Incidents on 18 January 2026

M4.5 Earthquake — 69 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan 22:41 UTC · Japan · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 99 km W of Sola, Vanuatu 22:22 UTC · Vanuatu · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 49 km SSE of Severobaykal’sk, Russia 20:29 UTC · Russia · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 52 km S of Modisi, Indonesia 17:53 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Moderate M5.3 Earthquake — 290 km SW of Riverton, New Zealand 16:45 UTC · New Zealand · USGS Moderate M5.2 Earthquake — West Chile Rise 16:06 UTC · Chile · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 202 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines 15:18 UTC · Philippines · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — west of the Galapagos Islands 12:55 UTC · El Salvador · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — South Sandwich Islands region 12:48 UTC · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 171 km E of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia 12:48 UTC · Russia · USGS Moderate M5.3 Earthquake — 122 km SSE of ‘Ohonua, Tonga 12:31 UTC · Tonga · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 138 km SW of Sanana, Indonesia 11:27 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 48 km WSW of Hihifo, Tonga 11:05 UTC · Tonga · USGS Moderate M4.8 Earthquake — 58 km SSE of Akkeshi, Japan 09:46 UTC · Japan · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 43 km NE of Hualien City, Taiwan 08:47 UTC · Taiwan · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — Kuril Islands 06:52 UTC · Japan · USGS Moderate M5.0 Earthquake — 203 km W of Abepura, Indonesia 06:38 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 267 km W of Neiafu, Tonga 05:16 UTC · Tonga · USGS Moderate M5.0 Earthquake — 89 km SSE of Tondano, Indonesia 04:16 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 130 km ESE of Kuril’sk, Russia 03:25 UTC · Russia · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 4 km ESE of Plan de Agua Prieta, Mexico 03:12 UTC · Mexico · USGS Moderate M4.1 Earthquake — 34 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska 02:45 UTC · United States · USGS Moderate M4.9 Earthquake — 149 km W of Abepura, Indonesia 01:15 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Moderate M2.5 Earthquake — 68 km NNW of Rampart, Alaska 23:28 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.8 Earthquake — 31 km E of Atka, Alaska 21:51 UTC · USGS Minor M2.9 Earthquake — 21 km E of Wright, Wyoming 21:01 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 13 km S of Susitna North, Alaska 20:51 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 76 km WSW of Adak, Alaska 20:34 UTC · USGS Minor M3.9 Earthquake — 98 km ESE of Takahagi, Japan 20:33 UTC · Japan · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 4 km SE of Lytle Creek, CA 20:20 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.1 Earthquake — 99 km N of Yakutat, Alaska 20:17 UTC · Canada · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 99 km E of Chignik, Alaska 19:20 UTC · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 127 km S of Vilyuchinsk, Russia 17:24 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 22 km SSE of Chiniak, Alaska 16:41 UTC · USGS Minor M3.3 Earthquake — 14 km W of Johannesburg, CA 16:24 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.3 Earthquake — 15 km W of Johannesburg, CA 16:21 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — south of the Fiji Islands 16:05 UTC · Fiji · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 94 km NNW of Uruzgān, Afghanistan 15:00 UTC · Afghanistan · USGS Minor M3.6 Earthquake — 15 km WSW of Johannesburg, CA 14:54 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 260 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia 13:58 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 4 km N of Santa Domenica Vittoria, Italy 13:54 UTC · Italy · USGS Minor M4.0 Earthquake — Pagan region, Northern Mariana Islands 13:42 UTC · Palau · USGS Minor M3.1 Earthquake — 43 km SE of Chignik, Alaska 13:33 UTC · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 90 km S of Sand Point, Alaska 13:33 UTC · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 91 km NW of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea 13:00 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Minor M3.0 Earthquake — 37 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska 12:58 UTC · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 41 km N of Carrizales, Puerto Rico 12:35 UTC · Dominican Republic · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 55 km SSE of Adak, Alaska 12:15 UTC · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 81 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska 12:11 UTC · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 109 km S of Sand Point, Alaska 11:52 UTC · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 16 km E of Ocotillo Wells, CA 11:42 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 10 km N of Carrizales, Puerto Rico 11:40 UTC · Dominican Republic · USGS Minor M3.3 Earthquake — 35 km SSE of Hope, New Mexico 11:36 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 110 km N of Yakutat, Alaska 11:03 UTC · Canada · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 87 km WSW of Karluk, Alaska 10:52 UTC · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 37 km NNE of Yigo Village, Guam 09:51 UTC · Palau · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 111 km N of Yakutat, Alaska 09:25 UTC · Canada · USGS Minor M3.6 Earthquake — 118 km S of Nikolski, Alaska 08:54 UTC · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 86 km W of Salamatof, Alaska 08:40 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 69 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska 07:47 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.3 Earthquake — 213 km SE of Atka, Alaska 06:03 UTC · USGS Minor M2.9 Earthquake — 115 km N of Yakutat, Alaska 05:43 UTC · Canada · USGS Minor M3.7 Earthquake — 84 km S of Sand Point, Alaska 05:37 UTC · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 39 km W of Bantogon, Philippines 03:55 UTC · Philippines · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 287 km ESE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia 03:01 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — Izu Islands, Japan region 02:14 UTC · Japan · USGS Minor M3.5 Earthquake — 127 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska 01:50 UTC · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 101 km SE of Fayrōz Kōh, Afghanistan 01:35 UTC · Afghanistan · USGS Minor M3.5 Earthquake — 3 km SE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii 00:12 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 103 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska 00:09 UTC · USGS Minor

MPAJ investigating cause of landslide in Taman Bukit Permai 08:00 UTC · Malaysia · GNEWS Minor

2026 At least 45 people are killed and 292 others injured after two trains collide in Adamuz in the worst railway disaster in over a decade in Spain. 2023 A helicopter crash in Ukraine leaves 14 people dead, including the country's Interior Minister, Denys Monastyrsky. 2019 An oil pipeline explosion near Tlahuelilpan, Hidalgo, Mexico, kills 137 people. 2018 A bus catches fire on the Samara–Shymkent road in Yrgyz District, Aktobe, Kazakhstan. The fire kills 52 passengers, with three passengers and two drivers escaping. 2007 The strongest storm in the United Kingdom in 17 years kills 14 people and Germany sees the worst storm since 1999 with 13 deaths. Cyclone Kyrill causes at least 44 deaths across 20 countries in Western Europe. 1977 Australia's worst rail disaster occurs at Granville, Sydney, killing 83. 1977 SFR Yugoslavia's Prime minister, Džemal Bijedić, his wife and six others are killed in a plane crash in Bosnia and Herzegovina. 1976 Lebanese Christian militias kill at least 1,000 in Karantina, Beirut. 1960 Capital Airlines Flight 20 crashes into a farm in Charles City County, Virginia, killing all 50 aboard, the third fatal Capital Airlines crash in as many years. 1586 The magnitude 7.9 Tenshō earthquake strikes Honshu, Japan, killing 8,000 people and triggering a tsunami.