Incidents on 22 May 2026

Earthquake — HI (FEMA declaration) 00:00 UTC · United States · FEMA Severe M4.5 Earthquake — northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge 23:39 UTC · Barbados · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 243 km E of Tadine, New Caledonia 21:58 UTC · Vanuatu · USGS Moderate M4.7 Earthquake — 38 km E of Lae, Papua New Guinea 19:32 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Moderate M5.3 Earthquake — 154 km W of Lata, Solomon Islands 19:30 UTC · Solomon Islands · USGS Moderate M4.9 Earthquake — 285 km NW of Nagqu, China 17:16 UTC · China · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 42 km ENE of Noda, Japan 16:53 UTC · Japan · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 111 km SSE of Kirakira, Solomon Islands 16:28 UTC · Solomon Islands · USGS Moderate M5.6 Earthquake — 172 km ENE of Atka, Alaska 12:16 UTC · USGS Moderate M5.1 Earthquake — 138 km SSE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea 10:08 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Moderate M5.7 Earthquake — 115 km SSE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea 10:08 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 27 km S of Puerto Cortés, Costa Rica 09:19 UTC · Costa Rica · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 69 km NE of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain 08:50 UTC · Spain · USGS Moderate M5.2 Earthquake — Balleny Islands region 08:04 UTC · USGS Moderate Seismic-like event, possible earthquake, reported few minutes ago near Costa Calma, Canary Islands, Spain 06:59 UTC · DR Congo · GNEWS · 2 sources Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 110 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska 06:33 UTC · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — Pacific-Antarctic Ridge 04:42 UTC · USGS Moderate M4.7 Earthquake — 115 km SSE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea 03:01 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 107 km SSE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea 02:05 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 9 km NE of Metahāra, Ethiopia 01:46 UTC · Ethiopia · USGS Moderate M5.1 Earthquake — northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge 01:06 UTC · Barbados · USGS Moderate M5.9 Earthquake — 115 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia 01:05 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 14 km N of Port-Vila, Vanuatu 00:07 UTC · Vanuatu · USGS Moderate M2.7 Earthquake — 73 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska 23:22 UTC · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 41 km NNW of Valdez, Alaska 21:47 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 140 km SSE of Atka, Alaska 21:25 UTC · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 8 km SSW of Big Lake, Alaska 20:51 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 12 km SE of Pearsall, Texas 20:50 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.5 Earthquake — 115 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska 20:31 UTC · USGS Minor M3.9 Earthquake — 170 km E of Atka, Alaska 20:15 UTC · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 171 km E of Atka, Alaska 20:10 UTC · USGS Minor M3.0 Earthquake — 173 km E of Atka, Alaska 19:57 UTC · USGS Minor M3.3 Earthquake — 9 km NNE of Truckee, CA 19:45 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 9 km NNE of Truckee, CA 19:44 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 9 km NNE of Truckee, CA 19:44 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.0 Earthquake — 55 km S of Isangel, Vanuatu 17:07 UTC · Vanuatu · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 181 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia 16:25 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M2.9 Earthquake — 10 km N of Stillwater, Oklahoma 16:18 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.0 Earthquake — 107 km ENE of Hércules, Mexico 15:08 UTC · Mexico · USGS Minor M3.4 Earthquake — 56 km SE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic 14:15 UTC · Dominican Republic · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 113 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska 14:07 UTC · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 167 km E of Atka, Alaska 12:46 UTC · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 10 km ENE of Kasama, Japan 12:39 UTC · Japan · USGS Minor M3.5 Earthquake — 178 km E of Atka, Alaska 12:36 UTC · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 149 km WSW of Adak, Alaska 12:33 UTC · USGS Minor M3.2 Earthquake — 38 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic 12:33 UTC · Dominican Republic · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 41 km NW of Toyah, Texas 10:51 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 104 km SSE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea 10:44 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — South Sandwich Islands region 10:27 UTC · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 111 km SW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea 09:03 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Minor M2.9 Earthquake — 138 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska 08:47 UTC · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 92 km WSW of Kuril’sk, Russia 08:44 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — off the coast of Central America 08:35 UTC · Costa Rica · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 105 km N of Yakutat, Alaska 08:21 UTC · Canada · USGS Minor M3.2 Earthquake — 3 km S of Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico 07:09 UTC · Dominican Republic · USGS Minor M4.0 Earthquake — 15 km S of Sangay, Philippines 07:07 UTC · Philippines · USGS Minor M3.2 Earthquake — 239 km S of False Pass, Alaska 07:06 UTC · USGS Minor Magnitude 4.7 earthquake strikes near Atka, Aleutians West, Alaska, USA 07:00 UTC · DR Congo · GNEWS · 8 sources Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 36 km WNW of Gazli, Uzbekistan 05:44 UTC · Uzbekistan · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 15 km N of San Juan, Puerto Rico 04:37 UTC · Saint Kitts and Nevis · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 20 km N of Pine Mountain Club, CA 04:31 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 49 km S of Whites City, New Mexico 03:41 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 173 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga 03:30 UTC · Tonga · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 180 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia 03:29 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 76 km ENE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile 03:15 UTC · Bolivia · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 6 km WNW of Delta, B.C., MX 02:16 UTC · Mexico · USGS Minor M3.3 Earthquake — 6 km WNW of Delta, B.C., MX 01:10 UTC · Mexico · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 1 km S of Binubusan, Philippines 00:44 UTC · Philippines · USGS Minor M3.0 Earthquake — 7 km NW of Pāhala, Hawaii 00:10 UTC · United States · USGS Minor

Video: Woman Swept Away By Raging Flood Waters While Stepping Off Bus In New York City 07:00 UTC · United States · GNEWS Moderate Flood-Damaged Cars: How to Spot and Avoid Them 07:00 UTC · Zambia · GNEWS Minor

Ebola disease caused by Bundibugyo virus – Democratic Republic of the Congo 21:06 UTC · Republic of the Congo · WHO Severe

Encampment fire breaks out off Hwy 400: Barrie Fire 07:00 UTC · Canada · GNEWS Moderate

China Coal Mine Blast Leaves 82 Dead, Two Missing 07:00 UTC · China · GNEWS Minor

2026 A gas explosion at a coal mine in Changzhi, Shanxi, leaves at least 82 people dead. 2021 Hypothermia kills 21 runners in the 100 km (60-mile) Gansu ultramarathon disaster in China. 2014 An explosion occurs in Ürümqi, capital of China's far-western Xinjiang region, resulting in at least 43 deaths and 91 injuries. 2011 An EF5 tornado strikes Joplin, Missouri, killing 158 people and wreaking $2.8 billion in damages, the costliest and seventh-deadliest single tornado in U.S. history. 2010 Air India Express Flight 812, a Boeing 737 crashes over a cliff upon landing at Mangalore, India, killing 158 of 166 people on board, becoming the deadliest crash involving a Boeing 737 until the crash of Lion Air Flight 610. 1967 L'Innovation department store in Brussels, Belgium, burns down, resulting in 323 dead or missing and 150 injured, the most devastating fire in Belgian history. 1960 The Great Chilean earthquake, measuring 9.5 on the moment magnitude scale, hits southern Chile, becoming the most powerful earthquake ever recorded. 1958 The 1958 riots in Ceylon become a watershed in the race relations of various ethnic communities of Sri Lanka. The total deaths are estimated at 300, mostly Tamils. 1927 Near Xining, China, an 8.3 magnitude earthquake causes 200,000 deaths in one of the world's most destructive earthquakes. 1915 Lassen Peak erupts with a powerful force, the only volcano besides Mount St. Helens to erupt in the contiguous U.S. during the 20th century. 1915 Three trains collide in the Quintinshill rail disaster near Gretna Green, Scotland, killing 227 people and injuring 246. 1766 A large earthquake causes heavy damage and loss of life in Istanbul and the Marmara region.