Incidents on 15 May 2026

M6.7 Earthquake — 41 km ESE of Ōfunato, Japan 11:22 UTC · Japan · USGS Severe M4.5 Earthquake — 209 km E of Levuka, Fiji 22:20 UTC · Fiji · USGS Moderate M4.7 Earthquake — 214 km E of Levuka, Fiji 21:15 UTC · Fiji · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 104 km ESE of Port-Vila, Vanuatu 18:28 UTC · Vanuatu · USGS Moderate M4.9 Earthquake — 13 km NW of Palca, Peru 15:45 UTC · Peru · USGS Moderate M4.9 Earthquake — central Mid-Atlantic Ridge 14:27 UTC · Sierra Leone · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — southeast Indian Ridge 13:36 UTC · USGS Moderate M4.8 Earthquake — Bonin Islands, Japan region 11:20 UTC · Japan · USGS Moderate M5.3 Earthquake — 124 km SSE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea 01:13 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Moderate M4.3 Earthquake — 91 km SSE of Bingtuan Sanshiliu Tuan, China 23:47 UTC · China · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 29 km NW of La Villa del Rosario, Venezuela 23:21 UTC · Venezuela · USGS Minor M3.1 Earthquake — 73 km SSW of Kaktovik, Alaska 22:39 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 91 km W of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii 21:15 UTC · Kiribati · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 105 km ENE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 21:09 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 25 km SSW of Amorgós, Greece 20:55 UTC · Greece · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 63 km N of Namuac, Philippines 20:52 UTC · Philippines · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 101 km WSW of San Nicolas, Philippines 20:43 UTC · Philippines · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 103 km ENE of Miyako, Japan 20:39 UTC · Japan · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 49 km SE of Unalaska, Alaska 20:33 UTC · USGS Minor M3.3 Earthquake — 15 km ESE of Wright, Wyoming 19:59 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 21 km N of Komodo, Indonesia 19:49 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Minor M3.4 Earthquake — 4 km W of Nikolski, Alaska 19:35 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.9 Earthquake — 96 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska 18:53 UTC · USGS Minor M4.0 Earthquake — 18 km W of Oketo, Japan 18:47 UTC · Japan · USGS Minor M3.0 Earthquake — 11 km SW of Hāwī, Hawaii 18:36 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.6 Earthquake — 93 km ESE of Adak, Alaska 17:36 UTC · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 21 km SSE of Emajagua, Puerto Rico 16:05 UTC · Saint Kitts and Nevis · USGS Minor M3.6 Earthquake — 121 km N of Hatillo, Puerto Rico 14:14 UTC · Dominican Republic · USGS Minor M3.7 Earthquake — 41 km ESE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic 13:44 UTC · Dominican Republic · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 196 km SSW of Akhiok, Alaska 13:35 UTC · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 44 km NE of Pleasant Valley, Alaska 12:00 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.8 Earthquake — 8 km W of Bennington, Idaho 11:05 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 8 km S of Yangī Qal‘ah, Afghanistan 10:35 UTC · Afghanistan · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 83 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico 10:06 UTC · Mexico · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — Pagan region, Northern Mariana Islands 09:08 UTC · Palau · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — southeast of the Loyalty Islands 08:41 UTC · Fiji · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 8 km NW of Tiptonville, Tennessee 06:51 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.7 Earthquake — 95 km S of Atka, Alaska 05:22 UTC · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 4 km W of Cobb, CA 05:09 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 4 km SE of Ratliff City, Oklahoma 04:56 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 88 km SW of Los Osos, California 04:08 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 11 km E of Silver Springs, Nevada 03:40 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 86 km E of Ugashik, Alaska 03:14 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — Carlsberg Ridge 02:13 UTC · Yemen · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 80 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska 02:13 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 79 km SE of King Salmon, Alaska 02:13 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — Pagan region, Northern Mariana Islands 00:42 UTC · Palau · USGS Minor

Vehicle fire causes delays on I-75 in Charlotte County 07:00 UTC · United States · GNEWS Moderate Fire breaks out backstage at SMK Putrajaya Presint 14(1) 07:00 UTC · Malaysia · GNEWS Moderate Fire breaks out at Libyan PM's office amid violence 07:00 UTC · Kenya · GNEWS Minor

Una explosión en una fiesta patronal en Jalisco deja un muerto y más de una veintena de heridos 07:00 UTC · Chile · GNEWS · 4 sources Minor Jackson Parish Sheriff gives update on pipeline explosion 07:00 UTC · Iran · GNEWS Minor

Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Tornadoes, And Flooding — NE (FEMA declaration) 00:00 UTC · United States · FEMA Severe

Residents raise alarm over gas seepage, fire outbreak in Rivers community 07:00 UTC · Nigeria · GNEWS Minor

Getting pastures back on track – post fire or drought 07:00 UTC · Australia · GNEWS Minor

2013 An upsurge in violence in Iraq leaves more than 389 people dead over three days. 1957 At Malden Island in the Pacific Ocean, Britain tests its first hydrogen bomb in Operation Grapple. 1929 A fire at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio kills 123. 1194 Michael the Syrian reconsecrates the Mor Bar Sauma Monastery, which he reconstructed after its destruction by a fire. The monastery stays a center of the Syriac Orthodox Church until the end of the thirteenth century.