Incidents on 15 March 2026

M4.6 Earthquake — 229 km ESE of Attu Station, Alaska 22:45 UTC · USGS Moderate M4.9 Earthquake — central Mid-Atlantic Ridge 22:39 UTC · Suriname · USGS Moderate M4.9 Earthquake — 84 km SSW of Honchō, Japan 18:56 UTC · Japan · USGS Moderate M4.7 Earthquake — 28 km SE of Nichinan, Japan 18:39 UTC · Japan · USGS Moderate M4.8 Earthquake — 139 km SSE of Honchō, Japan 16:32 UTC · Japan · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — Off the coast of Aisen, Chile 12:54 UTC · Chile · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 22 km ESE of Dolores, Philippines 12:51 UTC · Philippines · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 61 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia 12:09 UTC · Russia · USGS Moderate M5.3 Earthquake — Off the coast of Aisen, Chile 08:28 UTC · Chile · USGS Moderate M4.8 Earthquake — 56 km SSE of Yilan, Taiwan 08:14 UTC · Taiwan · USGS Moderate Significant earthquake of magnitude 5.6 just reported 90 km south of San Miguel, El Salvador 07:00 UTC · Brazil · GNEWS Moderate M4.9 Earthquake — 1 km SW of Kiryū, Japan 05:06 UTC · Japan · USGS Moderate M5.3 Earthquake — 64 km SSW of Intipucá, El Salvador 05:00 UTC · El Salvador · USGS Moderate M4.8 Earthquake — 1 km S of Ixtahuacán, Guatemala 00:22 UTC · Guatemala · USGS Moderate M2.9 Earthquake — 26 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska 23:58 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 164 km ESE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea 23:55 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 65 km ESE of Cantwell, Alaska 23:41 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 0 km N of Guoliang, China 23:23 UTC · China · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 79 km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska 22:51 UTC · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 33 km W of Petrolia, CA 22:50 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 51 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska 22:31 UTC · USGS Minor M3.4 Earthquake — 232 km ESE of Attu Station, Alaska 22:06 UTC · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 251 km SSE of Ambon, Indonesia 21:48 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 54 km W of Ollagüe, Chile 21:25 UTC · Chile · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 27 km NW of Yawatahama, Japan 20:25 UTC · Japan · USGS Minor M3.5 Earthquake — 53 km S of Whites City, New Mexico 20:20 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — Chagos Archipelago region 20:10 UTC · Maldives · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 60 km SW of Fereydūnshahr, Iran 19:26 UTC · Iran · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 46 km SE of Tena, Ecuador 18:31 UTC · Ecuador · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 95 km ESE of Ugashik, Alaska 18:19 UTC · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 209 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste 17:38 UTC · Timor-Leste · USGS Minor M3.3 Earthquake — 246 km ESE of Chiniak, Alaska 17:20 UTC · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 267 km SSE of Amahai, Indonesia 14:14 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — south of Panama 13:24 UTC · Panama · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — Off the coast of Aisen, Chile 12:51 UTC · Chile · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 84 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska 12:38 UTC · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 186 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia 12:07 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 68 km ENE of Ouzinkie, Alaska 11:44 UTC · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 11 km WSW of Muisne, Ecuador 11:23 UTC · Ecuador · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 120 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska 11:18 UTC · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 182 km WNW of Abepura, Indonesia 11:11 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 113 km E of Wāngjing, India 11:03 UTC · Myanmar · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 99 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska 10:26 UTC · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge 10:16 UTC · Portugal · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 94 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska 10:03 UTC · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 30 km N of Kupang, Indonesia 09:14 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Minor M3.2 Earthquake — 231 km ESE of Attu Station, Alaska 09:11 UTC · USGS Minor M3.3 Earthquake — 129 km SE of Perryville, Alaska 08:57 UTC · USGS Minor M3.1 Earthquake — Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska 08:37 UTC · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 26 km NE of Fox River, Alaska 07:41 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 147 km W of Port-Olry, Vanuatu 07:21 UTC · Vanuatu · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 41 km E of Khorugh, Tajikistan 07:06 UTC · Tajikistan · USGS Minor M3.0 Earthquake — 221 km WSW of Adak, Alaska 06:58 UTC · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 55 km NW of Toyah, Texas 06:44 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.4 Earthquake — 44 km E of Adak, Alaska 06:37 UTC · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 27 km W of Ashkāsham, Afghanistan 06:37 UTC · Afghanistan · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 267 km NW of Houma, Tonga 06:36 UTC · Tonga · USGS Minor M2.9 Earthquake — 55 km NW of Karluk, Alaska 06:05 UTC · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 73 km SSW of Unalaska, Alaska 05:28 UTC · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — Off the coast of Aisen, Chile 05:24 UTC · Chile · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 124 km E of Tomioka, Japan 04:48 UTC · Japan · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — Kuril Islands 02:52 UTC · Japan · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 85 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska 02:28 UTC · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 9 km SSE of Tat Momoli, Arizona 02:19 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 268 km WNW of Neiafu, Tonga 01:51 UTC · Tonga · USGS Minor M3.4 Earthquake — 134 km E of Atka, Alaska 00:16 UTC · USGS Minor

US military identifies six soldiers killed in Iraq plane crash 07:00 UTC · Tanzania · GNEWS Minor 6 U.S. crew members killed in refueling plane crash in Iraq are identified 07:00 UTC · Pakistan · GNEWS · 13 sources Minor US names the four men and two women killed in refuelling plane crash over Iraq 07:00 UTC · United Kingdom · GNEWS · 6 sources Minor

NEMA warns of fire, health concerns amid heatwave 07:00 UTC · Nigeria · GNEWS Minor

2026 Four members of a Palestinian family are shot dead in Tammun by the Israeli military. 1974 Fifteen people are killed when Sterling Airways Flight 901, a Sud Aviation Caravelle, catches fire following a landing gear collapse at Mehrabad International Airport in Tehran, Iran.