This week on Earth
18–24 May 2026 (ISO week 2026-W21, in UTC): 12 earthquakes of M 5.5+, 12 floods, 11 sea and lake ice, 8 wildfires.
Largest earthquake of the week
M 6.6 — southern East Pacific Rise
Earthquake (mww) · depth 10 km · 2026-05-20 17:43 UTC · PAGER alert: green
Earthquakes of magnitude 5.5 and above
- M6.6
M 6.6 — southern East Pacific Rise
Earthquake (mww) · depth 10 km · 2026-05-20 17:43 UTC · PAGER alert: green
source: USGS
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M 6.0 — 13 km S of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii
Earthquake (ml) · depth 22.6 km · 2026-05-23 07:46 UTC · PAGER alert: yellow
source: USGS
Open on the map → - M5.9
M 5.9 — 11 km NNE of Wadomari, Japan
Earthquake (mww) · depth 42 km · 2026-05-20 02:46 UTC · PAGER alert: green
source: USGS
Open on the map → - M5.9
M 5.9 — 115 km ESE of Bitung, Indonesia
Earthquake (mww) · depth 35 km · 2026-05-22 01:05 UTC · PAGER alert: green
source: USGS
Open on the map → - M5.8
M 5.8 — 23 km E of Pampa de Tate, Peru
Earthquake (mww) · depth 57 km · 2026-05-19 17:57 UTC · PAGER alert: green
source: USGS
Open on the map → - M5.7
M 5.7 — 48 km S of Port-Vila, Vanuatu
Earthquake (mww) · depth 27 km · 2026-05-19 02:29 UTC · PAGER alert: green
source: USGS
Open on the map → - M5.7
M 5.7 — South Sandwich Islands region
Earthquake (mww) · depth 101 km · 2026-05-20 23:00 UTC · PAGER alert: green
source: USGS
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M 5.7 — 115 km SSE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea
Earthquake (mww) · depth 10 km · 2026-05-22 10:08 UTC · PAGER alert: green
source: USGS
Open on the map → - M5.6
M 5.6 — 172 km ENE of Atka, Alaska
Earthquake (mww) · depth 14.8 km · 2026-05-22 12:16 UTC · PAGER alert: green
source: USGS
Open on the map → - M5.6
M 5.6 — southeast Indian Ridge
Earthquake (mww) · depth 10 km · 2026-05-23 05:41 UTC · PAGER alert: green
source: USGS
Open on the map → - M5.5
M 5.5 — southern East Pacific Rise
Earthquake (mww) · depth 10 km · 2026-05-20 18:36 UTC
source: USGS
Open on the map → - M5.5
M 5.5 — 10 km E of Cortes, Philippines
Earthquake (mww) · depth 34.1 km · 2026-05-24 16:48 UTC · PAGER alert: green
source: USGS
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Natural events tracked by NASA EONET
Floods
- 05/19
- 05/22
- 05/21
- 05/23
- 05/21
- 05/20
- 05/20
- 05/21
- 05/18
- 05/24
- 05/18
- 05/22
Sea and Lake Ice
- 05/21
- 05/21
- 05/21
- 05/21
- 05/21
- 05/21
- 05/21
- 05/21
- 05/21
- 05/21
- 05/21
Wildfires
- 05/23
Wildfire in The Democratic Republic of Congo 1028783
Wildfires · burned area 55,498 ha · 2026-05-23
Open on the map → - 05/22
Wildfire in The Democratic Republic of Congo 1028787
Wildfires · burned area 21,153 ha · 2026-05-22
Open on the map → - 05/24
- 05/22
- 05/22
Wildfire in The Democratic Republic of Congo 1028789
Wildfires · burned area 14,378 ha · 2026-05-22
Open on the map → - 05/24
Wildfire in The Democratic Republic of Congo 1028811
Wildfires · burned area 12,758 ha · 2026-05-24
Open on the map → - 05/24
Wildfire in The Democratic Republic of Congo 1028777
Wildfires · burned area 11,401 ha · 2026-05-24
Open on the map → - 05/19
52 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