Incidents on 16 March 2026

M4.8 Earthquake — Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia 23:06 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 2 km WSW of Aras-asan, Philippines 19:10 UTC · Philippines · USGS Moderate M4.7 Earthquake — 60 km WNW of Pante Makasar, Timor Leste 16:01 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Moderate M4.8 Earthquake — 159 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia 13:44 UTC · Russia · USGS Moderate M5.2 Earthquake — Balleny Islands region 13:01 UTC · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 288 km S of Ambon, Indonesia 12:22 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Moderate M4.9 Earthquake — 180 km WNW of Abepura, Indonesia 11:53 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 44 km WNW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands 11:43 UTC · Solomon Islands · USGS Moderate M4.9 Earthquake — 85 km SSW of Dompu, Indonesia 11:41 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 17 km SSE of Itō, Japan 11:37 UTC · Japan · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 55 km NE of Villa Rica, Peru 09:19 UTC · Peru · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 129 km S of Pýrgos, Greece 08:36 UTC · Greece · USGS Moderate M4.7 Earthquake — 33 km SE of Molina, Chile 06:59 UTC · Chile · USGS Moderate M4.9 Earthquake — 123 km S of Pýrgos, Greece 06:46 UTC · Greece · USGS Moderate M4.8 Earthquake — south of the Kermadec Islands 06:39 UTC · Tonga · USGS Moderate M2.8 Earthquake — Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska 23:24 UTC · USGS Minor M3.4 Earthquake — Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska 23:17 UTC · USGS Minor M3.7 Earthquake — 57 km NE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands 23:16 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 103 km SE of False Pass, Alaska 23:14 UTC · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 162 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 22:55 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 2 km NNW of Manay, Philippines 22:53 UTC · Philippines · USGS Minor M3.0 Earthquake — 80 km S of Kaktovik, Alaska 22:49 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 76 km S of Kaktovik, Alaska 22:42 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 173 km SE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea 22:12 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 55 km SSW of Nanwalek, Alaska 22:07 UTC · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — south of the Fiji Islands 21:47 UTC · Fiji · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 51 km NW of Mosquito Lake, Alaska 21:13 UTC · Canada · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 71 km SE of Adak, Alaska 20:50 UTC · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 28 km SSE of Palaióchora, Greece 18:19 UTC · Greece · USGS Minor M3.9 Earthquake — 22 km SW of Pocito, Argentina 18:12 UTC · Argentina · USGS Minor M3.3 Earthquake — 20 km NE of Wright, Wyoming 18:02 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 3 km SSW of Asprángeloi, Greece 17:24 UTC · Greece · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — Volcano Islands, Japan region 17:22 UTC · Japan · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 108 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia 16:27 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — south of the Fiji Islands 15:33 UTC · Fiji · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 176 km SSE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia 14:57 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — southeast of the Loyalty Islands 13:45 UTC · Fiji · USGS Minor M3.9 Earthquake — Maug Islands region, Northern Mariana Islands 13:34 UTC · Palau · USGS Minor M3.1 Earthquake — 76 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands 13:22 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 239 km E of Levuka, Fiji 13:10 UTC · Fiji · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 230 km ESE of Attu Station, Alaska 12:35 UTC · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — western Indian-Antarctic Ridge 12:17 UTC · USGS Minor M3.0 Earthquake — 48 km NE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands 12:07 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 219 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia 12:01 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 70 km SE of Denali National Park, Alaska 11:55 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 173 km WNW of Abepura, Indonesia 11:33 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 24 km SW of Maricopa, CA 11:01 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.1 Earthquake — 232 km ESE of Attu Station, Alaska 10:44 UTC · USGS Minor M3.1 Earthquake — 53 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska 10:44 UTC · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 148 km W of Adak, Alaska 10:15 UTC · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 11 km SW of Rotan, Texas 10:11 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 171 km S of Adak, Alaska 10:08 UTC · USGS Minor M3.3 Earthquake — 81 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands 10:04 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.0 Earthquake — 67 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands 09:53 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 232 km ESE of Ozernovskiy, Russia 09:38 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M3.0 Earthquake — 74 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands 09:26 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.2 Earthquake — 91 km SSE of Kokhanok, Alaska 08:24 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.1 Earthquake — 241 km ESE of Attu Station, Alaska 08:13 UTC · USGS Minor M2.9 Earthquake — 60 km ENE of San Vicente, Mexico 07:45 UTC · Mexico · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — off the coast of Oregon 07:44 UTC · USGS Minor M3.1 Earthquake — 230 km ESE of Attu Station, Alaska 07:14 UTC · USGS Minor M3.3 Earthquake — 108 km N of San Juan, Puerto Rico 07:07 UTC · Saint Kitts and Nevis · USGS Minor M3.0 Earthquake — 57 km S of Whites City, New Mexico 06:46 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.0 Earthquake — 16 km ENE of Ambunti, Papua New Guinea 06:43 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 12 km ENE of Buldan, Turkey 06:03 UTC · Turkey · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 244 km W of Adak, Alaska 05:48 UTC · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 114 km SSE of Labuha, Indonesia 05:39 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Minor M4.0 Earthquake — 85 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile 05:23 UTC · Chile · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 20 km SW of Gustine, CA 05:12 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.2 Earthquake — 232 km ESE of Attu Station, Alaska 04:42 UTC · USGS Minor M3.4 Earthquake — 233 km ESE of Attu Station, Alaska 03:58 UTC · USGS Minor M3.0 Earthquake — 12 km S of Ferndale, CA 00:48 UTC · United States · USGS Minor

Passengers Injured as Explosion Rocks Abuja–Kaduna Train 07:00 UTC · Nigeria · GNEWS Moderate

US military identifies 6 soldiers killed in Iraq plane crash 07:00 UTC · Pakistan · GNEWS Minor

Bali governor distributes Rp1.26 billion in Buleleng flood relief 07:00 UTC · Indonesia · GNEWS Minor

2026 A series of Boko Haram bombings leave 26 dead and 146 injured in Maiduguri, Nigeria. 2025 A fire breaks out in a nightclub in Kočani, North Macedonia, killing at least 59 people and injuring 155 others. 2022 A 7.4-magnitude earthquake occurs off the coast of Fukushima, Japan, killing 4 people and injuring 225. 2020 The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 2,997.10, the single largest point drop in history and the second-largest percentage drop ever at 12.93%, an even greater crash than Black Monday (1929). This follows the U.S. Federal Reserve announcing that it will cut its target interest rate to 0–0.25%. 2016 A bomb detonates in a bus carrying government employees in Peshawar, Pakistan, killing 15 and injuring at least 30. 2010 The Kasubi Tombs, Uganda's only cultural World Heritage Site, are destroyed in a fire. 2001 A series of bomb blasts in the city of Shijiazhuang, China kill 108 people and injure 38 others, the biggest mass murder in China in decades. 1962 Flying Tiger Line Flight 739 disappears in the western Pacific Ocean with all 107 aboard missing and presumed dead. 1945 World War II: Ninety percent of Würzburg, Germany is destroyed in only 20 minutes by British bombers, resulting in at least 4,000 deaths. 1936 Warmer-than-normal temperatures rapidly melt snow and ice on the upper Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, leading to a major flood in Pittsburgh. 1925 An earthquake (measuring around 7.0 magnitude) occurs in Dali, China, killing an estimated 5,000 people.