Incidents on 8 May 2026

M4.7 Earthquake — 100 km ENE of Pauanui, New Zealand 23:45 UTC · New Zealand · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 113 km SE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea 21:40 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Moderate M4.9 Earthquake — 102 km SE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea 21:18 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — south of the Fiji Islands 21:15 UTC · Fiji · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 90 km E of Tomioka, Japan 20:11 UTC · Japan · USGS Moderate M4.7 Earthquake — 295 km WSW of Adak, Alaska 20:03 UTC · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 104 km ENE of Pauanui, New Zealand 17:54 UTC · New Zealand · USGS Moderate M4.8 Earthquake — 61 km WSW of Changuillo, Peru 17:14 UTC · Peru · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 116 km ENE of Miyako, Japan 17:10 UTC · Japan · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 127 km SE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea 13:43 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 107 km SSE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea 13:31 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 111 km SE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea 13:27 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Moderate M3.1 Earthquake — 7 km SE of Loma Linda, CA 12:53 UTC · United States · USGS Moderate M4.9 Earthquake — 121 km SE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea 12:38 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 133 km SSE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea 12:29 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 118 km SSE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea 12:24 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Moderate M5.6 Earthquake — 109 km SSE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea 12:22 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 125 km SSE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea 12:13 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Moderate M4.7 Earthquake — 115 km SE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea 12:06 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 55 km SSE of Auki, Solomon Islands 11:53 UTC · Solomon Islands · USGS Moderate M4.7 Earthquake — 158 km SE of Khovd, Mongolia 11:38 UTC · Mongolia · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 128 km SSE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea 09:32 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 116 km SSE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea 09:23 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Moderate M5.8 Earthquake — southeast Indian Ridge 07:17 UTC · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 214 km SW of Port Blair, India 03:53 UTC · India · USGS Moderate M4.8 Earthquake — 166 km SSE of Burica, Panama 03:39 UTC · Panama · USGS Moderate M4.8 Earthquake — 54 km NNW of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina 01:29 UTC · Argentina · USGS Moderate M4.2 Earthquake — 84 km NNW of Pototano, Indonesia 23:51 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Minor M3.0 Earthquake — 233 km ESE of Attu Station, Alaska 23:28 UTC · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 199 km E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 22:00 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 114 km SSE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea 21:54 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 41 km N of Mejillones, Chile 21:19 UTC · Chile · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — south of the Fiji Islands 21:16 UTC · Fiji · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 107 km SSE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea 21:02 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska 20:45 UTC · USGS Minor M3.9 Earthquake — 167 km SSE of Attu Station, Alaska 20:25 UTC · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 146 km WNW of Talcahuano, Chile 20:04 UTC · Chile · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 53 km NNE of Chickaloon, Alaska 20:04 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 54 km WNW of Venetie, Alaska 19:30 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 26 km ESE of Yilan, Taiwan 19:26 UTC · Taiwan · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 134 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska 19:01 UTC · USGS Minor M2.9 Earthquake — 19 km SE of Silver Springs, Nevada 18:57 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 19 km SE of Silver Springs, Nevada 18:57 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 72 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska 18:37 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.2 Earthquake — 88 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska 18:31 UTC · USGS Minor M4.0 Earthquake — 268 km ESE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia 18:23 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 122 km N of Yambrasbamba, Peru 17:50 UTC · Peru · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 11 km WNW of Santa María Chimalapa, Mexico 17:44 UTC · Mexico · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 92 km E of Noda, Japan 17:12 UTC · Japan · USGS Minor M2.9 Earthquake — 98 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska 16:24 UTC · USGS Minor M2.9 Earthquake — 135 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska 16:17 UTC · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 36 km ENE of Sulangan, Philippines 16:11 UTC · Philippines · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — south of the Fiji Islands 15:58 UTC · Fiji · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 117 km N of Yakutat, Alaska 15:19 UTC · Canada · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 253 km ESE of Labasa, Fiji 14:03 UTC · Fiji · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 113 km SSE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea 13:51 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 128 km SE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea 13:48 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 111 km SSE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea 13:29 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 101 km SSE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea 13:28 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 124 km SE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea 13:02 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 120 km SSE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea 12:50 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 100 km SSE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea 12:49 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 116 km SE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea 12:49 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 74 km SSW of Adak, Alaska 12:43 UTC · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 113 km SE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea 12:35 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 108 km SE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea 12:31 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 26 km S of Clayton, Idaho 12:24 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.9 Earthquake — 70 km N of Hatillo, Puerto Rico 12:23 UTC · Dominican Republic · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 120 km SSE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea 12:19 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Minor M3.2 Earthquake — 4 km ENE of Covelo, CA 12:15 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.2 Earthquake — 61 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico 12:13 UTC · Dominican Republic · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 102 km S of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea 11:43 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 121 km SSE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea 11:39 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 137 km SE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea 11:29 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 130 km SSE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea 11:24 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 101 km SSE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea 11:23 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 104 km SSE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea 11:21 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 122 km SSE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea 11:03 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 135 km SSE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea 10:09 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 113 km SSE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea 10:01 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Minor M4.0 Earthquake — 41 km WSW of Acajutla, El Salvador 09:55 UTC · El Salvador · USGS Minor M2.9 Earthquake — 234 km SW of Adak, Alaska 09:50 UTC · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 117 km SSE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea 09:22 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 19 km NE of Lima, Montana 08:16 UTC · United States · USGS Minor What Country Has the Most Earthquakes? It's an Island in the Pacific 07:00 UTC · Pakistan · GNEWS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 111 km NW of Qujing, China 06:42 UTC · China · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 65 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska 06:30 UTC · USGS Minor M3.5 Earthquake — 63 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska 06:23 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.3 Earthquake — 63 km WSW of Stella, Puerto Rico 06:18 UTC · Dominican Republic · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 100 km E of Bitung, Indonesia 05:53 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 114 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska 05:09 UTC · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 16 km S of Khowy, Iran 03:47 UTC · Iran · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 19 km N of Kanaya, Japan 03:36 UTC · Japan · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 103 km S of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia 03:22 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 75 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada 02:32 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 48 km N of Turka, Russia 02:00 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 217 km WSW of Adak, Alaska 00:54 UTC · USGS Minor M3.2 Earthquake — Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska 00:29 UTC · USGS Minor

Hantavirus cluster linked to cruise ship travel, Multi-country 21:31 UTC · WHO Severe

Residents evacuated after landslide near house in Ampang 07:00 UTC · Malaysia · GNEWS Moderate

VIDEO: Explosion at Chalmette Refining sends flames and smoke into sky 07:00 UTC · Iran · GNEWS Moderate

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Person found fatally shot in Santa Clara neighborhood on Enright Avenue; house fire contained, police say 07:00 UTC · Iran · GNEWS · 5 sources Minor

2021 A car bomb explodes in front of a school in Kabul, capital city of Afghanistan killing at least 55 people and wounding over 150. 1988 A fire at Illinois Bell's Hinsdale Central Office triggers an extended 1AESS network outage once considered to be the "worst telecommunications disaster in US telephone industry history". 1984 Corporal Denis Lortie enters the Quebec National Assembly and opens fire, killing three people and wounding 13. René Jalbert, Sergeant-at-Arms of the Assembly, succeeds in calming him, for which he will later receive the Cross of Valour. 1963 South Vietnamese soldiers under the Roman Catholic President Ngo Dinh Diem open fire on Buddhists defying a ban on the flying of the Buddhist flag on Vesak, killing nine and sparking the Buddhist crisis. 1902 In Martinique, Mount Pelée erupts, destroying the town of Saint-Pierre and killing over 30,000 people. Only a handful of residents survive the blast. 1842 A train derails and catches fire in Paris, killing between 52 and 200 people. 1608 A newly nationalized silver mine in Scotland at Hilderston, West Lothian is re-opened by Bevis Bulmer.