Incidents on 17 March 2026

M4.9 Earthquake — 19 km NNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu 23:27 UTC · Vanuatu · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 69 km SSE of Fuengirola, Spain 23:24 UTC · Spain · USGS Moderate M4.7 Earthquake — 20 km S of Golfito, Costa Rica 20:25 UTC · Costa Rica · USGS Moderate M5.0 Earthquake — Ascension Island region 19:53 UTC · Liberia · USGS Moderate M4.7 Earthquake — Vanuatu region 19:19 UTC · Vanuatu · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 105 km NE of Cabodiongan, Philippines 18:33 UTC · Philippines · USGS Moderate M5.3 Earthquake — 229 km ESE of Attu Station, Alaska 16:21 UTC · USGS Moderate M4.7 Earthquake — south of the Kermadec Islands 15:25 UTC · Tonga · USGS Moderate M5.0 Earthquake — 105 km E of Fangale’ounga, Tonga 15:16 UTC · Tonga · USGS Moderate M5.0 Earthquake — Kuril Islands 14:32 UTC · Japan · USGS Moderate M5.1 Earthquake — south of the Kermadec Islands 14:18 UTC · Tonga · USGS Moderate M3.3 Earthquake — 8 km ENE of Gilroy, CA 13:48 UTC · United States · USGS Moderate M4.7 Earthquake — 186 km SW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea 11:33 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Moderate M4.9 Earthquake — 24 km E of Uptar, Russia 11:05 UTC · Russia · USGS Moderate Seismic-like event, possible earthquake, reported about 10 minutes ago near Rabat, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra, Morocco 07:00 UTC · Morocco · GNEWS Moderate M4.8 Earthquake — south of the Kermadec Islands 05:08 UTC · Tonga · USGS Moderate M4.7 Earthquake — 58 km SSW of Maisí, Cuba 04:44 UTC · Cuba · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 110 km WNW of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea 04:38 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Moderate M5.8 Earthquake — 51 km SSW of Maisí, Cuba 04:28 UTC · Cuba · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — Pulau Pulau Tanimbar, Indonesia 04:26 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Moderate M5.0 Earthquake — Kuril Islands 03:24 UTC · Japan · USGS Moderate M4.3 Earthquake — Izu Islands, Japan region 23:39 UTC · Japan · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 178 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste 23:15 UTC · Timor-Leste · USGS Minor M3.0 Earthquake — 235 km ESE of Attu Station, Alaska 23:08 UTC · USGS Minor M3.3 Earthquake — 233 km ESE of Attu Station, Alaska 23:07 UTC · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 2 km N of Borbon, Philippines 22:32 UTC · Philippines · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 21 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii 21:55 UTC · Kiribati · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 275 km SSE of Ambon, Indonesia 21:24 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 77 km S of Kushiro, Japan 21:13 UTC · Japan · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 48 km WSW of Novyy Uoyan, Russia 20:55 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M3.1 Earthquake — 232 km ESE of Attu Station, Alaska 20:21 UTC · USGS Minor M3.0 Earthquake — 8 km NW of The Geysers, CA 20:00 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 15 km ENE of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala 19:54 UTC · Guatemala · USGS Minor M3.7 Earthquake — 196 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska 19:05 UTC · USGS Minor M3.1 Earthquake — 23 km E of Whittier, Alaska 18:38 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.1 Earthquake — 9 km ENE of Colusa, CA 17:26 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 10 km NW of Jordán, Colombia 15:52 UTC · Colombia · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 4 km WSW of Susitna, Alaska 15:49 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.1 Earthquake — 43 km N of Petersville, Alaska 15:42 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 1 km E of Candelaria Loxicha, Mexico 15:36 UTC · Mexico · USGS Minor M3.3 Earthquake — 49 km SW of McCarthy, Alaska 14:59 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 45 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska 14:16 UTC · USGS Minor M4.0 Earthquake — 198 km NNE of Palu, Indonesia 14:13 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Minor M3.0 Earthquake — 195 km S of Atka, Alaska 13:56 UTC · USGS Minor M3.0 Earthquake — 24 km NW of Susitna, Alaska 13:43 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 130 km W of Port-Vila, Vanuatu 13:19 UTC · Vanuatu · USGS Minor M3.1 Earthquake — 231 km ESE of Attu Station, Alaska 13:19 UTC · USGS Minor M3.7 Earthquake — 27 km W of Petrolia, CA 12:56 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 17 km WSW of Petrolia, CA 12:37 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 212 km ENE of Levuka, Fiji 11:58 UTC · Fiji · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 46 km W of Petrolia, CA 11:44 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 138 km SSE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea 11:10 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 18 km NNE of Sulangan, Philippines 10:55 UTC · Philippines · USGS Minor M3.1 Earthquake — 226 km ESE of Attu Station, Alaska 10:50 UTC · USGS Minor M3.5 Earthquake — 57 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico 10:44 UTC · Dominican Republic · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 11 km ENE of Paramythiá, Greece 10:37 UTC · Greece · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 143 km NE of Hirara, Japan 10:36 UTC · Japan · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 33 km SSE of La Barra de Colotepec, Mexico 09:58 UTC · Mexico · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 64 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga 09:48 UTC · Tonga · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 236 km ESE of Attu Station, Alaska 09:43 UTC · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 14 km S of San Francisco Cozoaltepec, Mexico 09:14 UTC · Mexico · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — south of the Fiji Islands 08:48 UTC · Fiji · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 114 km SSE of Pondaguitan, Philippines 08:40 UTC · Philippines · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — Reykjanes Ridge 08:17 UTC · Iceland · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 70 km S of Kokhanok, Alaska 08:16 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.6 Earthquake — 77 km N of San Juan, Puerto Rico 08:07 UTC · Saint Kitts and Nevis · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 74 km WSW of Puerto, Chile 07:43 UTC · Chile · USGS Minor M2.9 Earthquake — 49 km ESE of Teller, Alaska 07:24 UTC · United States · USGS Minor Significant earthquake of magnitude 5.0 just reported 8 km southeast of Golfito, Costa Rica 07:00 UTC · Peru · GNEWS · 13 sources Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 33 km SW of Mohr, Iran 06:59 UTC · Iran · USGS Minor M3.1 Earthquake — 77 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands 06:47 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 30 km E of Yairipok, India 06:38 UTC · India · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — Kermadec Islands region 06:25 UTC · Tonga · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — Fiji region 06:15 UTC · Fiji · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — south of the Fiji Islands 06:09 UTC · Fiji · USGS Minor M3.0 Earthquake — 39 km SW of Skwentna, Alaska 05:48 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — Pulau Pulau Tanimbar, Indonesia 05:33 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 293 km NW of Houma, Tonga 05:23 UTC · Tonga · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 83 km E of Hualien City, Taiwan 04:41 UTC · Taiwan · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 134 km S of Puerto San José, Guatemala 04:12 UTC · Guatemala · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 7 km SE of Mineral, Washington 03:50 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.4 Earthquake — 56 km ESE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic 03:32 UTC · Dominican Republic · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 40 km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX 03:06 UTC · Mexico · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 6 km S of Guánica, Puerto Rico 02:41 UTC · Dominican Republic · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 282 km WNW of Houma, Tonga 02:13 UTC · Tonga · USGS Minor M3.1 Earthquake — 26 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska 01:58 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.9 Earthquake — 242 km ESE of Attu Station, Alaska 01:47 UTC · USGS Minor M2.9 Earthquake — 74 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada 01:27 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.0 Earthquake — 90 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska 01:17 UTC · USGS Minor

2000 Five hundred and thirty members of the Ugandan cult Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God die in a fire, considered to be a mass murder or suicide orchestrated by leaders of the cult. Elsewhere another 248 members are later found dead. 1992 Israeli Embassy attack in Buenos Aires: Car bomb attack kills 29 and injures 242. 1968 As a result of nerve gas testing by the U.S. Army Chemical Corps in Skull Valley, Utah, over 6,000 sheep are found dead. 1966 Off the coast of Spain in the Mediterranean, the DSV Alvin submarine finds a missing American hydrogen bomb. 1957 A plane crash in Cebu, Philippines kills Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay and 24 others.