Incidents on 3 January 2026

M4.8 Earthquake — 122 km ESE of Pondaguitan, Philippines 23:13 UTC · Philippines · USGS Moderate M5.0 Earthquake — 214 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea 22:25 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Moderate M5.0 Earthquake — Mid-Indian Ridge 22:03 UTC · Mauritius · USGS Moderate M4.7 Earthquake — 217 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines 20:46 UTC · Philippines · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 226 km E of Levuka, Fiji 19:26 UTC · Fiji · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 157 km NW of Caluula, Somalia 19:10 UTC · Somalia · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 8 km WSW of Doğanyol, Turkey 17:27 UTC · Turkey · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 238 km ENE of Kuril’sk, Russia 16:13 UTC · Russia · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 70 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu 15:18 UTC · Vanuatu · USGS Moderate M4.7 Earthquake — 24 km WNW of Gaolou, China 13:21 UTC · China · USGS Moderate M5.9 Earthquake — southeast Indian Ridge 10:07 UTC · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 29 km N of Alausí, Ecuador 08:46 UTC · Ecuador · USGS Moderate M4.7 Earthquake — 203 km E of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea 07:06 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Moderate M4.7 Earthquake — 128 km NNW of Houma, Tonga 06:16 UTC · Tonga · USGS Moderate M4.7 Earthquake — 119 km NW of Hihifo, Tonga 06:14 UTC · Tonga · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 117 km N of Paciran, Indonesia 02:12 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Moderate M5.0 Earthquake — 31 km S of Mendi, Papua New Guinea 01:26 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Moderate M2.9 Earthquake — 103 km N of Yakutat, Alaska 23:54 UTC · Canada · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 223 km ENE of Kuril’sk, Russia 22:58 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 159 km NNE of Singaraja, Indonesia 22:47 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 67 km SSE of Kastrí, Greece 22:26 UTC · Greece · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 94 km SSW of Paracas, Peru 20:17 UTC · Peru · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 8 km SSE of Yilan, Taiwan 19:52 UTC · Taiwan · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 38 km NW of Kalaoa, Hawaii 19:49 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 105 km NNW of Yakutat, Alaska 19:08 UTC · Canada · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 31 km SSW of Akutan, Alaska 18:48 UTC · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 49 km E of Arica, Chile 18:42 UTC · Chile · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 144 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska 18:25 UTC · USGS Minor M3.6 Earthquake — 34 km NNW of Adak, Alaska 18:21 UTC · USGS Minor M3.3 Earthquake — 111 km N of Yakutat, Alaska 17:40 UTC · Canada · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 39 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska 17:32 UTC · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 103 km N of Yakutat, Alaska 17:31 UTC · Canada · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 260 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia 15:18 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — Maug Islands region, Northern Mariana Islands 15:10 UTC · Palau · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 150 km WSW of Adak, Alaska 14:32 UTC · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 94 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska 14:31 UTC · USGS Minor M4.0 Earthquake — 132 km S of Ōyama, Japan 14:12 UTC · Japan · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 3 km ESE of Pinnacles, CA 14:09 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 290 km WSW of Houma, Tonga 13:53 UTC · Tonga · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 41 km S of Adak, Alaska 13:49 UTC · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 30 km NW of Ashkāsham, Afghanistan 13:03 UTC · Afghanistan · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 113 km N of Yakutat, Alaska 12:59 UTC · Canada · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 6 km SW of Molagavita, Colombia 12:50 UTC · Colombia · USGS Minor M3.3 Earthquake — 107 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska 12:48 UTC · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 98 km SE of King Cove, Alaska 12:03 UTC · USGS Minor M2.9 Earthquake — 64 km NNE of Luquillo, Puerto Rico 10:35 UTC · Saint Kitts and Nevis · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 39 km SE of Khorugh, Tajikistan 10:32 UTC · Tajikistan · USGS Minor M3.6 Earthquake — 8 km NNE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic 10:21 UTC · Dominican Republic · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 31 km NNE of Lubuklinggau, Indonesia 10:12 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 56 km SE of Chignik, Alaska 10:10 UTC · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 63 km WNW of Elfin Cove, Alaska 10:04 UTC · Canada · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 131 km WSW of Adak, Alaska 09:48 UTC · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 66 km ENE of Miches, Dominican Republic 09:46 UTC · Dominican Republic · USGS Minor M3.4 Earthquake — Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska 09:44 UTC · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 95 km SW of Akhiok, Alaska 08:36 UTC · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 97 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska 08:24 UTC · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 6 km SSE of South Van Horn, Alaska 08:20 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 48 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska 08:04 UTC · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 139 km WSW of Akhiok, Alaska 07:34 UTC · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 3 km ENE of Socorro, Philippines 06:53 UTC · Philippines · USGS Minor M3.7 Earthquake — 228 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska 06:42 UTC · USGS Minor M3.4 Earthquake — 89 km E of Akutan, Alaska 06:23 UTC · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 2 km NW of Levittown, Puerto Rico 06:23 UTC · Saint Kitts and Nevis · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 76 km SSW of Adak, Alaska 06:15 UTC · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 103 km S of Sand Point, Alaska 05:57 UTC · USGS Minor M3.5 Earthquake — 111 km N of Yakutat, Alaska 05:48 UTC · Canada · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 101 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska 05:35 UTC · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 84 km SW of Adak, Alaska 05:31 UTC · USGS Minor M2.9 Earthquake — 214 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska 05:31 UTC · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 60 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska 05:19 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.0 Earthquake — 9 km S of Llano de la Puerta, Mexico 04:42 UTC · Mexico · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 87 km S of Sand Point, Alaska 04:36 UTC · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 29 km ENE of Beluga, Alaska 04:22 UTC · United States · USGS Minor Watch: Powerful Earthquake and Terrifying Moments 04:15 UTC · Lebanon · GNEWS Minor M3.1 Earthquake — 91 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska 03:21 UTC · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 82 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska 02:01 UTC · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 107 km SSE of Ugashik, Alaska 01:14 UTC · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 99 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska 01:10 UTC · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 232 km SW of Bandar Lampung, Indonesia 00:38 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 63 km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina 00:00 UTC · Argentina · USGS Minor

2004 Flash Airlines Flight 604 crashes into the Red Sea, resulting in 148 deaths, making it one of the deadliest aviation accidents in Egyptian history. 1994 Baikal Airlines Flight 130 crashes near Mamoney, Irkutsk, Russia, resulting in 125 deaths. 1987 Varig Flight 797 crashes near Akouré in the Ivory Coast, resulting in 50 deaths. 1961 The SL-1 nuclear reactor, near Idaho Falls, Idaho, is destroyed by a steam explosion in the only reactor incident in the United States to cause immediate fatalities. 1956 A fire damages the top part of the Eiffel Tower. 1920 Over 640 are killed after a magnitude 6.4 earthquake strikes the Mexican states Puebla and Veracruz. 1913 An Atlantic coast storm sets the lowest confirmed barometric pressure reading (955.0 mb (28.20 inHg)) for a non-tropical system in the continental United States. 1911 A magnitude 7.7 earthquake destroys the city of Almaty in Russian Turkestan. 1911 A gun battle in the East End of London leaves two dead. It sparked a political row over the involvement of then-Home Secretary Winston Churchill.