Incidents on 30 May 2026

M5.0 Earthquake — 87 km E of Wau, Papua New Guinea 22:45 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Moderate M5.6 Earthquake — 133 km SSE of Oistins, Barbados 21:27 UTC · Barbados · USGS Moderate M4.9 Earthquake — 25 km NNW of Murghob, Tajikistan 21:15 UTC · Tajikistan · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — Chagos Archipelago region 16:05 UTC · Maldives · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 124 km SSW of Merizo Village, Guam 15:17 UTC · Palau · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 19 km W of Shiranuka, Japan 14:34 UTC · Japan · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 67 km W of Catuday, Philippines 14:21 UTC · Philippines · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 84 km E of Pondaguitan, Philippines 13:18 UTC · Philippines · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 50 km ESE of Pondaguitan, Philippines 13:15 UTC · Philippines · USGS Moderate M5.0 Earthquake — 191 km NNW of Kilmia, Yemen 11:06 UTC · Yemen · USGS Moderate M4.8 Earthquake — 114 km SW of Jiquilillo, Nicaragua 11:06 UTC · Nicaragua · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 73 km ESE of Pondaguitan, Philippines 07:03 UTC · Philippines · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 84 km ESE of Pondaguitan, Philippines 05:48 UTC · Philippines · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 45 km NNE of Santa Monica, Philippines 03:28 UTC · Philippines · USGS Moderate M4.9 Earthquake — South Sandwich Islands region 00:38 UTC · USGS Moderate M4.7 Earthquake — 69 km N of Güiria, Venezuela 00:31 UTC · Venezuela · USGS Moderate M3.1 Earthquake — 3 km SSE of Boquerón, Puerto Rico 22:07 UTC · Dominican Republic · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 22 km SSW of King City, CA 21:32 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 91 km E of Pondaguitan, Philippines 21:20 UTC · Philippines · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 65 km WNW of Macabuboni, Philippines 21:04 UTC · Philippines · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 21 km SSW of Adak, Alaska 20:28 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 173 km SE of Vilyuchinsk, Russia 19:25 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M3.0 Earthquake — 6 km SW of Tallaboa, Puerto Rico 17:42 UTC · Dominican Republic · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 16 km SSW of Jurm, Afghanistan 17:40 UTC · Afghanistan · USGS Minor M3.6 Earthquake — 85 km NNE of Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands 14:54 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 81 km W of Macabuboni, Philippines 14:42 UTC · Philippines · USGS Minor M4.0 Earthquake — 49 km NNW of Ende, Indonesia 14:13 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Minor M3.2 Earthquake — 51 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska 14:09 UTC · USGS Minor M3.0 Earthquake — 60 km W of Stevens Village, Alaska 13:58 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.0 Earthquake — 64 km ENE of Kuji, Japan 13:27 UTC · Japan · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — south of the Fiji Islands 13:09 UTC · Fiji · USGS Minor M3.6 Earthquake — 49 km S of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic 12:34 UTC · Dominican Republic · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 204 km NNW of Kilmia, Yemen 12:22 UTC · Yemen · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 113 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska 11:12 UTC · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 171 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 10:36 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M2.9 Earthquake — 177 km E of Atka, Alaska 09:34 UTC · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 51 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska 09:09 UTC · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 35 km WSW of Mentone, Texas 08:28 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.4 Earthquake — 142 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands 08:13 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.9 Earthquake — 107 km ESE of Adak, Alaska 08:13 UTC · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 137 km ESE of Pondaguitan, Philippines 07:16 UTC · Philippines · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 56 km ESE of Pondaguitan, Philippines 07:13 UTC · Philippines · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 101 km NW of Gizo, Solomon Islands 07:13 UTC · Solomon Islands · USGS Minor M3.4 Earthquake — 80 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska 06:57 UTC · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 250 km WSW of Crescent City, California 06:11 UTC · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 70 km E of Pondaguitan, Philippines 06:08 UTC · Philippines · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 60 km NNE of Tocopilla, Chile 05:48 UTC · Chile · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge 05:40 UTC · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 82 km SSW of Sinabang, Indonesia 05:15 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Minor M3.6 Earthquake — 101 km SW of Adak, Alaska 05:07 UTC · USGS Minor M3.7 Earthquake — 214 km SE of Attu Station, Alaska 05:03 UTC · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 20 km WNW of Jurm, Afghanistan 04:57 UTC · Afghanistan · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 3 km SE of Tallaboa Alta, Puerto Rico 04:38 UTC · Dominican Republic · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 105 km SSW of Merizo Village, Guam 04:22 UTC · Palau · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 59 km SSW of Pacocha, Peru 04:09 UTC · Peru · USGS Minor M4.0 Earthquake — 22 km W of Fry, Greece 03:54 UTC · Greece · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 17 km NE of Susitna North, Alaska 03:38 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 23 km NNW of Glacier View, Alaska 02:56 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 10 km ESE of Adak, Alaska 02:45 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.0 Earthquake — Western Australia 02:44 UTC · Australia · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 21 km W of Susitna, Alaska 02:38 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 56 km SW of Nikolski, Alaska 02:19 UTC · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge 02:12 UTC · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 188 km SW of Yakutat, Alaska 02:02 UTC · USGS Minor M3.2 Earthquake — 18 km WSW of Johannesburg, CA 01:55 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 52 km NNE of Calama, Chile 01:48 UTC · Chile · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 50 km WSW of Adak, Alaska 00:57 UTC · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 116 km WSW of San Nicolas, Philippines 00:44 UTC · Philippines · USGS Minor

Blue Origin rocket explosion is bad news for both Bezos and NASA 07:00 UTC · Taiwan · GNEWS Minor

1999 53 people are killed in a stampede at the Nyamiha metro station in Minsk, Belarus. 1998 The 6.5 Mw Afghanistan earthquake shakes the Takhar Province of northern Afghanistan with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong), killing around 4,000–4,500. 1937 Memorial Day massacre: Chicago police shoot and kill ten labor demonstrators. 1925 May Thirtieth Movement: Shanghai Municipal Police Force shoot and kill 13 protesting workers. 1883 In New York City, 12 people are killed in a stampede on the recently opened Brooklyn Bridge. 1815 The East Indiaman Arniston is wrecked during a storm at Waenhuiskrans, near Cape Agulhas, in present-day South Africa, with the loss of 372 lives.