Incidents on 20 February 2026

M4.7 Earthquake — South Sandwich Islands region 20:38 UTC · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — South Sandwich Islands region 19:25 UTC · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 27 km SSW of Yonakuni, Japan 19:16 UTC · Japan · USGS Moderate M4.7 Earthquake — Vanuatu region 14:57 UTC · Vanuatu · USGS Moderate M5.3 Earthquake — 71 km ENE of Mutsu, Japan 14:16 UTC · Japan · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 135 km S of Fakfak, Indonesia 13:36 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Moderate M5.8 Earthquake — 37 km NE of Bāzārak, Afghanistan 13:09 UTC · Afghanistan · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — central East Pacific Rise 12:59 UTC · USGS Moderate M5.2 Earthquake — central East Pacific Rise 12:56 UTC · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — south of the Fiji Islands 12:24 UTC · Fiji · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 60 km WSW of Baluntaicun, China 11:54 UTC · China · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 129 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan 10:39 UTC · Japan · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 119 km SE of Kirakira, Solomon Islands 09:11 UTC · Solomon Islands · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 31 km SW of Isangel, Vanuatu 09:00 UTC · Vanuatu · USGS Moderate M5.0 Earthquake — southeast of Easter Island 07:21 UTC · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 172 km NNW of Sola, Vanuatu 03:22 UTC · Vanuatu · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 28 km E of Tobelo, Indonesia 02:58 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Moderate M4.4 Earthquake — 63 km ENE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 22:11 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 114 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska 21:01 UTC · USGS Minor M3.0 Earthquake — 192 km S of Nikolski, Alaska 20:55 UTC · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 2 km NNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska 20:50 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.0 Earthquake — 55 km WNW of Tyonek, Alaska 20:25 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 88 km S of False Pass, Alaska 20:24 UTC · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 214 km E of Levuka, Fiji 20:15 UTC · Fiji · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 11 km NNW of Corcoran, CA 20:15 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 17 km NE of Ranchester, Wyoming 20:12 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.1 Earthquake — 204 km S of Nikolski, Alaska 20:04 UTC · USGS Minor M4.0 Earthquake — 67 km SW of Yonakuni, Japan 19:44 UTC · Japan · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 88 km SSE of Onagawa Chō, Japan 18:59 UTC · Japan · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 5 km N of El Pedregal, Peru 18:48 UTC · Peru · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 39 km S of Trà My, Vietnam 17:52 UTC · Vietnam · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 209 km S of Unalaska, Alaska 17:43 UTC · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 109 km S of Sand Point, Alaska 16:57 UTC · USGS Minor M3.2 Earthquake — 139 km SE of Atka, Alaska 16:40 UTC · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 113 km N of Yakutat, Alaska 15:14 UTC · Canada · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 49 km W of Petrolia, CA 15:09 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.0 Earthquake — Pagan region, Northern Mariana Islands 14:36 UTC · Palau · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 103 km N of Yakutat, Alaska 14:35 UTC · Canada · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 112 km S of Sand Point, Alaska 14:11 UTC · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 57 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii 14:09 UTC · Kiribati · USGS Minor M3.4 Earthquake — 111 km N of Yakutat, Alaska 13:57 UTC · Canada · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 35 km NNW of Karluk, Alaska 13:46 UTC · USGS Minor M3.2 Earthquake — 200 km S of Nikolski, Alaska 13:33 UTC · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 115 km WNW of Maubara, Timor Leste 13:32 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Minor M3.6 Earthquake — 16 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska 13:13 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 147 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste 13:01 UTC · Timor-Leste · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — Antarctica 12:54 UTC · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — Antarctica 12:50 UTC · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 197 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji 12:45 UTC · Fiji · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — South Sandwich Islands region 12:42 UTC · USGS Minor M2.9 Earthquake — 91 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska 12:31 UTC · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 89 km SW of Teluk Dalam, Indonesia 12:27 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — South Sandwich Islands region 11:43 UTC · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 210 km SSE of Kirakira, Solomon Islands 10:50 UTC · Solomon Islands · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 71 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines 10:22 UTC · Philippines · USGS Minor M4.0 Earthquake — 29 km NNE of Jūybār, Iran 08:53 UTC · Iran · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — south of the Kermadec Islands 08:46 UTC · Tonga · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 24 km NW of Mandalī, Iraq 08:46 UTC · Iraq · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 103 km NNE of Suárez, Puerto Rico 08:44 UTC · Saint Kitts and Nevis · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 27 km WNW of Mandalī, Iraq 08:37 UTC · Iraq · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 49 km W of Ovalle, Chile 08:34 UTC · Chile · USGS Minor M3.6 Earthquake — 121 km NNE of Suárez, Puerto Rico 08:11 UTC · Saint Kitts and Nevis · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 196 km S of Nikolski, Alaska 07:41 UTC · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 210 km S of Nikolski, Alaska 07:25 UTC · USGS Minor M2.9 Earthquake — 41 km W of Covenant Life, Alaska 07:25 UTC · Canada · USGS Minor M3.7 Earthquake — 194 km S of Nikolski, Alaska 07:19 UTC · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 5 km NE of Anchor Point, Alaska 06:30 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.1 Earthquake — 28 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii 06:15 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 27 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii 06:11 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 68 km W of Tobelo, Indonesia 05:35 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 45 km S of Adak, Alaska 05:30 UTC · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 91 km W of Brookings, OR 05:03 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 48 km WSW of Cantwell, Alaska 04:50 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.9 Earthquake — 288 km SE of Attu Station, Alaska 03:41 UTC · USGS Minor M3.1 Earthquake — 195 km S of Nikolski, Alaska 03:21 UTC · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 2 km SW of Kırıkhan, Turkey 03:10 UTC · Turkey · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 18 km ESE of Madang, Papua New Guinea 03:10 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 95 km SE of Adak, Alaska 02:50 UTC · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 193 km S of Nikolski, Alaska 00:45 UTC · USGS Minor M3.0 Earthquake — 25 km SE of Fox River, Alaska 00:28 UTC · United States · USGS Minor

ارتفاع ضحايا انفجار شاحنة غاز فى تشيلى إلى 5 أشخاص ودمار 50 سيارة ..فيديو 08:00 UTC · Iraq · GNEWS · 13 sources Minor انفجار مدمر.. حصيلة دامية لانفجار شاحنة غاز في سانتياغو 08:00 UTC · Sudan · GNEWS · 2 sources Minor Chili : l’explosion impressionnante d’un camion transportant du gaz liquide au milieu d’une autoroute 08:00 UTC · DR Congo · GNEWS Minor

Another fire outbreak in Kano market 08:00 UTC · Nigeria · GNEWS Moderate

One arrested after 15 killed in building collapse triggered by gas explosion in Karachi’s Soldier Bazaar 08:00 UTC · Pakistan · GNEWS Moderate

Major incident and flood response update: 20 February 2026 08:00 UTC · United Kingdom · GNEWS · 2 sources Minor

2010 In Madeira Island, Portugal, heavy rain causes floods and mudslides, resulting in at least 43 deaths, in the worst disaster in the history of the archipelago. 2002 A cooking gas cylinder explodes on board an Egyptian National Railways train in El Ayyat, causing a fire and killing over 370 people. 1979 An earthquake cracks open the Sinila volcanic crater on the Dieng Plateau, releasing poisonous H2S gas and killing 149 villagers in the Indonesian province of Central Java. 1920 An earthquake kills between 114 and 130 in Georgia and heavily damages the town of Gori. 1835 The 1835 Concepción earthquake destroys Concepción, Chile.