Incidents on 27 March 2026

M5.2 Earthquake — 115 km E of Hihifo, Tonga 23:35 UTC · Tonga · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — south of the Fiji Islands 23:06 UTC · Fiji · USGS Moderate M4.1 Earthquake — 26 km WNW of Ludlow, CA 22:13 UTC · United States · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — South Sandwich Islands region 20:10 UTC · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 224 km NNE of Colonia, Micronesia 19:25 UTC · Micronesia · USGS Moderate M4.9 Earthquake — 164 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 16:47 UTC · Russia · USGS Moderate M4.9 Earthquake — 160 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 16:45 UTC · Russia · USGS Moderate M4.8 Earthquake — 107 km E of Yamada, Japan 15:24 UTC · Japan · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 16 km WSW of El Viejo, Nicaragua 14:55 UTC · Nicaragua · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 27 km SSE of Mendi, Papua New Guinea 07:46 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 70 km WNW of Chowki Jamali, Pakistan 07:35 UTC · Pakistan · USGS Moderate M4.7 Earthquake — Izu Islands, Japan region 06:57 UTC · Japan · USGS Moderate M5.0 Earthquake — 41 km NW of Barishal, Pakistan 04:52 UTC · Pakistan · USGS Moderate M5.0 Earthquake — 48 km NNW of Barishal, Pakistan 04:40 UTC · Pakistan · USGS Moderate M5.1 Earthquake — central East Pacific Rise 03:59 UTC · USGS Moderate M4.2 Earthquake — Izu Islands, Japan region 23:10 UTC · Japan · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 92 km ENE of Chignik, Alaska 22:41 UTC · USGS Minor M3.0 Earthquake — 15 km NNE of Carrizales, Puerto Rico 22:24 UTC · Dominican Republic · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 38 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska 22:20 UTC · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 37 km WNW of The Bottom, Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba 21:26 UTC · Antigua and Barbuda · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 136 km E of Hihifo, Tonga 21:25 UTC · Tonga · USGS Minor M3.1 Earthquake — 256 km SSW of Adak, Alaska 21:15 UTC · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 26 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas 20:37 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.9 Earthquake — 2 km WNW of Mora, Puerto Rico 20:16 UTC · Dominican Republic · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 18 km ESE of Colonia, Micronesia 20:02 UTC · Micronesia · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 283 km SW of Houma, Tonga 19:07 UTC · Tonga · USGS Minor M3.7 Earthquake — 59 km S of Adak, Alaska 18:58 UTC · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 40 km E of Estique, Peru 18:55 UTC · Peru · USGS Minor M3.3 Earthquake — 68 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska 18:52 UTC · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 52 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska 18:49 UTC · USGS Minor M3.9 Earthquake — 25 km WSW of Ashkāsham, Afghanistan 18:25 UTC · Afghanistan · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 68 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga 18:11 UTC · Tonga · USGS Minor M3.4 Earthquake — 33 km NE of Ranchester, Wyoming 17:46 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 105 km ENE of Misawa, Japan 17:19 UTC · Japan · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 14 km SW of Larsen Bay, Alaska 17:02 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 168 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 16:50 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 132 km E of Miyako, Japan 16:38 UTC · Japan · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 6 km NNE of Midland, Texas 16:16 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.7 Earthquake — 229 km ESE of Attu Station, Alaska 14:59 UTC · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 56 km NE of Valmy, Nevada 14:56 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 108 km NE of Hihifo, Tonga 13:17 UTC · Tonga · USGS Minor M3.0 Earthquake — 130 km SSW of Adak, Alaska 12:40 UTC · USGS Minor M2.9 Earthquake — 96 km SE of False Pass, Alaska 12:03 UTC · USGS Minor M3.9 Earthquake — 234 km ESE of Attu Station, Alaska 11:44 UTC · USGS Minor M2.9 Earthquake — 139 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska 09:48 UTC · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 176 km SW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia 09:26 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M4.0 Earthquake — 75 km SSW of Attu Station, Alaska 08:43 UTC · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 156 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea 07:42 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 53 km SSE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile 07:36 UTC · Chile · USGS Minor M3.0 Earthquake — 10 km S of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii 07:16 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 72 km SE of Tarama, Japan 07:01 UTC · Japan · USGS Minor M3.8 Earthquake — 158 km NNW of The Valley, Anguilla 06:16 UTC · Saint Kitts and Nevis · USGS Minor M3.2 Earthquake — 83 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands 05:52 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 10 km S of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii 05:06 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.8 Earthquake — Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska 04:04 UTC · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 8 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii 03:32 UTC · Kiribati · USGS Minor M3.3 Earthquake — 8 km S of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii 03:28 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 95 km SSW of Yonakuni, Japan 02:28 UTC · Japan · USGS Minor M4.0 Earthquake — 231 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan 02:27 UTC · Japan · USGS Minor M3.1 Earthquake — 5 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii 02:22 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.7 Earthquake — Maug Islands region, Northern Mariana Islands 01:36 UTC · Palau · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 12 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii 00:43 UTC · United States · USGS Minor

سماع دوى انفجار فى أجواء العاصمة الأردنية عمان 07:00 UTC · Sudan · GNEWS · 2 sources Minor

Four-year-old burnt to death in lorry fire 07:00 UTC · Malaysia · GNEWS Minor

Flood warning issued for Licking River through March 28 07:00 UTC · Philippines · GNEWS · 17 sources Minor

2023 Forty people are killed in a fire at a migrant detention facility in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. 2016 A suicide blast in Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park, Lahore claims over 70 lives and leaves almost 300 others injured. The target of the bombing are Christians celebrating Easter. 2015 Al-Shabab militants attack and temporarily occupy a Mogadishu hotel leaving at least 20 people dead. 2002 Nanterre massacre: In Nanterre, France, a gunman opens fire at the end of a town council meeting, resulting in the deaths of eight councilors; 19 other people are injured. 2000 A Phillips Petroleum plant explosion in Pasadena, Texas kills one person and injures 71 others. 1986 A car bomb explodes outside Russell Street Police HQ in Melbourne, Australia, killing one police officer and injuring 21 people. 1977 Tenerife airport disaster: Two Boeing 747 airliners collide on a foggy runway on Tenerife in the Canary Islands, killing 583 (all 248 on KLM and 335 on Pan Am). Sixty-one survived on the Pan Am flight. This is the deadliest aviation accident in history. 1964 The Good Friday earthquake, the most powerful earthquake recorded in North American history at a magnitude of 9.2 strikes Southcentral Alaska, killing 125 people and inflicting massive damage to the city of Anchorage.