This week on Earth
11–17 May 2026 (ISO week 2026-W20, in UTC): 7 earthquakes of M 5.5+, 8 floods, 7 sea and lake ice, 2 volcanoes, 10 wildfires.
Largest earthquake of the week
M 6.7 — 41 km ESE of Ōfunato, Japan
Earthquake (mww) · depth 42 km · 2026-05-15 11:22 UTC · PAGER alert: green
Earthquakes of magnitude 5.5 and above
- M6.7
M 6.7 — 41 km ESE of Ōfunato, Japan
Earthquake (mww) · depth 42 km · 2026-05-15 11:22 UTC · PAGER alert: green
source: USGS
Open on the map → - M6.2
M 6.2 — 268 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia
Earthquake (mww) · depth 137 km · 2026-05-14 17:53 UTC · PAGER alert: green
source: USGS
Open on the map → - M6.0
M 6.0 — 61 km ESE of Codrington, Antigua and Barbuda
Earthquake (mww) · depth 47 km · 2026-05-16 14:50 UTC · PAGER alert: green
source: USGS
Open on the map → - M5.7
M 5.7 — 288 km SSW of Houma, Tonga
Earthquake (mww) · depth 154 km · 2026-05-12 21:19 UTC · PAGER alert: green
source: USGS
Open on the map → - M5.7
M 5.7 — 20 km NE of Auki, Solomon Islands
Earthquake (mww) · depth 32 km · 2026-05-16 15:17 UTC · PAGER alert: green
source: USGS
Open on the map → - M5.6
M 5.6 — 92 km W of Lata, Solomon Islands
Earthquake (mww) · depth 64.7 km · 2026-05-12 15:39 UTC · PAGER alert: green
source: USGS
Open on the map → - M5.5
M 5.5 — 84 km E of Port-Vila, Vanuatu
Earthquake (mww) · depth 10 km · 2026-05-16 15:58 UTC · PAGER alert: green
source: USGS
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Natural events tracked by NASA EONET
Floods
- 05/17
- 05/14
- 05/12
- 05/14
- 05/15
- 05/12
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Sea and Lake Ice
- 05/15
Iceberg B22A
Sea and Lake Ice · 725 sq NM · 2026-05-15
source: BYU_ICE · NATICE · EONET
Open on the map → - 05/15
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Volcanoes
- 05/16
- 05/17
Wildfires
- 05/15
Meade Lake Wildfire, Meade, Kansas
Wildfires · burned area 92,733 acres · 2026-05-15
Open on the map → - 05/15
Herman Ranch Wildfire, Clark, Kansas
Wildfires · burned area 35,455 acres · 2026-05-15
Open on the map → - 05/14
- 05/14
SEVEN CABINS Wildfire, Lincoln, New Mexico
Wildfires · burned area 31,860 acres · 2026-05-14
Open on the map → - 05/14
- 05/16
Sharpe Wildfire, Cimarron, Oklahoma
Wildfires · burned area 28,609 acres · 2026-05-16
Open on the map → - 05/12
- 05/12
- 05/15
Wildfire in Russian Federation 1028718
Wildfires · burned area 13,550 ha · 2026-05-15
Open on the map → - 05/15
Wildfire in Russian Federation 1028704
Wildfires · burned area 10,153 ha · 2026-05-15
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103 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