Incidents on 16 December 2025

M5.0 Earthquake — 258 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska 23:35 UTC · USGS Severe M5.1 Earthquake — 160 km SE of Kuril’sk, Russia 23:34 UTC · Russia · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 119 km ESE of Shikotan, Russia 17:27 UTC · Russia · USGS Moderate M4.7 Earthquake — 114 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga 17:19 UTC · Tonga · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 68 km SSE of Panguna, Papua New Guinea 15:49 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Moderate M3.3 Earthquake — 6 km S of Ojai, CA 15:06 UTC · United States · USGS Moderate M3.0 Earthquake — 4 km SE of San Ramon, CA 13:53 UTC · United States · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge 13:52 UTC · USGS Moderate M5.0 Earthquake — southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge 13:45 UTC · USGS Moderate M5.1 Earthquake — southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge 13:44 UTC · USGS Moderate M4.8 Earthquake — 168 km SW of Houma, Tonga 13:21 UTC · Tonga · USGS Moderate M4.9 Earthquake — south of the Fiji Islands 11:39 UTC · Fiji · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — Kuril Islands 10:08 UTC · Japan · USGS Moderate M4.7 Earthquake — 190 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia 09:30 UTC · Russia · USGS Moderate M5.2 Earthquake — 213 km SE of Kirakira, Solomon Islands 09:18 UTC · Solomon Islands · USGS Moderate M5.1 Earthquake — 133 km S of Honchō, Japan 05:38 UTC · Japan · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 15 km SSW of El Rosario, Nicaragua 04:55 UTC · Nicaragua · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — central Mid-Atlantic Ridge 03:42 UTC · Cabo Verde · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 29 km S of Ōfunato, Japan 02:45 UTC · Japan · USGS Moderate M4.1 Earthquake — 112 km WNW of Mohr, Iran 23:55 UTC · Iran · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 44 km WSW of Ferndale, CA 23:43 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 67 km SSW of Adak, Alaska 23:26 UTC · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 46 km SSE of Nelchina, Alaska 23:25 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.9 Earthquake — 61 km SSW of Adak, Alaska 23:17 UTC · USGS Minor M3.9 Earthquake — Pagan region, Northern Mariana Islands 23:03 UTC · Palau · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 101 km N of Yakutat, Alaska 23:02 UTC · Canada · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 93 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia 22:29 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 62 km ENE of Hachinohe, Japan 22:28 UTC · Japan · USGS Minor M4.0 Earthquake — 159 km SSW of Al Hufūf, Saudi Arabia 22:11 UTC · Saudi Arabia · USGS Minor M2.9 Earthquake — 95 km N of Yakutat, Alaska 22:11 UTC · Canada · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 23 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska 22:01 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.4 Earthquake — 149 km SSW of Channel Islands Beach, California 21:38 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 150 km NNE of Aksu, China 21:32 UTC · China · USGS Minor M3.2 Earthquake — 71 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska 21:09 UTC · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 199 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan 21:09 UTC · Japan · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 228 km WSW of Adak, Alaska 20:49 UTC · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — south of the Fiji Islands 20:29 UTC · Fiji · USGS Minor M4.0 Earthquake — 190 km SE of Shikotan, Russia 19:18 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 106 km N of Yakutat, Alaska 19:03 UTC · Canada · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 76 km NE of Ruby, Alaska 18:47 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 112 km N of Yakutat, Alaska 18:12 UTC · Canada · USGS Minor M3.5 Earthquake — 33 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska 18:01 UTC · USGS Minor M3.5 Earthquake — 26 km E of Mud Bay, Alaska 17:50 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.5 Earthquake — 45 km SSW of Ugashik, Alaska 17:43 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.9 Earthquake — 121 km WSW of Adak, Alaska 17:24 UTC · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 37 km E of Skwentna, Alaska 16:50 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — Fiji region 16:43 UTC · Fiji · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 137 km SSW of Pagar Alam, Indonesia 16:29 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 116 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska 16:09 UTC · Canada · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 61 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska 15:55 UTC · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 81 km N of Yakutat, Alaska 15:15 UTC · Canada · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 108 km N of Yakutat, Alaska 15:11 UTC · Canada · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 39 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska 14:54 UTC · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 17 km SW of Pos’yet, Russia 14:38 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M4.0 Earthquake — 191 km SW of Methóni, Greece 14:04 UTC · Greece · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 11 km SSE of Hukay, Philippines 13:14 UTC · Philippines · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 8 km NE of Muratpaşa, Turkey 13:11 UTC · Turkey · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 73 km SW of Lithakiá, Greece 11:56 UTC · Greece · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 114 km N of Yakutat, Alaska 11:54 UTC · Canada · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 120 km N of Yakutat, Alaska 11:50 UTC · Canada · USGS Minor M3.3 Earthquake — 16 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska 11:43 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 121 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska 11:25 UTC · Canada · USGS Minor M3.2 Earthquake — Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska 09:13 UTC · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 56 km S of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico 09:04 UTC · Dominican Republic · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 47 km E of Fox River, Alaska 08:48 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 38 km W of Salamatof, Alaska 08:31 UTC · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 32 km ESE of Los Andes, Chile 07:42 UTC · Chile · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 299 km E of Levuka, Fiji 07:32 UTC · Fiji · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 86 km NE of Otrada, Russia 06:40 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 29 km SE of Copiapó, Chile 06:10 UTC · Chile · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 10 km NNW of Katobu, Indonesia 05:41 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Minor M2.9 Earthquake — 189 km WSW of Pistol River, Oregon 05:28 UTC · USGS Minor M3.5 Earthquake — 155 km W of Pistol River, Oregon 05:27 UTC · USGS Minor M3.2 Earthquake — 210 km WSW of Pistol River, Oregon 05:26 UTC · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 135 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska 05:06 UTC · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 160 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 04:25 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M3.2 Earthquake — 2 km SW of G. L. Garcia, Puerto Rico 04:14 UTC · Saint Kitts and Nevis · USGS Minor M3.1 Earthquake — 110 km N of Yakutat, Alaska 04:12 UTC · Canada · USGS Minor M2.9 Earthquake — 30 km W of Rincón, Puerto Rico 02:43 UTC · Dominican Republic · USGS Minor M4.0 Earthquake — 61 km NE of Calama, Chile 02:11 UTC · Chile · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 80 km W of Petrolia, CA 01:44 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 13 km NW of Fillmore, CA 01:29 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 111 km N of Yakutat, Alaska 01:17 UTC · Canada · USGS Minor M2.9 Earthquake — 58 km ENE of Susitna North, Alaska 00:55 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 71 km N of Port-Vila, Vanuatu 00:43 UTC · Vanuatu · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 100 km N of Yakutat, Alaska 00:42 UTC · Canada · USGS Minor M3.1 Earthquake — 32 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska 00:37 UTC · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 28 km NE of Palora, Ecuador 00:30 UTC · Ecuador · USGS Minor

Estonia ferry disaster in 1994 caused by bow failure not explosion, report confirms 08:00 UTC · Nigeria · GNEWS · 11 sources Minor Explosion mortelle à Trévoux : les photos du sinistre 08:00 UTC · Senegal · GNEWS Minor Explosion d’un immeuble d’habitation dans l’Ain : le ministre de l’Intérieur s’est rendu sur les lieux du sinistre 08:00 UTC · DR Congo · GNEWS Minor

2022 A landslide occurs at a camp at an organic farm near the town of Batang Kali in Selangor, Malaysia, trapping 92 people and killing 31. 1986 The Jeltoqsan riots erupt in Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, in response to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev's dismissal of ethnic Kazakh Dinmukhamed Kunaev, the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan, and his replacement with Gennady Kolbin, an ethnic Russian from the Russian SFSR. 1960 A United Air Lines Douglas DC-8 and a TWA Lockheed Super Constellation collide over Staten Island, New York and crash, killing all 128 people aboard both aircraft and six more on the ground. 1920 The Haiyuan earthquake of 8.5Mw rocks the Gansu province in China, killing an estimated 200,000. 1880 Outbreak of the First Boer War between the Boer South African Republic and the British Empire. 1575 An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 8.5Mw strikes Valdivia, Chile.