Incidents on 21 May 2026

M4.6 Earthquake — 105 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands 21:25 UTC · Solomon Islands · USGS Moderate M4.7 Earthquake — 104 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines 16:45 UTC · Philippines · USGS Moderate M4.9 Earthquake — 60 km W of Bandar Abbas, Iran 09:56 UTC · Iran · USGS Moderate M4.7 Earthquake — South Sandwich Islands region 08:37 UTC · USGS Moderate Seismic-like event, possible earthquake, reported about 10 minutes ago near Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa 07:00 UTC · South Africa · GNEWS Moderate ‘Wow was that a blast’: Magnitude 3.4 earthquake rattles Kalgoorlie-Boulder homes in Western Australia 07:00 UTC · Australia · GNEWS Moderate ‘Wow was that a blast’: Earthquake rocks Kalgoorlie homes 07:00 UTC · Australia · GNEWS Moderate M4.7 Earthquake — 103 km WNW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands 06:06 UTC · Solomon Islands · USGS Moderate M4.7 Earthquake — southern East Pacific Rise 04:11 UTC · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — Kermadec Islands region 00:16 UTC · Tonga · USGS Moderate M2.5 Earthquake — 12 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska 22:57 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.1 Earthquake — 80 km WSW of Adak, Alaska 22:01 UTC · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 1 km N of Pāhala, Hawaii 20:53 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 29 km SSE of Ierápetra, Greece 20:36 UTC · Greece · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 176 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 20:06 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — Reykjanes Ridge 19:53 UTC · Iceland · USGS Minor M3.1 Earthquake — 63 km E of Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands 19:28 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.9 Earthquake — 62 km W of Petrolia, CA 19:00 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — south of the Fiji Islands 18:47 UTC · Fiji · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 69 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile 18:44 UTC · Chile · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 179 km W of Neiafu, Tonga 18:24 UTC · Tonga · USGS Minor M3.2 Earthquake — 104 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands 17:51 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — Indian Ocean Triple Junction 16:54 UTC · Mauritius · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 15 km SE of Pearsall, Texas 16:46 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 220 km WNW of Larapinta, Australia 16:39 UTC · Australia · USGS Minor M3.0 Earthquake — 24 km WSW of Westmorland, CA 15:39 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.5 Earthquake — 160 km SW of Adak, Alaska 15:33 UTC · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — Fiji region 12:17 UTC · Fiji · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 72 km ENE of Lakatoro, Vanuatu 11:43 UTC · Vanuatu · USGS Minor M2.9 Earthquake — Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska 09:26 UTC · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 157 km NE of Beauséjour, Guadeloupe 09:20 UTC · Antigua and Barbuda · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 216 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska 09:14 UTC · USGS Minor M2.9 Earthquake — 118 km SW of Adak, Alaska 09:08 UTC · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 39 km WNW of Valdez, Alaska 08:54 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.2 Earthquake — 92 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands 08:30 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 123 km SSE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea 07:56 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 182 km SSE of Attu Station, Alaska 06:07 UTC · USGS Minor M4.0 Earthquake — 230 km W of Hihifo, Tonga 05:57 UTC · Tonga · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 128 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga 05:26 UTC · Tonga · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 20 km SSE of Pāhala, Hawaii 05:01 UTC · Kiribati · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 80 km ESE of Chenega, Alaska 04:36 UTC · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 2 km E of Procida, Italy 03:50 UTC · Italy · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 249 km ESE of Levuka, Fiji 03:34 UTC · Fiji · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 34 km WNW of Ivanof Bay, Alaska 03:16 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 10 km SSE of Coyanosa, Texas 03:03 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.4 Earthquake — 91 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands 02:03 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.0 Earthquake — 61 km SSE of Sovetabad, Azerbaijan 01:47 UTC · Azerbaijan · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 79 km SE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska 01:40 UTC · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 193 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines 01:25 UTC · Philippines · USGS Minor M3.7 Earthquake — 124 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands 01:21 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 49 km SE of Shima, Japan 01:06 UTC · Japan · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 24 km WSW of Fīrūzābād, Iran 00:17 UTC · Iran · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 31 km NW of Toyah, Texas 00:00 UTC · United States · USGS Minor

Explosion spectaculaire à Wall Street : une voiture se transforme en boule de feu et recouvre toute la rue d’une épaisse fumée noire en plein cœur de Manhattan 07:00 UTC · United States · GNEWS Moderate

Green flood alert in United States 06:15 UTC · United States · GDACS Moderate

Terra Drone CEO Sentenced to 1 Year 4 Months in Prison for Deadly Fire that Killed 22 People 07:00 UTC · Indonesia · GNEWS Minor

2024 The Greenfield tornado kills five and injures 35 across rural Iowa, United States. Wind speeds in excess of 480 kilometres per hour (300 mph) are estimated from measurements for the third time in history. 2003 The 6.8 Mw Boumerdès earthquake shakes northern Algeria with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). More than 2,200 people were killed and a moderate tsunami sank boats at the Balearic Islands. 2000 Nineteen people are killed in a plane crash in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. 1976 Twenty-nine people are killed in the Yuba City bus disaster in Martinez, California. 1936 Sada Abe is arrested after wandering the streets of Tokyo for days with her dead lover's severed genitals in her handbag. Her story soon becomes one of Japan's most notorious scandals. 1917 The Great Atlanta fire of 1917 causes $5.5 million in damages, destroying some 300 acres including 2,000 homes, businesses and churches, displacing about 10,000 people but leading to only one fatality (due to heart attack). 1792 A lava dome collapses on Mount Unzen, near the city of Shimbara on the Japanese island of Kyūshū, creating a deadly tsunami that killed nearly 15,000 people.