Incidents on 20 May 2026

M5.4 Earthquake — 20 km NNW of Sincik, Turkey 06:00 UTC · Turkey · USGS Extreme M4.9 Earthquake — 268 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia 23:12 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Moderate M5.7 Earthquake — South Sandwich Islands region 23:00 UTC · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — South Sandwich Islands region 21:33 UTC · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 97 km E of Hihifo, Tonga 19:03 UTC · Tonga · USGS Moderate M5.5 Earthquake — southern East Pacific Rise 18:36 UTC · USGS Moderate M6.6 Earthquake — southern East Pacific Rise 17:43 UTC · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 27 km NE of Isangel, Vanuatu 16:53 UTC · Vanuatu · USGS Moderate M3.5 Earthquake — 7 km WSW of Bjæverskov, Denmark 14:14 UTC · Denmark · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 131 km E of Bitung, Indonesia 12:48 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Moderate M5.2 Earthquake — 49 km NE of Sape, Indonesia 10:28 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 128 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea 10:16 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Moderate M4.7 Earthquake — 129 km SSE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea 10:14 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Moderate M5.1 Earthquake — 145 km WNW of Lautoka, Fiji 09:40 UTC · Fiji · USGS Moderate M4.7 Earthquake — 147 km WNW of Lautoka, Fiji 08:58 UTC · Fiji · USGS Moderate M4.7 Earthquake — 143 km WNW of Lautoka, Fiji 08:50 UTC · Fiji · USGS Moderate Seismic-like event, possible earthquake, reported few minutes ago near Copenhagen, Capital Region, Denmark 07:00 UTC · Denmark · GNEWS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — southern East Pacific Rise 06:54 UTC · USGS Moderate M5.9 Earthquake — 11 km NNE of Wadomari, Japan 02:46 UTC · Japan · USGS Moderate M5.0 Earthquake — southeast of Easter Island 02:46 UTC · Chile · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 6 km NNE of Mutquín, Argentina 02:34 UTC · Argentina · USGS Moderate M4.7 Earthquake — 10 km W of San Benito, Philippines 02:26 UTC · Philippines · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 21 km SW of Sinabang, Indonesia 02:03 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Moderate M2.6 Earthquake — 19 km E of Naalehu, Hawaii 23:45 UTC · Kiribati · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 18 km WNW of Agía Galíni, Greece 23:41 UTC · Greece · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 11 km NE of Hildale, Utah 23:21 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.9 Earthquake — 2 km ENE of Magas Arriba, Puerto Rico 21:57 UTC · Dominican Republic · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 69 km ESE of Hitachi, Japan 21:27 UTC · Japan · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 17 km SE of Silver Springs, Nevada 21:24 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 51 km ENE of Chase, Alaska 21:20 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.1 Earthquake — 67 km ESE of Atka, Alaska 21:09 UTC · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 16 km SSE of Unalaska, Alaska 21:06 UTC · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 56 km S of Kawalu, Indonesia 21:04 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Minor M3.3 Earthquake — 16 km NNE of Maeser, Utah 21:02 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — Pagan region, Northern Mariana Islands 20:54 UTC · Palau · USGS Minor M3.3 Earthquake — 11 km ENE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska 20:40 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 55 km NNW of Tarama, Japan 20:30 UTC · Japan · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 89 km NW of Yakutat, Alaska 19:30 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 19 km S of Esperanza, Puerto Rico 19:00 UTC · Saint Kitts and Nevis · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 5 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma 18:46 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 34 km SE of Mina, Nevada 18:17 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.3 Earthquake — 101 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands 17:40 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 21 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii 17:20 UTC · Kiribati · USGS Minor M2.9 Earthquake — 93 km WNW of Karluk, Alaska 16:53 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 2 km E of Big Lake, Alaska 16:04 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 13 km N of Hatillo, Puerto Rico 15:49 UTC · Dominican Republic · USGS Minor M3.0 Earthquake — 72 km ESE of Denali National Park, Alaska 15:23 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — South Sandwich Islands region 14:47 UTC · USGS Minor M3.8 Earthquake — 38 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska 14:03 UTC · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — Fiji region 13:51 UTC · Fiji · USGS Minor M3.6 Earthquake — 56 km SSW of Wales, Alaska 13:04 UTC · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 82 km SSW of Hualien City, Taiwan 12:25 UTC · Taiwan · USGS Minor M2.9 Earthquake — 95 km N of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands 12:02 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.9 Earthquake — 33 km NW of Willow, Alaska 11:05 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — off the coast of Central America 09:19 UTC · Panama · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 25 km ESE of Kentrí, Greece 09:07 UTC · Greece · USGS Minor M3.7 Earthquake — 173 km NNW of The Valley, Anguilla 08:17 UTC · Saint Kitts and Nevis · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 69 km SE of Kuqa, China 08:06 UTC · China · USGS Minor M3.0 Earthquake — 88 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska 06:45 UTC · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 4 km NW of Challis, Idaho 06:44 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.2 Earthquake — 130 km ESE of Nikolski, Alaska 06:02 UTC · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 136 km N of Lae, Papua New Guinea 04:48 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 96 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands 04:04 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 81 km N of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands 04:00 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.0 Earthquake — 68 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands 03:59 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.2 Earthquake — 92 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands 03:57 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 26 km ESE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii 03:57 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.9 Earthquake — 81 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands 03:57 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.1 Earthquake — 98 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands 02:50 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.1 Earthquake — 85 km S of Sand Point, Alaska 02:47 UTC · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 90 km SE of King Cove, Alaska 02:44 UTC · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 39 km ENE of Baculin, Philippines 02:37 UTC · Philippines · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 252 km SE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna 02:32 UTC · Samoa · USGS Minor M3.4 Earthquake — 103 km N of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands 02:19 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 94 km WSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea 02:09 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Minor M3.1 Earthquake — 93 km NE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands 02:07 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 104 km S of Sand Point, Alaska 01:50 UTC · USGS Minor M3.1 Earthquake — 79 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico 01:50 UTC · Saint Kitts and Nevis · USGS Minor M2.9 Earthquake — 94 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands 01:49 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 75 km SSW of Hualien City, Taiwan 01:11 UTC · Taiwan · USGS Minor M3.0 Earthquake — 77 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands 00:41 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 244 km NW of Neiafu, Tonga 00:40 UTC · Tonga · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 36 km NNW of Liuzhou, China 00:13 UTC · China · USGS Minor

Large brush fires in North Philly send thick, black smoke into the air Wednesday 07:00 UTC · Pakistan · GNEWS · 2 sources Minor

Batu Tiga flood mitigation project ready by July 07:00 UTC · Malaysia · GNEWS Minor

2013 An EF5 tornado strikes the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, killing 24 people and injuring 377 others. 2012 At least 27 people are killed and 50 others injured when a 6.0-magnitude earthquake strikes northern Italy. 1983 Church Street bombing: A car bomb planted by UMkhonto we Sizwe explodes on Church Street in South Africa's capital, Pretoria, killing 19 people and injuring 217 others. 1956 In Operation Redwing, the first United States airborne hydrogen bomb is dropped over Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean. 1883 Krakatoa begins to erupt; the volcano explodes three months later, killing more than 36,000 people. 1202 A major earthquake hits Syria, widely felt between Sicily and Iraq.