Incidents on 5 August 2026

M6.4 Earthquake — 221 km BaratLaut PULAUKARATUNG-SULUT 04:14 UTC · Indonesia · BMKG · 2 sources Extreme M5.8 Earthquake — 169 km BaratLaut TAHUNA-KEP.SANGIHE-SULUT 21:41 UTC · Indonesia · BMKG · 2 sources Severe M5.9 Earthquake — 62 km BaratDaya PULAUDOI-MALUT 16:50 UTC · Indonesia · BMKG · 2 sources Severe M4.5 Earthquake — southeast of the Loyalty Islands 23:40 UTC · Fiji · USGS Moderate M4.9 Earthquake — 13 km W of Honmachi, Japan 22:59 UTC · Japan · USGS Moderate M4.4 Earthquake — 31 km NNW of Covelo, CA 22:21 UTC · United States · USGS Moderate M4.8 Earthquake — 35 km SSW of Sarangani, Philippines 22:11 UTC · Philippines · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 97 km WSW of Houma, Tonga 20:59 UTC · Tonga · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 13 km SE of Ialibu, Papua New Guinea 19:51 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Moderate M5.2 Earthquake — 29 km S of Ialibu, Papua New Guinea 19:46 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 87 km SW of Labuha, Indonesia 19:33 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 58 km SSW of Sarangani, Philippines 19:32 UTC · Philippines · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 28 km SW of Sarangani, Philippines 16:30 UTC · Philippines · USGS Moderate M5.3 Earthquake — 79 km BaratDaya KAB-PANGANDARAN-JABAR 14:55 UTC · Indonesia · BMKG · 2 sources Moderate M4.7 Earthquake — 127 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia 14:43 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 41 km SSW of Sarangani, Philippines 14:22 UTC · Philippines · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 110 km E of Bitung, Indonesia 14:16 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 9 km SSW of Sarangani, Philippines 12:29 UTC · Philippines · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 58 km SW of Sarangani, Philippines 10:52 UTC · Philippines · USGS Moderate M5.0 Earthquake — 61 km NE of Shi Yomi, India 10:06 UTC · India · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 42 km SSW of Sarangani, Philippines 09:38 UTC · Philippines · USGS Moderate M4.9 Earthquake — 41 km SW of Sarangani, Philippines 09:17 UTC · Philippines · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 11 km ENE of Tomas Oppus, Philippines 08:11 UTC · Philippines · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 10 km east of Dannevirke 07:46 UTC · New Zealand · GEONET Moderate M6.3 Earthquake — south of the Kermadec Islands 07:43 UTC · New Zealand · USGS Moderate Magnitude 4.1 Earthquake Strikes Southwest of Bandung Regency, West Java 07:00 UTC · Indonesia · GNEWS Moderate M5.0 Earthquake — Auckland Islands, New Zealand region 06:44 UTC · New Zealand · USGS Moderate M4.9 Earthquake — 42 km SW of Sarangani, Philippines 06:41 UTC · Philippines · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 84 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala 06:13 UTC · Guatemala · USGS Moderate M5.1 Earthquake — 37 km SW of Sarangani, Philippines 05:59 UTC · Philippines · USGS Moderate M4.9 Earthquake — 30 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines 05:57 UTC · Philippines · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 72 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines 05:53 UTC · Philippines · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 43 km WSW of Sarangani, Philippines 05:49 UTC · Philippines · USGS Moderate M4.9 Earthquake — 42 km SW of Sarangani, Philippines 05:13 UTC · Philippines · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 219 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia 05:02 UTC · Russia · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 40 km SW of Sarangani, Philippines 04:47 UTC · Philippines · USGS Moderate M4.6 Earthquake — 117 km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines 04:43 UTC · Philippines · USGS Moderate M4.9 Earthquake — 61 km SW of Sarangani, Philippines 04:34 UTC · Philippines · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 61 km SSW of Sarangani, Philippines 04:29 UTC · Philippines · USGS Moderate M5.2 Earthquake — 30 km S of Sarangani, Philippines 04:25 UTC · Philippines · USGS Moderate M5.1 Earthquake — 240 km S of Burica, Panama 04:19 UTC · Panama · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 133 km SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines 03:58 UTC · Philippines · USGS Moderate M4.8 Earthquake — Banda Sea 03:16 UTC · Timor-Leste · USGS Moderate M4.5 Earthquake — 36 km ESE of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia 02:46 UTC · Russia · USGS Moderate M4.8 Earthquake — 56 km WSW of Monywa, Burma (Myanmar) 00:11 UTC · Myanmar · USGS Moderate M3.1 Earthquake — 72 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico 23:46 UTC · Dominican Republic · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 35 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines 22:50 UTC · Philippines · USGS Minor M3.9 Earthquake — 31 km NNW of Covelo, CA 22:20 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 289 km WSW of Adak, Alaska 22:03 UTC · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 33 km SW of Sarangani, Philippines 21:57 UTC · Philippines · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 87 km SE of False Pass, Alaska 21:50 UTC · USGS Minor Magnitude 3.5 earthquake strikes near Tellebang, North Burnett, Queensland, Australia 21:31 UTC · Russia · GNEWS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 48 km SSE of Banda Aceh, Indonesia 21:21 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Minor M2.9 Earthquake — 106 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska 21:17 UTC · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 199 km SE of Perryville, Alaska 20:49 UTC · USGS Minor M2.9 Earthquake — 200 km SE of Perryville, Alaska 20:30 UTC · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 74 km NE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia 20:27 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M4.1 Earthquake — 51 km ESE of Koseda, Japan 20:24 UTC · Japan · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 45 km S of Sarangani, Philippines 20:04 UTC · Philippines · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 61 km S of Atka, Alaska 19:51 UTC · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 88 km S of Unalaska, Alaska 19:29 UTC · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 19 km NE of Sarangani, Philippines 19:22 UTC · Philippines · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 63 km SSE of Nikolski, Alaska 18:37 UTC · USGS Minor M3.0 Earthquake — 93 km SSE of Atka, Alaska 18:15 UTC · USGS Minor M3.3 Earthquake — Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska 18:06 UTC · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 123 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska 18:03 UTC · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 112 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska 17:44 UTC · USGS Minor M3.1 Earthquake — 63 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico 17:25 UTC · Dominican Republic · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 116 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska 16:56 UTC · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 213 km SSE of Adak, Alaska 16:34 UTC · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — South Sandwich Islands region 16:12 UTC · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 72 km W of Petrolia, CA 16:05 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 263 km W of Adak, Alaska 15:27 UTC · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 124 km ESE of Sarangani, Philippines 15:17 UTC · Philippines · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 230 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska 15:12 UTC · USGS Minor M3.3 Earthquake — 232 km ESE of Attu Station, Alaska 14:54 UTC · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 2 km WSW of Honoka‘a, Hawaii 14:20 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.2 Earthquake — 61 km SE of Adak, Alaska 13:57 UTC · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 33 km S of Sarangani, Philippines 12:54 UTC · Philippines · USGS Minor M3.1 Earthquake — 80 km SE of Atka, Alaska 12:38 UTC · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 243 km N of Tobelo, Indonesia 12:22 UTC · Indonesia · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 284 km SW of Yanglong, China 12:01 UTC · China · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska 11:57 UTC · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 28 km SW of Jal, New Mexico 11:43 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 23 km SW of Sarangani, Philippines 11:22 UTC · Philippines · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 48 km S of Panguna, Papua New Guinea 10:48 UTC · Papua New Guinea · USGS Minor M2.9 Earthquake — 228 km ESE of Attu Station, Alaska 10:37 UTC · USGS Minor M3.3 Earthquake — 62 km NNW of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands 09:18 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 72 km S of Lumatil, Philippines 09:14 UTC · Philippines · USGS Minor M3.4 Earthquake — 36 km W of Denali National Park, Alaska 08:55 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.6 Earthquake — Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska 08:55 UTC · USGS Minor M3.3 Earthquake — Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska 08:54 UTC · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 110 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska 08:47 UTC · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 46 km SSW of Sarangani, Philippines 08:29 UTC · Philippines · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 40 km S of Sarangani, Philippines 08:24 UTC · Philippines · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 58 km S of Whites City, New Mexico 07:56 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — Fiji region 07:05 UTC · Fiji · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 43 km SW of Sarangani, Philippines 07:02 UTC · Philippines · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — 44 km S of Sarangani, Philippines 06:56 UTC · Philippines · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 55 km SW of Sarangani, Philippines 06:36 UTC · Philippines · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 96 km SE of Atka, Alaska 05:56 UTC · USGS Minor M3.0 Earthquake — 232 km ESE of Attu Station, Alaska 05:56 UTC · USGS Minor M2.7 Earthquake — 20 km SSW of Silver Peak, Nevada 05:48 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — Kermadec Islands region 05:47 UTC · Tonga · USGS Minor M3.1 Earthquake — 231 km ESE of Attu Station, Alaska 04:27 UTC · USGS Minor M2.5 Earthquake — 58 km S of Whites City, New Mexico 04:17 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M3.3 Earthquake — 230 km ESE of Attu Station, Alaska 04:15 UTC · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 101 km S of Sand Point, Alaska 03:56 UTC · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 31 km W of San Jose De Sisa, Peru 03:40 UTC · Peru · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — Prince Edward Islands region 03:21 UTC · Lesotho · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 9 km N of New Harmony, Utah 03:21 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M2.6 Earthquake — 86 km SSE of Atka, Alaska 03:13 UTC · USGS Minor M2.8 Earthquake — 231 km ESE of Attu Station, Alaska 03:02 UTC · USGS Minor M4.4 Earthquake — 49 km E of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia 02:47 UTC · Russia · USGS Minor M2.9 Earthquake — 233 km ESE of Attu Station, Alaska 02:23 UTC · USGS Minor M3.1 Earthquake — 96 km SSE of Atka, Alaska 02:00 UTC · USGS Minor M3.3 Earthquake — 22 km NNE of Yerington, Nevada 01:36 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.3 Earthquake — Fiji region 01:13 UTC · Fiji · USGS Minor M3.7 Earthquake — 135 km N of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands 01:03 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.0 Earthquake — 31 km NNW of Covelo, CA 00:25 UTC · United States · USGS Minor M4.2 Earthquake — 15 km NW of Gerāsh, Iran 00:25 UTC · Iran · USGS Minor M3.3 Earthquake — 45 km E of Savoonga, Alaska 00:05 UTC · USGS Minor

Orange forest fire notification in Serbia 00:00 UTC · Serbia · GDACS Severe Wildfire Wrights Spring, Klamath, Oregon 18:00 UTC · United States · EONET Moderate Green forest fire notification in Namibia 15:03 UTC · Namibia · GDACS Moderate Wildfire BUZZARD, Kern, California 11:08 UTC · United States · EONET Moderate Wildfire Frijoles, Santa Fe, New Mexico 10:05 UTC · United States · EONET Moderate Forest fire danger — Parts of Agder and Østlandet 08:30 UTC · Norway · METEOALARM Moderate Forest fires in Tanzania 00:00 UTC · Tanzania · GDACS Moderate Forest fires in The Democratic Republic of Congo 00:00 UTC · DR Congo · GDACS Moderate Green forest fire notification in Zambia 00:00 UTC · Zambia · GDACS Moderate Green forest fire notification in Australia 00:00 UTC · Australia · GDACS Moderate Green forest fire notification in Russian Federation 00:00 UTC · Russia · GDACS Moderate Forest fires in Angola 00:00 UTC · Angola · GDACS Moderate Wrights Spring Fire — OR (FEMA declaration) 00:00 UTC · United States · FEMA Moderate Green forest fire notification in Mozambique 00:00 UTC · Mozambique · GDACS Moderate Green forest fire notification in Colombia 00:00 UTC · Colombia · GDACS Moderate Green forest fire notification in Brazil 00:00 UTC · Brazil · GDACS Moderate Green forest fire notification in The Democratic Republic of Congo 00:00 UTC · DR Congo · GDACS Moderate Green forest fire notification in United States 00:00 UTC · United States · GDACS Moderate

Aden: Fire breaks out at Computer College in Al-Mualla 20:44 UTC · Yemen · GNEWS Moderate Fire Breaks Out at Main Roscosmos Research Center Near Moscow 07:00 UTC · Russia · GNEWS Moderate Midvale apartment fire tenants feel misled into paying for insurance that didn’t cover them 07:00 UTC · Ethiopia · GNEWS Moderate Fire crews battle early morning blaze at Norfolk Crush plant 07:00 UTC · United States · GNEWS · 14 sources Moderate Black smoke poured from Beaufort house fire. Two people were at home at the time 07:00 UTC · Myanmar · GNEWS · 9 sources Minor Fire breaks out in former pub near Presidential Palace in Nicosia (videos) 07:00 UTC · Greece · GNEWS Minor Mega Fire στην Αττική: Όταν η πυρκαγιά δημιουργεί τον δικό της καιρό 07:00 UTC · Greece · GNEWS Minor

Russian drone factory director seriously injured in car explosion 14:57 UTC · Pakistan · GNEWS Minor Russian drone factory director badly injured in car explosion 12:52 UTC · United States · GNEWS · 3 sources Minor انفجار عنيف يهز العاصمة اليمنية صنعاء 07:00 UTC · Iraq · GNEWS · 14 sources Minor

MINDANAO PHILIPPINES 04:23 UTC · Philippines · PTWC Severe

Gwaelod-y-Garth flood caused by planned Taff's Well Quarry blast 07:00 UTC · United States · GNEWS · 9 sources Minor

2015 The Environmental Protection Agency at Gold King Mine waste water spill releases three million gallons of heavy metal toxin tailings and waste water into the Animas River in Colorado. 2003 A car bomb explodes in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta outside the Marriott Hotel killing 12 and injuring 150. 1995 Yugoslav Wars: The city of Knin, Croatia, a significant Serb stronghold, is taken by Croatian forces during Operation Storm. The date is celebrated in Croatia as Victory Day. 1964 Vietnam War: Operation Pierce Arrow: American aircraft from carriers USS Ticonderoga and USS Constellation bomb North Vietnam in retaliation for strikes against U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin. 1962 American actress Marilyn Monroe is found dead at her home from a drug overdose. 1949 In Ecuador, an earthquake destroys 50 towns and kills more than 6,000. 1949 In Montana, 12 smokejumper firefighters and a US Forest Service fire guard are killed in the Mann Gulch Fire. 1914 World War I: The guns of Point Nepean fort at Port Phillip Heads in Victoria (Australia) fire across the bows of the Norddeutscher Lloyd steamer SS Pfalz which is attempting to leave the Port of Melbourne in ignorance of the declaration of war and she is detained; this is said to be the first Allied shot of the War. 1862 American Civil War: Battle of Baton Rouge: Along the Mississippi River near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Confederate troops attempt to take the city, but are driven back by fire from Union gunboats. 1766 An earthquake in the Sea of Marmara and Gallipoli (present-day Turkey) along the North Anatolian Fault kills at least 5,000 people.