This week on Earth
22–28 December 2025 (ISO week 2025-W52, in UTC): 9 earthquakes of M 5.5+, 9 floods, 5 sea and lake ice, 1 severe storms, 13 wildfires.
Largest earthquake of the week
M 6.6 — 29 km ESE of Yilan, Taiwan
Earthquake (mww) · depth 63 km · 2025-12-27 15:05 UTC · USGS tsunami flag set · PAGER alert: green
Earthquakes of magnitude 5.5 and above
- M6.6
M 6.6 — 29 km ESE of Yilan, Taiwan
Earthquake (mww) · depth 63 km · 2025-12-27 15:05 UTC · USGS tsunami flag set · PAGER alert: green
source: USGS
Open on the map → - M6.5
M 6.5 — 45 km NNE of Goroka, Papua New Guinea
Earthquake (mww) · depth 107 km · 2025-12-22 10:31 UTC · PAGER alert: green
source: USGS
Open on the map → - M6.2
M 6.2 — 43 km W of Puerto Santa, Peru
Earthquake (mww) · depth 58 km · 2025-12-28 02:51 UTC · PAGER alert: yellow
source: USGS
Open on the map → - M6.0
M 6.0 — 2025 Taitung, Taiwan Earthquake
Earthquake (mww) · depth 8 km · 2025-12-24 09:47 UTC · PAGER alert: green
source: USGS
Open on the map → - M5.7
M 5.7 — 216 km SW of Merizo Village, Guam
Earthquake (mww) · depth 12 km · 2025-12-24 15:00 UTC · PAGER alert: green
source: USGS
Open on the map → - M5.6
M 5.6 — 54 km N of Port-Olry, Vanuatu
Earthquake (mww) · depth 157 km · 2025-12-23 20:41 UTC · PAGER alert: green
source: USGS
Open on the map → - M5.6
M 5.6 — 103 km E of Yokohama, Japan
Earthquake (mww) · depth 54.1 km · 2025-12-25 16:17 UTC · PAGER alert: green
source: USGS
Open on the map → - M5.6
M 5.6 — 129 km ESE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna
Earthquake (mww) · depth 10 km · 2025-12-26 08:36 UTC · PAGER alert: green
source: USGS
Open on the map → - M5.6
M 5.6 — 37 km NW of Añatuya, Argentina
Earthquake (mww) · depth 593.4 km · 2025-12-27 10:40 UTC · PAGER alert: green
source: USGS
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Natural events tracked by NASA EONET
Floods
- 12/27
- 12/23
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- 12/22
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- 12/27
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- 12/27
Sea and Lake Ice
- 12/26
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Severe Storms
- 12/28
Wildfires
- 12/28
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Wildfire in Central African Republic 1026728
Wildfires · burned area 20,798 ha · 2025-12-28
Open on the map → - 12/27
Wildfire in Central African Republic 1026691
Wildfires · burned area 20,172 ha · 2025-12-27
Open on the map → - 12/28
Wildfire in Central African Republic 1026560
Wildfires · burned area 15,839 ha · 2025-12-28
Open on the map → - 12/27
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Wildfire in Central African Republic, Sudan 1026569
Wildfires · burned area 10,649 ha · 2025-12-26
Open on the map → - 12/23
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- 12/28
105 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