This week on Earth
12–18 October 2026 (ISO week 2026-W42, in UTC): 9 earthquakes of M 5.5+, 1 floods, 5 sea and lake ice, 5 severe storms.
Largest earthquake of the week
M 6.9 — 76 km NE of Ozernovskiy, Russia
Earthquake (mww) · depth 135 km · 2026-10-16 03:35 UTC · PAGER alert: green
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Earthquakes of magnitude 5.5 and above
- M6.9
M 6.9 — 76 km NE of Ozernovskiy, Russia
Earthquake (mww) · depth 135 km · 2026-10-16 03:35 UTC · PAGER alert: green
source: USGS
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M 6.8 — central Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Earthquake (mww) · depth 10 km · 2026-10-13 12:23 UTC · USGS tsunami flag set · PAGER alert: green
source: USGS
Open on the map → - M6.7
M 6.7 — central Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Earthquake (mww) · depth 10 km · 2026-10-13 05:44 UTC · PAGER alert: green
source: USGS
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M 6.1 — 17 km W of Río Grande, Panama
Earthquake (mww) · depth 11 km · 2026-10-12 23:20 UTC · PAGER alert: green
source: USGS
Open on the map → - M6.0
M 6.0 — 126 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
Earthquake (mww) · depth 20.8 km · 2026-10-13 18:45 UTC · PAGER alert: green
source: USGS
Open on the map → - M5.9
M 5.9 — Fiji region
Earthquake (mww) · depth 585.1 km · 2026-10-14 10:49 UTC · PAGER alert: green
source: USGS
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M 5.7 — 48 km WNW of Khuzdar, Pakistan
Earthquake (mww) · depth 10 km · 2026-10-17 05:06 UTC · PAGER alert: yellow
source: USGS
Open on the map → - M5.6
M 5.6 — 43 km NNW of Lake Minchumina, Alaska
Earthquake (ml) · depth 4.5 km · 2026-10-15 11:07 UTC
source: USGS
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M 5.5 — 122 km W of Neiafu, Tonga
Earthquake (mww) · depth 195.2 km · 2026-10-12 04:38 UTC · PAGER alert: green
source: USGS
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Natural events tracked by NASA EONET
Floods
- 10/12
Flood in Libya 1104231
Floods · 2026-10-12 · not placed: EONET gives this event only an outline whose axis order it does not state
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Sea and Lake Ice
- 10/15
- 10/15
- 10/15
- 10/15
- 10/15
Severe Storms
- 10/18
- 10/16
- 10/18
- 10/13
- 10/18
26 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