Incidents on 16 January 2026

M6.0 Earthquake — off the coast of Oregon 03:25 UTC · USGS Severe M5.1 Earthquake — 28 km W of Amahai, Indonesia 23:50 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Moderate M5.2 Earthquake — 55 km NE of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, Russia 23:22 UTC · Russia · USGS Moderate M4.8 Earthquake — 44 km SSW of Angoram, Papua New Guinea 22:07 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Moderate M4.8 Earthquake — West Chile Rise 21:38 UTC · Chile · USGS Moderate M4.9 Earthquake — West Chile Rise 21:04 UTC · Chile · USGS Moderate M4.9 Earthquake — 93 km ENE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga 20:46 UTC · Tonga · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — Bonin Islands, Japan region 20:06 UTC · Japan · USGS Moderate M5.0 Earthquake — 120 km ENE of Hachinohe, Japan 19:36 UTC · Japan · USGS Moderate M5.3 Earthquake — 97 km SSW of Honchō, Japan 19:34 UTC · Japan · USGS Moderate M5.1 Earthquake — western Indian-Antarctic Ridge 17:52 UTC · USGS Moderate M5.5 Earthquake — western Indian-Antarctic Ridge 16:41 UTC · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 151 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga 14:51 UTC · Tonga · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 77 km SSE of Ligayan, Philippines 12:41 UTC · Philippines · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 54 km E of Baculin, Philippines 11:54 UTC · Philippines · USGS Moderate M4.7 Earthquake — southeast of the Loyalty Islands 11:15 UTC · Fiji · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 53 km SE of Bobon, Philippines 11:04 UTC · Philippines · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 125 km E of Miyako, Japan 09:04 UTC · Japan · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 54 km SE of Hualien City, Taiwan 08:49 UTC · Taiwan · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — southeast of the Loyalty Islands 08:20 UTC · Vanuatu · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 18 km ENE of Sama Grande, Peru 07:34 UTC · Peru · USGS Moderate M4.7 Earthquake — southeast of the Loyalty Islands 07:28 UTC · Fiji · USGS Moderate M4.9 Earthquake — 4 km WSW of Cepitá, Colombia 07:05 UTC · Colombia · USGS Moderate M4.9 Earthquake — 5 km WSW of San Marcos, Mexico 06:42 UTC · Mexico · USGS Moderate M5.2 Earthquake — 13 km WNW of Omoa, Honduras 06:08 UTC · Honduras · USGS Moderate M4.7 Earthquake — South Sandwich Islands region 04:59 UTC · USGS Moderate M5.0 Earthquake — 38 km N of Barrio Industrial, Chile 02:13 UTC · Chile · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — South Sandwich Islands region 00:59 UTC · USGS Moderate M4.2 Earthquake — 99 km SSW of La Barra de Colotepec, Mexico 23:05 UTC · Mexico · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 10 km NNW of Avenal, CA 22:07 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 4 km SE of Chenega, Alaska 21:55 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.0 Earthquake — 25 km W of Cohoe, Alaska 21:44 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 128 km N of Yambrasbamba, Peru 21:15 UTC · Peru · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 10 km NNW of Avenal, CA 21:12 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 166 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 20:39 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M4.0 Earthquake — Fiji region 19:21 UTC · Fiji · USGS Minor M3.8 Earthquake — 41 km WNW of Elfin Cove, Alaska 18:35 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 64 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska 18:10 UTC · USGS Minor M3.2 Earthquake — 6 km WNW of Pāhala, Hawaii 17:55 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 6 km S of Pāhala, Hawaii 17:44 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.5 Earthquake — 157 km WSW of Adak, Alaska 17:21 UTC · USGS Minor M3.2 Earthquake — 105 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska 16:48 UTC · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 34 km ESE of Igiugig, Alaska 16:32 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — east of the Philippine Islands 16:07 UTC · Taiwan · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 7 km NNE of Houston, Alaska 16:02 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — South Sandwich Islands region 15:40 UTC · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 0 km NNW of Nayoro, Japan 15:39 UTC · Japan · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 7 km ENE of Pearsall, Texas 14:53 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 251 km E of Levuka, Fiji 14:05 UTC · Fiji · USGS Minor M3.0 Earthquake — 108 km S of King Cove, Alaska 13:35 UTC · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — south of the Fiji Islands 13:20 UTC · Fiji · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 117 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia 11:44 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Minor M3.1 Earthquake — 28 km NE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands 11:33 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 78 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska 11:14 UTC · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 44 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska 10:42 UTC · USGS Minor M4.0 Earthquake — 10 km W of Maliq, Albania 10:28 UTC · Albania · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 21 km W of Petrolia, CA 10:05 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.1 Earthquake — 117 km N of Yakutat, Alaska 10:03 UTC · Canada · USGS Minor M3.8 Earthquake — 109 km N of Yakutat, Alaska 09:40 UTC · Canada · USGS Minor M3.1 Earthquake — 55 km NNW of Petersville, Alaska 09:25 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 118 km N of Yakutat, Alaska 08:48 UTC · Canada · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 34 km SSE of Hope, New Mexico 08:22 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.9 Earthquake — 74 km SE of Kokhanok, Alaska 08:18 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.1 Earthquake — 282 km W of Bandon, Oregon 06:35 UTC · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 6 km NNE of Baculin, Philippines 06:31 UTC · Philippines · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 64 km SE of King Cove, Alaska 06:24 UTC · USGS Minor M2.9 Earthquake — 101 km N of Yakutat, Alaska 05:36 UTC · Canada · USGS Minor M3.3 Earthquake — 35 km SSE of Hope, New Mexico 05:18 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.9 Earthquake — 249 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska 04:55 UTC · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 51 km W of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina 04:49 UTC · Argentina · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 33 km SSE of Hope, New Mexico 03:45 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 59 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska 03:11 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 44 km SSE of Yilan, Taiwan 03:09 UTC · Taiwan · USGS Minor M2.9 Earthquake — 97 km S of Sand Point, Alaska 03:05 UTC · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 11 km WSW of Stanton, Texas 02:44 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.2 Earthquake — 89 km S of Unalaska, Alaska 02:38 UTC · USGS Minor M3.4 Earthquake — 14 km S of Tres Pinos, CA 02:24 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 96 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska 02:12 UTC · USGS Minor M3.2 Earthquake — 31 km NW of Toyah, Texas 02:05 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 44 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska 02:03 UTC · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 115 km N of Yakutat, Alaska 01:43 UTC · Canada · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 134 km WSW of Adak, Alaska 01:26 UTC · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 186 km SE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia 00:59 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M3.4 Earthquake — 34 km SSE of Hope, New Mexico 00:31 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 71 km SE of Akutan, Alaska 00:02 UTC · USGS Minor

Utrecht: Explosion im historischen Zentrum nach mutmaßlichem Gasleck 08:00 UTC · Netherlands · GNEWS Moderate

তপসিয়ায় আসবাবের কারখানায় ভয়াবহ অগ্নিকাণ্ড, ঘটনাস্থলে দমকল 11:25 UTC · Bangladesh · GNEWS Minor

Petronas extends care packages to flood-affected communities in Sarawak 08:00 UTC · Malaysia · GNEWS Minor

2018 Myanmar police open fire on a group of ethnic Rakhine protesters, killing seven and wounding twelve. 1995 An avalanche hits the Icelandic village Súðavík, destroying 25 homes and burying 26 people, 14 of whom died. 1942 Crash of TWA Flight 3, killing all 22 aboard, including film star Carole Lombard. 1862 Hartley Colliery disaster: Two hundred and four men and boys killed in a mining disaster, prompting a change in UK law which henceforth required all collieries to have at least two independent means of escape. 1362 Saint Marcellus's flood kills at least 25,000 people on the shores of the North Sea.