Incidents on 17 February 2026

M4.6 Earthquake — 137 km SW of Adak, Alaska 23:12 UTC · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 76 km NW of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea 22:52 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 151 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia 20:01 UTC · Russia · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 67 km SSE of Modisi, Indonesia 19:24 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Moderate M3.6 Earthquake — 4 km S of Banning, CA 18:57 UTC · United States · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — Mid-Indian Ridge 18:09 UTC · Mauritius · USGS Moderate M4.9 Earthquake — 100 km S of Kawalu, Indonesia 18:00 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 154 km W of Gorontalo, Indonesia 17:30 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 70 km NNE of Calama, Chile 15:35 UTC · Chile · USGS Moderate M4.9 Earthquake — south of the Fiji Islands 15:11 UTC · Fiji · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 20 km NNE of Jinghong, China 15:05 UTC · China · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 297 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia 14:20 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 253 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan 13:00 UTC · Japan · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 108 km E of Tual, Indonesia 12:41 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — South Sandwich Islands region 10:59 UTC · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 175 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste 10:57 UTC · Timor-Leste · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 28 km NE of Turgen, Kazakhstan 10:08 UTC · Kazakhstan · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — South Sandwich Islands region 09:44 UTC · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 166 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia 08:09 UTC · Russia · USGS Moderate M4.7 Earthquake — South Sandwich Islands region 07:01 UTC · USGS Moderate M5.4 Earthquake — South Sandwich Islands region 03:36 UTC · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 45 km ENE of Cortes, Philippines 03:32 UTC · Philippines · USGS Moderate M4.8 Earthquake — South Sandwich Islands region 03:13 UTC · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge 03:11 UTC · Ireland · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — West Chile Rise 02:37 UTC · Chile · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 19 km NNW of Ajigasawa, Japan 02:30 UTC · Japan · USGS Moderate M4.7 Earthquake — South Sandwich Islands region 02:25 UTC · USGS Moderate M4.9 Earthquake — South Sandwich Islands region 02:20 UTC · USGS Moderate M2.8 Earthquake — 6 km W of Malibu, CA 00:52 UTC · United States · USGS Moderate M4.1 Earthquake — 97 km WNW of Tobelo, Indonesia 23:48 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Minor M4.0 Earthquake — 47 km ESE of Adak, Alaska 23:17 UTC · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 154 km E of Beauséjour, Guadeloupe 23:01 UTC · Dominica · USGS Minor M3.7 Earthquake — 13 km ESE of Wright, Wyoming 22:35 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.1 Earthquake — 73 km ESE of Adak, Alaska 22:32 UTC · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 111 km E of Aras-asan, Philippines 22:23 UTC · Philippines · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 42 km W of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico 21:21 UTC · Dominican Republic · USGS Minor M3.3 Earthquake — 17 km NE of Wright, Wyoming 21:04 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 124 km NE of Tobelo, Indonesia 20:37 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Minor M3.3 Earthquake — 22 km ESE of Atka, Alaska 20:37 UTC · USGS Minor M3.4 Earthquake — Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska 20:35 UTC · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — Owen Fracture Zone region 20:24 UTC · Oman · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 2 km ESE of San Martin, CA 19:33 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 66 km WNW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands 18:16 UTC · Solomon Islands · USGS Minor M2.9 Earthquake — 116 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska 17:53 UTC · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — Volcano Islands, Japan region 17:18 UTC · Japan · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 18 km SSW of Tyonek, Alaska 17:15 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.7 Earthquake — 37 km ENE of Adak, Alaska 16:35 UTC · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 6 km NNW of Zabrišće, Bosnia and Herzegovina 16:31 UTC · Bosnia and Herzegovina · USGS Minor M3.0 Earthquake — 86 km S of Sand Point, Alaska 16:06 UTC · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 106 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska 14:50 UTC · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 43 km SE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia 14:26 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska 14:26 UTC · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 7 km WNW of Paucarbamba, Peru 14:16 UTC · Peru · USGS Minor M2.9 Earthquake — 199 km SE of Chignik, Alaska 13:22 UTC · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — south of the Fiji Islands 13:04 UTC · Fiji · USGS Minor M3.7 Earthquake — 21 km SSE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic 11:20 UTC · Dominican Republic · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 115 km N of Yakutat, Alaska 11:03 UTC · Canada · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 65 km WNW of Ferndale, CA 09:35 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.0 Earthquake — 80 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 08:54 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 7 km E of Willow, Alaska 08:45 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 140 km SSE of Honchō, Japan 08:04 UTC · Japan · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 5 km NW of Odessa, Texas 07:46 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — south of the Fiji Islands 07:38 UTC · Fiji · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 160 km SSE of Kuril’sk, Russia 07:25 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 2 km SW of West Bishop, CA 07:21 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 47 km WSW of Atka, Alaska 06:59 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 49 km W of Mentone, Texas 06:25 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 64 km SE of Akutan, Alaska 06:16 UTC · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 49 km NW of Toyah, Texas 06:15 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.6 Earthquake — 49 km W of Mentone, Texas 06:01 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 37 km ENE of San Antonio, New Mexico 05:24 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 11 km S of Guánica, Puerto Rico 04:51 UTC · Dominican Republic · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 29 km NNW of Chistochina, Alaska 03:28 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 9 km SW of Niland, CA 03:13 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 62 km SW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea 03:06 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — West Chile Rise 02:46 UTC · Chile · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia 02:31 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 289 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia 02:23 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — West Chile Rise 01:50 UTC · Chile · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 34 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile 01:21 UTC · Chile · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 3 km SE of Aromas, CA 01:15 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 49 km N of San Juan, Puerto Rico 00:49 UTC · Saint Kitts and Nevis · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 245 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines 00:34 UTC · Philippines · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 14 km S of Tres Pinos, CA 00:19 UTC · United States · USGS Minor

Human-induced climate change amplification on storm dynamics in Valencia’s 2024 catastrophic flash flood 08:00 UTC · Venezuela · GNEWS Moderate

2015 Eighteen people are killed and 78 injured in a stampede at a Mardi Gras parade in Haiti. 1996 The 8.2 Mw Biak earthquake shakes the Papua province of eastern Indonesia with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). A large tsunami followed, leaving 166 people dead or missing and 423 injured. 1978 The Troubles: The Provisional IRA detonates an incendiary bomb at the La Mon restaurant, near Belfast, killing 12 and seriously injuring 30 others, all Protestants. 1959 A Turkish Airlines Vickers Viscount crashes near Gatwick Airport, killing 14; Turkish prime minister Adnan Menderes survives the crash. 1864 American Civil War: The H. L. Hunley becomes the first submarine to engage and sink a warship, the USS Housatonic. 1674 An earthquake strikes the Indonesian island of Ambon. It triggers a 100 m (330 ft) megatsunami which drowns over 2,300 people.