Alerts

A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck near Ende, on Indonesia’s Flores island, at 22:28 UTC on 14 August 2026 (06:28 local time on 15 August), according to the US Geological Survey. The event was recorded at a depth of 10 kilometres, about 58 kilometres north of Ende. It occurred shortly after a far larger magnitude 7.7…

A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck the region north-northwest of Ende, on the Indonesian island of Flores, on 14 August 2026. According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the quake occurred at 22:18 UTC with an epicentre roughly 61 km north-northwest of Ende and a focal depth of approximately 10 km, placing it in the…

A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck 36 km north-east of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia, at 22:13:50 UTC on 14 August 2026 (06:13 local time on 15 August). The US Geological Survey placed the shallow event at a depth of 10 km, near Flores in East Nusa Tenggara province. The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre independently listed the event at…

A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck the Flores region of eastern Indonesia at 21:58 UTC on 14 August (05:58 local time on 15 August). The US Geological Survey placed the epicentre about 68 kilometres north-north-west of Ende, at a depth of 10 kilometres; Indonesia’s BMKG assessed the event at 15 kilometres deep. Indonesian authorities said the…

A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck the Kermadec Islands region at 16:11 UTC on 13 August 2026, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The event was located near 28.674° south, 176.312° west and had a reported depth of 10 kilometres. The Kermadec Islands lie in a remote, seismically active part of the south-west Pacific,…

A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck off the Pacific coast of El Salvador on 13 August 2026, with the United States Geological Survey (USGS) placing the epicentre 69 kilometres south-south-west of the town of Chirilagua, in the eastern department of La Unión. The quake occurred at 00:30:04 UTC (around 18:30 local time on 12 August, given…

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck the South Sandwich Islands region at 11:47 UTC on 12 August 2026, according to the US Geological Survey event record. The preliminary location was in the remote South Atlantic, near 60.24°S and 28.99°W, at a depth of about 10 kilometres. The South Sandwich Islands are largely uninhabited, and the event…

A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck near San José del Palmar in Colombia’s Chocó department at 07:34 local time on 10 August 2026. The US Geological Survey located it about 5 km south of the town, at a depth of roughly 110 km; Colombia’s Geological Service reported a 103 km depth. The shaking was reported across…

A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck the east central Pacific Ocean on 10 August 2026 at 05:41:44 UTC, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The quake was centred at approximately 0.31°N, 114.65°W, roughly in the remote open waters west of Central America and east of the Galápagos Islands, at a shallow depth of about…

A magnitude 5.6 earthquake occurred offshore, about 42 km east of Noda in Iwate Prefecture, northern Japan, at 17:57 UTC on 8 August 2026 (02:57 on 9 August local time). The reviewed USGS solution placed the hypocentre at a depth of 34 km, at approximately 40.1723°N, 142.3107°E. The event was measured at moment magnitude 5.6…