This week on Earth
15–21 December 2025 (ISO week 2025-W51, in UTC): 10 earthquakes of M 5.5+, 4 floods, 6 sea and lake ice, 3 severe storms, 5 wildfires.
Largest earthquake of the week
M 5.9 — 93 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
Earthquake (mww) · depth 38 km · 2025-12-18 12:37 UTC · PAGER alert: green
Earthquakes of magnitude 5.5 and above
- M5.9
M 5.9 — 93 km ESE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
Earthquake (mww) · depth 38 km · 2025-12-18 12:37 UTC · PAGER alert: green
source: USGS
Open on the map → - M5.7
M 5.7 — 229 km SE of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
Earthquake (mww) · depth 34 km · 2025-12-15 19:33 UTC · PAGER alert: green
source: USGS
Open on the map → - M5.7
M 5.7 — 138 km NE of Labasa, Fiji
Earthquake (mww) · depth 10 km · 2025-12-19 05:00 UTC · PAGER alert: green
source: USGS
Open on the map → - M5.6
M 5.6 — 90 km SSE of San Jose Village, Northern Mariana Islands
Earthquake (mww) · depth 80 km · 2025-12-15 23:06 UTC · PAGER alert: green
source: USGS
Open on the map → - M5.6
M 5.6 — South Sandwich Islands region
Earthquake (mww) · depth 35 km · 2025-12-17 17:05 UTC · PAGER alert: green
source: USGS
Open on the map → - M5.6
M 5.6 — 148 km SSE of Burica, Panama
Earthquake (mww) · depth 10 km · 2025-12-17 23:07 UTC · PAGER alert: green
source: USGS
Open on the map → - M5.6
M 5.6 — Balleny Islands region
Earthquake (mww) · depth 10 km · 2025-12-20 06:57 UTC · PAGER alert: green
source: USGS
Open on the map → - M5.6
M 5.6 — 139 km E of Barcelona, Philippines
Earthquake (mww) · depth 9 km · 2025-12-21 17:53 UTC · PAGER alert: green
source: USGS
Open on the map → - M5.5
M 5.5 — 92 km SW of Basco, Philippines
Earthquake (mww) · depth 18 km · 2025-12-18 07:27 UTC · PAGER alert: green
source: USGS
Open on the map → - M5.5
M 5.5 — 132 km WNW of Ternate, Indonesia
Earthquake (mww) · depth 44 km · 2025-12-21 12:21 UTC · PAGER alert: green
source: USGS
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Natural events tracked by NASA EONET
Floods
- 12/16
- 12/19
- 12/21
- 12/20
Sea and Lake Ice
- 12/18
- 12/18
- 12/18
- 12/18
- 12/18
- 12/18
Severe Storms
- 12/17
- 12/21
- 12/16
Wildfires
- 12/21
- 12/15
- 12/21
- 12/16
- 12/20
97 smaller wildfires (stated burned area under 10,000 ha) are counted here and not listed.
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What this page states
Every line is what a public record states: USGS’s magnitude, time, depth and place for an earthquake (the place is written by USGS, in English), and EONET’s title, dates and originating source for every other event. IntMap adds no description of damage or consequences.
A week is ISO 8601’s: Monday 00:00 UTC to the following Monday. An event that lasts several days appears in every week in which EONET has an observation of it, at its latest position in that week.
The largest earthquake is chosen by USGS’s magnitude; with no earthquake, the storm with the highest wind EONET states. Nothing is ranked by judgement.
Wildfires are listed when the burned area EONET states is 10,000 ha (100 km²) or more; the rest are counted. An event EONET gives only as an outline is listed and not placed, because those outlines do not state their axis order.
Sources
Earthquakes: U.S. Geological Survey, Earthquake Hazards Program — FDSN event service. U.S. public domain. U.S. public domain
Natural events: NASA Earth Observatory Natural Event Tracker (EONET) v3, with the originating source named on each event. A U.S. Government work; courtesy of NASA. U.S. Government work, not subject to copyright; NASA asks to be acknowledged