Incidents on 5 April 2026

M4.5 Earthquake — Kermadec Islands region 23:43 UTC · Tonga · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 77 km WSW of Abra Pampa, Argentina 22:56 UTC · Argentina · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 125 km W of Ternate, Indonesia 22:18 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Moderate M4.7 Earthquake — south of the Kermadec Islands 22:14 UTC · Tonga · USGS Moderate M4.7 Earthquake — south of the Kermadec Islands 21:52 UTC · Tonga · USGS Moderate M4.0 Earthquake — 3 km E of Pāhala, Hawaii 21:41 UTC · United States · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 107 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia 18:55 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 30 km SW of Yacuiba, Bolivia 17:44 UTC · Argentina · USGS Moderate M4.7 Earthquake — south of the Kermadec Islands 17:26 UTC · Tonga · USGS Moderate M5.4 Earthquake — south of the Kermadec Islands 17:20 UTC · Tonga · USGS Moderate M5.2 Earthquake — south of the Kermadec Islands 17:19 UTC · Tonga · USGS Moderate M5.0 Earthquake — south of the Kermadec Islands 17:10 UTC · Tonga · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — South Sandwich Islands region 16:10 UTC · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 48 km N of Yonakuni, Japan 15:34 UTC · Japan · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 123 km W of Kashgar, China 13:24 UTC · China · USGS Moderate M5.5 Earthquake — south of the Kermadec Islands 13:22 UTC · Tonga · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 80 km ESE of Hihifo, Tonga 11:35 UTC · Tonga · USGS Moderate M4.7 Earthquake — 155 km ESE of Modisi, Indonesia 11:09 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 181 km WSW of Adak, Alaska 09:19 UTC · USGS Moderate M5.2 Earthquake — western Indian-Antarctic Ridge 08:24 UTC · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 119 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia 07:05 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — western Indian-Antarctic Ridge 04:46 UTC · USGS Moderate M5.1 Earthquake — Bonin Islands, Japan region 02:18 UTC · Japan · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 126 km W of Ternate, Indonesia 01:12 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — south of the Kermadec Islands 00:55 UTC · Tonga · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 123 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia 00:16 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 294 km W of Sabang, Indonesia 00:09 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Moderate M2.8 Earthquake — 89 km S of False Pass, Alaska 23:43 UTC · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 122 km NNW of Neiafu, Tonga 23:31 UTC · Tonga · USGS Minor M3.0 Earthquake — 37 km NNE of Chenega, Alaska 23:31 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 195 km SW of Tual, Indonesia 23:27 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Minor M4.0 Earthquake — 11 km E of Machida, Japan 23:17 UTC · Japan · USGS Minor M3.5 Earthquake — 89 km ESE of Adak, Alaska 23:17 UTC · USGS Minor M4.0 Earthquake — 290 km WSW of Houma, Tonga 23:04 UTC · Tonga · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 5 km WNW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska 22:54 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 95 km SSE of Perryville, Alaska 22:10 UTC · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 11 km SW of Ridgemark, CA 21:25 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 1 km W of Santa Clara, Puerto Rico 20:33 UTC · Saint Kitts and Nevis · USGS Minor M3.2 Earthquake — 21 km SE of Wright, Wyoming 20:26 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.7 Earthquake — 88 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska 18:50 UTC · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 24 km NNE of Hanyuan, China 18:32 UTC · China · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 204 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines 18:09 UTC · Philippines · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 6 km NW of Estacion Coahuila, B.C., MX 18:03 UTC · Mexico · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 3 km NW of The Geysers, CA 17:48 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 71 km N of Ternate, Indonesia 17:40 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 75 km E of Namie, Japan 17:28 UTC · Japan · USGS Minor M3.0 Earthquake — 118 km SE of Halibut Cove, Alaska 16:18 UTC · USGS Minor M3.0 Earthquake — 11 km S of Atoka, New Mexico 16:08 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 129 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia 15:26 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 95 km SE of Akutan, Alaska 15:17 UTC · USGS Minor M3.1 Earthquake — 55 km S of Cantwell, Alaska 14:30 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 96 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia 14:15 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Minor M3.1 Earthquake — 234 km ESE of Attu Station, Alaska 13:10 UTC · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 78 km S of Kaktovik, Alaska 12:44 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 73 km S of Kaktovik, Alaska 12:12 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — south of Alaska 11:59 UTC · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 119 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska 11:47 UTC · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 91 km SW of Atka, Alaska 11:45 UTC · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 16 km W of Glacier View, Alaska 11:08 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 132 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia 10:46 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Minor M3.0 Earthquake — 55 km NNW of Rachel, Nevada 09:58 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 22 km WNW of Mentone, Texas 09:55 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.1 Earthquake — 89 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska 09:50 UTC · USGS Minor M3.9 Earthquake — 230 km ESE of Attu Station, Alaska 09:14 UTC · USGS Minor M3.0 Earthquake — 86 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska 09:01 UTC · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 90 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska 08:44 UTC · USGS Minor M3.6 Earthquake — 59 km S of Whites City, New Mexico 08:35 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 114 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia 08:31 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Minor 3.7-magnitude earthquake hits central Vietnam, no damage reported 07:00 UTC · Vietnam · GNEWS Minor M3.2 Earthquake — 15 km SSW of Weston, Colorado 06:54 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.9 Earthquake — 2 km ESE of Cacao, Puerto Rico 06:41 UTC · Dominican Republic · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 132 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska 06:40 UTC · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 144 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska 06:38 UTC · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 28 km NNW of Camiña, Chile 04:51 UTC · Chile · USGS Minor M3.8 Earthquake — 71 km NE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands 04:31 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — western Indian-Antarctic Ridge 04:15 UTC · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 36 km NW of Akhiok, Alaska 04:01 UTC · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — south of the Fiji Islands 03:53 UTC · Fiji · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 71 km ENE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia 03:40 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 1 km N of Liborio Negron Torres, Puerto Rico 02:33 UTC · Dominican Republic · USGS Minor M3.8 Earthquake — 47 km SW of San Antonio, Chile 02:32 UTC · Chile · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 119 km NE of Kurumkan, Russia 02:31 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M2.9 Earthquake — 30 km W of Hebgen Lake Estates, Montana 02:26 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 61 km WNW of Tumxuk, China 02:21 UTC · China · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 169 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska 02:00 UTC · USGS Minor M4.0 Earthquake — 46 km SW of San Antonio, Chile 01:58 UTC · Chile · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 92 km SSW of Yulara, Australia 01:32 UTC · Australia · USGS Minor M3.6 Earthquake — 42 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska 00:52 UTC · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 236 km W of Ferndale, California 00:47 UTC · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 8 km S of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii 00:27 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 5 km S of Indios, Puerto Rico 00:10 UTC · Dominican Republic · USGS Minor M4.0 Earthquake — Nicobar Islands, India region 00:05 UTC · India · USGS Minor

Five Occupants Displaced After Sterling House Fire Involving Lithium-Ion Battery 16:49 UTC · Zambia · GNEWS Moderate Two dead after Saskatoon house fire, fatal rollover on Highway 16 off ramp 07:00 UTC · Canada · GNEWS Moderate

2010 Twenty-nine coal miners are killed in an explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine in West Virginia. 2007 The cruise ship MS Sea Diamond strikes a volcanic reef near Nea Kameni and sinks the next day. Two passengers were never recovered and are presumed dead. 1949 A fire in a hospital in Effingham, Illinois, kills 77 people and leads to nationwide fire code improvements in the United States. 1943 World War II: United States Army Air Forces bomber aircraft accidentally cause more than 900 civilian deaths, including 209 children, and 1,300 wounded among the civilian population of the Belgian town of Mortsel. Their target was the Erla factory 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) from the residential area hit. 1936 Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak: An F5 tornado kills 233 in Tupelo, Mississippi. 1902 A stand box collapses at Ibrox Park (now Ibrox Stadium) in Glasgow, Scotland, which led to the deaths of 25 and injuries to more than 500 supporters during an international association football match between Scotland and England. 1818 In the Battle of Maipú, Chile's independence movement, led by Bernardo O'Higgins and José de San Martín, win a decisive victory over Spain, leaving 2,000 Spaniards and 1,000 Chilean patriots dead.