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Magnitude 5.6 earthquake — southeast of Easter Island
A magnitude 5.5–5.6 earthquake struck a remote stretch of the South Pacific Ocean south-east of Easter Island (Rapa Nui) on 8 August 2026, according to the United States Geological Survey. The quake occurred at 11:41 UTC at a shallow depth of around 10 kilometres, centred near 41.4°S, 90.1°W — roughly 2,000 kilometres south-east of Easter…
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Magnitude 5.6 earthquake — Skwentna, Alaska
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck sparsely populated backcountry in south-central Alaska on 8 August 2026, according to the US Geological Survey. The quake was centred roughly 57km west-north-west of Skwentna, a small, remote community north-west of Anchorage, at a depth of about 10km. USGS recorded the origin time as 04:50 UTC, which corresponds to approximately…
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Magnitude 5.9 earthquake — Sarangani, Philippines
A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck offshore near Sarangani in the southern Philippines at 21:41:28 UTC on 5 August 2026, equivalent to 05:41 local time on 6 August. USGS event data placed the epicentre about 32 kilometres south-west of Sarangani, at approximately 5.18°N, 125.28°E, and gave a depth of 10 kilometres. The relatively shallow depth meant…
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Magnitude 6.3 earthquake — south of the Kermadec Islands
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck the remote South Pacific region south of the Kermadec Islands on 5 August 2026, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The quake occurred at 07:43:27 UTC, with an epicentre recorded at approximately 33.8°S, 179.5°E. It was a deep-focus event, originating around 226 km below the Earth’s surface —…
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Magnitude 6.3 earthquake — Sarangani, Philippines
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck at 04:14 UTC (12:14 pm Philippine time) on 5 August 2026, according to the United States Geological Survey. The reviewed USGS solution placed the epicentre about 32 km south-west of Sarangani, Philippines, at a depth of 10 km. The agency classified the event as a W-phase moment-magnitude earthquake and estimated…
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Magnitude 5.7 earthquake — Ternate, Indonesia
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck the Molucca Sea, north-west of Ternate in Indonesia’s North Maluku region, at 20:16 UTC on 4 August 2026 (05:16 local time on 5 August). The USGS event record places the quake about 127 km north-west of Ternate, at a depth of 35 km, with an epicentre near 1.5066°N, 126.4856°E. European-Mediterranean…
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Magnitude 5.6 earthquake — Hicks Bay, New Zealand
A moderate earthquake measuring magnitude 5.6 struck offshore of New Zealand’s North Island on 2 August 2026, with the United States Geological Survey (USGS) placing the epicentre roughly 12 kilometres west of Hicks Bay in the East Cape region. The quake occurred at 08:35 UTC (around 8:35pm local time) at a depth of approximately 53…
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Magnitude 5.6 earthquake — Port McNeill, Canada
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck offshore of northern Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, on 1 August 2026, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The quake occurred at 04:49 UTC at a shallow depth of 10 kilometres, with an epicentre located roughly 192 kilometres south-west of the small coastal community of Port McNeill,…
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Magnitude 5.5 earthquake — Mutsu, Japan
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck off the north-eastern coast of Japan’s Honshu island on 1 August 2026, with the United States Geological Survey (USGS) recording the event at 02:48 UTC (11:48 local time in Japan). The quake was centred approximately 63 kilometres east of Mutsu, a city on the Shimokita Peninsula in Aomori Prefecture, at…
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Magnitude 7.1 earthquake hits Kyushu region followed by 6.8 aftershock
A powerful magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck near Uki in Japan’s Kumamoto region, on the southern island of Kyushu, and was followed shortly afterwards by a substantial magnitude 6.8 aftershock near the neighbouring city of Uto. Both tremors occurred at a shallow depth of around 10 kilometres, a combination known to intensify surface shaking and heighten…