, California 09:42 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 94 km SSE of Kastrí, Greece 09:27 UTC · Greece · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — western Indian-Antarctic Ridge 09:07 UTC · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 113 km S of Sand Point, Alaska 08:52 UTC · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 4 km SE of San Ramon, CA 08:08 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 104 km S of Sand Point, Alaska 07:31 UTC · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 212 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia 06:41 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 67 km SSE of Adak, Alaska 06:39 UTC · USGS Minor M2.9 Earthquake — 63 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska 05:59 UTC · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — Fiji region 05:48 UTC · Fiji · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 93 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska 05:16 UTC · USGS Minor M2.9 Earthquake — 157 km WSW of Adak, Alaska 05:13 UTC · USGS Minor M3.1 Earthquake — 94 km WSW of Adak, Alaska 05:08 UTC · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 79 km ESE of San Ignacio, Philippines 04:40 UTC · Philippines · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — western Xizang 04:15 UTC · China · USGS Minor M3.4 Earthquake — 20 km SSW of Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands 02:24 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 15 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska 00:56 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.3 Earthquake — 116 km S of Sand Point, Alaska 00:38 UTC · USGS Minor M3.0 Earthquake — 57 km S of Whites City, New Mexico 00:18 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 76 km WNW of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina 00:07 UTC · Argentina · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 64 km WNW of Puerto Villamil, Ecuador 00:02 UTC · Ecuador · USGS Minor M4.0 Earthquake — 8 km SW of Kanaláki, Greece 00:01 UTC · Greece · USGS Minor

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1996 A fire occurs on a train traveling through the Channel Tunnel from France to England causing several injuries and damaging approximately 500 metres (1,600 ft) of tunnel. 1987 King's Cross fire: In London, 31 people die in a fire at the city's busiest underground station, King's Cross St Pancras. 1983 Aeroflot Flight 6833 is hijacked en route from Tbilisi to Leningrad. After returning to Tbilisi, the aircraft is subsequently raided on the ground, resulting in seven deaths. 1949 The Iva Valley Shooting occurs after the coal miners of Enugu in Nigeria go on strike over withheld wages; 21 miners are shot dead and 51 are wounded by police under the supervision of the British colonial administration of Nigeria. 1947 The Ballantyne's Department Store fire in Christchurch, New Zealand, kills 41; it is the worst fire disaster in the history of New Zealand. 1943 World War II: In the first action of the Berlin Air Offensive, four hundred and forty Royal Air Force planes bomb Berlin causing only light damage and killing 131. The RAF loses nine aircraft and 53 air crew. 1929 Grand Banks earthquake: Off the south coast of Newfoundland in the Atlantic Ocean, a Richter magnitude 7.2 submarine earthquake, centered on the Grand Banks, breaks 12 submarine transatlantic telegraph cables and triggers a tsunami that destroys many south coast communities in the Burin Peninsula. 1867 An earthquake strikes the Virgin Islands, triggering the largest tsunami witnessed in the Caribbean and killing dozens. 1421 St Elizabeth's flood: A dike in the Grote Hollandse Waard in the Netherlands breaks, killing about 10,000 people.

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