This week on Earth
29 December 2025 – 4 January 2026 (ISO week 2026-W01, in UTC): 7 earthquakes of M 5.5+, 8 floods, 9 sea and lake ice, 3 severe storms, 2 volcanoes, 30 wildfires.
Largest earthquake of the week
M 6.5 — 0 km W of San Marcos, Mexico
Earthquake (mww) · depth 18 km · 2026-01-02 13:58 UTC · USGS tsunami flag set · PAGER alert: yellow
Earthquakes of magnitude 5.5 and above
- M6.5
M 6.5 — 0 km W of San Marcos, Mexico
Earthquake (mww) · depth 18 km · 2026-01-02 13:58 UTC · USGS tsunami flag set · PAGER alert: yellow
source: USGS
Open on the map → - M6.0
M 6.0 — 96 km E of Noda, Japan
Earthquake (mww) · depth 27 km · 2025-12-31 14:26 UTC · PAGER alert: green
source: USGS
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M 6.0 — southeast Indian Ridge
Earthquake (mww) · depth 10 km · 2026-01-01 01:53 UTC · PAGER alert: green
source: USGS
Open on the map → - M5.9
M 5.9 — southeast Indian Ridge
Earthquake (mww) · depth 10 km · 2026-01-03 10:07 UTC · PAGER alert: green
source: USGS
Open on the map → - M5.7
M 5.7 — 111 km N of Yakutat, Alaska
Earthquake (mww) · depth 5 km · 2026-01-01 06:46 UTC · USGS tsunami flag set · PAGER alert: green
source: USGS
Open on the map → - M5.7
M 5.7 — Prince Edward Islands region
Earthquake (mww) · depth 10 km · 2026-01-04 13:07 UTC · PAGER alert: green
source: USGS
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M 5.5 — 19 km NNE of Wadomari, Japan
Earthquake (mww) · depth 11 km · 2025-12-30 08:12 UTC · PAGER alert: green
source: USGS
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Natural events tracked by NASA EONET
Floods
- 12/29
- 01/03
- 01/03
- 01/02
- 12/29
- 01/03
- 01/04
- 12/31
Sea and Lake Ice
- 01/02
- 01/02
- 01/02
- 01/02
- 01/02
- 01/02
- 01/02
- 01/02
- 01/02
Severe Storms
- 01/04
- 01/02
- 01/04
Volcanoes
- 01/02
- 12/29
Wildfires
- 01/03
- 12/30
Wildfire in Central African Republic 1026660
Wildfires · burned area 19,634 ha · 2025-12-30
Open on the map → - 01/01
Wildfire in Central African Republic 1026631
Wildfires · burned area 19,301 ha · 2026-01-01
Open on the map → - 12/30
Wildfire in Central African Republic 1026662
Wildfires · burned area 17,217 ha · 2025-12-30
Open on the map → - 12/29
- 01/03
- 01/02
Wildfire in Central African Republic 1026623
Wildfires · burned area 15,784 ha · 2026-01-02
Open on the map → - 01/04
- 12/31
Wildfire in Central African Republic, Sudan 1026650
Wildfires · burned area 15,337 ha · 2025-12-31
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Wildfire in Sudan, Central African Republic 1026649
Wildfires · burned area 15,133 ha · 2025-12-31
Open on the map → - 01/03
- 12/29
Wildfire in Central African Republic 1026675
Wildfires · burned area 14,370 ha · 2025-12-29
Open on the map → - 01/03
- 12/29
- 12/30
- 12/31
Wildfire in Central African Republic 1026752
Wildfires · burned area 13,637 ha · 2025-12-31
Open on the map → - 12/31
- 01/01
Wildfire in Central African Republic 1026628
Wildfires · burned area 12,856 ha · 2026-01-01
Open on the map → - 12/29
Wildfire in Central African Republic 1026673
Wildfires · burned area 12,326 ha · 2025-12-29
Open on the map → - 12/31
Wildfire in The Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan 1026838
Wildfires · burned area 12,018 ha · 2025-12-31
Open on the map → - 12/29
- 12/30
- 01/03
Wildfire in Central African Republic 1026787
Wildfires · burned area 11,062 ha · 2026-01-03
Open on the map → - 01/01
- 01/01
- 12/29
Wildfire in Central African Republic 1026672
Wildfires · burned area 10,545 ha · 2025-12-29
Open on the map → - 01/02
- 01/03
Wildfire in Central African Republic 1026711
Wildfires · burned area 10,270 ha · 2026-01-03
Open on the map → - 01/01
- 01/03
Wildfire in Central African Republic 1026615
Wildfires · burned area 10,050 ha · 2026-01-03
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205 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